We had the opportunity to go to Knott's Berry Farm while in California for my cousin Wade's wedding (June 9). Jolene had a blast and we can't wait to take her back. Roslyn hated the noise and had a hard time sleeping more than cat naps in the stroller so we may have to wait until she's older before we try it again. Here are some pictures from our adventures there:
We were lucky she was tall enough for most of the rides (at least the ones she WANTED to do!)
 A precious moment of Ros sleeping.... it didn't last long....
 Out of order but this is on the road trip home

 Papa and Mamaw came and joined us after Wade's sealing in the temple











 Cody warming up Jonathan's back for his lucky throws.... he won. Giant Elmo came home with us.

A few weekends ago, our family of 3 took a trip down to Tucson for a morning of birding. Jonathan had seen on the birding website that there were some pretty rare birds recently there and we were anxious to find them. Bright and early in the morning, we packed Jo up in the car with lots of distraction just in case and headed south. We completely thought Jo would fall back asleep once in the car- but she did not. Surprisingly, she was not cranky despite the lack of sleep! She actually was rather pleasant! We arrived just after 7 and found that our research of the weather (which was supposed to be 60's and overcast) was dead wrong. We opened our car doors to 40* and rain! We had not planned for that at all. Luckily for Jo, I always over pack a diaper bag. I had a jacket and leggings I could put under her pants.





 I also had brought a towel just in case our shoes got muddy, so we could wipe before getting back in the car. That towel quickly became another jacket.


For me being preggo, I admit it was cold, but it felt SOOOOO good! I am recently constantly hot! Jonathan froze his cuttie patootie off. Jo was somewhere in between. I think she was so excited to be outside roaming where ever she wanted that she didn't want to admit she was cold. About an hour or more into it, she gave in and admitted she was cold. She insisted mommy hold her to keep her warm. Mommy. 8 months pregnant mommy. 8 months pregnant mommy who also had been nature walking for over an hour with no rest. Get where I'm going with this? I quickly grabbed the keys to the car from Jonathan and we ventured back to the parking lot.



We sat and ate some snacks, but mostly just defrosted for about 40 minutes or so.


Then, she was ready to go back out! We found Daddy and finished the trail with him (about another hour). Jo zonked out in the car on the way home. She was exhausted. But it was so much fun to get out and just walk in cooler weather (or cold weather, depends on your expectations lol).

During one of our family outings, we took Jo to Rainforest Cafe for dinner. It was her first time ever going, and we hadn't been in forever either. She was very hesitant at first. Trying to soak everything in. The moving snake freaked her out, and she wasn't too sure about the elephants. Once we got her coloring, and chocolate milk she warmed up a little more. Then she saw other kids loving it, so she decided to fake laugh at it all until she was finally comfortable towards the end of our meal.