Camping

I We had a good time camping last weekend. Dallin had fun, but slept horribly! I think over two nights there, I got about 7 hours of sleep. I think it might have been the lack of a binkie this trip. We recovered. Next year I'm sure he'll do much better.

Now to what was fun. Dallin was silly. Here is a video of what I call "the party dance." In case you couldn't understand him, he's saying "party." I think we played this game for at least 30 minutes.

Dallin loved to play with the rocks. I think he spent an hour before dinner just putting the rocks into a cup and dumping them back out again.

This is Dallin wearing what he calls his "chicken hat." We think it is because the pompom in the top of the hat reminds him of the chicken's comb.

Dallin drinking his "chocolate." He wanted it whenever the grown ups had some.

Zoo Pictures!

So I finally got around to posting some zoo pictures. Russ, Dallin, Grandma Kathi, and I went about two weeks ago. I know, I'm slow.

I was standing where Dallin is, trying to take his picture, when the monkey jumped up into the window. It scared me.

Playing on the elephant statue.

Now playing on the tiger statue. He was more interested in the statues than the real animals.

Watching penguins. Once again, he was more interested in the water than the animals.

Here is our juvenile ape.

This was after he was after he was knocked down. He was very tired and started to suck on his fingers. This is the first time I have ever seen him do this.

This was 2 minutes after pulling out of the parking lot. I told you he was tired.

Just Got Home!

Just got home from camping. I'll post some pictures later (and the Zoo pictures too. I know, I'm lazy. :) I'm sooo tried, thanks to my beautiful baby boy.....I just wanted to share a video. I've caught Dallin groovin' to the music before, but this is the first time I've caught it on video. What a goof.

Notice A Problem In This Picture?

We went to the zoo today (I'll post pictures soon), and then out to see my mom. On the way home from my mom, Dallin was so sad because he kept asking me to hold him and I had to tell him over and over again that I couldn't. After a while, he was quiet. All of a sudden he is telling me "Oww. Oww." I turn around, and this is what I see.

Next thing you know, he'll have figure out how to unbuckle the straps altogether.

Fried Green Tomatoes

Because of the awful wind we had last night, a few of our tomatoes fell off the plant while they were still green. A friend from work suggested that we make fried green tomatoes, so we did. We used this recipe. They were pretty good. Russ made a good point, however. They could have been any veggie that had been battered and fried. They all taste the same. It's just an excuse to fry something. :) Dallin liked it. He ate half of one and then decided it was much more efficient just to ripe off the fried breading and eat that.

The Grocery Girls

So I just wanted to share a quick thing for all you AZ people who read the blog. I use a blog called thegrocerygirls.blogspot.com to find all the great deals around Utah. She has added a co-blogger from AZ who will be sharing all the great AZ deal. Make sure you check them out.

Richins' Family Pictures

Anyone who wants to see some of the great pictures that Aly took of our family while she was here in Utah, check them out here. I can't wait to see more.