Happy Jack camping trip

This past weekend Thomas decided he wanted to go camping for his birthday. So we packed up the motorhome, drove about 30 minutes and found a cool place to park and camp for a few days. We left when it was getting dark so we kind of guessed if it was a good spot, it was ok but ended up moving in the morning to a spot with a makeshift campfire pit and a much better view. 

It was super windy and the kids were bundled up the whole time, and me too. The first night we were there I thought the motorhome was going to blow away. The kids slept pretty well though, but being 8 months pregnant I could have used a softer mattress :). 

The second day some of Thomas' classmates joined us and we did a BBQ with tri tip and corn and then of course we set off a bunch of fireworks, which would all be illegal in California. Made me super nervous but he had a lot of fun. Oh yeah and we also got s'mores (yummy). I was kind of surprised at how much fun the kids had too, especially with how cold and windy it was. But what kid wouldn't like fire and chocolate? 

Monster truck show

Ok so people tell you how loud monster truck shows are but until you go to one you really have no idea. We attempted to attend this show when my parents were in town but got rained out, which was ok because they rescheduled for a much better time for my kiddos. However I was totally unprepared for the noise level. 

The trucks were awesome and the little shows in between were cool too. But we got these horrible ear plugs for the kids that kept falling out and the minute a monster truck would go Naomi would start crying, she looked miserable the whole time. James asked to go home twice and Seth had a stoic look on his face the entire time. I thought it was really cool and after the show Seth made a point to tell daddy "he had a lot of fun" so I guess it was successful but if we ever go to another one I am bringing way better ear protection. 

Having fun with grandma and grandpa

Wow what a week we had. I think the kids tired my parents out. I think they will need a vacation from their vacation. It was a lot of fun though. The minute they got here James would not leave them alone, he was attached to them. Thomas had school so we pretty much hung out and walked the town. Thomas hates tai food so we went to the restaurant here and I must say for Wyoming it was pretty good. We also got to check out the craft stores. The kids had a blast at a few of our parks and we took them to see the big train. 

On Saturday we took a drive to Cheyenne and went to an awesome park, a huge western store and the best restaurant we have ever been to. It's called steamboat and everything we ordered was AMAZING, that is not an exaggeration. Needless to say we will be going back there. But before we ate the kids were almost passed out on grandma and grandpa, as you can see in the pictures below. It was a long but fun day. They left Sunday and the kids took it much better than I thought they would, but knowing they will be back soon helped too. 

Bowling

We got to go bowling as a family, it was so much fun and the kids had a blast. James keeps asking to go again.