Baby Contest

On August 15th I entered Brooklyn into the Preston Baby Contest. Misty took her up on stage for me. In the picture above Brooklyn refused to look at the judges; she was more interested in the kid next to her.
Here she is finally smiling, but again looking away. The picture is a little blury because I had a hard time getting her because she wouldn't stand still. She actually spotted her Grandpa Inglet and got excited here. Here is Brooklyn again watching the other kids. She ended up not winning, but her name did get drawn for a couple door prices. Even though she didn't win a placing, I still think she is one adorable baby!!

Carnival Time - July 31st

Nils and I took the kids to the Preston Carnival. Brooklyn didn't go on any of the rides because I wasn't quite sure about her brother really holding onto her. We let Ryder go on a couple of the rides though and he loved it. He was mad when he had to get off. Above is him just starting out on the train ride. He is in the back next to Porter in the green.
Now he is getting use to the train ride and loving every second of it. He has his best friends with him and figured he was just fine. Payden, Ashton and Parker are in the front and then Porter is in the back with him. They are his best friends who he wants to play with all the time.
This is him on the Dragon roller coaster. This is right when it was starting to go and he was a bit worried. Of course once the Dragon got going he was laughing and smiling. I just could not snap very many good pics though because it went too fast. He had a lot of fun and we can't wait to take him and Brooklyn next year.

Hogle Zoo Trip - July 20th

Nils and I had the chance to take the kids to Hogle Zoo. We went with our friends Chris and Cheryl. They had their little girl Vanessa with them and her and Ryder had a blast. It was a VERY hot day, but it was neat to watch the kids get excited over the animals. That was Ryder's and Brooklyn's first time ever to a zoo. Above is the four of us standing in front of the Elephants.

The Elephants were eating, but by the time we got Ryder to half look at the camera they were done eating. So, here is Nils and Ryder with the Elephants and Ryder being his dorky self. LOL.

Here is Brooklyn and I inside the Giraffe house. The Giraffes were huge and Brooklyn didn't quite know what to think of them. I finally got her somewhat close without her freaking out for a picture. She loved all the animals from a distant, but not too close up.

Here is Ryder and Nils standing outside of the Giraffe house with a Giraffe just laying down.

They had this big sign posted by the Ape exhibit. Ryder was standing there and I thought it made a cute picture. As many of you know he HATES monkey's, but he did get close to the sign. The whole trip was fun and we would like to do it again soon. The kids behaved and enjoyed the day besides being hot and tired.