Cookies and Ice Cream

We spent this past weekend up north with my family. Lindsey and Riley were in town from California so Kiley and Asher got to play all weekend together. On Friday, my mom made sugar cookies. Lindsey and I got the privilege to decorate them all (and there were a lot.) Kiley got tired of being ignored so we put her in the Bumbo on the counter. She was having a great time being so close to all the action. Well, while we were not paying any attention to her, she reached over and grabbed one of the spoons for the frosting. I thought my mom had given it to her. But, no! She grabbed it and had a hay day with it. The spoon ran out of frosting and so of course she grabbed another one. Let's just say she takes after her parents. She LOVES sugar!!              

Asher loving the frosting

 Asher loves balls. All he said to me the whole weekend was "Bah." I learned this means: ball, Bo(their dog's name,) bottle. Lindsey knows exactly what he is saying but it's only fair considering she is his mom. 

Friday night we got to go to the most wonderful restaurant in SLC. Five Alls is great!! Whenever the whole family is around my dad tries to take us up there. (He works there, so he gets a great deal.)  The dinner was absolutely delicious!! The meal starts with a tasty banana, pineapple drink thing. Kiley thought she needed some, so she drank a whole one by herself. After that, there are bread sticks and clam dip. Kiley ate 5 or 6 bread sticks. A little later they bring out bread. Kiley ate a whole roll. Then it was time for the delicious steaks. Kristi is the only one who opted out of that one. She got chicken instead.

Can you tell Chad is happy after eating his steak?

After dinner, we got ice cream!! Now, ice cream just happens to be Chad's favorite food. And Kiley really likes it, too. Since I don't believe ice cream is a major food group, I shared mine with Kiley. The following are  pictures of her reaction. 

It may look like she doesn't like the ice cream, but she kept coming back for more. The problem was the ice cream was really, really cold.  

The food was awesome and the company couldn't have been better!! 

THANKS DAD!!

Chores!!!

Kiley LOVES to help us do chores. However, her idea of helping isn't always helpful. In fact, sometimes it even creates more work. But helpful or not, we sure love this mischief maker!! Here are some examples.

Kiley was helping me plant onions and garlic. By helping, I mean that she was eating the dirt, onions, garlic and rocks.She also was feeding Daisy the same stuff. YUCK!!!

Unloading the Dishwasher.

Cleaning the forks she unloaded.

Kiley really wanted to help clean the bathroom. So I stuck her in the tub to play with her toys. By doing so, my towels stayed on the shelves!

A Day at the Farm

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Kiley thought she needed to tell you all about her trip to the farm. Whenever the computer is out, she thinks its great to push the buttons. 

This past Thursday, we went to a sheep farm with a few of our friends and their kids. Kiley's grandma Bishoff was also there with us. It was a lot of fun and the weather was perfect!!

Kiley was eating chocolate animal crackers in the car while we were waiting to leave.

Amy is one of the ladies who works on the farm and she showed us all around. She started by showing us the tractors. The kids loved getting to climb in and "drive." Kiley didn't get that chance but she had fun watching the kids. 

This is my friend Christie's daughter Lily.

After the tractors, the kids got to see and pet the chickens. These are my niece and nephew, Joslyn and Evan. They have chickens at their house so they weren't overly impressed. Kiley was not the biggest fan of the chickens.  

After the chickens, we got to see the pigs.

This is Kiley's first impression.

And her second impression of the pigs. I don't blame her.

After the pigs, we got to see the cows. We saw the beef cows and the one milk cow. The milk cow was a reject from the dairy farm because it only produces about 6 to 8 gallons of milk a day. Dairy cows, I found out, produce between 12 and 16 gallons a day. I'm glad I'm not a dairy cow. How would you like that?

Kiley LOVES cows. She saw some at her Great Grandpa Palmer's ranch a few weeks ago and couldn't get enough of them. They, however, got enough of her.

This is Eraleigh making friends with the milk cow. 

Next on the tour, the sheep and baby lambs. They were adorable. (The lambs, not the sheep).

Baby Lamb

Kiley tried to pet every animal that she got close enough to.

These are orphan lamb. The white one at the back of the bucket is close to an average sized baby. The other ones are much, much smaller. The kids got to feed these lambs using bottles. Again, Kiley wasn't big enough to feed them so she got left out. She'll never know.

This little lamb is basking in the sun. Look how cute and fluffy he looks.

This lamb was born a few minutes before we got to the farm. He is just learning how to walk. The farmers were chasing the momma sheep to see if she had another baby still inside. Her uterus was still contracting so we thought we'd get to see another baby born. Well, she didn't have another one. But a different sheep was having a baby on the other side of the farm, so we went over to watch. It was really cool to watch. They had to hold her down so they could get the baby out quicker. It took about 30 seconds and the lamb was born. The momma had another baby inside but it had died some time ago so they opted to not deliver it while the kiddos were watching. 

Breaking the umbilical cord.

Kiley loved to watch the sheep.

Kiley did not like to sit on the hay.

Joslyn, Lily, and Eraleigh sitting on hay.

After we got to see everything on the farm, the kids played on the playground for a few minutes before it was time to say good-bye and head home. 

Kiley watching Evan play with the cat. 

Evan having a conversation with the cat.

I love this picture I took of Eraleigh. So I'm posting it.

My cute bug!

Lovin' Daisy

Kiley loves animals of all kinds. But she especially loves her Daisy dog. We usually block Kiley's access to Daisy (mostly for Daisy's sake), but sometimes we let Kiley go crazy. The other day, we caught Kiley climbing all over Daisy, pulling her fur, ears, mouth, tail, legs, and anything else she could get a hold of. Then she began to hit Daisy on the back. Poor Daisy just looks at us asking, "Please can I run away and hide? Why did you let this little one in here? Tell her to leave me alone." Well, Daisy doesn't really say it but she sure has that look in her eye.
Another thing Kiley loves is to sit in Daisy's dog bed. She usually kicks Daisy out so she can sit there by herself. Pretty much, I think Kiley just really likes to torment the poor dog.

Conference Weekend

I finally decided to start a blog. And after only 3 days of designing it and getting it just right (for now) I've decided to post something. I realize conference weekend was two weekends ago, but better late than never. It was a weekend full of fun and adventure. Preston and Sydney (Chad's brother and his wife) came down from Provo to visit and they stayed with us on Thursday night. Friday night, we had an awesome cookout in Three Peaks. Chad, Kiley and I left early and drove the Jeep the long way so we could gather wood. When we go on dirt roads we let Daisy run beside us the whole way. Since we can only go maybe 10 miles an hour, Chad decided to let Kiley drive. She wasn't so sure about it. She did, however, honk the horn and she had a better view out the window to watch Daisy run. 

Getting Ready to Drive

Driving-Kiley's not so sure about this.

The cookout was lots of fun. One of the best parts was that Cody and Jordyn Arnoldson were in town from Vernal and so they were there too. It's a good thing because cookouts sure aren't the same without them! The kids had fun getting dirty and we had some fun talking about hippies. Someone, who shall not be named, referred to his parents as hippies with deodorant. We all got a good laugh out of that one.  

 Evan (my nephew)

 Joslyn (my niece)

 Kiley and Daisy

 Kiley and Cody

On Saturday, we went down to Sand Hollow Res. in Hurricane. The weather was an amazing 86 degrees!! I can't wait for summer! Preston, Syd, Scott, Britt, Chad, Me and Kiley all went. Daisy had to stay home. Chad and I took Kiley out on her first raft trip. We paddled around while Chad fished. Kiley liked it at first and she especially liked when she got to paddle. After about ten minutes she had had it. We think it was because she couldn't crawl around in her life jacket. So we took her back to shore. This part, she was a big fan of. She loved playing in the dirt and with the rocks. She especially loved eating the dirt and rocks. I stayed busy trying to keep her from eating them. We spent the rest of the day watching Conference and just hanging out as a family. We're sure glad Preston and Syd came down to play with all of us!!

 Kiley rowing the raft

Loving the rocks

 Syd and Britt (my sisters-in-law)

Getting Dirty