We set up Elora’s pool so the kids could go swimming. They were so excited to play in the water! Oliver spent most of the time running in circles and singing… which made for some great pictures! Marion just hung out...
Archive - August 2011
We have a lot of fruit trees in our yard that we planted before we moved to Austria. Elora was soooo excited to find that we have CHERRY trees! Honestly, I didn’t even know that one of them was a cherry tree… we have...
Elora and Oliver have been saving their money for quite some time. They both actually had certain items in mind. Oliver really wanted a toy flute and Elora was a bit more ambitious and wanted… a swimming pool. When I spied...
Oliver got to take Mommy and Me swim lessons a couple weeks ago. He had a really great time, and I got to have fun dunking him under the water (which he DID NOT like) and teaching him to blow bubbles and float on his back (also...
We now bring to you a special welcome to the newest addition to our family. A kitten! A friend of ours had kittens they couldn’t keep, and being a softy, I couldn’t let the poor kitty go without a home.The kids are...
The 4th of July celebration in our town is a big deal. And it is so fun. We woke up early to finish making a family flag to carry in the parade. We had the kids draw pictures of themselves to sew on our flag.Elora decided that...
Chris got to take the youth to the temple to do baptisms and the whole family got to come along too. Because everybody loves a grueling trip down to the bog-of-eternal-heat-traffic city known as St. George. Karen took the kids to...
Coby, aka Elder Vail, was one of the missionaries we got to know pretty well in Vienna. He lives in Utah and came down for a visit for a few days. Here’s Coby slicing into some home made Kebap. Like all Americans in Vienna...