Trenton's "cheap" entertainment!

If you want to see how to make your own fun in Trenton click here. This is nerdy I know, but Clayton really wanted to do it and Kace just couldn't say NO. (I could though! GROSS)

Fun at Discovery Gateway

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A mom of one of Kace's friends at preschool asked if we would like to go with her to Discovery Gateway in Salt Lake. So off we went. When we got down there we met up with my sister Kami and went to lunch then off to discovery! I was surprised to see that it was flipping $10 a person, EVEN Ty was $10 to get in. Somebody is making some serious money. I am glad that I only had two kids to get in, as well as myself of course (I am cheap like that!) Naturally, if you live in or around Salt Lake you get a whole $1 off (sense the sarcasm!)

The kids had a great time of course. There was a ton to do. You name it they had it, it was kindof like the Treehouse Museum, in that they both had lots of things to do and you never could get bored (well parents could get bored, but kids definitely not!)

Here is Ty stuffing his face! We weren't supposed to have treats in the museum, but with Ty that is just not an option. So here he is stuffing it in!

trip to the TREEHOUSE MUSEUM!

I first met Becka Cook....now Oberg while working at ICON during college. We quickly became good friends and miraculously (or fate) we ended up marrying cousins! So now I get to see her at some (they have been living far away lately!) family things as well.
Anywa, Becka and her kids are up visiting from Vegas while Bennett is in Peru so we decided to get together with her sister-in-law Kallee and our kids and go to Ogden to the Treehouse Museum. I hadn't ever been there and was VERY impressed. They have so much to do there. The kids were in heaven and could run around to their hearts content. They had a fireman display where you could dress up and pretend you were a fireman. They also had a President of the US display with a desk to sit at and be President! There was a school, grocery store, garden, TP (Indian TP!) Anyway you get the drift there was lots and lots and lots to do.

Ty couldn't get the grin off his face!
Kace "caught" Ashden the fish with his fishing net. They loved looking at the fish in the aquarium. They kind of look alike don't you think?! Shaws must have very dominant genes!
Ty loved loved loved going through this tunnel and going over this bridge they had. We did that over and over and over and over. Actually, just Ty did, I just stood there and watched him!

We had a great time and it was great to see Becka and Kallee!

SOCCER

Yesterday was our first day of soccer. Going to this soccer game made a lot of memories come back to me. I loved playing soccer when I was a kid. I started when I was in first grade. These are the things I remember:

1- We won our first three games 8-0 and then won the rest of our games that season. We were obviously very good :) Many undefeated trophies were won, while playing in Trenton.

2- Janet Cottle was our coach and she was very organized. We had a color coded position chart. I mostly liked playing forward.

3- We were bribed that at the end of the season we would get a candy bar for every goal we scored. I don't remember what I got, but I do remember I wished I was Kelly Buttars because she got 15.

4-We hardly ever lost in 5 years playing Trenton soccer (I then went to competitive in Lewiston and Richmond for a couple of years, but it wasn't nearly as fun)

5-Just a little song-think Troop Beverly Hills!
"We're the girls from Trenton hill,
Soccer is our greatest thrill!
We will work and practice real hard,
lalalalalalalalalalalala (I obviously forgot that line, so if any of you remember it, remind me!)
Trenton hill what a thrill,
Trenton hill what a thrill!"
Yea we were kind of dorky! But at least we had fun!

6-We had practice off the bus, which we loved.

7- I reffed for one season-note to self: never NEVER never ref against a team your dad is coaching.

Back to Kace's soccer......Kace was so excited, he has actually been so excited ever since we signed up. He did great. I was surprised how much bigger he was then everyone else, but I guess he is just about the oldest for his grade. He scored his teams only goal. They have a couple of what we like to call "dandelion pickers" They make me so frustrated because they don't really care to do ANYTHING! In this league for preschoolers they don't keep score, but the kids sure know the score and we LOST. I was kind of mad. I really wanted to win. I tried not to show that to Kace though, because he didn't seem to care as much as I did. He did a great job. He told me after the game that he was really good at stealing the ball. Which he was, whether it be from the other team OR his own teammates!


I did hear one set of parents say, "Well, looks like it is going to be a one-man show." Talking about Kace, but HELLO parents, your kid can go get the ball too! He was obviously one of the "dandelion pickers" previously mentioned.

Notice the girls on the ground

Just call us COACH!

Kace IS one of a kind!

I videoed Kace doing this song, which his dad taught him. Each evening when we get ready to say the prayer on the food we would ask Kace why we pray and this is the song he sings (of course it USED to be the song that Nate would sing, but Kace just adopted it as his own and made some modifications!).............
I guess it is some MC Hammer song, I didn't even know he sang other songs besides, "Can't Touch This" Anyway, Kace sang this at my dad's birthday dinner and I am posting it at Heidi's request!



I don't know another five-year-old that won't sleep in his covers because he doesn't want to make his bed. I thought that would happen when he was like 12. I was having him make his bed each day and he decided (on his own), after about a month that he no longer wanted to sleep in his covers and just wanted blankets on top!

Seriously, Kace is a great kid with a ton of personality. He is the BEST big brother to Ty and cares so much for him. He has a such a thirst for knowledge and loves to read. Four or five months ago I walked by his room and just listened to him sound out words, now he is reading like a pro and isn't even in kindergarten yet. He is so excited to start soccer, likes to go outside and play bat and ball and loves to tell everyone how he can make 21 baskets in a row. He loves to go fishing with his dad and to go camping. We love our Kace he is definitely one of the biggest blessings in our lives! Sorry for the cheesiness, but mom's are allowed to do that once in a while!

McD's and airplanes

Last week Anna (for those from SV Anna is Anna Keen) and I took our kids to mcDonald's and to the Hill Air Force Base airplane museum. The kids ALWAYS love going to McD's and love to play play play on the playplace. Here is a pic of Ty and Kace-if you are wondering about that thing on Kace's head it is the prize from his happy meal-a pirate hat. He LOVED it! He was transformed into "Captain Jack Sparrow"

Here are all the kids watching the (boring) movie presentation, but the seemed to like it for a little bit! Ty and Kace are on the left and the girl in the middle is a friend of Clarissa's. Anna's three kids are Clarissa, Sam, and Thomas on the right. They are all the best of buds!
There was an 'older' boy there to show them how to work the seat.
Ty didn't really care about the airplanes too much, he did love to go up and down the ramp in the hall though. He could have stayed in the hall the entire time. Unfortunately we had a MAJOR blowout right when we got there, I wasn't very prepared because we haven't had one of those blasted things for about 6 months. I don't know where that came from! I guess probably from teething, because I blame everything on teething! :)
Ty loved playing in the dirt and rocks.
I think the kids' favorite part was going outside to see all the really big airplanes. They also played tag around them and bad guys and good guys, so my guess is that they just liked running around. Unfortunately we had to leave when Clarissa bawled after being hit from a rock. Who threw it? That's right our little Ty the Guy, who would have thought?

Happy Easter and Happy Birthday Dad!

We had a great weekend. The kids (that means Kace) found their Easter baskets and all the eggs in record time. The Easter bunny had better hide them better next year!
We went to the Easter Egg hunt in Tremonton and it was the WEIRDEST egg hunt I have ever been too. First of all, there were TONS of kids EVERYWHERE........we had to park about 1/2 mile away from the park and so by the time we walked there the kids were freezing (the wind was blowing and it was COLD) and the siren was going off for the hunt to start. I saw all the kids getting the eggs and told Kace to, "RUN" if he wanted any eggs. So he ran and to my surprise came back with a basket full of eggs. I thought to myself "Candy Jackpot, good job Kace." But as I picked up the first one I realized it was empty, as were ALL the eggs. Come to find out you are supposed to stand in a MONSTER line with your basket of eggs and turn your eggs in three at a time for three big candy bars. Then you are supposed to go to the end of the line and do it again with three more eggs. Well, we did this a couple of times and then I told Kace to just dump his eggs, that six candy bars were good. It was so cold, that he was fine with that and just wanted to get to the car. I think that will be the last time for the Tremonton Easter Egg Hunt. We will find something a bit smaller next time.............like at Grandma Jones'.
Grandma Spencer sent the boys this bubble maker thingy, which they LOVED!
After church we headed to Trenton for Dad's birthday celebration. Clayton and Heidi bought kites for their Easter and were nice enough to share the fun with the rest of us. Kace loved the Spiderman kite, but wouldn't touch the My Little Pony one! There wasn't much wind in Trenton so Kace ran and ran and ran. Heidi and Clayton didn't want to generate their own wind so we got out the 4-wheelers and they flew them as we drove! Good times!
Later we played HORSE and Ty wanted to have his turn!

Lastly we had a Guess Who? tournament. Cortney created the brackets and Dad won. interesting.........