just another fun day...!!

While Dave is in Salt Lake for his cousin's wedding (congratulations, Heidi!), we are trying to cope out here by keeping busy! This morning we started early with the farmer's market, down in the downtown area that we are loving more and more each time we visit it. It was fun! We were able to get some fresh, home-made jam, blueberry bread, pickled roasted peppers, some produce, cookies for the kids (well they were really good - I have to reward that behavior!). We then window-shopped, and had to go check out our favorite window of an antique store that has a cool little replica of what St. Joseph used to look like - a little amusement park right on the beach. The boys could sit and look at it for hours! It has miniature bumper cars, a ferris wheel, swings, spinning teacups, and a carousel. Araleigh loves it, too, she squeals every time she sees it and beckons to me to lift her out of her stroller so she can see it better. So after I peeled them away, we headed back home to rest up before our next adventure, which was..(dun dun dun) the magician!! There is a magician in town this week, Joe Exotic, at the mall here. It was actually a really good show, the usual tricks and illusions, but they really don't get old when you don't know how they work!! The boys loved it! They even got to pet a baby tiger!!! The magician didn't use tigers as part of his show, but he brought a bunch with him as part of a "save the tigers" thing. We could have paid $25 to actually go sit in the cage and hang out with them, but I was a little low on cash so they got little stuffed tigers for souvenirs instead, which they were pretty excited about. They couldn't wait to get home and show them around the house, introduce them to the other stuffed animals, you know, make sure they get the full hospitality experience! So overall it was a great day, but I will be glad when Dave gets back tomorrow!!!