Bowling

Last week, Nate's work had their annual company party, and it was the best one yet. This year, they rented out Fat Cats for 3 hours and provided dinner from The Pizza Factory. In case you are unfamiliar with Fat Cats, they have all sorts of activities - bowling, arcade games, bumper cars, indoor surfing, indoor flying, billiards, and rock climbing. All of the activities were free, be we opted just to do bowling since that was toddler friendly.

Bridget absolutely loved bowling! As I've mentioned before, she's a Curious George fanatic, and there's an episode about bowling. Needless to say, she was so excited to go bowling just like George. She was even really good at being able to carry her 6 lb. ball herself and put it on the child bowling apparatus (I have no idea what it's called).


We couldn't keep her away from the ball return. I was nervous she would try to pick up a heavier ball and drop it on her toes, but we were able to keep that from happening.

Sadly, she actually got a better score than Nate and I did. I should also mention that this was the first time Nate and I had ever been bowling together. It's something I've been wanting to do for a while, but it just never happened. With as much as Bridget loved it, I'm sure we'll be going again soon.

4th of July Weekend

For the 4th of July weekend we headed to Nate's parents' house just outside of West Yellowstone. We got there Thursday evening and left Sunday afternoon, so it was a quick trip but fun nonetheless.

One of the things Bridget had been looking forward to for months was riding Grandpa's tractor. And she did within a couple of hours of us being there.
Bridget also enjoyed making friends with Grandma and Grandpa's new dog, Nic. At first she wasn't so sure about him, but I think she finally decided he was okay. She normally loves dogs, but he's a little skittish which she didn't like so much. (And don't mind her crazy hair in this picture - we'd just taken her pony tails out).
Friday, Nate helped his dad prepare and pour concrete footings for the deck they're going to build. I even got to drive the tractor (a first for me) to help them in the process.

On Saturday, we spent a good portion of the day moving a giant firewood pile from the inside of their garage to outside. I got in a little more tractor driving and found out that I'm pretty good at stacking firewood (such a useful talent). That night we went into town and had some BBQ at one of the restaurants before heading back to the house. On our way back, we also had to stop at one of Grandpa's fire stations so Bridget could check out the fire trucks. She climbed inside all three and looked pretty cute pretending to drive such a large vehicle. Too bad we didn't have our camera with us at the time. :(

When we got back to their house that night, Bridget got to have her first ice cream cone. I know what you're thinking - we must be some sort of crazy parents that our daughter is this old already and hadn't ever had an ice cream cone. I promise she's not deprived. She did pretty well as you can tell from the ice cream goatee she's sporting here.

We originally planned to go home early Monday morning, but ended up needing to come home Sunday so that Nate and his Dad would have a full day to build us a shed before his dad had to head home. (I'll have to do a separate post about that later).

We had a great time and look forward to going back again in August!

Father's Day

As usual, I'm a few weeks behind in my posting. I can't believe it's mid July already and that my summer is half over. :(

Anyway, on Father's Day this year, we decided to do something we've been wanting to do for months - take Bridget to see Temple Square. It was a beautiful day and not too busy, so it was perfect.

We started off with the south visitors' center which was cool because there was a display with a cross-section of the Salt Lake Temple. Although I've been inside several times, it was cool to see where all the rooms were in relation to each other. Then we headed to the north visitors' center for what we'd being looking forward to for well over a year - taking Bridget to see the giant Christus. She's recognized and loved pictures of Jesus since she was about 12-months-old, so we knew she would love this. Sure enough, she wanted to run right up and touch him. Luckily, she was happy to stand and have her picture taken instead.
After we finished with the visitors' centers we took her over to the reflection pool because this girl loves to play in water and it gives a better view of the temple.

She was so excited to be there and loved every minute of it.