Chuck E Cheese's

Sometimes the family and I pop into Chuck E Cheese to play some games.


Here I am riding one of Daddy's dream cars (a Jeep with no doors).


Here Daddy and I play on the motorcycle game.


Daddy knows he better not even dream about owning a motorcycle;)


Here I am counting my tickets. I got some cool toys with all my tickets.

The Iowa State Fair

We actually got to go to the Iowa State Fair twice this year. First we went for Daddy's work day at the fair.

On Daddy's work day at the fair it was a little bit rainy out so we decided to check out the indoor exhibits.



Here we are looking at the baby animals.


This Baby Ostrich is as tall as I am!


Here I show off the spin art I made.


Fire trucks are cool!


I think Daddy is scouting out some fried food on a stick here.


The second time at the fair we went and met my friends Eden and Holden. They are fellow charter members of the "Names ending in EN club".


Here Mommy and I pose with the Orange Bowl trophy. Sadly the Hawks won't be going to a BCS bowl game at the end of this year.


Here Liz a friend from Ultimate gives me a Drake bulldog tattoo. Don't worry I got tattoos from Iowa, ISU, and UNI also;)


Here Eden poses with her Mommy and Daddy.


Next we decide to race down the big slide.


We won!!!


Sadly that just means that Daddy is the heaviest!


Here we take a break to cool down and check out the rainbow.


Here are a couple of family shots.



Who knew tractor tires made such good seats?

Swimming

Here Daddy and I are taking a well deserved dip in Grandma and Grandpa C's pool. Remember the thing with boats and pools is that it is always better to have friends/family that has them than owning them yourselves. Now if we could find a friend with a boat;)


Here I am practicing the doggy paddle. Next Summer Aunt Jenny is going to teach me how to swim for real.


Daddy is blowing water out of my noodle!


Swim away!

Build a Bear at the Mall

Build a Bear sent me a gift certificate for a free bear. Not sure how they expect to make money on this one since putting accessories on a bear is not my thing.

Here I am pumping my bear up with stuffing.


Is he full?


Now my bear needs a air bath.


Yep, nothing better than free.


I decided to call him Teddy. Here Teddy and I go cruise the mall.


Later I ditched Teddy go try out this race car.


I like to pretend this car is Leakless from the "Cars" movie.

Craft Project

Our local Parks and Rec at times has story time in the park with a craft afterwards.

One day my craft was coloring this little gem of a hat.



Well Howdy Partners!

Visiting the zoo with Grandma W

Here I am with Grandma W feeding the birds at the zoo.


I also got a chance to get a good sneaky peek at this prarie dog.

Celebrating Daddy and Grandpa W's Birthdays

After we got back from Sedona we had a family get together to celebrate Daddy and Grandpa W's birthdays.

We had great food and company and Aunt Jenny and Uncle Rob's house!


Of course the birthday desert was my favorite part!


I don't know how things go in your family......


.......but in mine I always helps open the presents!

Hiking

Of course what would a trip to Sedona be without some hikes to see the Red Rocks?

Here Mommy, Daddy, and I set off on a hike.


We found this HUGE bug out for a stroll also!


This is a picture of Bell Rock.


Sometimes you have to take a break from all the hiking and just put you feet up.


We had a little time between the end of Daddy's seminar and our flight out so we decided to take one last hike. Here Daddy and I forge ahead.


See you Sedona, we had fun!

Blazin M Ranch

Daddy's seminar also rented out the Blazin M Ranch when we were in Sedona. It was like an old west BBQ.

Here I am practicing my roping.


There was even a wagon ride.


What would a ranch be without animals?


The worker let me feed this one a cookie!


Daddy got this hat since it was his birthday!


I made friends with Daddy's supervisor's granddaughter.


Her name is Ava. By the end of the night we were the best of friends.