Feast or Famine

I have to apologize about the lack of posts lately. It's not for the lack of exciting things. So it's either 100 posts in one day and then nothing for a week or so. I promise that I'll be better about posting.

More New Shoes

We decided to get Tom and Charlie some new shoes. We keep buying them the cheap Walmart, or Payless shoes, but then have to buy another pair in a month or so. We decided to try something new and get them some Adidas--a little more expensive, but hopefully they'll last a little longer.
We went to the outlets in Park City on Saturday afternoon and found some great deals. Charlie got a pair, Tom got some shoes and new socks (he wears his out faster than anyone I know,) and even Brian picked out a pair. When the nice guy at the counter rang us up, we also got $25 off. So it ended up being 3 pairs of shoes and 12 pairs of socks for $75! What a steal!

The boys couldn't wait to put their new shoes on and wore them the rest of the shopping trip. They LOVE their new kicks, and I think they are pretty cute too. I didn't get a picture of Brian's new shoes, but maybe when he's not looking.

I love these boys!

Dinosaur Museum

I volunteered to go to Vernal for my work last week. My work thing was at the Dinosaur Museum so I thought it would be fun for everyone to go and check out the museum. Notice their faces in the picture and you'll see how much fun they had.
Here's the kid's in front of the big Dino outside.

Another picture from the outside part, but this is the woolly mammoth and a rare species of children.

Brianna is waiting outside. Can't you tell she's having the most enjoyable time?

Charlie's posing with the glyphs inside the museum. Again, I think this was his favorite part of the day.

I can always count on Tom to smile for a picture. Even if everyone else is being grumpy.

My work thing was down the hall from where the boys are sitting. I thought the museum would take more time to work through, but about 30 minutes after they started, the kids and Brian were ready to go. It's a good thing I got paid for the trip, or the 6 hour drive would have been a waste. After the museum, Brian took the kids to a nearby park to run and play for a while before we headed back home. I think they really liked that.

This is what happened on the way home. You'll notice that Brianna isn't pictured...I didn't want her to be upset with me for posting that image, but she was knocked out just like the boys. It was a long fun day, but we won't have to go to Eastern Utah for a while now.

New Bikes

I did a special assignment for my work during the last half of the year. For payment of this work, I got a gift card to Amazon.com from the company. I didn't know what to get, but soon came to the conclusion that we would spend the money on getting new bikes for the boys.
We let them pick which bike they wanted. Tom picked a Spiderman one and Charlie wanted the Batman one. Then they had to wait for them to come by mail. Each day they would ask if they bikes came and were really sad when they didn't. Soon they stopped asking, and that's when they showed up.
Tom's Spiderman bike came first, then Charlie's was the next day. Here are some pictures of them with their new bikes. They love them and ride them every day. It was a good purchase.
Here's the pile of trash from Tom's bike (Brian had already picked up some of it.) Luckily when we put together Charlie's I was smart enough to put all the garbage in the box as we were going.

Chuck is a speed racer on his Batman bike.

Tom loves going fast with his Spiderman bike.

Brian already had to make adjustments on Charlie's bike, but Chuck was backing him up when he needed help.

They love racing on their bikes and spend a lot of time riding everyday.