Thursday, August 27, 2009

The World's Fair!

Well, here we are that the Wayne County World's Fair! Gary and his family call it that because everyone in the county thinks it's the biggest thing to hit Utah since statehood was granted. We were really excited to take the kids to the rodeo because they love horses. Unfortunately I don't think they could see very well, and things were moving pretty slowly, so they weren't nearly as excited to be there as we thought they would be. The reason they're so happy in these pictures is probably because we finally told them we could go back to Grandma's house.
We couldn't believe that a parade in Wayne County had no horses, but we were excited to see the llamas. I don't think the kids have ever seen a llama this close before.

Here's a picture of Jenzie taking Ava for a walk. We had kind of a hard time keeping all the kids contained, but they had a lot of fun.

The Many Faces of Jenzie

A Happy Face.
A Silly Face.
An Angry Face.
A Surprised Face.
A Sad Face.

What a Fashion Sense!


I thought it was so funny when Colin came downstairs one morning with his tie clipped to his pajamas. He was very proud of himself for putting it on!

The Wilcken Family Reunion


Of course, Colin spent most of the family reunion playing with sticks and dirt.
You'll notice that in all the pictures everyone is wearing jackets - that's because it was freezing!
A cup of water that got left out overnight was crusted over in ice the next morning. But in spite of the cold, we all had a lot of fun.

Jarom was so tired, he fell asleep standing up (or as close to it as he could possible get).
Jenzie felt pretty big and important helping Grandma with the dishes.

Wednesday, August 5, 2009

"Sugar, Please"


When Jenzie got this shirt she asked me what it said. I told her, "It says 'Pretty Please with Sugar on Top.'" Later I asked her to repeat what her shirt said for someone else and she replied, "Sugar, Please." I thought that was a pretty cute three-year-old translation.

PUDDLES!


A couple of weeks ago we had a rainy day and Jenzie found her new snow boots and wanted to take them out in the rain. I kept telling her they were for snow, but she insisted that they worked for rain too. I decided to stop being a stick in the mud and just let them play.
They had a great time splashing through the puddles!

Colin had a hard time running in those heavy boots. As a result, he fell a couple of times and ended up pretty dirty. But you can see that he still had a huge smile on his face.

Even after face-planting (twice) in the muddy parking lot, Colin was always ready to jump right up and back into the puddles.
Jenzie liked to occasionally take a break from the puddles and watch from a nearby rock. But you can see that she definitely got pretty wet in the puddles, just like Colin.
By the end of our "puddle day" Colin was getting some pretty good height on his splashes. Now every time he sees a puddle he says, "I want to splash in the piddle." Even though we had to go right into the bathtub, this was a really fun morning.

The Fourth of July!


Colin loved the fireworks we set off in our front yard for July 4th. He jumped up and down with a big grin on his face the whole time.
Jenzie and Colin are sitting in front of our house with Katie (in the pink) and Chanzie (in the blue chair). They were enjoying a July 3rd BBQ with the neighbors.

Here's Jenzie with a sparkler. I promise all that smoke is from the fireworks. We haven't taken up smoking.