Oakley & Cina

We went up to Herriman tonight to pack all the camping gear for Lake Powell (we leave tomorrow!!) and I got to hang out with my cute niece, Oakley. As soon as we got there, she said "Come on!" and had us come downstairs to watch her "play wii" (Steph was really playing, but Oakley had a controller too so she thought she was the star) 

After a little while, Oakley pointed to a box of hair bows and said "Cina! Down!" (C-na is how she pronounces my name, and she says Trevor's name "Tear"). So I dumped out the box of bows and clips, and she told me which ones she wanted in my hair and which one's she wanted in her hair :)

Every time I put another bow in my hair, she'd say "Preeetty!" (Then after we were all done, I started to take them out of my hair and she said NO! Stephanie looked over at us and started cracking up and was like ummm Trevor look at your wife! Haha we had fun :)

It's so fun that Oakley is talking more now-- I can't believe she's already 2 1/2 (I met her when she was 6 months old)! She's the only kid in the fam right now (who lives here) so she definitely gets lots of attention. Everyone keeps telling us she needs some cousins to play with. Someday.. :)

Rick's 29th Birthday

We celebrated Rick's birthday by eating his favorite dinner (honey lime enchiladas), opening presents (Trevor got him a little skiing move-able figurine guy that he loved), and going miniature golfing.

Before we hit the course, we warmed up by hitting balls in the batting cages (I tried it and it kinda scared me, so I got about half way through and then I jumped out and let Trevor finish my round).

Rick lifted Steph all the way above his head, while she was just holding onto the bat!



One of the golf balls fell in the water (I'm pretty sure it was Trevor's..) and everyone was trying as hard as they could to get it out. It was really dark and there weren't many lights on the course so we were using Rick's tiny little keychain flashlight to search for it. I thought it was a lost cause, but eventually, everyone's combined efforts worked and the golf ball was saved!



P.S. The figurine guy that we got Rick is now hanging up in his cubicle at work so he can play with it in-between phone calls. It was actually a girl with dreadlocks named "Adventure Jane" but Trevor was so clever and covered up the name so that it's now "Adventure Rick". Since Trevor sits by Rick at work, he's a little jealous of his own present he bought him.. and he now wants an "Adventure Trevor" for himself. I swear guys will always be little boys at heart..

Rockclimbing

We went rockclimbing at REI in Sandy the other night and climbed our little hearts out! Trevor and I had to pass the certification first while Steph, Rick, Evan & Nicole got a head start. I kept getting the knots wrong, but the instructor guy didn't seem to mind.. he knew I had Trevor to help me anyway. I started out on the easy courses, while Trevor jumped right into the hard ones. Stephanie was pretty intense with the harder courses too, it was impressive to watch!

Trevor, Rick and Nicole raced each other!

After a few hours of climbing, we went to T.G.I.Fridays with sore arms. What a good workout!