Flash Back Friday

I wanted to start recording some of the oldie but goodie memories that I have stored up in my brain. I have all these pictures scanned with no story to go with them. Maybe if I just start tackling them one at a time once a week I will make a small dent.

This picture is from a Float my Uncle Jon designed for a Days of 47 Parade. The Float had a HUGE and I mean HUGE mommy duck and this little duck was pulled behind her. The mommy duck held ALL of the Reimann’s in the big float. I for some reason was chosen to ride in the baby duck along with my Aunt Kristi, Brother Eric and Cousin Amber. I got to wear a little white dress and hold that darling umbrella. Oh my, that umbrella was my life for the next few weeks. It was the most girly girl thing I owned. I loved it. I felt like a princess for weeks.

Green River Watermelon

Who says a baby can't tell the difference??

Utah State Fair 2008

We took the kids to the Utah State Fair yesterday. For those of you who enjoy people watching…this is the place for you. There is such a variety of specimens. I am not talking the “Carnies” either. The bearded lady and Siamese twins don’t count. I am talking about the people who pay to get in. I could spend hours watching.
Brad got a kick out of sticking his face through all the cutouts. He is easily amused. I loved the Fair Food. I am unfortunately attracted to REAL corn dogs, funnel cake, spiral fries, caramel apples…you get the picture. Randy really enjoyed the stocked pond. He got to help Brad catch a fish. We let Brad bring a couple of dollars he had earned. He decided to spend it on the Big Yellow Slide. I shouldn’t have been surprised but he wanted to do it all by himself. He sat at the top for a while contemplating… but then mustered up all his courage and came down alone. We were so proud.

Then it was off to the STINKY barn to see the STINKY animals. We couldn’t get Claire too close to the side rails. She wanted to hop in the cages with the animals. One of the goats felt bad for her and came up over the cage to say hi. I was a little nervous…don’t goats bite??? Anyway all her fingers and toes are in tact and she still loves animals.
The fair has a cute “kid size farm”. Brad had a lot of fun pretending. However he did not appreciate the cow at all. I made him touch the udder just for pictures. Poor kid…I don’t think he will grow up to be a dairy farmer. In the end they get to cash in for all their work and pick something out of the country store. He chose an APPLE!!! I tried to talk him into a cookie, chips, or even a chocolate milk. He wouldn't have it. He wanted fruit. I don't know where this kid comes from. Must be Randy's genes.

Granger North Stake Fair

Our Stake did a Fair on Saturday. They had a float in the Days of 47 Parade and let the kids climb all over it. That was Brad’s favorite part. It took me forever to get him off of it.
I had to put this picture in because of Claire’s shoes. My boss gave them to me and they finally fit her. They look so DARLING on her.

Our ward did a kissing booth, so Brad went around kissing all the YW and leaders to get more candy. We have a lot of Polynesian families in our stake so there was a lot of yummy food. We also have a Spanish and Cambodian branch. Needless to say I left the Fair more than satisfied in the cuisine department.

Dirt I can dig up later...

What childhood history would be complete without pictures in the high chair.

I now have it on record that she likes veggies. So, when she is older and proclaims...

"I hate vegetables!!!"

I can dig these pictures out and say "No you don't, you love them".

Flash Back Friday

Today was Brad’s first day back to pre-school. It has been such a long summer without Mrs. Thompson. He was so excited to walk in those doors today. He is growing up so fast. I can’t believe it. I wanted to see what he looked like on his first day of school last year and pulled up this picture. I can’t believe the difference just one year makes. He has changed in so many ways. He is such a handsome, confidant, social, little man.

Brad has been trying on different personalities in the last few weeks. Right now he is experimenting with a very sassy persona. He has been saying things lately that stagger me a little. Let me give you a few examples.

- This morning when I tried to him out of bed to get ready, he wouldn’t. After about the third time of going into his room I said “Brad get moving!” He says back to me. “Look mom I AM moving” lifts his arm up in the air, flops it down, and rolls back over to sleep.

- A couple of days ago I was on my way to his grandma’s house. I was trying to avoid construction and took a different route. Brad noticed right away and says. “Mom I don’t think you are going the right way! I know this is not the way to Nanny’s”. I reply “Yes it is Brad. Mom is just going a different way so we won’t have to wait in traffic.” He says back quite snappy. “I know this is not right. Maybe my Nanny MOVED!!!”

These just might be primitive glimpses into his teenage self. I hope we get our sweet little Bradley back soon. I don’t want to rush into adolescence early.

Parting is such sweet sorrow...

Lance was set apart as a missionary tonight. It was quite the task to get some pictures tonight. It was hard to get all the brothers to be serious for just 2 minutes. After he was set apart we went to Hires for dinner. It was so fun to visit and laugh with Lance.

We sure love him. My kids adore him too. We will miss him a ton. The people in Texas are sure lucky to have him for 2 years!!!!

Hugs and Kisses Lance.

She just keeps growing and growing and growing.....

Claire has finally stopped scooting and army crawling and ventured into the world of real crawling. Watch out world here she comes. She also is breaking two new teeth on top this morning. She just wont stop growing. I can't believe she is 9 months.

Annual WILDwood Gala

Randy and I have made it a tradition to go camping with our friends from our old condos once a year. The first year we met we went to a cabin in Monte Cristo. Last year we went to Jackson Hole and this year we went to Palisades State Park in Manti. The place was packed because of the Holiday weekend. We had an absolute riot!!!!
The camp site was really nice and grassy. (I love grassy) There is a little lake for the kiddos and a golf course for the guys. Randy made his first (almost) hole in one this weekend. Palisades is in San Pete County and there were TONS of 4 wheeling trails. We could ride our 4 wheelers right our of the camp.

Because it is September the lake was really really low. The kids could not swim in it. Lucky for us the sprinklers came on the first day while it was still warm. They at least got to put on their swimsuits.

After the sprinklers turned off the kids took turns being thrown into the air. Dillan was a little nervous but he kept coming back for more.
On Saturday morning most of the group went on a big trail ride. They were gone for almost 5 hours. Stacy grew up in Manti so she showed us some beautiful trails, mud puddles and lots of dirt.
After the big ride we cleaned up and went to dinner by Snow College. Simi and Stacy introduced us to a pizza joint called Fat Jacks a couple of years ago and we love it. Andrea and Kyle used to live in Ephraim so they love it too. The BYU game was on TV so we all were in sport pizza heaven.

On the way back to camp Randy and I pulled up to the dock and let Brad throw a couple of rocks in the water. The wind started to get really bad so we went to check on the tents. The wind was pushing the tents sideways!!! It was crazy. It was hard to walk in it. The picture we took shows how much dirt and crap the wind was throwing through the air. Luckily Stacy and Simi had a Hotel in Manti, Trav and Bree slept in the back of their truck, and Tim and Kamie stayed with us in the trailer. Kyle, Andrea, and their three kids are the only brave ones who stayed in their tent. It held up pretty well. Hope they can look back on it later in life and laugh about it.

The last night we went Yearns (a little stocked pond up Manti canyon). The men jumped out of the truck and raced to the shore. The whole night they were competing to catch the most fish. We didn’t leave until it was pitch black and we could barely make it back to the truck. It ended up being a tie. They all caught three fish each. It was pretty funny.
That night it poured rain. The lightning was so close Tim said it made the hair on his legs stand up straight. Brad thought the thunder was pretty cool. He kept saying it was like Lightning McQueen. He still ended up in bed with us the majority of the storm.

This years trip was a huge success!! We have some great friends. Can't wait until next year.

Lance's BBQ Goodbye

Last Thursday Randy’s parents threw a goodbye BBQ for Randy’s little Brother Lance. He goes to the MTC on Wednesday. Some of the good neighborhood friends came over to say goodbye. We will miss him a ton. It kind of freaked me out a little when I started thinking that Brad will be 6 and Claire will be 2 when he comes home. Time sure flies!!!