Singing Singing All The Day

It is not uncommon for Mike and I to wake up to a 39 inch high Jasper belting out the song from his favorite ride at Disneyland, "It's a Small World."

My favorite is when he says, "You sing it loud like this."  That's a favorite line of his when we are singing any song.

Below are a few videos taken while we were riding "Small World" in case you want to relive that experience, or motivate your kids to get stuck on the song too.

Boy Scout Canyon Hike with the Schroeder Family

Saturday we went on an adventure with the Schroeder family to one of our favorite places, Boy Scout Canyon.  It's almost 3.6 miles round trip to the drop off and back.

The kids had so much fun scurrying up all of the cool rock formations.  Cydnee and I love slot canyons so we were happy hikers.


The natural rock slide was a big hit with the kids (see video below).  Mike had to pick Jasper up and drag him away from the rock slide.

Jasper liked to climb high --sometimes too high.  Occasionally he had to be rescued by his dad and even Cydnee.

Jasper LOVES Reagan and whenever we wanted him to quit scurrying up rocks and get back on the trail we would simply say -- Go catch up with Reagan.

Cydnee commented that she thinks that Jasper already like girls!  I think she is right.  :>

Fire Station Tour

Jasper and I took Peyton with us to the Henderson Fire Station for a great tour with Miss Nancy's Preschool on Oct.22nd.

We went with Nancy last year as well.  This year we visited the Henderson Fire Station on Green Valley Parkway and last year we went to the Lake Mead Fire Station -- which is extra cool because they have a boat and a fire pole to slide down.

The kids were thrilled to climb up and sit behind the wheel of the fire truck.  You gotta' love that Peyton wore his fireman suit.  Jasper was so excited to step in the fireman's boots.
 

I was so glad I took a video because the fireman who gave us our tour did a great job.  At the end of our tour they had to go out on a call so we got to watch the fire truck roll out.

The first one is of the fire truck rolling out and the second video is of the Fire Station tour.

Fall Leaves at Mt. Charleston

I've been so anxious to see some Fall leaves.  We had a trip planned for Beaver, Utah that fell through because of all the smoke in the mountains due to a fire (which is now out).

In an attempt to ease my anxiety Mike drove us up Mt. Charleston last Saturday to see what we could see.

We had a nice time walking around, and I was thrilled to see the aspen leaves fluttering on the trees in the breeze.

I know it as a bit of a sacrifice for Mike to be in the mountains in the Jeep and not really go on any off-road trails.  Thanks for focusing on me and the leaves Mike!

Giddy Up Jackpot!

Our friends the Tanner's sweetly invited us out for a meet and greet with their beloved horse Jackpot out at the Boulder City horse stables.

Hours before Jasper was marching around in cowboy boots, clad in his jean jacket.  He was so excited and couldn't wait to go.

He was a little nervous to get on Jackpot at first, but after kicking up an ample amount of dirt with his cowboy boots he was ready for 3 laps around with Michelle.

Michelle helped him feed Jackpot a tasty treat of carrots and he even rode by himself as we walked Jackpot back to the stable.

As Michelle said, Jasper looked like a little peanut up there, as Jackpot is a BIG horse.

When we got home Jasper kept telling Mike how you have to hold onto the "strings" when you are riding a horse.  Obviously we need to beef up his cowboy vocabulary, starting with "reins."

We can't wait to go again!