Monday, May 21, 2012

My May visit to Utah

I have a few days off work and nothing better to do than go visit my family in Utah!!  What a great thing!
I left after work on Tuesday night, May 15th, and don't have to be back until Sunday.
Here are some of the activities we fit in!
Day 1 at the park - Camryn, Kendyl, Brooklyn
They love to climb trees!
After Brooklyn and Camryn's soccer game and dinner at Kneader's, we enjoyed a sleep-over with Averi!
Averi, Brooklyn, and Kendyl
Day 2 - Fun at Hogle Zoo!
Kendyl, Brooklyn, Nixon, Camryn, Hudson, Elle, and Averi
The Nana, Kendyl, Averi, Brooklyn, and Camryn
Look at that Peacock strutting his stuff!
Camryn, Brooklyn, Kendyl, The Nana, and Averi
So much fun on the train!
Hudson, Ashley, Steff, Nixon, Kendyl, Averi, Brooklyn, Camryn, Elle, and Katie
Spending the night at Elle's and Averi's
Elle just would not stop running around so I could take her picture.  She is an 11-month old on a mission!
Day 3 - Excursion to Thanksgiving Point and the Dinosaur Museum
Kendyl, Nixon, Elle, Camryn, Brooklyn, and Averi
(Hudson went home for a nap after lunch!)
Nixon and Elle
Building a dinosaur island out of sand
Brooklyn, Camryn, and Kendyl
Matt is going to help Averi make a river through the island
Nixon and Elle playing in the sand
 Un-earthing fossils -
Kendyl, Averi, Elle, Nixon, Camryn, and Brooklyn
 Day 4 - Dance Recital
Camryn and Brooklyn were 'clown fish' and Kendyl was a 'star fish'
 Hudson loved watching the girls dance!
Hudson, Ashley, Camryn, and Brooklyn
 Daddy and his little girls
 Steff, Kendyl, Brooklyn, Nic, and Camryn
 Steff celebrating Nixon's first birthday in great style!

 Nixon was a little shy around The Nana..... I'm obviously not around enough!
 Hudson and his daddy playing ball
 Camryn told Nixon to go ahead and get dirty
Grandma Marian sneaking tastes of her favorite kind of cake!



Elle dancing to the bubble train with Camryn

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Some Really Nice Reasons to Be Home Again

 Sean's Salsa  (from Tanner's recipe)!
 Some of my favorite flowers growing in the yard!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Day 9 - St. Maarten and Airport Beach. Also the Carnival Legends Show starring Nic as Garth Brooks and Steff as Britney Spears!!!

We have one more day to spend in the sun at the beach on a beautiful tropical island.  We are heading to Airport / Sunset Beach to see the planes take off and land.  It was a beautiful, warm day!
Tanner checking the arrival times
So Tanner, don't hold on to the fence!



Enjoying the beautiful warm water.


Melanie and Steff readying ourselves to hang on to the fence when the big plane takes off!!
Sean and Melanie
Those boys just can't sit still!  The sand castle that must happen!
And happen it did in a grand way!
Hold on to your towel!




Lunch at Hard Rock Cafe - Ashley and Ryan with Tanner, Kaden, Sean, and Melanie
Shopping in St. Thomas
Tanner and Sean
Waiting for the big show!
Tanner, Sydnie, Sean, Hunter, and Kaden
Excited as we could be!
Grandpa, Grandma, Tanner, Sydnie, Sean, Hunter, Kaden, Ashley, Ryan, Sue, Robert, and Melanie
Steff, I mean Britney enters the stage


Garth Brooks portrayed by Nic