The Tree House!/Barbecue

Due to the limited time we had in Utah and being the planner that I am, I had the things that we wanted to do scheduled out, so that we would be sure to do them. One of these things was going to the Tree House. It is in Ogden across the street from the temple. The Tree House has been around for a long time, I remember going when I was a kid when it was in the Ogden Mall. Lucas is still small and there aren't a whole lot of places you can take him to play and explore. I thought that it would be fun to take him and let him wander around and explore and if you go on certain days days, during certain times you get a discount. We took him the Monday after we got into town. It was a complete success!!! He loved it, they had so many things you could do and play with. They also had story time, which I didn't think he would sit still for, but he sat on his daddy's lap and listened so intently. He had lots and lots of fun, he played with musical toys, chess pieces that were just about as big as him, rode a bull and horse, and did many other things. We will definitely be going again when were back in Utah.

We stopped at my house after the Tree House had a barbecue. We had steak, which Craig (of course) cooked and they were wonderful. Lucas also played in the kiddie pool with Eevee and that was pretty entertaining. Lucas liked to dumped the water out of the kiddie pool and onto the deck, he also liked splashing and getting in the pool and then trying to figure out how to get out.

Back to Utah!

The second week of July we headed back to Utah, for Craig's brothers wedding. Craig was able to come with us and we were able to fly out of State College which was really nice. Flying out of State College is an experience. It is a tiny airport and you have to walk out to the plane and walk up the stairs. Our flights went well and we arrived in Salt Lake City . Lucas did pretty well on the flights. During our layovers he loved pushing the stroller around and walking on the moving walkway that was along the gates. Lucas just started walking the Sunday before we left so we didn't tell our folks, his grandparents. When we arrived at the airport we took the elevator and had Lucas walk off, it was pretty cute.

Arts Festival!

Every year in July, State College has this huge Arts Festival. On one of the days they have Youth Day, where they have activities for children and kids set up booths selling items they have made. Lucas and I went on Wednesday to Youth day! Lucas was too young to do most of the activities, but I did make him a visor, which he wouldn't keep on and peeled off the stickers. We walked around, went several times through the mist walkway (it was really hot!), played with the bubbles from this big bubble machine and watched people, lots of people! It was fun! I think Lucas enjoyed himself!

Water time!

It was really hot yesterday, sweltering, and very humid! We went to a barbecue where they had a little pool out and Lucas got in. He loved it, especially when his little friend was splashing the water, even when it was splashed in his face, it made him giggle and scream with excitement, which frightened the little baby that was also there to tears.

4th of July!

To celebrate the 4th of July we had hamburgers, potato salad, and fluff. Lucas loved the fluff, which is not surprising because fluff is really yummy! (for those who do not know what fluff is, fluff comes in many different flavors, it usually consists of some type of fruit, a flavor of pudding, whip cream, and of course marshmallows!) We topped dinner off with Strawberry Rubarb pie, yum! Lucas really loved the pie and would make really funny faces after each bit. He always seems to be our entertainment. In the evening we went and watched the fireworks. At first Lucas was not too impressed with the fireworks, part of this might have been the fact that it was about two hours past his bedtime! However, as it got darker and they got brighter he seemed to enjoy them. This is a picture of Craig and Lucas waiting for the fireworks to start!

"By George I think he's got it!"

Our little man is now a walking man! On the 4th of July he walked a couple of steps to the couch. He did this a couple of times and then he got tired and would not walk another step. We made it into a game and each time he got to the couch we would congratulate him and he would get excited and clap his hands. On the 5th of July he walked to Craig and then back to me. Craig and I would slowly scoot back, so Lucas would have to walk a little further each time. He did this several times. He would clap his hands and scream when he had succeed. He did wonderful!!! He fell a couple of times and each time he would try to get back up. Now that he is walking we are nervous because we are sure running will not be far behind.

Aunt Nancy's visit!

My Aunt Nancy came to visit us for a couple of days. Lucas seemed pretty comfortable around her, maybe it was because she was in his territory. Nancy would build towers of blocks and Lucas would knock them down. He brought her the Chirpy Chick book and showed her where Dan was, over and over again. He did pretty well as we took him on multiple car rides all over State College. We enjoyed having Aunt Nancy come visit us.