Sagez get together

The February Sagez get together was dinner and bowling. 

We met at the Ogden Pizzeria for dinner. The biggest surprise was Cody made it. We haven't seen him in the longest time, it was good to see him. We all chatted while we waited for our dinner. When dinner came we chowed done in excitement to go bowling.

When we were all done we headed to Ben Lomond Lanes, bummed to find out that they had leagues that night. We were so surprised that they would have leagues on a weekend during what could be there busiest time. So we decided to head to Spare-time, hoping they would have open lanes. Luckily there was open bowling that night and we didn't even have to wait that long for a lane to open. 

The kids had so much fun bowling. Gabbi has been refusing help that last few times we have gone bowling. She wants to throw the ball all by herself like the big people do. She did pretty good too. Owen and William had fun for a little bit, but then lost interest. At least there were other things and cousins around to occupy their time.

Next to our lanes was the entrance for the mini golf course from the prehistoric. They had a giant T-Rex head and Ben and the boys had a little fun with it. Well, William wasn't all that excited.

After a while, Cami was able to open some birthday presents. Lucky little girl was the only birthday in February.

After the bowling and the presents we munched on mini cupcakes while the adults finished up their games and the kids played. I'm not exactly sure what they played, but where they are int he picture is their Van and they were headed somewhere fun.

First official lost tooth

Gabbi's two front bottom teeth have been loose for what seems like forever. At her last dentist appointment (6 moth ago) they told us that they could come out any time. We didn't think anything of it and just planned to let nature take its course. 6 months went by and they were still there.

Her and Ben had their Dentist  check-up where they again express that they were ready to come and that we could go ahead and take them out if they were bugging her. She had complained a lot recently about it hurting when she eats. So Ben asked her if she wanted them out. She said yes.

The next thing I know. She'e screaming and crying. I go in the bathroom, she's bleeding pretty bad, but the tooth it out. Sadly the whole thing didn't come out. I tried to call mom to catch her before she left the office, but to no avail. So Gabbi and I hopped back in the van and headed back to the Dentist office to see if we could catch anyone.

When we got there, I was happy to see that Dr. Creager was still there. I showed him the tooth which was missing half of the root and he told us not to worry about it. He said that he figured that would be the case because her tooth was slightly discolored. We figured it was from getting hit in the face with a soccer ball.

The Dentist told us that the rest of the root would come out on its own or disintegrate and to not worry about it.

Once the tooth had stopped bleeding, she was just fine.

Even more so when the Tooth Fairy left her 4 quarter under her pillow.

She was so excited about the quarters Ben asked her if she was ready for him to take out the other tooth. She said with a resounding "NO!"

Rodeo with Friends

The next night we were able to bring some friends. Gabbi was extremely excited because of their kids is a friend of her's from her class. They're the best of buddies.

This time when asked, Gabbi said she still wanted to ride the sheep. So we walked over there. They have slots for 12 kids and they draw names to see who gets to ride the sheep. I was hoping that they wouldn't call her name because I was pretty dang sure that she would back out. But to my surprise, she was drawn 6th.

Owen also wanted to ride, but his name was not picked. He was devastated, so much that he was crying and with the saddest face. The women in charge felt bad so she walked over to where we were sitting and told Owen that he could be another alternate because a lot of kids tend to back out.

When it was time to the sheep riding, Ben took the kids over. When it was Gabbi turn to get ready all I could see was her hat shaking back and forth saying no. I called it. So they came back over to the gate and told Ben that Owen could go in her place.

Owen hoped down and Ben got him ready to go. He was scared when the sheep started to move around in the shoot, but Ben wouldn't let him get off. Then the shoot opened and he lasted maybe 2 to 3 seconds. He wasn't very happy when he faced planted in the dirt. He said he was never going to do that again. He was going to ride cows instead.

Gabbi was also in tears, I couldn't believe it. She didn't even ride the sheep and that's why she was upset. Owen rode and got a treat, Gabbi didn't get a treat and that's why she was so upset.

The video also has our friends son in it. He did a killer job. I felt really bad, he ended up getting a cut lip. But he was such a trooper.

It was such a fun night with some great friends.

Rodeo

It's that time of year again, the Rodeo is back in town for the winter rodeo series. The kids were so excited. This was William first time awake while at the Rodeo. The last few time we went he was either not feeling good and just snuggled not watching anything or he was a baby baby and was just asleep. He absolutely loved it. His eyes were glued to the animals.

After a few minutes of sitting in our seats, we took the kids to the bathroom before the show got started. To add some fun to our night, we got some cotton candy. The kids have only had it once before a couple years ago. The loved it, well most of them. William wasn't that fond of it. His faced cringed and spit it out. Sadly they ate it so fast, that the fun of watching them eat didn't last long enough.

After the cotton candy was gone, the kids sat down and enjoyed watching the Rodeo. They were especially excited when the rodeo Clown came over and gave them high 5's. 

William couldn't get enough of his hat. I was afraid that he was going to take it off the Clown's head.

Overall the kids had a blast and were sad when it was over. Both of them talked the whole way home about how they wanted to ride horses and cows when they were "bigger." Gabbi even decided to change her birthday party request from a puppy party to a horse party.

Chinese New Year

Gabbi's class has done a lot for Chinese New Year. They are even preparing a few dance numbers and a program in celebration. Along with all the preparing, they did a few crafts. Gabbi was really proud of her Chinese lantern. She did a pretty good job too.

Dinner out

On the way home from Salt Lake, we decided to stop and eat dinner at Chili's. 

The best part of dinner, William eating corn on the cob. It was really only the cob with all the kernels gone, but he had a blast with the corn. He was so mad when I went to take it away. He sucked on the cob for the longest time.

Discover the Dinosaurs

I heard the commercial for Discover the Dinosaurs on the radio for at least a week. I kept thinking that this would be something that Owen would absolutely love. Well, all the kids would love. We looked at the webpage and it looked pretty cool, so we went ahead and purchased the tickets.

The kids were so excited when we told them where we were going, especially Owen. When we finally got there and saw the signs the kids were even more excited.

We walked in, got our wrist bands, and headed for some fun. When you walk in you walk through the exhibits. I would guess pretty close to life sized dinosaur replica's. They had sounds and fog and all the illusions that you were actually standing next to a real dinosaur minus the getting eaten part.

The kids had a lot of fun looking at all the dinosaurs and completing the information scavenger hunt. I have to admit that I learned a lot about dinosaurs.

When you were done walking through the dinosaurs you came to see animals from the ice age. It wasn't as fascinating to watch and look at as the dinosaurs, but it was still fun to look at.

After walking through the exhibits we went back to the car and had a picnic lunch. The kids thought it was pretty cool to eat in the back of the van. I'm not sure why they thought it was so cool, but they ate all their lunch and that's all that matters.

On the way back to the exhibit hall Ben was entertaining William but a crazy ride up and down the stairs in the stroller. He had the biggest smile and was laughing the whole time.

When we got back into the exhibit hall, we headed to all the fun stuff. We started off with the dinosaur rides. They were pretty lame to watch. They roared, moved forward and back and then paused. Then it did it again three more times. That's it. At least the kids thought it was fun. I don't think I would have rode it more then once.

We even got William to ride one. He didn't think it was as cool at the other two. He was pretty freaked out about it. He wanted off even though it was so tame...

After the rides we headed for some more fun. We started with the kiddie zone. William again was very enthused. At least he didn't want to sit on them. Once we left them alone he wandered around checking out all the different dinosaurs. If he was on his own he had no problem, but when Gabbi forced him on one, he freaked out.

Gabbi and Owen spent the remainder of their time on the variety of jump houses.

In between bouncing around the different bounce houses, they got to color, dig for fossils, and even play a few holes of mini golf.

While the I watched Gabbi and Owen, Ben and William went exploring too. It was sad that William wasn't able to have as much fun as the other two, but Ben helped him have some fun too. They went and watched the Dinosaur movie, walked around and look at the dinosaurs again, and even went for a walk in the hallway. 

When they came back, was took him over to see the T-Rex head. He wasn't a fan, but we at least got him to smile and laugh a little bit for a selfie.

We then dragged the other two off the bounce houses to snap a quick selfie and then headed to the car to head home.

Sadly I have to admit, it was totally not worth the money. Both Ben and I agreed that next time we want to try something new we will be looking into the review before going ahead with it.