May Happenings {May 2016}

The beginning of May was quite warm so we went to the beach a couple times. These kids LOVE the beach.

    

And the park…

     

I had to run to the store late one evening so I brought my little buddy with me, and she likes to bring her little buddy “dolly” with her occassionally. She said “Mom! Wait for me and dolly!”

Avery operating on her farm animals, kids playing on the porch with their bikes and little D was super into the Kentucky derby and stood there watching like this for quite some time.

Happy Mother’s Day to me! I had a great mother’s day spoiled by my cute kids and great hubby.

 The kids reading at the library, Dallin trying out his dad’s razor and Avery riding the quarter rides at the mall.

   

Dallin’s new stroller that he LOVES, his favorite new thing of pulling his pants down—he was doing this a bunch after music-a bit embarrassing! And Avery’s favorite hang out spot in the dryer.

 

Dallin found this potty in the bathroom closet and carried it around with him and sat on it—I guess he’s ready to be potty trained! And the kids eating popcorn while waiting for Bryce’s car to get fixed.

A trip to the zoo!

     

   

  

Dallin learned to say “cheese” and it’s the cutest thing. Avery and Dallin always getting creative with reading their books. And Avery loves taking naps with her daddy on the weekends.

We’ve started a new tradition of going on a walk through the Botanical Gardens on Sunday mornings. The kids love it and it helps get their energy out before church :) Plus we get to see cute little bunnies.

  

Dallin’s new hair cut that we get lots of comments on Dallin trying to put on his new shorts and if Bryce does anything with one child, the other child has to be a part of it too. To say these kids are daddy’s kids is a huge understatement.

Trip to Vancouver, BC {May 26-May 30 2016}

We arrived in Vancouver, BC around 5:00pm. We checked into our Airbnb then headed to a grocery store to buy some food for the weekend. That was an interesting trip to say the least. We first had to find the store. Then when we got there, you had to have a loonie, or a one dollar coin to get a cart which we didn’t have so we had to go without a cart. Shopping with two little kids at a new grocery store is a bit of a nightmare. Dallin just kept yelling “Walk!” and when we’d set him down he’d run all over the store pulling everything off the shelves. Avery did her own fair share of running through the store. It was a bit stressful but we got out of there alive with some food.

The next morning we rented some bikes and a trailer and rode around Stanley park. This was definitely one of our favorite things we did the whole trip. It’s a six mile loop next to the water and it’s gorgeous. The kids were perfectly happy riding in the trailer. We stopped a couple times and Avery especially wanted to go to the beach. The next morning I got up early and ran around the park twice as part of my half marathon training for a total of 12 miles. It was pouring rain but a beautiful run.

          

 

      

After the park, we went home and had naps-Avery went outside to play with the Airbnb host’s daughter. Then we headed out to the White Spot for dinner. It was a great place for kids and delicious food.

  

Our host had left a couple toys for our kids which was great. Avery had fun making this lego tower…err rather I had fun making the lego tower as she ditched out about half way through. The second picture is great because the tower fell on the kids right as I was taking the picture. You can see the tower falling and their unsuspecting faces.

The next morning after I got back from my run, we went to the aquarium. We did not go prepared as we had no coats and no umbrella! It was pouring rain and we had to park far away. Needless to say, we were all drenched by the time we go into the aquarium but it was an awesome aquarium-the kids had fun exploring. Avery said her favorite was the Jellyfish.

After the aquarium we came for naps again, then we went to Granville Island where they have some fun kid stores. We got some food at a market there then stopped at Safeway on the way home for some delicious donuts.

On Sunday we went to Lynn Canyon Park to do the suspension bridge and a short hike. It was beautiful and crowded! It was the perfect hike for the little ones.

   

On Sunday we also went on a walk along the water and Avery saw this park so we stopped for a bit.

On Monday we decided to take advantage of the nice weather and go to the beach. Turns out it was still quite cold so we didn’t stay long. We just ate lunch and the enjoyed the scenery. The kids wouldn’t even take their coats off.

This is the house we stayed in. It was a duplex and we stayed downstairs. It was perfect for our family. Bryce didn’t think the sign that said Welcome to the United States was that cool but I thought it was!