It Never gets Old...

Provo Canyon has been one of my FAVORITE places for years now and it just never gets old. I especially love being able to take my kids there now and introduce them to all the beautiful places Provo Canyon has to offer.

One day we took the kids up to Sundance. We had a lovely walk, it was such a nice day!

Then another day we went up to Cascade Springs. It is a loooooong drive, but so worth it once you get up there. Jane really had a blast!
Cute pic of Jane and daddy walking together :)
Of course, little Beckham was a trooper and such a good boy!
He loved going on his very first little hike!

Here are our adorable kiddos! Jane wasn't cooperating, as usual, with the pics.
The following picture of us driving, Jane took. I was surprised...it actually turned out to be a cool picture!!
There is really nothing better than going on a random adventure with your family and enjoying nature!!

Jane and Beckham!

These two kids are growing WAY too fast...it makes me sad!! I love watching them grow and do new and wonderful things but at the same time, I am so sad to see that it all happens so fast. It makes me want to cherish every little thing they do and savor every moment I have with them. Here are a few moments caught on camera that I love...

And here are a few things I want to remember:
Jane has been saying the coolest things lately...

*When I get her dressed in the morning and take off her PJ's she usually proclaims, "I'm so naked!"

*We were driving in the car and Ry and I were talking. Somewhere in the conversation, I had to say "I'm smart enough...and so on" After I was done with my sentence we hear Jane in the back say, "I'm smart enough, too!"

*Ryan likes to lay with Jane in her bed for a few minutes right before she goes to sleep...Jane asks for this every night :). One night Jane patted Ryan's head and said, "Is your head so bushy?" Ryan laughed and said, "Yes." Jane continues, "Is your head so fuzzy?"

* One morning Jane came walking up to me while I was feeding Beckham with a pained look on her face and said, "My stomach really hurts...cause I need a sucker."

*We really have to watch what we say around Jane cause she listens...and learns too fast. One day I was apparently mad about something and said, "I am so pissed." I didn't even know Jane was listening to me. But, several hours later she stopped what she was doing (painting) looked at me with a funny little smile and said, "Are you so pissed?"

*Jane was naked, due to just waking up from a nap having wet her bed (for the first time :) and said, "I want to go back to sleep with my naked."

* Jane came up to Ryan one Sunday morning after she was all ready for church and said, "Look at me, I'm so beautiful!"

A few little known facts about Beckham and age 7months:

*He can roll all around the house now- backwards forwards, right, left, you name it :0
*He can sit up pretty well now, but loves to sit up them throw himself back falling onto a pillow. He gets such a kick out of this
*He has learned to scream from his big sister and loves to do it all the time now...when he's mad or even just for fun...and especially in restaurants, sacrament meetings, and around the elderly when I really want him to be quiet.
*He REFUSES to take a binki.
*He loves being around people and meeting new people and will always deliver a HUGE smile!
*He loves to eat anything but his formula (I can't say I blame him, it smells like dog food)
*He has the funniest little belly laugh :)

WE HAVE THE BEST KIDS EVER!!

We stumbled across a FUN day!

Yes, it is what you think...Jane is getting a tattoo!! Ryan had heard that there was going to be a new grand opening at the Harley Davidson store in Orem. So, with nothing better to do, we packed up the kids and decided to go check it out. And boy oh boy, it turned out to be an exciting day... I love when exciting days just happen without any planning or searching :)

P.S. Jane's "tattoo" is a sprayed on one...which was put on by a rough and tough looking man with tattoos all over and plenty of facial hair. In keeping with tradition, Jane began the process with a good burst of tears... She eventually calmed down though and got a picture of a lady bug on her arm...and LOVED it!
There were lots of FUN things for the kiddies to do. Jane got to ride on a little Harley Davidson of her own...
It was run by batteries and went about 0.5 miles an hour, but she loved it and had a blast running into the other kids and intentionally running over cones. I had a blast watching Ryan run after her...
Next, Jane got to do one of her FAVORITE things...JUMP!!

This has never jumped higher in her life. She would say "woowee" over and over again.

She looked like such a BIG girl and it made me sad to see how grown up she has become :)

To our surprise, Deron Williams and Jeff Hornacek from the Utah Jazz were there. Oh how Ryan was as giddy as a school boy :) He loves watching Jazz games and it was so cool to get their autographs!

The Jazz girls were there, too! I insisted that Ryan get a picture with them...just for kicks and giggles. I'm sure he didn't mind :) Hey, if I got in one of their little Jazz outfits, I would look just like that...

Beckham was lucky enough to get a picture with them, too! He, however, was too obsessed with the girl's hair to cooperate for a picture.

Beckham enjoyed himself too and liked trying on some of the darling Harley Davidson apparel...

What a fun little adventure we stumbled across...

Yard Sales, Candids and Crusties

Ryan had been raving about how wonderful this 1 day a year yard sale event in Daybreak was supposed to be. "There will be thousands of people there!" he would dramatically say. "Every home up there will be having a yard sale on this ONE day!" So, naturally I was very excited to go to this magnificent, simply un-missable yard sale event! Christina and I packed up the 3 kids like sardines into the back of the Subaru and drove all the way up to Daybreak with dreams of magical treasures found for practically nothing dancing in our heads...

When we got up there however, the scene was rather different than what Ryan had been painting. We saw maybe four yard sales (after considerable searching mind you...) and there was nothing spectacular at all to purchase...needless to say we were bummed. All that work and effort for nothing. The 2 babies were fussy and hot and Jane was running rampant, breaking things right and left. It was a small fiasco, however we did come home with a few little treasures. This little (or BIG) beauty came home with us for only 7 dollars!!
Yes...a bouncy house, which Jane absolutely adores! So the day wasn't a total bust after all :)
I spent a full 3 hours blowing this thing up during the kids naps...I will be getting a pump from now on. I was light headed the rest of the day! What ya do for your kids, right?!
Jane loves her bouncy house, though! She jumped and played in it for a full hour without exiting once right after she got it!
She totally wants some friends to join her in it though- she has been asking and asking. So, if you want to come play with Jane in her bouncy house, please do- she would love it!
Jane got the camera from me while taking the pics of her bouncy house and insisted on taking some pics of me...she wasn't half bad!
Jane was such a crack-up. "Smile mama" she said, so adult like. "Say cheese."
Here's where I started to get slightly concerned about the safety of our camera...
When Jane was about 6 or 7 months old...like Beckham is now...she began to make her famous crusties that we thought were so hilarious! Well, now Beckham is making those same faces. Here he is caught in the act... My kids are far more similar to one another than I had thought- both starting early with the attitude :) Gotta love em though!!

Fun, Fun and more fun!!

We have been having so much fun together lately!! With school FINALLY winding down, Ryan has been home alot more lately and we are definately making the best of it!!

We have discovered that Jane is a little OCD about some things(she comes by it naturally, her mama is a terrible neat freak)...so we figured making a good mess and not getting immediately cleaned up would be good for her! Jane had her very first finger painting experience the other day. It came with mixed emotions...but overall I think we had a good time!Daddy was a big help! He had just about as much fun as Jane did :)

Jane eventually got really into it...

...and it got really into her (She ate more of it than she painted with:))

I'd say we achieved our mess! With Ryan getting overly creative- animal crackers and various types of cereal were added...the end result actually looked pretty unappetizing.

On the Saturday before Mother's Day, Jane and I got to go to a Princess Tea Party!! Jane was in absolute heaven! She got to take pictures in front of a princess castle, in her Aurora dress..

She was completely enthralled and delighted...

We got served some dainty little treats at a dainty little pink table. Jane dug right into the dainty little cupcake very first.

After the tea party, Ryan (who had been driving around with a sleeping Beckham for me :))came and picked us up and we ran some errands...who knew that could be so much fun! We had the greatest time a Michaels. Jane found a little jungle of plastic trees that she had quite a blast in. It wasn't quite so fun for mama and daddy to try to get her out of there...

She loved these little clip on tails...being a dragon was her favorite!

Then of course we just love spending time at home. Beckham is getting to be such a big boy and can sit and play in his bouncer all by himself.

The kids just love having daddy home. Here they are before bath time having a blast with good ol dad!

Nothing's better than family fun!!

Zooriffic

The latest adventure of the Dick family was a trip to the Hogle Zoo!! The last time we went to the zoo it was just Ryan, me and a 6 month old Jane!! This time around, we added three new people to our caravan! Of course, we loved having little Beckham with us this time...even though he pooped out of his pants-the biggest, stinkiest poop I had ever seen- and it got all over Christina's stroller (sorry again about that :{). And as you may have guessed, my favorite best friend and sister in the world was also with us with her sweet little Mae! What a wonderful day it was...

Here are Ryan and Jane, complete mesmerized by the monkeys!! They wouldn't even look at me for a picture...
Here's cute Christina and even cuter Mae, we loved having them with us!!!Just like the last time we visited the zoo, I think Jane related to the monkeys on a deeper level. Then I got to thinking, Jane does sleep under a big leaf canopy, she loves to climb on anything that is within reach...including mama and daddy, lately she wants to be naked all the time and she can scream like no one I have ever heard...she really could hang quite well with the monkeys. (Though, of course, she is much more intelligent and beautiful than a monkey...just in case she reads this later on in life...:)
An awful picture of me, but Beckham has a cute smile hidden behind his jacket. We're just chillin with the elephants.
The giraffes were my favorite! They are such amazing "aminimals" (as Jane would say)
A big turtle...he was just cute!
A bird came up really close to us in the bird exhibit. Jane, naturally, was overlly fascinated and we couldn't keep her away from him. She started a frenzy when she began to pet the bird. Suddenly, tons of little kids were petting this frightened little bird...we made sure he was rescued from the pack of wild kids and put safely back into a tree...
Mid-frenzy...poor bird...
As is quickly becoming tradition any time we go anywhere, Jane got to ride some sort of animal. She adored the grand carousel and was completely devastated when we had to take her off.
Another fun adventure and more wonderful memories made!!