Utah State Fair

P loved the state fair this year.  He met some piggies (and wanted to take them home...he is my boy!)...

and pet a brand new calf...

 and planted some vegetables...

 and filled up a tractor with gas...

 and pet a lemur...

 and met a REAL pirate...

 and flew a rocket ship!

Did anyone else go to the fair this year?

Seattle Trip 2012

Road Trip!

This summer we took P on his first road trip to Seattle to visit my family.  To prepare for the trip, I consulted Pinterest regularly and found several projects and ideas that I used to make the trip more enjoyable.  Most of those things were completely pointless, because all P needed was the I-Pad.  I even  pulled out my sowing machine for the very first time, read the entire instruction manual, and made one of these, which P loves...but did not use even once on the trip.  He sleeps with it now every night.  

There were a few highlights of the trip, including stopping in Granger, WA, aka Dinosaur Town.  This town had huge dinosaur statues all over the place, and a park (that was pretty ghetto...and a little scary) that was probably amazing back in the day...before spray paint covered all the dinosaurs.  

 We also stopped in Yakima for the night and picked up some delicious fruit while allowing P to run through the orchard.  Fun.

The low points of the trip included P sleeping for a total of 30 minutes during a 10 hour drive one way and the 12 1/2 hour drive on the way back.  This would not have been so bad, except that then when we stayed in Yakima for the night, P refused to go to sleep.  He was so excited about being in a hotel, and he tried to talk to me all night long.