happy birthday dinner

JoyLynn had a birthday and Crown Burger visit was in order to celebrate. Deanne, Cobey, Kelli, Michelle, Josh, & I had a tasty dinner. A few other joined as well. We enjoyed the company and the food!

the little guide

Josh LOVES to take the lead in anything he feels comfortable with. This week we went back to the aquarium and Josh was THRILLED to be able to show Michelle 'his territory'.

A smile in front of the bull frogs.

movie review

Josh and I did the movie thing for our Wednesday activity this week. We went to see Dr. Seuss (& Jim Carrey's) Horton Hears A Who. What a cute movie! So many lessons about how to treat people and about faith. Josh hopefully got some of that, but giggled through most of it. We would recommend taking your families!

everything military

Josh has worked very hard to sleep in his room all night for the past week. So far he has added up 6 straight nights where he has gone to sleep in his bed and stayed there. It is the first time ever...let me tell you how much better I am sleeping! He has been earning things for his efforts. Last night he earned some AWESOME army posters. Michelle's brother Jason pulled out all the stops and Josh couldn't wait to get them up on his walls. Thanks Jason! Josh is super excited about the room he has created. I think he might actually be staying from now on!

movie review

I went and saw 21 The Movie this weekend. I don't make it to 'grown up' movies very often and it was definitely a treat. I thought it was good and worth seeing.

exploring the aquarium

Josh & I had once went to the Aquarium when it was at the Gateway Mall. In case any of you missed it at that location...you missed nothing! It has since moved to 10600 South and 700 East. I was a bit leery, but given how cold it was outside today, Josh & I tried to give it another shot in it new location and fortunately we were not disappointed.

Oh and in case anyone was wondering what Josh would like in a mustache, here you go. he didn't take it off all afternoon!

The 'hands on feel the fish' displays still exists as well as the shark tank. However, the new aquarium also has a section dedicated to Utah water with a captain's fish boat to explore. There is a display saved for the coral reefs and the amazing fish that live there. Lastly, there is a true to life display where Josh was able to run around a sunken ship, crawl through a coral reef, and enjoy some smaller creatures in tanks through the kid area. It was actually pretty fun!

my coloring buddies