While Eric's Away, Mommy & Isaac Will Play!

Eric just got back from a business trip to China. Isaac and I filled our time with lots of fun activities as to not miss him too much. Okay, so we missed him a lot but we did have some fun times. Isaac had 2 days off preschool for spring break, so I took two days off too. It was nice to have a relaxing stay-cation. Here are a few photos of the last week.

We went to the zoo:

We went swimming two times and had a play date (I was too busy chasing around toddlers for pictures!).

We took Lodi for walks in the sunny spring weather:

We built a lot of "creations":

We had a breakfast date: 

We enjoyed the sunshine and rode bikes: 

And... we were happy to see Dad!

Moab :: April 2013 Camping Trip

Here are a few photos from a recent "escape the Park City snow" camping trip!  The weather was okay, but we had one very windy afternoon and night in the tent.  Isaac loved being outside the whole weekend and was a great helper at the camp site.

Dad

Our camp site

Breakfast

Arches National Park

We found Tow-Mater!

Happy 3rd Birthday, Isaac Otto :: Part 2 (The Party)

Part 2 of Isaac's birthday celebrations was his party at the Kamas Pool.  He had 10 friends (ages 2-5) come for pizza, cupcakes and a whole lot of swimming.  We had an absolute blast!  And, it tired him out.  He fell asleep on our drive home (6pm), and slept through the night. Here are the photo highlights, and a short video of Isaac blowing out his birthday candles.

More photos uploaded on our Picassa album too (click here).

Easter 2013

Hoppy Easter!

We spent our Sunday riding at the Canyons and having a fun kid-filled Easter dinner at a friends' house.

Here are some highlights from the sunny day:

Happy 3rd Birthday, Isaac Otto :: Part 1

Happy Birthday, Isaac! On his actual birthday (April 2), he had a party at daycare and we went to dinner at a favorite wood-fire pizza restaurant on main street.

Look who is three!

On Saturday, we'll do celebration Part 2: a swimming party at the local pool with all of his friends.

Seattle Trip :: March 2013

What an awesome Seattle trip!  It felt so good to see everyone, be in Seattle, get needed work done on the house, and have a little vacation.  Here are some highlights:

Easy Travel

Isaac was a travel super-star.  The quick flight, his own seat, and iPad helped.  Smiles all around!

House Repairs

Eric, his Dad Don, and friend Tony get all the credit here.  While Isaac and I were having fun around town, these guys did all of this in 4.5 days:

• Tore out rotting tiles, walls and studs in the bathroom (including the insulation damaged by the water)
• Removed the glass tiles and boarded up the slat-style window (causing the dampness and rot)
• Re-framed the wall, added insulation and concrete board, and re-tiled
• Installed a fan
• Patched the exterior siding like a pro

Family

It felt SO good to see so much family while we were in Seattle.  Isaac is one loved little guy:

Top to bottom, left to right:  Isaac with Grandma Debi & Mary, Isaac with Dad at Pike Place, the Jabbusch Crew at Barking Dog, Isaac and Grandma making cupcakes, the extended Jabbusch crew celebrating Oma's 90th birthday, and Isaac and "nanny Mary"

Friends & Fun

Time for friends too?  You betcha!  Eric and I slipped away to a Sounders match, friends Tony & Amanda hosted a St. Patty's dinner party for us, and Isaac had tons of fun playing at the park and at my parent's house (cars! trains!).

Tired Yet?

We had a little down-time too.  We even caught Isaac (aka Mr. No-napper) taking a few mid-day snoozers.

Thanks to all our Seattle family and friends for such a great visit!  See you next time!

Grandpa Don Visits Park City :: March 2013

Grandpa Don visited Park City a couple of weeks ago.  As an early birthday present for Isaac, he built a gorgeous loft bed for him (with sheets, window trims and an awesome construction-themed quilt made by Grandma Debi and Mary).  The purpose of the trip was to drive down with the bed and assemble it.  And of course, a little Isaac-Grandpa time was welcomed too.

Isaac & Grandpa doing what they do:

Grandpa, Eric and I took Isaac and friend Haven to the pool (and we had the pleasure of meeting her brand new little brother).  Here we are with the two little bugs (double trouble?):

And of course, while Grandpa is in town, a little riding time on the mountain!  

Hogle Zoo :: March 2

A fun day at the Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake City:

We enjoyed the warmer Salt Lake City weather (spring feels close!), and had a blast with friends Kate, Ben & their son Jackson.  We got to see the normal line up of animals, including  a polar bear!

More photos in our March Picasa Album.

Swan Dive, Snowboarding & a Hair Cut

Oh, the fun we have on weekends! A few highlights from last weekend:

First (in no chronological order) -- swimming on Sunday!

Isaac is a fish (like his mom).  Check out this video of him dunking and diving (ie swan dive, aka belly flop).



Second, on Saturday (see-- no chronological order here)... Isaac went snowboarding with his best friend Haven.  It was a stormy morning, but they had a blast on the bunny hill, and in the lodge catching up.

And lastly, Isaac got a hair cut!  Just a couple cute photos from last week.

Held totally still... though a little skeptical

Lolipop! That was totally worth it

President's Day Weekend '13

Well, it wasn't the "President Day ski weekends" we've had in the past, but we did have a good little weekend.  What we didn't capture was Isaac swimming. We went twice this weekend (on Saturday, and again today) and he loves it! He was fetching  diving for rings in the shallow end, and holding his breath under water... and being so brave!  In addition to swimming, we also did a quick Salt Lake trip (Wheeler Farm and Costco), and relaxed at home a lot.  Photos:

How do you make a Costco trip interesting to a toddler? A plastic strip and plenty of food samples!

Wheeler Farm (cold, but fun to see the animals and farm equipment!)

A proud and happy helper in the kitchen.  Sunday night pizza!