July!

We started off July with a Fourth celebration and a couple birthdays at Ryan and Rebecca’s house…an attempt at a family shot.

(please excuse my grainy pictures…my camera was having a rough night)

We did sparklers…Ty is still pretty leery of them.Ace, on the other hand, thoroughly enjoys all things fire.Ellie was just shocked and amazed.

The next night we headed to our spot on the mountain to watch the big fireworks…Then we had Carson’s Birthday party.All the kids loved playing in this toy boat, especially Ellie, she played in there the whole time.

We took the family to Peter Pan.  It was fantastic!

Then we celebrated Pioneer Day with some neighbors and more fireworks.  My kids were much more excited about all of this than they seem in this picture though.

And last, but not least, even though we now have to work on getting rid of more weeds, we have all been thoroughly enjoying our lovely grass

That’s it!  I am officially all caught up! Woot!

--patting myself on the back--

Easter & Conference

Easter was great this year.  On Saturday, Ryan and Rebecca threw a great Easter/birthday celebration for my cute little nephew, Tate!Holy smokes! Look how cute he is!

Of course there was an egg hunt…

We trapped Ellie and Tate on the Trampoline with their own eggs so as not to get attacked by the big kids

They were all happy with their big ol’ loot Now, it’s time for our Annual Cousin Easter Picture Shoot…Way to go kids! Way to go.

Then, we colored eggs…I don’t know what Corbin is up to in this picture…but I assure you he’s fine.

The next morning was Easter, and the Easter bunny treated us real well!Oh that hair.She had to wear everything in her basket.

And now, for round 2.  The Annual Easter Sunday picture… First we tried to do it outside.That went well enough.

Then we headed inside to try again…So that’s how that went.

Then all of my family came over for Easter Dinner.  And it was a party.

Had one more little hunt.And tried for some more family shots.  Why, you ask? I haven't got a clue.Look. At. Us.

Happy Easter.

Then General Conference Weekend was the best Ever.  My dad got us a 4 bedroom room(basically a condo) at the Escala Lodge in Park City.  Jesse and Lauren sang in the restaurant, We ordered room service and lounged around in our pjs all day long, listening to the Prophet.  Fan-tistically-tastic.

Awesome weekend.  Thanks again to Dad, and to Claudia!