Bible School

This past week, Justin and I directed Bible School at church.  We used the theme "Celebrate Jesus."  We connected everything to miracles of Jesus and hawaiian decorations.  We finished the event off with a Luau on Friday evening.  We had a pinata, fire trucks, police cars, giant volleyball, limbo, and lots of other fun activities.  Here are a few pictures from the luau.

Talan and Mason playing with the giant volleyball.  They had fun trying to toss it back and forth to each other.  They couldn't hardly get their arms around it.

Daddy helping Talan collect some candy from the pinata.

Daddy and Talan sitting in the fire truck.  We couldn't hardly get Talan out of the fire truck.  He thought he was pretty hot stuff sitting in the fire truck.  He tried on their helmet and gloves.  

You can see the joy on Talan's face here while he was sitting in the fire truck.

Talan is putting on his seat belt in this picture.  He said he was going for a ride on the truck. The truck never moved but he was so excited that he thought he was going somewhere with the firemen.

Picnic and Park

After the Peace Pavilion on Friday we went to the park just south of the Temple for a picnic and play time.  We had a great time.  We were a little concerned about whether or not Talan would eat but he did.  He did a great job.  We sat together and had a little picnic and then had some playtime before we headed home for a nap and time to get ready for Bible School that evening.

Children's Peace Pavilion

On Friday, we took Talan to the Children's Peace Pavilion.  He had a lot of fun.  I hadn't been there since I was in elementary school so it was fun to go back.  They had a lot of fun new things that Talan really enjoyed.  They had a musical floor, finger painting, mask making, flag making, tunnels, ball drop activity, and so much more.  We got there in between two groups so it was just us in there.  It was great! 

Here is our little stud posing in front of the entrance.

Making a path for the ball to go through.

Talan was making me a hamburger he said.  It was really cute!  He was go get something out of the suitcase, stack it up and bring it to me.

Dominos with Dad.

We were making a mask here.  He liked putting the glue on.  What little kids doesn't like that part?

Corn On the Cob

I know the first picture is really gross but I thought it was cute too!  Talan loves corn on the cob.  He always gets so excited when we have it.  He devours the entire ear of corn he is eating. 

A few more lake pictures

These are mainly pictures from the boat ride.  The last picture is just him eating a snack after an afternoon nap.  He just looked so happy in it so I wanted to post it.

Memorial Day Weekend

Last weekend we went to Johnson Lake in Nebraska to celebrate Memorial Day and Justin's birthday.  We had a wonderful time with Uncle Bill, Aunt Sue, Nana, Papa, and Grandma Great.  The family has a house right on the lake so Talan was up about 8:30 both mornings and had gotten breakfast and cleaned up a bit and was down playing in the sand by 10:00.  We all had an awesome time!  Talan really enjoyed making sand castles and then making tunnels to put water through.  He even let us bury him one time.  

We were worried he wouldn't like his lifejacket but he loved it.  A couple times he got made when we had to take it off to go inside and get cleaned up for dinner or something.  

I think the big boat was his favorite part of the weekend though.  He still tells people that he drove Papa's big boat.  Here are a few pictures from the weekend.  I will post a couple more in a little bit.

Talan riding in the boat.  He tried out every seat that is in there.

Driving with Papa.  I think Papa enjoyed it just as much as Talan did.

Daddy and Talan driving the jet ski.  We know you aren't suppose to let kids his age ride it.  Justin just made a couple little circle going very slow.

Talan and I lounging in the raft.  Aren't his sunglasses cute!?

This is when Talan let us bury him.  He thought it was so funny.  He said he was a monster when he got out of it.  It was really cute!

Church/Family Bar-b-Que/ Graduations

We had a very busy day last Sunday.  We started the day with church, then went to Grandma and Grandpa's house to grill, and finally we had three graduation parties to go to.  

At one of the parties, the was a gator that Talan thought he needed to ride in.  Brice asked his dad and Brian said he could take him on a ride.  The best part though was when Talan told Tesa, Brice's older sister, that he needed a helmet.  Tesa went and found the smaller helmet they had and put on him.  Brice said he was laughing and talking to him the whole ride.  Thanks Brice for keeping him safe and taking him on a ride.

Talan playing with "his soccer."  

Painting a picture during Sunday School.