Pumpkin Patch

Last Monday evening we went to a local pumpkin patch for family night.  Kennedy had a great time running through the rows of pumpkins and pointing out the bumpy and smooth ones. We had fun taking pictures and then Kennedy got to pick out her own pumpkin, she calls it her ‘baby pumpkin’ and loves carrying it around everywhere.

She loved this saddle and would say “neighhh” and bounce up and down like she was riding the horse. She kept trying to pick up these huge pumpkins and then say in a strained voice, “It’s heavy!”

  Looking for that perfect pumpkin

 

This is what we got when we told her to look at the camera and smile, there were too many other orange distractions to see :)

Lake Powell

The second half of our Utah trip was spent at Lake Powell with my family. My brother and his wife left for China 3 days later to teach English for a year, so it was one last hurrah before they left. The weather was seriously perfect, and it was so fun being all together, we had a blast! Overload of pictures ahead… Captain Kennedy! “Helping” grandpa drive the boat. She loved swimming with Aunt Nene! Kennedy is the only grandchild on my side so she was definitely spoiled with attention the whole time we were there by grandparents, uncles and her aunt! The long drive home was a boring one with just mom and dad. She got to go on lots of wave runner rides with Spencer and daddyo, she loved it!Our little Beach Babe Chillin with grandpa Zak busy building the sandcastle city The finished product and builders

We parked the houseboat in such a beautiful spot! Thanks to grandma we were able to go out on the boat child-free! Spencer, Christian, Zak and I wakeboarding My dad and I skiingReading Mary Poppins with her uncles, what a lucky girl! Relaxing on the “Relaxation Station.” Kennedy loved this thing, it was like her own little swimming pool in the middle. She’d jump and splash around and was the center of attention. Gma great even joined us at the lake and Kennedy always made sure she had her attention too, “Hi gma great, watch gma great!”Making pancakes with daddyo  We had so much fun tubing! Lots of laughs and maybe a few bruises…but so worth it!We started with two on the single tube and 3 on the double and one by one all transferred to the single tube!  Success! We got all 5 of us on one tube!Us tubing and Christian wake-skating all at the same time! Uncle Spencer got this BYU hat for Kennedy, so just before we left we had to get some pictures of them in their matching hats. Whenever she sees the hat, she says “Go Cougars!” or “Spencer gave it”Lake Powell holds many fond memories for Zak and I so it was sure fun to be able to spend part of our summer there and have Kennedy enjoy it with us! We LOVE Lake Powell!

Quadrangle Park

Last Friday we went with some friends to Quadrangle Park in Fort Sam Houston to feed the deer, ducks, geese and peacocks.  It was really neat to see all the animals and have them eat the carrots and apples right out of our hands. The kids had a great time. We’ll definitely be going back again!

She was a bit scared at first when they came right up to us, but soon got brave and wanted to feed the deer a carrot herself! We were watching our friend Allie that day, so she came too, but I couldn’t get a picture of both of them looking at me at the same time :) Allie even got brave and fed the deer too. I’m not sure who ate more carrots and apples…the kids or the animals :) Both these deer wanted Maddie’s carrot!We threw this apple down for the deer but this peacock got to it first and pecked at and ate half of it, it was funny to watch!   Chasing the deer  We are always finding new fun things to do in San Antonio and love doing them with friends!

St. George Trip

We drove to St. George the middle of August for a quick vacation to see our families!  It was a long 20 hour drive, but we survived and it wasn’t nearly as bad as we thought it might be. Kennedy actually did really well.  We spent the first couple of days in St. George seeing family and had a great time! Sadly, I didn’t take as many pictures as I would’ve liked of our happenings, but here’s what I did get.

Playing with Grandma Barb I thought this picture was funny of her “sweeping” the floor and it shows the adorable skirt Gma Barb made her!

We went to the splash pad with aunt Sharla and cousin Bree (sadly I didn’t get any pictures with them.) Kennedy had a blast!

We got our family pictures taken and also took Jensen family pictures! It turned out to be a bit difficult with a 2 year old, but we managed to get a few good ones.     We even got to celebrate with my dad on his birthday! Kennedy loved helping him blow out the candles!After the birthday celebrations we headed to Lake Powell- that post coming soon!