Heber Valley Railroad

Jake was laid off from his job a few weeks ago and since we've had so much free time together we decided to make the best of it and go use all our gift certificates that we have from CityDeals. We had one to the Heber Valley Railroad so we went up there one afternoon and took the boys on a train ride. We had a blast! (As a side note, Jake just graduated with his Master's in Accounting so he is going to study for the CPA exams and get those over with in the next few months then get a job as a CPA.)

The boys are waiting for the train ride. Bridger is holding up his ticket, he's ready to board!

Jake and Graham waiting in line to get on the train

Bridger was really excited to give the conductor his ticket to get on the train!
Jake, Bridger, and Graham in front of the train

The best part of the ride was when we stopped at Soldier Fort some cowboys rode up on horses and robbed the train. Bridger loved it although he was quite scared! At least he got to see a real cowboy and a horse.

I had never been on the Heber Railroad before. It was fun to go on a nice, long, relaxing train ride with my boys!

Bridger enjoying the view from the train

Graham's 1st Haircut

I waited just about as long as I could before cutting Graham's hair for the first time because I loved his "crazy scientist" look. It was starting to turn into a Mullet though and it was hanging down over his ears so I decided it was time to chop it off.

Here's his before picture.

Jake had to hold him on the chair while I cut his hair but Graham was really good! He held very still and wasn't bugged at all by the clippers.

Here's how he looked after his haircut. You can't see a huge difference in the picture. I should have taken a back and side shot 'cause that's where it really changed. He looks like a big kid now and I miss my little crazy haired baby!

Bridger needed a haircut too and I really cut it short this time. He looked like a little Marine. His uncle, Tyler, would be proud!

Hike to Grandeur Peak

We've been wanting to hike Grandeur Peak for a while now and today we finally took the kids up there. We woke up early at 5:30 am and packed everything then woke the kids up at 6:30 am just before we left. The first thing Bridger said when we woke him up was, "We going on a big hike?" He was so excited! We got on the trail head at 7:35 am and made it to the top at 9:50. We rested on top for an hour and then came down in an hour and a half. It was a blast!
Bridger was ready for the hike! He just had to finish the last bit of his breakfast before we took off.

I packed Graham up and Jake packed up Bridger, our food, and our water. His pack was much heavier than mine but by the time we were finished my legs were definitely feeling like jelly.

Bridger and Jake enjoying the view on the way up.

Bridger and Graham were awake for about the first half of the hike and then they both conked out half way up and slept for a good hour or so. It was great! They are so fun to take anywhere because they're always so good and will sleep anywhere.

Here's Graham sleeping in his pack. That doesn't look very comfortable does it? He didn't mind a bit!

Bridger talked to us the whole way up about the things he liked. He would say, "I like dinosaurs. You like dinosaurs, Dad?" and "I like horseys, you like horseys, Mom?" It was so cute. He also kept asking, "What's that?" about everything so finally Jake said, "It's Mother Nature." Bridger said, "Mama Nature?" So funny!

At the very top of the mountain we took Bridger out of his pack so he could hike the last 5 minutes. He thought that was neat.


Bridger wouldn't let me get any good pictures of him on the top by himself. This one turned out pretty cute though with Mt. Olympus in the background.

We had a bunch of snacks on top. Here's Graham enjoying some yummy grapes. We stayed on top for about an hour and just enjoyed being up there. It was so fun!

Here's a view of the city from the top. If you look really closely you can see our house. Can you see it? :) It's easy to pick out when you're up there looking down.

Luckily there was a nice hiker that was willing to take our picture for us.

What a fun hike! It's so fun to look up at the mountain now that we're home and show Bridger where we were. He always remembers our hikes and now when he sees Grandeur he points to it and says, "Go on a hike!"

Boys' First Trip to Disneyland

While we were at Newport Beach we figured we might as well take our kids to Disneyland while we were so close. We went on a hot, crowded, July day but it was totally worth it! The kids did so well that we even stayed until almost midnight. They put on a fire work show for the Fourth of July and we made the kids stay up for that but they went right to sleep after it was over. We wore them out!
Here we are at the beginning of the day excited to spend the day with the boys at the "Happiest place on earth!"

Our first stop was the Finding Nemo ride. Luckily, it wasn't too crowded because it was already getting hot and it was only 10 am. Here's cute Bridger waiting in line for the ride.

Graham loved looking out the window of the submarine and seeing all the fish swim around!

Bridger thought it was an awesome ride too.

Of course, Bridger's favorite ride was the Carousel when he got to ride the horseys. He wanted to go on that over and over.

My two boys in front of the Princess Castle. Bridger wanted to meet Sleeping Beauty so he could dance with her and sing "I know you..." but we couldn't find her all day.

We brought our own lunch and snacks so we found a nice cool area to sit down and eat. It felt good to sit down and take a break for a while.

Jake and I got to go on all the rides we wanted to. We just took turns watching the boys and then one of us would use our fast pass to go on the ride and switch places while the other person went. It was great! We never waited in line for more than 1/2 an hour on any ride. On a few of them the workers felt sorry for us and just let us go up the exit. That was sweet!


At night time we went on all the little kids rides. Bridger was SO close to being able to go on the Matterhorn and got past one worker but when we got to the front of the line they measured him again and she didn't let him go. But she gave us a free pass to get on any ride we wanted. So we went straight on Peter Pan since that's always a long line. We rode the carousel a few times, the train, the cars, Pirates of the Caribbean, Thunder Mountain, Space Mountain, Indiana Jones, Finding Nemo, Dumbo, and all the kid's ride. It was a blast! And the boys loved it which was the best of all!