Oktoberfest at Snowbird

We like going to Snowbird in the fall when they have German Oktoberfest and get a bratwurst and pretend we're in Germany. So we went this year and they had all kinds of fun things to do. The kids jumped on a big castle-jumpy-thing.

And slid down...

Then we took the short ski lift up. We didn't tell the kids they were getting on the ski lift 'cause we knew they wouldn't want to. But as soon as we got on it, they loved it.
Then we went and had some bratwurst while listening to the German music in the background. (Notice Ty in the background biting into a pickle...he ate the whole thing.)
Laney eating her overpriced bratwurst!!!
Laney and Ty sharing some cotton candy.
After we were done eating we took the tram up to the top of the mountain and saw these people playing the alphorn. It sounded really cool. I have a little video where you can hear them play. I'll have to put it on later.
Okay, I don't know what this was all about. Laney started posing like this and then Ty thought he should do this too.

The beautiful view of the Salt Lake valley.It was so weird, there were a million ladybugs on top of the mountain. I'm sure we killed a ton of them just walking around. It was really strange.
Ty studying a ladybug on his finger.

There is a tunnel that goes from Snowbird to Alta. Inside there's a rolling sidewalk for the skiers and then a little sidewalk. So we walked through it (it was cold..)........and took the ski lift back down to Snowbird.

Some people that were going up the ski lift told us, when they passed by, that there was a deer on the mountain that we should look for.Cute Laney on the ski lift. Both kids (and me) were freezing until we got closer to the Snowbird Lodge.
Here's my "German" kids dancing around!!!

CONGRATULATIONS....to us!!!

...we (I) have now been blogging for 3 years this month.

Waddle, Waddle, Waddle

This is what happens when we take Ty's pants off to change him or to change his clothes. He jumps up, pulls his shirt down over his knees and pretends he's a penguin.....waddle, waddle, waddle!!!

No More Diapers

Thaaat's right!!! Ty's is being potty trained and doing very well. We started last Monday night when I told him before bed, that this was the last diaper and he would have to wear underwear from now on. I told Ben to hurry up and remove the box of diapers in his closet.....So we go upstairs to go to bed and Ty walks in to our bedroom where he sees the box of diapers sitting on our bed!!! He comes running out to me and tells me, excitedly "Me lound more diapers!!" I know!!! I don't know how Ben completed Pharmacy School either....! ;-)
Anyway, Ty has been doing good telling us when he needs to go. We do have two problems though....he doesn't want to get in the bathtub anymore, because he's convinced he will start peeing when he gets in the water. And he gags every time he pees or poops. How weird is that?! This morning he sitting there peeing and he starts gagging like crazy. I thought he was going to throw up. Weird little kid. Hopefully he'll get over it.

*Sorry about the lovely subject of this post.....

Laney the Model

So you might know that I stalk a couple of photography blogs. Well, the other day one of them posted that they needed some models for a mentoring session. So I hurried and e-mailed the lady and asked if Laney could do it.
So last Monday we dropped Ty off at my sister-in-law Tiff's house (thanks again, Tiff) and then went into Salt Lake where Laney was a model for about 2 hours. At first when we drove there she was getting really nervous and didn't want to. But we talked about it and decided just to go look and we did. Laney totally calmed down and did so great. She was a natural. By the end of the session she knew what the photographers wanted and did it before they could even tell her to. What a girl. Anyway, if you want to see 2 of the pictures go to www.photosbyangie.blogspot.com
Scroll to the bottom of the latest post and there's my beautiful Laney girl.

Kyla

This is Ben's niece's little girl whom we babysat the other day. What a cutie!
She's the happiest baby I have met. Always smiling. She didn't cry a single time when we babysat her and she doesn't know us that well.
Look at those big brown eyes. She'll be 1 next month and a big sister in about 4 months. What a cutie pie.

Bonnie and Jordan's Wedding

Bonnie and my cousin Jordan got married on Sept. 4th, 2008. This is from the temple and some of the pictures are kind of blurry but i had to zoom in all the way 'cause I was standing a ways from them.

Here's when they first came out of the temple.
Laney thought Bonnie looked like a princess and at the luncheon Ty kept saying "Bonnie" and pointing to her....I had to remind him that she's a married woman now.
Ty at the temple.
Grandma and Grandpa Smith. Some of you may wonder how they are related to me....they are not. They are my aunt's parents but have always insisted on us calling them grandma and grandpa. And they have always very sweet to us and treated us as part of the family.
Becky showing Laney something.

Bonnie and her 5 sisters.
Bonnie and her 4 brothers.
Bonnie, Jordan and my mormor (mom's mom).
Bonnie, Jordan and his 2 sisters. Jamie, Jordan, Bonnie and Heidi. Heidi was the photographer at the wedding and she's amazing. The brace on her wrist is because her camera is so big and heavy....
Eugene Smith, Jordan, Bonnie, and Lucy Smith. Jordan's grandparents. After the temple we went to the luncheon where the Smith sisters had a feast prepared. The reception was at Bonnie's parents house, and it was huge. Their neighbor had 7 garages and Ben kept trying to peak in to see what he could be hiding in there. I think our house would have fit in there a couple of times. It was crazy. But a beautiful wedding.

Picnic in Millcreek Canyon

My grandma is here in Utah for a couple of weeks because my cousin is getting married. Her birthday was yesterday and so we went up in the mountains last Saturday to celebrate her birthday.
Ben, Laney, Ty and I went up a couple of hours early to get a good spot. While we waited for everybody else to come up we had fun playing in the stream and hiking a little bit.

Ben showing Ty the little waterfall.
The gorgeous view to the east...

...and the beautiful view to the west.

I was trying to take a picture of Ty and he kept either sticking his tongue out or biting his bottom lip....
Roasting hotdogs
Justin, Kennie, Grandma and Andrew.
Kennie showing my grandma how to use his camera phone.
Everybody chowing....Kennie, Grandma, Julie, Jordan, Justin, Ty, Laney and Bonnie.

Summer Tumbling

This summer Laney has been taking a tumbling class and she has absolutely loved it. She had so much fun and has learned so many things. I can't believe what 3 months has done to her skills. Her teacher is the Primary chorister and she had it in her backyard. On the last day, they had a little show for the last 20 minutes to show the parents what they had learned. I brought my camera, but it has issues and so I only got 2 pictures. Luckily the teacher had taken pictures of them and gave them to us.
Laney doing a cartwheel. This is my favorite because before the class she just did the little put-hands-on-ground-jump thing and now she's really good at them.
This is the beginning to learning how to do headstands. They call it "the stinkbug."
I think this is her walking-handstands.
Backbend....one of her favorites.
....and then they switch legs after this. After they had done their little presentation, they all got a diploma and the pictures. When the teacher called Laney up she said she was the most flexible in the class......she takes after her Mormor, I guess!!!