Summer Trip to Utah..

WARNING!!! This is going to be a really long post. So feel free to just skim through it. We had an oppurtunity to go to Utah and visit Eric's family. WE had sooooo much fun. It made me wish we lived closer. The kids had the best time with all there cousins. And ask me all the time when we go back. I just wish it wasn't so expensive.
The flight down was horrible.There were thunder and lightening storms and there was quite a bit of turbulance. Brody threw up several times, and as soon as we got of the plane Blake lost it. YUCK!
But the fun we had on the trip was so worth it.

We went to temple square, shot guns with Uncle James, went on the boat like everyday, went to Savanna's b-day party, had family pics taken, went on a hike to Cascade springs where
Eric proposed tome, went camping.. the works. It was a lot of fun!!



I love this Temple. This is the Salt Lake City Temple where Eric and I were married. So of course we took the kids to visit Temple Square. WE also got to go to Music and the spoken word in the confrence center.

This is the view from Eric's parents deck. Isn't it beautiful. The sunsets were amazing.

Ben, Wyatt and Blake going on a Nature Hike!

Tommy, Ben, Wyatt, Blake, Tommy and Blake, Eric and Brody. they found a cool tunnel to explore.

Ben and Blake are very close in age and became quite good pals.

Eric struttin his tuff on the golf course. WE had the oppurtunity to go out on a date with all Eric's brothers and sisters and their spouses. It was so fun to be together and play and be kidless.

Christine lookin great as usual!

All of us on the golf course. None of us really knew what we were doing, except for Jared. We had a lot of fun trying though.

This is Lindsys golf pose! Work it Girl!!

As you can tell by James' swing, he golfed a little like

Me and Christine giving high five on the golf course. WE were getting quite good!

The girls. Lindsey, Emily, Christine, and Me.

Paul and Lindsey, getting a little fresh in the golf cart!

Christine and Jared

James and Emily

Paul and Lindsey

Maria and Eric

The beautiful course

Eric and Emily

Ready for a family bike ride.

Brody wants to come too!

Brody and Papa

The boys!! Isaac, Wyatt, Brody and Carter

Temple Square

Look at Blake's face in this picture. He is having so much fun!

I love this picture of Blake- He is such a handsome boy!

One of the kids favorite part of the trip was shooting guns with Uncle James who is a police officer for the City of Orem.

Riding in the cop car was pretty cool for Tommy!

Pictures from this Summers Boating Adventures

Unfourtatly we did not get to go out on the boat as much as we would have liked too this year. The weather was not always the best, plus we had a jam packed summer it seems like and there was never a free day. But the couple of times we went out were a lot of fun. Well except once!

Our Boating Trip with the Godbolt Family

Dade , Blake and Zoe on the tube!

Saige and Brody- Don't babies look so cute in life jackets.

Shawna and me!





Brody- his cheeks were startng to get a little pink.




Tommy and his good buddy Dade!!

I love this picture of Tommy. He is so stinkin handsome!!



Dade learned how to knee board this summer! Way to go Dade!

Tommy- the knee boarding pro. No luck on wakeboarding this year. He tried once but it was so choppy he did not like it.

Shawna and Saige sportin' there nice sunglasses.

Me and Brody and Shawna and Saige trying out the tube.

Another boating trip with the Nyangweso family

Then our last boating trip for the summer!!! With the Kidd family.

Our boat's battery went dead, so Eric was stuck on the lake for hours. For the most part the kids were able to entertain themselves. But it was still frusterating. Our good friends the Angells came to our rescue. And they were able to have fun. WE now need to make a $300 dollar repair to our boat. Since we are trying to save up for an addition we decided to park the boat for the summer, but don't worry, we will have the boat fixed and ready to go by the first part of next summer.

Eric calling for help when stranded on Lake Washington


"Our Angells"- good friends the Angell family came to rescue us.

Tommy, Audrey and Ethan on the tube. Tommy's mask kills me.

Tommy, Audrey and
Ethan

I love David's facce in the picture. He thinks tommy is pretty silly with his snorkel on.

One of our new favorite vacations of all times has become Seaside, OR. This summer we went there again, and invited Eric's mom to come with us. We had a blast and have such good memories. I had over 1,000 pics from this trip. And had a hard time picking some. I actually created a book of this trip, because I had soooo many pictures, but here are a few of my favorites.





Blake and Eric. One of Blake's favorite parts of the trip was going searching for sea creatures. And boy did we find all sorts of stuff, from star fish to hermit crabs. By the end of the morning his bucket was full.

Some of the many starfish that we spotted on our trip!!

Eric and his mom surfing the waves. I couldn't believe Nana got in the water, seeing as she just came from the California beaches, which were quite warmer. But she did, and they had a lot of fun. Once they were numb of course.

Tommy was a mad man on this trip. He tried everything, which really suprised me, because anyone that knows Tommy knows that he thinks whenever he goes swimming that the water should be as warm as our hot tub in the back yard. He hates cold water. But for some reason it didn't stop him this trip.

His favorite was the skim board. But he did ride the waves too!

Eric especially loved surfing. He never wanted to get out, and was begging us all to go in with him every chance he could get.

This is my favorite picture of the whole trip. This is when we got to the beach for the first time. Eric and Tommy grabbed there boogie boards and were off to hit the waves, Brody was sooo cute following behind them. He was sure he got to go boogie boarding too. (As soon as he felt the water, he changed his mind.)

Blake building sandcastles on the beach!! Love his smile. Such a good lookin boy!

Cool Dudes!!




Of course with all the surfin and skim boarding they did, there were quite a few wipe outs!!

Tommy's face covered in dirt after total wipe out.

Enjoying the beach and a snack!!