The Funnest Night Ever!

Don't worry, I know funnest isn't really an actual word, but it accurately describes the night we had.

Last weekend South Jordan had an awesome night out to promote safety and awareness. We weren't really expecting much, but since it was so close to our house, we thought we'd go spend an hour over there.

They had so many cool things and Austen was literally in awe over everything. They had three different types of helicopters, a fire engine, police motorcycle, a swat van, and all sorts of different types of police vehicles. You could even get in most of them. The air-med helicopter was my favorite. I was amazed at what they can do in that tiny of a space! We even got to watch it land.

They also had k-9 demonstrations where they unleashed the dog on some poor rookie cop in a huge padded suit. Later they did a k-9 helicopter demo where the UHP helicopter took off with the dog inside and then they released the dog from inside the helicopter to attack the suspect. The dog literally jumped from a flying helicopter and took this guy out so hard it knocked the guy over! It was really cool.

The firemen were also doing a cool demo where they took a car that had been totaled and removed the doors using the jaws of life. It was really awesome to see!

Austen had a really fun time and he's still talking about it. He was really into the attack dog and sometimes he'll pretend to be the dog and come up and attack your leg randomly. It's hilarious! I told him the dog wasn't scary and that he only attacks bad guys, but somehow in his mind that translated to something else, so now he thinks the dog is called the bad dog.

Here he is in the fire engine.

And the helicopter.
As soon as he hopped in he asked the guy for a ride.

Update on our sickness: Whatever we got, it is highly contagious. It has made the rounds. So far both my sisters, three of our kids, and Brian and I have gotten it. I am praying I didn't give it to my Dad, Mom, and Brother considering I was at their house yesterday in the midst of my sickness. ( I thought it was a bought of anxiety, but it turns out it wasn't.)

Our Very First Throw Up Session

I feel like we've just hit a milestone......we've just had our very first stomach bug and it was epic! Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration. It wasn't bad at all, in fact it only lasted a couple of hours and now he seems to be fine. The worst part was that he threw up in our bed, on the carpet, and on several shirts. The rest of the time I was able to catch it in the throw up bowl.

He's starting to feel better with color back in his face now so that's good. He's been keeping down liquids, so I just asked him if he wanted a snack and he said "yeah, just not spaghettios". (That was the last thing he ate before bed last night, so that was what he woke up to throwing up. I'm pretty sure he won't be eating those again for a while.)

UPDATE: After his snack I asked him if his tummy was feeling okay. His reply: "Yeah, it just feels a little angry." I'm still laughing!!!

Random Cell Phone Pics

I got a new phone a couple of months ago that can do all sorts of neat things. One reason I was really excited about it was because it has an 8 mgpixel camera and it was my understanding that I could upload those pictures directly to blogger from my phone. I haven't bothered trying to figure out exactly how to do that yet, but I have been taking some cute pics with my phone......especially since I forget to take my camera with us way too often. So here are some random, completely unrelated pictures that I finally uploaded from my phone.

Brian and Austen love to play this little golf game where Austen tries to hit the ball into the bucket.

He's actually pretty good at it.

Austen at the big kid pool.
He was way more interested in a tractor digging out a basement next door to the pool than he was in swimming.

And last, but not least.....this is the reason I still have a baby safety gate up at my house.

After he created this lovely mess (half the roll was already IN the toilet) he flushed it. It got clogged of course and Brian had to fix it when he got home from work. He was appalled to learn that I had no clue how to unclog a toilet.
Isn't that the men's area??? That and taking out the garbage cans!

Out Of Control Tomatoes

I planted some tomatoes in the backyard this year and one of them is going completely out of control!
It has even taken over the window well.
I guess I shouldn't have listened to the King Of Overkill when he said to fertilize once a week......
Anyway the tomatoes have just started turning red and Austen gets so excited to go out and pick them!
Not to mention eat them!
I slice them up, put on some cottage cheese, and salt and pepper and the kid seriously can't get enough! He eats at least one a day!

Just Cruisin Around

I can't remember if I've mentioned the electric motorcycle Austen has before, but it is AWESOME!!!
He loves it and feels so cool cruising around on it.
Here are some pics of the little man going for a Sunday ride.

While Daddy's Away...

We go play.

This is what we'll be doing today until naptime while Daddy is off golfing.

We Went To Planet Play Again.....And This Time I Remembered My Camera

So I hope you're prepared to be bombarded with pictures because I took a lot!

We started off with bowling.
Austen lasted about three turns and then he was off to the next thing.

Which is this game.
Austen loves it!
You push down that white thing and it pops the balls into the dogs mouth while the dog is saying how hungry he is.
Then when you're done the dog says he's full and that you're strong.
Austen thinks it's hilarious!

Then he played this animal feeding game.
(I guess they don't think toddlers should be pretending to shoot animals, so you're actually feeding them.)

Seeing how this merry go round thing works.

Stuck in the playground.
He has a hard time figuring out how to get out of this one.....kinda makes me wish I had it at home!

Driving a car.

Of course he can't sit down the whole time.
Good thing it goes slow!

Racing a boat.

Posing as an Indian with his cousins during their black light mini golf game.

He had so much fun!!!
He went home and took a 3 hour nap.