summer vacation deuce: part 2

 Now we are in Utah

Happy 4th of July!

 Noah and his cousin, Sterling, did this ALL day on the fourth.

 Noah wanted to see the temple, we enjoyed the day just as our little family in Salt Lake...it was heavenly.

 Lunch in Salt Lake.

 At the zoo.

At Grandma and Grandpa's our last day...Lucy loved them.

It was good to see them and we had a great time with Eric's family.

We are happy to be home now and happy to be hanging out as a family for the next couple of weeks until everything starts all over again.  We are one more year in this house, so if you are desirous to visit, you must do it soon!!

summer vacation deuce : part 1

About 4 days after getting back from Michigan, we left for another vacation-Las Vegas and then Utah.  Vegas was first.

 Part of the exhibit in the Bellagio.

 We were waiting for the fountain show.

 Swimming at the pool.

 Eric is excited to be on our anniversary date-we left the kids (OVERNIGHT!) with my sister-in-law.  It was the first time we had done that and it was AWESOME!

 Ate at the Rio's buffet, delish.

 Happy to be married.

 Surprise for me...love it!

 Vegas strip at night.

The show was incredible.

 We stayed at the New York, New York and this was made of Jelly Bellies.

At the M&M store getting Noah a present for being good.  

Vegas was a blast...then it was onto UT.

virginia safari park

Jason's parents were here this last week and we all went to a safari park. It was a blast! We all enjoyed it. We rode on a wagon and were able to feed the animals from off the sides. We fed bison, camels, llamas, reindeer, ostriches, and more! The camels were notorious bucket thieves, Macie LOVED the llamas, and we saw a bunch a little baby ostriches. So cute!

They also had a mini zoo with tigers, monkeys, reptiles, zebras, and birds. I spent quite a bit of time at the condor pen talking to some of the workers there. They are trying to breed a new pair of birds. I once did a report on the endagered condors in middle school, and have always been kind of interested. They are HUGE! Anyhow, it was a really fun trip. Just the type of crazy fun Jason's dad loves to have with his grandchildren. It was a blast, we'd totally go again.

I stopped off at a "Scenic View" on the drive home from the safari park and took this picture. Just look at where we live!! COME VISIT US!

What's UP?

Since no one has posted to the blog in so long, I thought I would show you what I've been doing in the last week. Dad and I went to the Howell Balloon Fest last Saturday and watched the sky divers land. The balloon launch was pushed back for two hours to wait for the wind to die down and we didn't want to stay that long, so we didn't see the balloons - maybe next year.
Marilyn Crofts, Betsy Bennett and I went to Crossroads Village in Flint last week, it's a smaller version of Greenfield Village, except that the sawmill, lumber mill, and cider mill all work and make stuff that you can buy. We watched a magic show in the opera house there behind the girls after we rode on the Huckleberry Railroad. We really enjoyed the day.
Dad & I and Jim & Joy went to Greenfield Village on July 4th. It was a beautiful day and we all enjoyed it.
Joy made this bird out of an apple. Pretty neat huh? We made homemade oreo ice cream for family dinner tonight. Those of you who weren't here really missed out on some GOOD ice cream. Maybe next time.

Family Camping pictures -- June 2011

For your viewing pleasure, I am including the link to snapfish so you can see all of the camping pictures and copy them as desired.

Mom and Jim did a great job with the pictures; I'm sure you will enjoy them. (Please let me know if the link doesn't work for some reason.)

http://www5.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=4290146025/a=1521596025_1521596025/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Family Reunion

Here are some of the candid pictures that Jim and I took while we were camping.







Thanks to everyone who made it a success, especially to Heather and Kurt for all they did to keep us fed. I love you all.

Can you believe it...

I just checked the weather for the camping trip and it looks like the temperature will be great! Now we just have to pray that we don't get any rain like the forecast is calling for.

Last minute thought...

I was just remembering that we were planning on having a family picture while camping. I was wondering if everyone has the clothes they need for the picture? It's a solid color T-shirt with jeans or jean shorts. Just thought I'd check.

old and big

Lucy was 6 months old last Wednesday-whoa.

 Here she is showing off her new teeth.

 We went to her 6 month well baby check up today and she is 20 lbs and 26 inches.

They didn't tell me the percentiles, but I'm pretty sure it's like 90th for weight and maybe 50th for height.  I know you can't wait to do bicep curls with her-she will make you buff real fast.

Catch up time

It's time to play catch-up with pictures (from most recent and back)...

Lexi's first church prom, April 30.


Daddy/ Daughter Dance, Charlie with Chelsea, April 15.




Merrit's first temple trip, April 12.

Just for you, Jim!

Makayla has been bugging me for an MP3 player for a long time (since she lost her other one), so that is what we got her.