Two Museums This Week!

On Monday we went to the Church Museum downtown with Grammy, Karin, Andrew, John, Ben and Will. We spent most of the time in the children's section, which is very cute and has lots of fun activities for little kids. 

Nora was a little scared of the Angel Moroni statue

Nora's favorite part of the children's section was the nursery, set up to be like a hospital newborn nursery. There were several baby dolls, each with their own little bin of clothes and blankets. There was a little station in the middle with a scale for weighing the babies, and a pretend stethoscope and blood pressure cuff. There was also two rocking chairs, and a bottle. Nora loved taking care of all the little baby dolls.

Nora and Ben made a little boat out of the plastic chairs

Creating a "stained glass" window

The Nativity scene - they had little costumes there and Nora dressed up as a shepherd, but I wasn't fast enough and couldn't get a picture of her before she took it off!

Evelyn enjoyed getting out of the stroller and hanging out with Grammy

On Thursday, we went to the Dinosaur Museum with Karin and the boys. Nora was very excited and started saying "Dinosaur! Dinosaur! Dinosaur!" as soon as we walked in and saw the dinosaur skeleton in the lobby.

Nora looking at the sea diorama

Nora turning the wheel that changes the color of the dinosaur

Evelyn with Hesperisaurus 

Playing with the puzzles and costumes

A decent attempt at a picture with all three of us

Nora had a blast at the sand and water table

There were a few times that Nora got a little worried about certain exhibits, and she would look at me and say "Scared. Scared. Hold" and then put her arms up for me to pick her up. One of these times was with the shark exhibit that has two very large fake sharks. She got a little less scared when we said "Hi shark. Bye Bye shark" and waved to it. She even ran back to the sharks when we had moved on to say "bye bye shark" again. Hehehe.

Nora's 2 Year Portraits

The day before Nora's birthday, I got brave, and ventured out to the mall with Nora and Evie to get Nora's 2 year portraits taken. It was a challenge to get Nora to look at the camera and smile, and not jump off the platform, but in the end I think we got some cute pictures. 

Poor Nora had a shy moment while we were there, so she has a big tear in her eye in this picture, but her smile is so cute

This is my favorite one. She did this pose all on her own. 

Happy Father's Day!

Here is Mike with his two little girls on Father's Day. 

We love you!!

Lots of Animals

Nora is having lots of fun hanging out with her cousins while they are here visiting. On Monday we went to the Zoo with Grammy, Karin and the boys. Nora has learned the names of many of the animals, so she was very excited to see them in person. She would say, "Hi Zebra", "Hi bird" and wave at them. It was very cute. She loved the zebras and the giraffes the most. The playground was also a big hit, especially the big snake slide. She went on that about 20 times.

A rare moment when Nora is actually sitting in the stroller

a "phant"

"Zebra! Zebra! Zebra!"

"Gaffs"

Woo hoo!

Again!

Hatching out of a giant egg

Nanu Nanu

Riding a big caterpillar

Today we went on a trip to the Aviary with Grammy, Karin, the boys, Aunt B and Reece. Nora's favorite part was feeding the ducks. She also enjoyed seeing other birds, although she kept asking where the zebras were. She thought the owl was cool, and made some "Whoo, Whoo" noises for us. We saw a peacock fan out its tail, and it freaked out Nora. Hehe. It was a fun little trip.

Feeding the ducks

Evelyn was smiling at Grammy

It was a pretty hot day, so Nora got very flushed cheeks

The scary peacock

Evelyn's Blessing

Sunday, June 1 was Evelyn's blessing in our ward. We were very happy to be able to have so many members of our family there. Afterward, we had a little get-together with the family to celebrate our little girl. She is such a sweetheart.

The men who were in the circle

4 generation picture

Here are a couple of cute pictures that Beth took

Nora Turns 2!

Nora's 2nd birthday was on Saturday, and we celebrated with a Winnie-the-Pooh themed family dinner. Paul, Marolynn and Jon were visiting from Albuquerque, and Karin and the boys are here visiting from Arizona, so it was really fun that they were all able to come. 

Trying on the birthday hat

Beth and Kate made lots of cute cupcakes - Piglets (strawberry flavored), Tiggers (orange-chocolate ones with orange stripes), Pooh Bears (orange flavored), and Rabbit ones (carrot cake). They were very yummy!

Nora and Ben had a lot of fun playing ring-around-the-rosie

These are some pictures that Beth took:

I made Nora a little Pooh birthday cake

Nora wasn't quite sure what to do with the candles at first, so Mike showed her how to blow them out

Once she got the idea, she wanted us to light them again and she blew them out herself!

Opening presents

Happy Birthday!