Celebrating the First week in Summer in St. George with the Allen cousins. Too much fun!

Charlie-the next Crocodile Hunter

                                     Caught a monarch butterfly.  Note his scar above the eye.  He threw a rock at school and it broke and a piece came back and hit him in the head.  He is his mother's son.

   Swam in the freezing, nasty pond at Edgewood with the fish and ducks

                                  Caught a giant frog in St. George

                     Now he is too busy playing football to be bothered with critters

Cute Pictures of Miss Amelia Grace

                                      Best Cousins, Blakely and Amelia

              Charlie's School-mate, Amelia Grace with Amelia Grace at the Mountain Man Rendezvous

  Special Memorial Day visit to Grandpa Dick Weggeland's Gravesite and a hike to Ensign Peak

The New Disney Store at City Creek is da bomb

New York New York!

Dave and I took Brig to NYC for a 12 year old celebration.  We had a great time.  We stayed at Dave's aunt's amazing pent house on Park Avenue blocks from Central Park.  We became subway experts as we explored the city.  We took the Statten Island ferry for a view of the Statue of Liberty, enjoyed a great afternoon at a Yankees game, ate pasta in Little Italy, saw Newsies on broadway and visited ground zero.  It was so fun to have some one on one time with Brig, he is such an amazing person.

Recitals

 Olivia's violin and Charlie's piano recital August 2012

 Olivia's Ballet recital May 2012

 Amelia and cousin Blakely"s Dance Recital.  Could they be any Cuter!

Olivia's violin recital June 2012.  Brig and Charlie played the piano but they couldn't be bothered with pictures when there were refreshments!

Back to School Haircut

My Beautiful Olivia Kate! Starting second grade this year.  She lost two teeth in one day, that has to be a record.  I am going to miss her when she goes back to school Tuesday. She is so much fun to have around.

Girl Power!

Another Spring Break Adventure-Ears Pierced at Claires!  Olivia had hers pierced over President's Day weekend in St. George but one ear grew back.  So.. . we went back with Claire and did it again.

Our family visited the amazing city creek and got to meet the even more AMAZING Stephanie Nielson and her husband and have our book signed.  We were so inspired by her bright, loving words in person and in her book.  It is a must read!

Spring Break

We had the best Spring Break.  We went to a giant trampoline gym, swam, hiked all over the mountains, swam, rode bikes, swam, ate, swam. Our favorite adventure was our hike to red cliffs with the Mickelsons!  The boys were crazy and brave to go down the natural waterslide in the FREEZING run off water.

Easter

We went to St. George for Spring Break.  We loved listening to conference as we drove down. Dave was in South Africa so I was a single mom for a couple of weeks.  Lying by the pool gazing at beautiful Snow Canyon definitely helped pass the time.  We picked up Dave in scummy Las Vegas and dropped off Sam on his first solo flight to visit his best friend Carter in Orlando.  We are so grateful for the Atonement and Resurrection and all the blessings of the gospel and loving family!

Disneyland. The Happiest Place on Earth.

 Splash Mountain Rocks!

 My Dad was such a great sport.  I think Finding Nemo was one of the only rides he rode, the rest of the time he was watching baby girls!  Love that man!

 My adorable nieces, Emmie, Kate, Allie, and Caroline with Olivia.

 The only princess Millie would get near was Sleeping Beauty.  I think it was her Pink dress, Millie's favorite color.

 Waiting in the longest line ever for Toy Story.  As you can see from Millie's expression.  Not worth it.

 Millie's favorite ride, she rode it about 10 times!

My brother Judd got some time off from Residency in Orthopedic Surgery in Okalahoma.  He decided to take Jackie, and the kids to Disneyland.  We decided we would rather visit them in California than brave the tornadoes.  My sister Adrien and her family had already planned the trip as their Christmas present.  My Dad and Mom came as well and we partied until we dropped.  It was so much fun.  More photos to follow,especially the shocking ones of my brother with a beard!!