Our Summer

We moved to Utah the end of June and Nik and Austin have never lived so close to their cousin's before so they spent the better half of their summer playing. They would go to grandma's and mow her lawn, help her pick vegetables from the garden and help out with anything else she needed done, then they would go to the lake for hours and play......


Nash had a blast wakeboarding whenever he came over.....




The slideshow up above is from our annual Family Reunion held in Idaho each August. We had a blast four wheeling/motorcycling, playing games, roasting marshmallows and eating a ton of food, and soaking in the natural hotsprings...

Catching up Part V

Nash's Graduation- Nash graduated the night before he turned 18! So before the graduation ceremony we went to dinner at The Star to celebrate! My friend Ardis brought the cake out and got the WHOLE restaurant's attention and help with singing happy birthday to him! He was soooo embarrassed! The graduation was held out on the football field and it was raining cats and dogs when we got there! Just as the Senior Procession started the rain went away and it was beautiful the rest of the evening! I can't believe I have another one graduated! Where does the time go????

Catching up Part IV

Over Memorial Weekend we went to Nat Soo Pah hotsprings and campground with the Frandsen's and McCarrey's and their family. This is becoming our new tradition and we love it!
The kids spent every chance they could get at the pool. Nik and Austin perfected their backflips off the diving boards.


Brad Frandsen and Nash decided it was too cold to sleep in a tent so they slept in Brad's car each night, and along with chasing girl's late each night they didn't get too much rest, so they were always found napping in the trailer after we got up each morning!

We took our usual Sunday drive out to Balanced rock....
These two decided not to make the hike up the mountain....

Austin....cute Austin....

We also drove over to see the Twin Falls Temple

We just happened to catch this view of the sun sitting right behind the spire of the temple with a ring around it....

Catching Up Part III

We headed to Nat Soo Pah over Memorial weekend with the Frandsen and McCarrey's again, spending alot of time at the pool, taking a drive to Balanced Rock and a stop at the Twin Falls Temple.






By the end of the weekend we were all exhausted, but we had a blast!

Part II in Catching up

Happy Birthday Vicki (May 2) The boys surprised me by inviting our friends over for cake and presents! What a wonderful surprise.






My older brother Brain, who passed away in a car accident when he was 3 years old, has been buried in a cemetary up in Idaho Falls. My parents decided to bring his body down to Brigham City, closer to all of us. On a beautiful Sunday afternoon we all got together to dedicate his grave. It was a very special moment which left wonderful memories.

Catching up.....Part I

Thanks to my friend Trulee for proding me to post something I decided to catch you all up on what we've been doing!


After Nash's senior pictures turned out so well I decided to take some of Nik and Austin.....These are before editing them.....







I can't believe how fast they are growing and what handsome young men they are turning out to be!

Nash's Senior Pictures

We are coming to the crunch time of graduation and we still hadn't taken any senior pictures of Nash. We decided that since the weather has been so nice that we would go out and take some ourselves and see how they turn out. If we didn't like them we would schedule my friend from work to take some for us.
Here are the results; Let me know what you think?