Surviving an eventful weekend!

So this past weekend was pretty eventful. My best friend Laurie's daughter turned 1 year old on Friday and there was a party on Saturday. We decided to go up Friday night and stay at a hotel and take advantage of the pool! Thanks to my little sister Laura, who works for Holiday Inn in Rocksprings, we got the room at a great price! So we called Laurie her husband and her daughter Kalala and my other best friend Lacie to come over for Pizza and swimming. We had so much fun! We all met in the room and the kids had fun getting to know one another. At one point Aden had Kalala cornered and was giving her kisses! She wasn't real sure about that untill she got out of the corner and She got Aden stuck in the corner and kissed him! He didn't mind one little bit. Then once the pizza came we took it all down to the pool and swam until the kids were cold and the pool was closed. But poor Laurie had to swim the whole time with her hand out of the water because she had surgery just last week:( But she was a real trouper and I think fun was had by all regardless.

So cute together and they loved the attention so much they just kept giving eachother kisses!

Lacie holding Kalala and Aden

Chris is just one of the kids at heart!

Laurie with Kalala and Me with Aden

We got a family hug and kiss all in one!

I hate the way I look in this picture but it has us all together, with the exception of Laki (Laurie's husband) and Chris. I think by then the kids were cold, which is why Aden is making the funny face:)

We had so much fun at Kalala's party the next day! The party was great! There was food and all kinds of new faces and people and that wasn't even the half of it! The park where the party was had all kinds of playground toys and fun stuff and a water feature that was so cool! It sprayed water at all different angles and had parts that were big jets of water and others that just misted and every thing in between! Aden didn't really like playing in it himself but he got the bigest kick out of watching every one else play in it. We took him in the water a couple times but he pretty well screamed the whole time:)! I guess our fish only likes the water that is standing still! His favorite part of the park was a giant sculpture of a turtle that he got to sit on. He patted the turtle on the head and gave it hugs. It was so cute....he even says turtle now! Well he says "Curcle" but that is his word for turtle.

After the party we visited a really cool Aquarium on the way home! Since Aden is such a fan of Finding Nemo and all fish really, we figured he would have a blast! Oh and he did. I have to appologize in advance these pictures are not great, I took them with my phone. Apperently my camera got left on after taking pictures the night before and it didn't work when it came time to take pictures....turns out it just needed a little rest because I got it out this morning to upload pictures and the battery was still full.....I was so dissapointed....I guess we will just have to go back soon!

Aden was so facinated by all the tanks full of beautiful fish! (this one was full of sharks! Yikes!)

We all took turns petting the sting rays in the tank....(Aden couldn't quite reach but he got really wet splashing around "trying" anyways)

There was an exhibit where Aden got to steer and play with the controls of a boat! Luckily it was all fake so we didn't crash or anything.

They had the cutest play area where kids could play around crawl through tunnels and look at fish tanks down at their level. Aden found one tank that had all Clown fish and he just stood there pointing and smileing and saying "Nemo!" "Nemo!" He was so excited he could have stood there for hours I think!

The gift shop had a huge model of "Bruce" from Finding Nemo and Chris tried to get him to eat Aden...Just kidding we wanted Aden to get a good look at him because he was one of Aden's favorite characters off the movie starting from when he was little tiny!

We found a few stuffed "Nemo" clown fish in the gift shop. Aden grabbed as many as he could handle and snuggled them close to him......pretty well saying "Daddy I want them ALL!"
I guess the best pictures we got at the aquarium were the ones in the photo booth! Aden didn't really get the concept and Chris had a hard time being seriouse but it was a fun way to get a picture of all of us for the scap book!

After the Aquarium we made a short stop in Provo to visit a best friend of Chris's Jeremy. And then we got on the road for home! I think by the end, we had sooo much fun but we were ready to be home sweet home again!

Next time we go up North I hope to make it to the Zoo and maybe the aquarium again. We don't get up there very often and have to squeeze as much as we can into each trip! And I will make sure my Camera is working so I can get loads of pictures!

Surviving Blog Addiction!

So it is official, I am addicted to blogs. I love to visit random peoples blogs ,as well as loved ones, I like to add cool and fancy things to my own blog, and now, apperently, I need two blogs. Actually this new blog is to help all those who have blogs and always wanted to know how to get cute backgrounds. There are step by step instructions and it should be pretty well self explanatory. Let me know if you have any questions. Here is the link http://binghamblogbackgrounds.blogspot.com/ Enjoy :)

Surviving Aden's new game!

So I discovered in the last couple days that Aden has a new "game" it starts with taking all the clothes out of his hamper and then climbing inside! Ordinarily I have alot of patience with these types of antics because normally he does it once or twice and then moves on to a new game. However, this one seems to have stuck and I have a hard time keeping the house looking clean when I have Aden's dirty clothes strewn all over. Well I got a couple of pictures and thougth they were to cute not to share.........I guess I will live, and picking up laundry isn't the worst mess I have had to clean up. I think we have arrived in what is loveingly called the terible two's....wish us luck:)!

Surviving Fireworks and Horse Rides

So instead of haveing one day to celebrate the 4th of July we sort of had 3! On the 3rd I bought some sparklers and some snaps....well we couldn't wait to see how Aden reacted to the sparklers so we got some of them out and got some super cute pictures! He had so much fun with them we couldn't wait for him to see more fire works on the 4th. Laura and her boyfriend Eric came down for a visit. They went with Courtney and some friends out on the desert on the 4th. So we went over to my mom and dad's house and had a nice dinner, then Aden took his bath there and then we set off some fun little fire works there with grandma and grandpa. Well at first Aden LOVED them. In fact he kept saying "Wow!" But we soon found out he wasn't a big fan of the spinning flower fireworks...one of them had a malfunction and I think it scared him bad....from there on out it was a struggle to get him to enjoy the fire works. He would scream and hold on to me so tight and try to get as far away from them as he could. But I think he will recover by the 24th...I hope anyways because the big fireworks will be here in town. By the 5th Luke and Mary and Tianna came down. After we had a great BBQ at my grandma's house we went back to my dad's house and we set off some big fire works (the less than legal kind that Eric brought from Wyoming to share with us all) and some more sparklers which Aden was a little leery of but still held onto for a couple minutes. The highlight for him however, didn't come in the form of any firework or sparkler, he loves my dad's horses! He calls them "horty" and makes horse sounds! Well this spring three baby horses were born and Aden loves them and in fact he has ridden on them on more than one occasion. But he was extra excited to ride the horses and they were really patient with him and we even got both Tianna and Aden on one at the same time. Sorry the picture is a little blurry but it was the only one I got before Aden bailed off. Tianna loved being on the bigger horses too! At one point Aden was on Cookie (the light colored one) and she started to run and my mom was running along side with Aden on top! Aden was laughing and smiling the whole way! They also got excited about the bunnies! Laura brought them down with her! They were sticking thier fingers in the cage and giggling when the bunnies would sniff their fingers. They also both got plenty of bunny nose practice! We had so much fun this weekend and loved seeing all our family together again! We hope to see them all soon for the Lake family reunion! I hope you enjoy the pictures :)!

Happy Fourth of July!!!

Happy Independence day! Today is the commemoration and memorial for all those who have faught, died, or struggled in any way to make our country the best nation in the world! In our country we have rights that allow us to choose who our leaders are, and we have the right to speak out and complain about anything and everything they do that we don't like. In this country we have the right to choose what we beleive, what we say, what we do, and who we are so long as it doesn't impead the rights of others. So here is to our troops at home and abroad, past, present, and future, We love you and appreciate the sacrifice you make for us. We are proud to be Americans!

Love, The Binghams

The Garden surviving Aden!

As many of you know I have grown a garden the last couple of years. Well since we have spent the last couple of weeks traveling and getting ready to travel, my garden has suffered a little.....okay so the weeds took over...my bad.

So I have spent the last couple of days trying to catch up on the weeds..(it will never happen:( but I can try). Well yesterday my mom had Aden while I weeded, but today I had a little helper.

He thought what I was doing was a fun game and didn't understand I was pulling weeds and trowing them into a pile.......he thougth I was picking up mud and throwing it...so naturally he did that too:)
So there he is picking up mud....and throwing it! And then smiling so big because he helped!

It would have been great if that was all he helped with but.........alas he found that my peper plants had little baby peppers on them and desided to harvest one of them while I wasn't looking....:) I had to laugh because he was so proud of what he had done. After trieing to get the dogs to fetch it a couple of times he started digging into it with his fingers, bound and determined to find out what was inside. This kid kills me sometimes:) I just hope some of the pepers and other veggies make it til they are at least ripe! I love that Aden is so helpful and wants to see, feel, and know everything.... so I guess if we don't get alot of survivors I will be okay:) Earlier he was feeding the dogs and would get a peice of dogfood out of the bag put it in the dog's dish and say "here go" while Clover would snarf the food as fast as he would give it to her:) You gotta love this little guy!

Survival of the Bingham Family Reunion 2008

Ok so the drive was crazy long but besides that we had sooooo much fun! We left around noon on Thursday and drove straight to Clovis CA where Chris's Grandma and Grandpa Bingham live. We got there late at night and gave hugs visited a little bit and fell over from exhaustion. In the morning we got more time to visit and spent some quality time with Melody the newest member of the family who, Chris, Aden, and myslef had never met. We also spent time with Chris's sisters and brother. His sister Brooke and her son Cameron had never met Aden so we were so excited for them to meet too! After a big breakfast we all packed up and headed for Shaver Lake. We got there and met and greeted the extended family and set up camp. By the time we got all that done it was time for dinner and bed. From the pictures you can see we had alot of fun fishing, swimming ,playing on kyaks, and jetski's. We went back to Grandma and Grandpa's house on Sunday and then left early on Monday. It was a whirl wind trip but was worth it! I have added some more pictures to the slide show, enjoy!

City Summer Celebration!

CastleDale City had it's yearly "kick off the summer" party. There were all kinds activities that started in the morning and lasted all day:). Since Chris is a City employee it meant he had to work on Saturday but Aden and I made the best of it by spending as much time with him at the park as possible. We played on the playground equiptment before brunch. I got a little camera happy but Aden was being super cute!! Then we had brunch and Aden decided before we ate that he wanted to ride the "gattor" with Chris....it is a mix between a tractor and a golf cart:). He climbed in to it all by himself and wanted to drive it. After brunch and some more playing on the playground we came home for naps and then latter some lunch....Aden was too busy to eat much at brunch. In the afternoon Chris had to go and help with a funeral (part of his job) so we chilled out at home til 3 when the games for all the kids took place. They had all kinds of inflatable games like a bouncy house, an obstacle course and a slide that they added water too for extra fun! Since Aden was loveing the slide earlier and of course loves water we thought he might like the water slide. So we asked a kid we know that is a little older and was going on the slide anyways if he would take Aden down. Well if you can't tell from the pictures we were wrong about the the slide being fun. He decided he wasn't real big on the idea when he was almost to the top and it was clear on the way down and most especially when he hit the water pooled at the bottom that he hated it. After he got off the slide and finally stopped crying we got a couple of pictures of him being a "cool dude" with his sunglasses on basking in the sun and drying off. Then the funniest thing happened while I was talking to an old work friend...Aden took the hand of my friends little daughter and they started walking around hand in hand it was soooo cute!!! After all the fun we had dinner and the then watched the kids rodeo. It was fun to watch but Aden was really tiered and was getting a little restless and because Chris had to help with the rodeo I was left to chase Aden by myself and called it a night early at 8:30, which is past Aden's bedtime anyway. He fell asleep on the way home he was soooo tiered! The poor guy was so sticky and sweaty that we didn't want to but had to wake him to shower him off. But he fell right back to sleep once he was bathed and jammied:) It was a long day but super fun!!!! Hope you like the pictures, we love you all, The Bingham's

nunnny nose 2!

Here is a better video clip!

Nunny Nose :)

Sorry that the video is turned on it's side that is my fault because of the way I was holding the camera. But I hope you like it.....Aden doing his Nunny Nose:). He was ready for a nap when I got the camera out so it isn't as good as it could be but he really is sooo cute I couldn't help but share it:)! Love you all, Chris, Monica, and Aden

New Hair cuts!!!!

So yesterday I got my hair cut and then came home and cut Chris's and Aden's hair so we decided since everyone looked so good with their new hair that we would do family pictures and get them printed for father's day. So if you are a grandpa or a dad in our family you will be getting these pictures if you haven't got them already! Aden, as most of you know, hates haveing his hair cut but did okay yesterday I think because he watched his dad get his hair cut first. We even used the clippers and he was fine with those it is the scissors that he hates. But we hiked through mud and goop to get to my parent's bottom pasture where we took the pictures so I hope you enjoy.

And for those wondering what a nunny nose looks like here is a picture of Aden doing his nunny nose impression.

A Tribute to Dads!!!

Here is to the dads in our lives. For all that they have done for us and all that they do for us every day, thank you so very much. We hope you know how much we love you every day but most especially this father's day:)!!!

Some of these pictures are older but we don't see some of our family as much as we would like. But luckily we will be seeing alot of our Bingham family the end of this month when we go to California for the Bingham family reunion!!!! We are so excited to see every one, and for every one to see Aden and the cute little boy he is becoming! As for an update on that...he is talking up a storm and he even puts together sentences now....they don't always make alot of sence but he is trieing. He is a little parret though and he loves copieing his dad. When Chris calls him a turkey he parrets back "curcky".

My sister Laura is visiting from Wyoming and brought with her some pet bunnies that Aden calls "nunnies" and he wrinkles his nose up and down like the nunnies it is SOOOO cute!!!

For those that don't know Aden loves the movie Finding Nemo, and loves every thing Nemo, and well whenever he sees a fish he says "Nemo!" whether it looks like Nemo or not. He has alot of Nemo stuff, for which I blame myself, I just think it is so cute to hear him say Nemo. He is also becoming a polite little gentleman. When every he wants somthing he will say "plea" which is his way of saying please and he also does the sign language for please at the same time and no one can resist him:)! Then when you give him what he wants he says "dant you" which means thank you and it just melts your heart!

As for the rest of us we are doing well and are so excited for the summer months where we get to travel and family and friends come to see us!!! We love you all and hope to see you soon! Love, The Bingham family.

P.S. Once again if you are a dad we know and love "Happy Father's Day"