The Thompson Family: April 2011

Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Fall Break (10/14-10/15/2010)

For fall break we planned a couple of fun filled days for our family. The first thing we did was go to Trafalga to use the fun passes we won from Pony Express Days. We all played miniature golf.

Then Cody and Riley got to go and play laser tag. Then I was the lucky one that got to ride in the bumper boats with Riley. The kid totally soaked me. He would not leave me alone and he squirted me right in the face. This might not have been so bad if it was hot, but it was October and night time. We were both pretty cold by the time we were done. The funny thing is that there isn't really a time limit and after about 5 minutes I was done. I told the guy running the thing and he helped me out. He said he couldn't believe I even lasted that long. Then Riley and some other kids kept going for a while longer. He was so soaked by the time he was done. We actually had to take his shirt off and hold it up to the car heater to dry it out. But all in all we had a lot of fun and the best part was that it was all for free!! We even got large dippin' dots for free!

The next day we decided to drive into Salt Lake. We went to the Utah Museum of Natural History and we were able to watch a dinosaur show. Of course Riley loved this. At one point he even got to be part of the show and pretend to be a dinosaur. Unfortunately there were so many kids that it was hard to get a picture of him.

After the museum we stopped by to see my brother Scott, since he only works a few building away from the museum. Then we drove up the Big Cottonwood canyon to have a picnic. After our picnic we found a couple geocaches. One of them was called an earth cache, that's where you find something earth made. That's what the picture below is, we found Quartzite.

After we found the geocaches we took a hike up Stairs Gulch. It was a short hike but it was a little steep which got a little difficult carrying a baby. It was still a wonderful hike. The fall colors were beautiful and you could here a stream, it was so peaceful. It was a fun-filled day in the outdoors.

We definitely had a great family fall break!

Now you see it, now you don't! (10/6/2010)

After almost 10 years of marriage Cody decided it was time to shave off his goatee. For some reason he felt like he should. He hadn't been clean shaven since he attended BYU-SL while we were dating.

It took Chase a few minutes to decide whether he wanted this strange man to pick him up.

Not even two months after he shaved off his goatee, Cody was called at the Executive Secretary to the Bishop. I guess it serves him right. :)

First Tooth!!! 9/13/2010

What day for teeth!!

Riley lost his first tooth.

And Chase is getting his first tooth. Notice it's the same tooth.

SILLY THINGS THAT RILEY SAYS...

Talking about Riley's new pet fish

Cody: Are we sure that our fish didn't just lay eggs?

Riley: You mean my fish was married before we got it?

Me: That's right Riley we just took her away from her husband. :)

Riley saying his prayers -

Riley: "Please bless the fossils."

Me: "Who are the fossils?"

Riley: "Daddy says bless the fossils."

Me: "What?"

Riley: "He says, bless the prophet and the fossils."

Riley: "Hey Mom, why does the toilet paper have flowers on it?"
Me: "I don't know, to make it look cute."
Riley: "It doesn't look very cute after I wipe my bum." (11/09)

This weekend my Mom and I went to Swiss Days and we took Riley with us. (If you don't know what Swiss Days is, it's a big outdoor craft fair.) After we had gone down a couple of aisles Riley said, "Hey Mom, I had a good idea. How 'bout we leave this place and go to a store with boy stuff." Later, after he got some marbles he said, "Can we come to this place another time?" After I asked why he said, "So I can get some other stuff." As we left I told him that I know it wasn't much fun and he said, "Yes it was, we need to tell Dad how much fun we had." It's funny how a kids view can change after getting cotton candy and marbles. :) (09/09)

Now that we know the baby's a boy, Riley came to me and said, "Mom, I think we should name the baby Cameron. Because I have a friend named Cameron and I think that would be a good name. Then we could call him Cameron 2." He said as he held up two fingers. That's a nice name Riley but we already have a Camden in the family, so I don't think so. (9/09)

I met one of the girls I visit teach and she's from Peru. She told me that her English isn't very good. I told her that I speak only a little spanish. Then Riley chimed in and said, "Uno, dos, tres, cuatro, cinco." I guess he had to show off the little spanish that he knows. She thought he was the cutest thing. (08/09)

At church, Riley had to walk a long ways to pass the sacrament to the family sitting on our row. When it came to the water we had him put one hand under the tray while holding the tray with the other hand. Then we told him to walk carefully. He walked very slowly and when he came back to sit down he said, "I went SLOW and STEADY." (06/09)

The week of Memorial Day we were able to hang out with Cody's parents at a condo in Park City. One night Cody took Riley to the hot tub. While they were sitting in the hot tub, Riley put his little arms up on the side of the tub and laid his head back and said, "Ahhhhh, this is the life." (05/09)

Riley created a little rock store and he asked me if I wanted to buy a rock. After a picked up a few coins I walked outside to see his store. I asked him how much a rock was and he said, "5 bucks." I told him I didn't have any bucks I only had some coins. Then I asked about another rock and he told me, "That one's too expensive." (05/09)

Watching Adam Lambert sing on American Idol. Riley, "Is that a boy or a girl?" Me, "Boy" Riley, "Then why does he have lady eyes? He has black stuff on his eyes." A minute later after watching Adam sing some more, "He's weird." (05/09)

Getting ready to go to Idaho, "Mom, I don't want to take the blue car, let's take the jeep. It's faster." Me, "It's not faster." Riley, "Yes, it is. When me and daddy were in the jeep, we went faster than you." (4/09)

"I don't like lady songs. I like boy songs, they rock. I want to be a rock star." (3/09)

This weekend we were looking at homes. We went into one beautiful and big home and Riley said, "I love this house." Then we were looking at the master bedroom's walk in closet and we were teasing him and said that he could sleep in there it was so big. The next room we went to, we opened the closet and he said, "Mom, I could sleep in there with my sleeping bag." Sad thing is, he was serious. I think he wants a new home just as much as we do. (3/09)

After explaining to him that Daddy is Grandma's baby he said, "Oh yeah, Mommy popped me out!" (02/09)

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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Fall Break (10/14-10/15/2010)

Now you see it, now you don't! (10/6/2010)

First Tooth!!! 9/13/2010

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