Cougar

While the cousins were here...

We spent a day at the Farm at Thanksgiving Point

and since we were so close to BYU...

we went there too.

Izzy and Holland immediately spotted the

Baby Cougar print tracks on the bookstore floor

and followed them

around

and

around

(While I ate a bag of chocolate covered cinnamon bears)

and ended up downstairs

They were a little bit excited to make some purchases

Bags were not necessary for they immediately made a wardrobe change

and were happy 'Baby Cougars'

While we drove home, Holland said,

"Mom, when I grow up I want to be a BYU girl"

Fine with me.

Handcart Days

I ran Garner and Holland over to Handcart Days

I had exactly 50 minutes to show these crazies how the Pioneers lived.

And for the bounce slides? Pioneer children had to have some fun too!

Warmth

We went

South

to hang with the cousins

and (bummer) so I could work

Holland was is heaven

She and Abby did a whole lot of

Nothing

which is the best thing for kids to do.

Nothing

consisted of

building 11 large birds nests

out of last years grass clippings

and carefully placing rock 'egg' families

in each, and covering them up

to keep them

Warm

Because after all,

it was a mere 68 degrees there in the

South

This is what they did each day for

Nothing

but 4 hours or so

(and bummer, we didn't get a picture!)

Then, we figured we should

take them to do

Something

And

Something,

was the bounce house.

I met them after work

and maybe laughed as much as they did.

Somehow running around with

two little girls,

sliding and sticking to the sweaty sides

and watching little Rhett

eat 'treats' out of the water fountain

and off the floor

was so much better than doing

Something.