Thomas has a tooth!

Well our little Thomas is really growing up fast. He is working on rolling from his back to his front. He lays on his side and makes funny noises, so I go and help him lift up his head so he is on his stomach then he rolls back onto his back and smiles at me. He sprouted his first tooth today. You can't really see it in the video but I thought that his laugh was pretty cute too. He is such a happy boy. He is loving riding on the bike with me. Thomas rides on the back seat and Abby and Madelyn ride in the trailer. Thank goodness that Katy can ride her own bike. Abby is learning how to ride her bike so hopefully soon I will only be pulling two kids instead of three. These other pictures are from our ward camp out last Friday. We had a great time and the girls are ready to go again soon.

We Rode the Front Runner!

We had a very exciting week last week. The kids and I stayed up in Layton to play now that school is out. Grandma Paula thought that it would be fun to take all 8 of the kids and go ride the Front Runner. So Friday afternoon Grandma, Libby, and Rachel took 8 kids to the train station. Sounds a little crazy I know but it was really fun. The kids were so excited to get to ride a train for the first time. They looked out the window and waved to all the cars that passed. They thought that it was super cool to be up on the top deck looking down at the freeway as we went by. It really was a nice ride. It only took about 20 minutes to get from Layton to SLC.

Jumping high at the planetarium

After we got into Salt Lake City we rode the Trax tran to the Clark planetarium. Grandpa Fawcett met us there and so did Uncle Nathan. We were finally getting the right amount of grownup to kid ratio going. At the planetarium we watched a movie about the different planets in our solar system and galaxy. Then the kids got to walk on the moon and mars, and practice giving the weather report at the "Fresh Air Forcast Center". Then they got to find out what it would be like to really walk on the moon. The kids were each put in a harness and then they were hooked to a machine that would allow them to jump as high as they would be able to jump if they were really walking on the moon. The big kids loved it.


Then we walked through the Gateway Center to the water jets on the north end. The kids had fun running in and out of the water trying not to get sprayed by the water. Of course all the kids were soaking wet by the time we were finished. Then we went to dinner and rode the Front Runner home again. It was so much fun, we all had a great day.