Next came Dallin's Birthday:
His day started out
pretty normal with his homeschool schedule. We planned a little
surprise in the afternoon though. Peter came home a little early,
picked up him and his best buddy/cousin and took them to a trampoline
place called Sky High. They had such a blast and could not stop talking
about it all the way home. They had such a great time together.
When he got home he opened a few small gifts.
He
wanted to go to his favorite mexican restaurant for dinner so off we
went. He had is usual bean burrito kids meal and was happy as a clam.
He was happy about his birthday treat, but I guess I captured the wrong moment!
One
of his main gift from his siblings was this trophy. If you know
Dallin, you know that trophies are a big deal. We got the idea to do
this from Peter's mom and ordered this from a trophy website. We made
sure it was BIG, his favorite color and the inscriptions says "Dallin
Dickinson, June 3rd, 2013, The best big brother in the world."
We
had a little cake to end the day and that was that(recycled Lego
candles apparently). We pulled out one last surprise after everything
as well. It was an envelope from Mom and Dad that said that he was
going on an overnight trip with dad to the Mt. Hood Summer Adventure
Park! We recently decided to take a one on one trip when each child
turns 8 so even though he turned 10 we needed to get him caught up. When
I tucked him in that night he told me that he had the best day ever.
A
couple of weeks later Peter and Dallin were off on their adventure.
They stayed in a hotel in Sandy, not far from the mountain. They Swam a
lot, went and saw the new Superman Movie and at a waffle breakfast.
They
also tried out the treadmills. Make sure you watch the video below!
The
next morning they headed to the mountain. It was a weekday so we were
hoping since it is so early in the season that there would be no
crowds. That backfired a bit when they got there and it was a little
rainy so it was closed! They told Peter that they may open in two hours
if it dried up and if more people came. We had prepaid to get a 2 for 1
deal so it was devestating. Peter is not a quiter though, so not being
too discouraged, they went on a beautiful hike up the trails of the
mountain. He made sure his presence was known and that he wanted the
park to open and sure enough, it did! The crowd was so small that they
could do anything they wanted over and over the rest of the day. Whew,
that was a close one! To see everything they did click
HERE.
Ziplining
Rock Climbing:
Race car driving:
Alpine Slide:
Dallin attempted to make a treadmill video for us. It has provided us so much laughter. He laughs the hardest. Peter said that after this, they thought about deleting it so he wouldn't be embarrased, but they were so glad they didn't because everyone loves it so much. I am glad Dallin can laugh at himself. He didn't get hurt of course, you can hear him giggling after.
Here is Dallin ziplining:
And here is Dallin encouraging his dad to jump! Dallin didn't quite make the weight requirement to do the bungee. Not too bad for Dallin's first videoing experience though:
Finally the Alpine Slide. The did this over and over and got really fast at it according to them:
let the good times roll!
