Dinosaur Park

This is the the Dinosaur Park my parents took us to in Ogden. The kids loved it... Especially Jackson.

For those of you who don't know my Dad he owns a parking business in SLC. He has a lot in common with this type of dinosaur whose name translates to "good parkers"
Geoff and Chloe

Jackson, about to be eaten!!!

Spidery Rudd

This is Jackson's hermit crab. He wanted me to post a picture of it. We have had it 2 months now and have not killed it. Really quite amazing since our track record isn't great... especially for frogs, our children are like angels of death.

Cousins

Lisa and Ellie
Cam and Cade (the latest addition to the Long Fam)
Ellie Bellie
Mason

I just wanted to posts a few pictures of our cousins the last time we were in Utah.

Whole Wheat Honey Bread

Here's the bread I make every Sunday. I have had lots of requests for the recipe and am just now getting it posted. (Sorry!) The kids love it. It makes great sandwhich bread and french toast (yum) if you can keep it around that long.

Whole Wheat Honey Bread

3 c warm water
2 T yeast
1/3 c honey
5 cups flour

Mix together and let rise for 30 min.

Add
1/3 honey
1 T salt
3 T canola oil
3 1/2 c whole wheat flour

Knead for 8-10 min. I use my kitchenaid and use #2 setting for 8 minutes.

Place ball of dough in a lightly oiled bowl. Flip over and cover. Let rise till double in size.

Punch down dough. Divide into three loaves. Place in greased bread pans and let rise till it's about an inch or two above the pan. Bake in oven for 25-30 minutes at 350.

Immediately after you pull them out of the oven spread butter over the top. Let sit in pan for about 10 minutes and then let it cool on a rack and place in bags. (They freeze great!)

4th of July

Happy 4th of July! I know I am a little behind but at least it's still July!
Grandma Nancy and Papa Teve with Claire, Lexie and Chloe watching the mini neighborhood fireworks show.

The kids and their first experience with sparklers... fun...

Geoff and Claire
Brandon and Geoff trying to create some sort of sparkler bomb and after much hardwork and effort... IT DIDN'T WORK... "A" for effort though guys!
Jackson

3rd of July party - Bountiful, Utah

Kirsten Bennett and Lexie

Chandler and Brandon
Ellie (my little niece), Dave, Cam the weirdo, cousin Michael and Rylie

Lexie hiking up to the fireworks show... Well Daddy is and she's had it Okay, These are the little twins that I would babysit only they are not so little anymore. Logan and McKay were awesome with my kids. They carried them on their shoulders all the way back to my parents house after the fireworks show.

Night at the Museum

We watched Night at the Museum a couple of weeks ago. Ever since Jackson has been obsessed with the idea of creating his own museum. He asked his sisters for permission to use their dollhouse to make his museum. They of course told him no. So he did what he had to. He waited till they were distracted and dumped out all of their dollhouse stuff and quickly put together his dream. I walked upstairs and have never seen him so proud. I took a picture quickly because shortly afterwards the twins discovered what he had done. There were blood curdling screams and tears and the museum was dismantled. But it had it's moment.




I thought this was cute. He made a little pool for the sea creatures out of one of the girls' cake pans.