Fun at the Park!

Since the weather has been getting a bit warmer lately we decided to take Nolan to the park.

He LOVED it!!

This kid has no fear (which makes me a bit nervous for the future haha). He went on the big slides all by himself (well, with some help from daddy getting up there) and he was smiling and laughing the whole way down. He also loved the teeter-totter, swings, and twirly rides. 

Seriously, if he's going fast, upside down, twirling in circles or swinging high, he's in heaven! Get ready for a new roller coaster partner Gp Mathews!!

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All smiles about to go on the big slide!

This picture only shows about half of the big slide. It's fast too!

Riding on the teeter-totter with mommy and daddy (behind the camera). He kept bobbing his head up and down. I think he wanted to go higher!

Nolan on one of the smaller slides. Justin would say "1...2...3!!" before he let go each time and I think Nolan loved the anticipation ☺

This is the tube slide. Not Nolan's favorite. He didn't dislike it, he just wasn't smiling as big as with the other ones. And see that ice there at the bottom of the slide? Ya, I didn't account for that and Nolan and I took a slight tumble haha.

Swings! Justin got in a bit of trouble with me for pushing Nolan too high (at least in this momma's mind). Justin's argument? "Oh he won't fall out, it's science!" 

Based on the giggles in the video, I think Nolan agrees with his dad.

This makes me dizzy just looking at it!

My favorite boys all matchy-matchy.

This park is seriously so cool! There are so many toys I've never seen before that are SO fun to play on! Yes, I know that because I play on them with Nolan ☺ It's right behind City Hall and has this awesome playground along with tons of grass. Here are some pics I took in the fall. 

It even has a kind of zip line

As we walked to the car Justin remarked that "everyone should have a chance to watch Nolan at the park!" You can't help but smile!

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And here's some of Nolan at the park with Jeanni

You just can't wipe the smile off that face!

Valentine's Day

Romantic holidays are always kind of hard for me. Sort of. I mean, who plans the evening? Is it always the guys responsibility? That hardly seems fair. Should you trade off planning each year? Do you hope for a surprise? Or help the other person remember? I mean, I don't need a major celebration, especially on Valentine's Day (I mean, I only started celebrating it, um, when I met Justin haha), but I do think it's a nice excuse to get out and do something nice and/or fun together.

Well, Justin did a great job this year. A few weeks before Valentine's Day I asked him what he wanted to do so we could start planning together, but he responded, "You don't need to worry about it" with a smile. What a guy, already had the planning going ♥

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Paul came over to hang out with Nolan. Thanks PTM!! He's always so sweet about watching Nolan for us so we can go out.

First we went to dinner at the Old Spaghetti Factory. Justin was feeling bad because he wanted to go somewhere nicer, but couldn't get a reservation anywhere else at the time we needed. He said OSF was his '10th choice', but I loved it! Can't go wrong with the mizithra cheese!

After a nice dinner we hung out at Sam Weller's bookstore until we needed to leave for our activity.

I had absolutely NO idea what Justin had planned. Then when we went downtown and he started driving through a small, dark (and kinda scary) alley I thought, "where in the heck is he taking me?!"

The suspense continued when we walked up to a small, but several story building and the first sign I saw indicated it was a Church of Scientology building haha. I thought maybe he'd converted!

But no, he signed us up to experience 'The Escape Key.' We had seen it several months ago while searching for deals on KSL and thought it sounded fun.

We signed up for 'The Impossible' room which was brand new as of that day and was supposed to be the hardest. Our group got pretty far, but didn't make it out. You basically have to use clues that you find to figure out how to 'get out of the room.' It was a blast! We got to tear the room apart looking for clues and keys to open locked doors and chests, etc. One time we even had to find a certain key that opened a small box that contained a magnet and string. We then had to figure out how to use those items and anything else we had previously found to get a clue at the bottom of a vertical pvc pipe. We ended up creating a fishing rod of sorts and found a key at the bottom. So fun!

We were with 3 other couples and it was great, but we thought it might be even more fun if we knew the other people in the group. 

Anyway, I had a great Valentine's Day. Well done my love!

A New Haircut

Last week Nolan got his first salon hair cut. We went to Cookie Cutters and it was super cute. They have a play area with a slide right when you walk in, and for the haircut they have these cute cars and planes to sit in, kids tv shows all cued up at every station, suckers, and balloons!

He had been to the doctors (and gotten shots) that morning, run errands with us afterward, and it was almost noon before we went and he hadn't napped, but he was still so good! 

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