Are you trying to drive me crazy Miss Cat?

My 12 year old has a little keyboard that he got for Christmas some years back.  This morning my 4 year old was rocking out to it.  Following me around, playing it VERY loud, and dancing and humming along with it.  I asked her MANY times to take it somewhere else.  Catalina CHOSE to ignore me!  After an hour of this going on I asked --- "Are you trying to drive me crazy Miss Cat?"  Her answer--- "YES!!!" - said with a little giggle :)

The Denver Zoo!



Myra
watching the "puppies"!





We went to the Denver Zoo today, because it was free!  It is always a hard debate on going.  Since it is free it is WAY BUSY!  But it is also WAY CHEAP!  But I still debated about going...  I wasn't going to go when I woke up this morning...  I had slept in, and knew that by the time we got up to the zoo, we would have to park a ways away from the zoo.  After much debate with my kids and sister, I decided that we would just go for it.  I quickly packed a lunch and snacks for us, while the kids got ready to go.  We were out the door in about an hour, some what of a miracle...  And an hour and a half later we were looking for parking at the zoo!  I lucked out when I noticed a car had was trying to back out of their parking space...  As I went by them :(  But the two cars behind me didn't notice the car and went on past!  That is when I spun around and went back for the spot, because I knew it was the closest spot I would most likely find...  It was still probably about a mile away from the zoo, but still close ;)



Cute little monkey



Ben giving Savannah

a piggy back ride
because she was tired!



The zoo was CRAZY BUSY!  But really just at the entrance.  Once you get past the front gate it was just busy!  But the animals were out and moving about and fun to watch!  The kids had fun for the most part (a little bit of grumpy to begin with, but they finally got over it), and it was a great day.  We haven't been to any zoo for awhile, and it was fun to see Myra really enjoying the animals.  She recently learned to say puppy, and any moving animal today was a puppy! 

Catalina is doing what the monkey had done!

Grandma came with us!

Savannah and Brooklyn
Enjoying Aunt Jodie!

Sweet Savannah!



Got to love that Ben!



It was a fun day of walking (guessing around 3 or 4 miles), and a lot of fun animals.  It was a great day!!!



A bear "grave" yard Ben found!



 





Handsome Josh!



Beautiful Brooklyn!

Myra in a

sugar coma :)

Always climbing!

Polar Bear!



Love my Catalina!

 

Myra attacking her
Christmas gift from Josh!



Nice Night Out!

Josh and I went out tonight to a concert, thanks to his parents.  They gave him two tickets to the a capella group Straight No Chaser.  And Grandma Julie came over and babysat the kiddos so I could go to :)  It was an amazing concert!  The group sounded so great!  Thanks Josh for taking me with you :)

Two Months and counting!

Myra is 16 months old today! That means she can go to nursery in two months!!!  That will be a great day!  Don't get me wrong, I LOVE my baby, but Sundays are LONG days chasing a little girl who wont sit still or be quiet.  She is so full of energy and so much fun, but still learning to be quiet at church, and so we often walk the halls.  At 16 months, Myra has become a big chatterer!  She babbles to us ALL the time, looking at us like we should know what she is saying.  A few things are starting to make sense too.  Last week we went to the park to do pictures.  There were many people at the park.  People with dogs.  That is when "puppy" became a new favorite word for Myra.  She would call out puppy and then bark at the "puppies"!  So cute!  Today when my phone rang, Myra made a chatter that sounded like "I didn't do it".  This new stage is always fun with little ones!   I love when they start to babble.  Myra is so much fun!  I am so happy that she is in our family :)

A new toy?

Josh and I got a new. Toy today! Intact I am trying blogging from it as we read :) It is an early Christmas present. It's an IPAD!!! Typing my blog on it, while holding a sleeping Myra is not too easy, but decently fun! I think we are going to like it!

I tried to load a picture from the IPad, but couldn't. Maybe next time :)

Give me that!

Old school pic of Myra tonight!

If Myra could talk I think that she might have told Josh that this afternoon.  Myra was trying to eat her second lolly pop when Josh took it away from her.  And Myra tried to wrestle it back.  She sat on Josh's chest and put her legs on each side side of his head to hold it in place so she could grab the lolly pop.  When Josh grabbed her hands, Myra quickly pulled her little feet up to try and grab the sucker with her feet!  It was too cute.  I wish we had had a camera near by.  We tried to get her to do it again so we could get pictures, but it wasn't as cute :(

More Pictures!

We had a blast in Thermopolis.  We took lots of pictures while we swam, but they are not digital and are much harder to add to my blog (mostly because we don't have a scanner, and the pictures are not developed).  But here are some more "non" swimming pictures from our trip.  Enjoy!

The Hot Springs!
 The water comes out at around 135 degrees!