All Aboard!

Seeing as how Deacon is obsessed with trains, we definitely weren't going to miss "A Day Out with Thomas". The actual train ride was meh, but it's all for the kiddos, right?
*Warning-picture overload

The Thomas train

We snagged the conductor for a picture
The train cars are old but so cool. It went really slow (I guess so it wouldn't scare the kids) and only lasted about 15 minutes. Good thing they had other activities going on!

I love Evan's face in this picture :)

We met Sir Topham Hat (kinda scary in real life!)

We played some music

Then we went to the park to play before lunch

Maria got her slide on

Grandpa Ross shows us the art of monkey bars

Aunt Kristy loves Evan!

Walking to lunch. Awwww

We ate at the "Dairy Keen", I guess it's the local burger joint in Heber City. Can you say coolest place ever?! It was train themed for the Thomas Day's, and they had a train running along the entire ceiling of the restaurant.



The kids meals even came with train hats! But lets get serious. The coolest part of all was the soda machine.


I've heard of these but never actually used one. It's got a touch screen and you pick any soda you want, and then any flavor of that soda! I tried the Diet raspberry vanilla coke (yum), but I highly recommend the Diet orange coke. *Heaven*

The boys were so done with pictures


And completely done 2 minutes after we started driving home

It was a great day and I can't wait to do it next year!

Happy Mother's Day, love Bono

Actually, love Terry. He totally came through for Mother's Day! I got to go see the U2 360 tour with my friends Marie and Liz. Can I just say I love concerts? And can I say I really love U2? This is my 3rd time seeing them live, and they didn't disappoint. Maria and I are concert buddies, we always go to shows together, but she already had tickets for the Minnesota show. Boooo. Hooray for awesome friends, though!

Had dinner with Liz (also a huge U2 fan)


Met up with my other friend Marie for the show (that darn sun was so bright)


Behold, the "Claw"

Bono, in all his glory



Larry Mullen escapes the drum cage



"One"

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"

I saw them live for the first time waaaay back in 1997. It was their "Popmart" tour at Rice-Eccles stadium. It rocked. Literally.

It's impossible to see but some really awesome folks put a 2 next to the U (boo old school cameras with no zoom. Seriously, how did we go so long without digital cameras?!)

The "Popmart" set, before the stadium was redesigned (I'm so old)

The band came out of the lemon!!


I saw them again in 2005 for the Vertigo tour. Alas, no pictures, but here is the ticket stub to prove that I was there, and heard of them first, now how do you afford your rock 'n roll lifestyle... okay I'll stop.



If you're even a slight fan of U2, You NEED to see them live! They are one of the best bands ever, and it's amazing to see them live. Much thanks to my pookie for getting me the ticket. I love you!

Tulip Festival

We headed down south for the Tulip Festival at Thanksgiving point. It was the second to last day for it, so the tulips were a little wilted, but beautiful nonetheless! I haven't been here for years, so I was really blown away by everything they had. The waterfalls were amazing!! The old people in golf carts, not so much. Much thanks to the guy who took our picture but somehow managed to not actually take our picture. Twice.

They have a really cool play area for kids. This was a stream where you could send the toys from the top and watch it sail to the bottom.

The waterfalls were so huge!!


Only in Utah :)


My favorite color of all the tulips




How cool would a concert be here?


SNAKE!!!


Evan was loving the stroller


Lunch at Culver's. I guess it's popular back East, and I can see why! It was very good and the service is top notch (McDonald's could learn a thing or two from these guys!)


The weather was great. Such a perfect day with my cute little family!

Easter bunnies

Candy. Eggs. Food. Family. 'Nuff said.