My Birthday!

For my birthday we splurged a little bit... We went to the Mayan for dinner.
while we waited for our table we play in the serpents mouth! :o)
They are so dang cute...Happy birthday to me!
PD sitting on the head and PG on the tail with PR trying to figure out how to join him. :o)
The entertainment was fun. It was nice to have something to occupy the kids while we waited for food.

and the kids got chocolate cake with a sparkler for ME!
3 pabst boys! (Derek, cdp, PG)
KJ even let me get a pedi for my birthday...that was nice!
and my cake...it isn't complicated but it represents what I am "in" to. :o) Happy Birthday to ME!
It was a great weekend!

Just hangin out now that Soccer is done...

We finally had the last soccer game! YAY!!
the kids got in a little ball time before the game began. :o)
The sideline fun...the stealing of daddy's drink! :o)
But he got his trophy!! (and his snack - which I think to him is more important! :o))
The kids' new thing is getting up in the tree...they can't do that part yet but they sure love to be put there. :o)
So, since we were playing in the tree I thought I would show them my old trick...I am getting too old for somethings...:o)

Memorial Day...

We celebrated by visiting KJ's Brothers. and telling the kids about them for FHE. It was a good trip, even though the ground was SOOOO wet and we were all muddy...esp. PG that decided to run around and fell! Sheesh! :o) We miss you Phil and Bryce!

Where the Jupiter and the 119 met!

We went to Promontory point with Dave's family. We met in BC then headed west to see the trains. After we got some food in BC. :o) Look at that cute girl drinking...no hands! :o)
Dave and the boys in front of the 119.
PR in front of the Jupiter
What a great looking bunch! :o)
PG and Derek became a Jr Park Rangers ... it was really cute!
Yummy grass!
the 119 getting ready to leave...
watching the 119 driving down the track!


we stayed late enough to see them fire up the 119 and take it back to the garage. It was really fun to see it in action! :o)

Preschool graduation...

For PG's Preschool graduation, we went to the park and played for a little bit then had lunch and a little ceremony. For preschool a few Mom's in the ward and I took turns teaching all the kids. it was great fun. The kids LOVE music and art and science and they did really well at learning their letters and numbers and writing. I am super proud of my little boy!
The girls sharing a swing at the park

look at that handsome dude!
and this cutie babe!
I LOVE when this big girls SMILES! She can light up the night with smiles like that!
hee hee...she kind of looks like a turtle that forgot to put her front legs out. :o)
up he goes!
PG "graduates" from preschool!!!! ;o)
Pres, PG, Tash, Liam, and AJ - his class
(and my graduation hat cake!)
Teachers and kids! It was a great year! :o)

Misc and Dinos...

You never know what could be hidden in a sock...:o)
Especially for and "unsuspecting" cutie!
Goofy girl!
Look it's Mrs. Clause taking a bath! :o)
Cute girl headed to the car for church. I love this hat on her, if only she would leave it on for more than 3 seconds. :o)
We went to the Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving point. The kids had a GREAT day!!!
Blocks anyone?
This is how you build a dinosaur! One piece at a time...
and don't forget to get wet and sandy at the erosion table. Good stuff!
How about a little rest on the dino head?
I think they all liked that idea! :o) What a cute group! It was awesome.

Mindy's Birthday...

We headed north to celebrate with the another Pabst Family...
We threw together a little trip up the canyon with a dead christmas tree to burn as our fire.
(you see Christmas trees on the roof of cars in the winter, but not often do you see dead ones up there in the spring...lol)
Here is the striking of the match....

and the burn...it was a hot fast burn! Note to self...forest fires are BAD! j/k -I already knew that. :o)
it was so hot the cooks were shielding themselves from the flames...
The kids had SO much fun playing together. They were SO dirty when we were done, but they were SUPER HAPPY!
PR hanging with Uncle Dave
After food and clean up we took a little walk down the path by Second dam. What a cute walker.
The kids found a big rock to rest on...I don't think Logan liked if for some reason. ;o)
But the coolest thing was Mrs. Moose. Jon was a little ahead and he came fast walking back saying "there is a moose up there...come see." She was on about 100 feet away from the trail eating the buds off the trees and drinking the water. I LOVE MOOSE!! So I just stood there and watched her. It was SOOOOO AWESOME!!!