Visits, Farms, Parades, and More!

This has been a busy week for the entire Bowles household. Ian spent the whole entire week working. And I do mean the entire week. I think we had him home for a few waking hours, but that's it. He was gone most of our sleeping hours too. Sheesh.

On Wednesday our sister-in-law Emilee and baby Ivy flew into town. Their primary purpose was to spend some quality time with Emilee's family in Provo, but we picked them up from the airport in the morning then got to spend the afternoon visiting until Emilee's sister came to pick them up and take them to Provo.

We went straight from the airport to pick up Ian and go to lunch. We ended up at In N Out. It was a warm, breezy day, so we ate outside. The boys got hats and ran around and goofed off with french fries.
After lunch we went home and relaxed. Weston did a puppet show for us. The main players were Barnacle Bart and Harrison the frog. They are best friends apparently. Davin joined in for the very end.
Davin and Ivy bonded while watching some Sesame Street.
During Davin's nap Ivy cuddled with her mommy for a little nap, so Weston and I went in his room and did some puzzles. Weston can do every single one of these puzzles all by himself. I only helped a little because otherwise I was bored. He is also very into taking pictures. Every day during Davin's nap he asks if he can take some pictures. His action figures are most frequent subjects, but occasionally he does a self portrait or two.
We had a very nice visit with Emilee and Ivy. I'm so glad that they could spend the day with us.

Thursday was Davin's ear tube surgery follow up appointment. The office is downtown, so it's a bit of a drive. The ENT pronounced his ears perfect and the whole appointment only took about 3 minutes. I decided we may as well do something fun while we were downtown, so we drove over to the Gateway and I let the kids play in the fountain again.

Friday I was in a crappy mood. Ian had stayed at work Thursday to work late on this same project. Usually I wake up at some point in the middle of the night to pee and discover he is home. Friday morning I woke up at 6:30 with Davin and Ian wasn't home. I fully expected him to work until about 10ish tying up loose ends then come home and sleep. Nope. He ended up working a full day. Boo.

In the meantime I dragged the kids to free lunch at the park just to get out of the house. It was hot. Like my car said it was 100. The actual high was 97 I think, but still. And it was windy. This did not improve my mood. We didn't stay long. We came home and I put the kids down for naps. Weston didn't go to sleep, of course, but I needed the quiet time.

When everyone woke up we headed to Thanksgiving Point to meet up with some friends. It was still hot, but the kids had a blast playing with the indoor exhibits and having pony rides.



When we were done we grabbed some dinner and drove over to my friend Jackie's uncle's house. It is right on the Lehi Round Up Days parade route. They had our spot all staked out. It was so much fun! We were in the shade. We had chairs right on the street. The kids had a spot on the curb in front of us. And my boys were in heaven. Lots of the parade floats and cars threw out candy and we ended up with a bag full. Davin was especially enthusiastic about all the floats, bands, cheerleaders, and, of course, the candy. You'd think my kids had never done anything fun in their lives. Here are a couple videos of the kids enjoying the parade. I think we'll have to make this little parade a tradition.

When we got home from the parade Ian was finally home and in bed. Luckily he finished the project, got positive feedback from the client, and has been home enjoying the weekend with us. Yesterday we got the second coat of mud done in the den. It went a lot faster than the first coat. And lucky for us it wasn't quite as hot as it was Friday. When we finished working we ate dinner then we all went to the pool for the first time this summer. It was fabulous. It felt so good to lounge out in the sun. Weston was a fish. He went on all the slides by himself and did not want to leave. Good thing we got a pass because I have a feeling he is going to want to go to the pool every day. :)