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A couple months ago, we bought the 365 day connect pass . This pass allows you to get into a bunch of different attractions Salt Lake (and the surrounding areas) has to offer. We already went to the zoo, this is the place heritage park , and discovery museum , and enjoyed all of them. Yesterday, we went to The Museum of Ancient Life at Thanksgiving Point. We were suppose to go around this time last year, but Hannah was puking and Lilly was pooping out of her diaper. Finally, we got around to going.  We had a really good time and their was so much more there then I thought. The girls favorite part was this tunnel that was pitch black except for the twinkling of "stars." We went through that tunnel several times. The girls also enjoyed looking at all the giant dinosaurs. At the end of the museum, the kids were able to dig and find dinosaur bones in the sand. I didn't think they were ever going to want to leave!   

Everyone knows that saying about when life gives you lemons make lemonade. Well yesterday the kids and I made some seriously amazingly wonderful lemonade! I decided we needed a change of environment, so loaded up the kids and headed over to our local park for a picnic. It was going great until I saw a swarm of kids walked over from the local elementary school. Within minutes the tables around us were full of school aged children, and more were coming, lots more. The playground equipment was practically invisible due to the sheer number of kids playing on it. They filled up every inch of that playground equipment, and I could see my little two year old getting slightly overwhelmed by it all. We weren't there thirty minutes before we loaded the car back up and left.  I was heading home when I decided to pull the car over and google parks in Utah County. The first park that popped up on my screen was in Pleasant Grove and from the picture looked awesome! Twelve minutes later we...

Once in a while, I (and I am sure all of you) need a little pick me up. I'm not talking about a soda, chocolate, or a trip to the mall, but more like inspiration to keep going. Today I watched a video by Lavendaire on the Law of Attraction , and how our thoughts ripple down into actions.  My word goal for the year is ELIMINATE, and one thing I want to eliminate is negativity, especially negative thoughts.  For example; I suck at being a Mother.  I'm never going to make money with my blog.  I am not a lucky person. I'm fat because I still have all this baby weight. . . . .  People will say these statements aren't true and so on, but they seem very true/real to me. So how do I change these negative thoughts. The answer, I think, is quite simple. It is by changing a negative into a positive. Now it sounds like this -  I am a great Mother! My blog is doing wonderfully! I am blessed! ...

The kids and I, along with Courtney, David, and Oliver, took a trip to the discover gateway children's museum in Salt Lake City. Hannah, Lilly Belle and I went months and months ago while I still pregnant with Beck. The girls have been wanting to go back for a while, and we had a free visit with the passes we got. We thought it would be fun to bring David and Oliver along for the ride as well, and I think they really enjoyed it too.  When we first arrived, it was packed. Several elementary schools were having their field trips there, and let me tell ya, those kids were CRAZY!!! Luckily, by the time we finished lunch they were gone! The museum was quiet and the kids were able to enjoy playing without having kids on top of kids around.  It was such a fun day!

a good reminder that moving forward towards your goals and dreams, no matter how slow you are moving, is still moving forward! KEEP GOING! KEEP MOVING! KEEP FIGHTING!

I found this really fun idea on pinterest for teaching the girls about budgeting in a really fun way.  here is the post I followed her plan pretty much exactly.  I put the careers in an envelope (with the money already cut) and laid them out on the table for the girls to pick. They had no idea what the different careers were and it was fun to see their reactions. I didn't need all the careers so took away the McDonald's cashier one.  I then explained that we would be going down the categories and budgeting out the things we want. It was fun to see what they wanted and then realizing what their budget allowed. My girls did not appreciate the taxes budget. It was cute to see how upset they were about putting twenty percent into their envelopes.  We started with their money on the table and as they made their choices that money went into their envelopes. This made it easier to see how much money they had for the upcoming categories.  It was fun...

Yesterday, we went to the lantern festival in Salt Lake City - technically it was at the Utah Motorcross Campus in Grantsville - We weren't too sure what to expect or what to bring, so we set out with a backpack full of snacks and drinks, a blanket and a camping chair for each of us. We picked up these super cute ones at Walmart (on sale) for about $5! I knew there would be a lot of people there; however, I had no idea it would be absolutely PACKED! I don't think I have ever seen that amount of people in one place before, and they kept coming and coming and coming. You literally bounced from one line to the next. We decided to join one of the food truck lines. Hannah and I waited about fifteen minutes in the waffle love line before quitting. We hadn't moved an inch and was still a good 90 minutes from the food truck! It was worse then waiting in line at Disney ( ok maybe a slight exaggeration there .) So instead, we joined up with Aaron who was waiting, with Lilly Belle...

My Lilly Belle is two! Now this is where I would say where has the time gone - I can't believe my baby is two - It seems like yesterday I was bringing her home from the hospital and so on and so on; however, it feels like Lilly has been two forever! It was more shocking that we were only just now celebrating her second birthday. I don't know maybe it is because Beck is our baby that Lilly Belle seems so grown up.  She is still my angel sent from heaven, and has the sweetest little personality. She is lovable and friendly, but isn't afraid to defend herself when she thinks other kids are going to take her toys. She is one hundred percent a Daddy's Girl and often says, "Love Daddy more." She is my only kid who would rather snuggle up with Daddy then me, but I don't mind. . . . . . too much. She knows all her colors and can count to five (and people say youtube kids is trash hehe.) She speaks really well and is easy to understand - most of the time. Sh...