Grandpa’s Birthday

My mom and dad have been living with us while they fix up a house in Orderville. It has been so fun having them here. The kids love it, and I definitely appreciate their help. Dad spends most of his time working on the Orderville...

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Lessons for the New Year

After Christmas we drove up to Brian Head to spend time skiing with the kids. Chris’ parents came up to help with the little ones so I could spend some time out on the mountain. Sometimes things don’t really turn out...

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Legoland

My parents had free passes to Legoland and my kids have not been since Elora was two and Oliver was a baby… I love winter in California, because it was a beautiful warm day and the kids all had a great time. This was the...

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Fun at Sharon’s House

While in California, we celebrated my nephew Aidan’s birthday. He is so grown up now, I can’t believe it. Time flies so fast when it comes to kids. I don’t have any pics from the birthday party, but I was so...

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Christmas

We don’t have many pictures from Christmas day because I couldn’t find the battery charger for my big camera (and the battery died before Christmas Eve…) and I didn’t bring my battery charger for my little...

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Christmas Eve

My sister Lisa drove down for Christmas at my parents house, and Sharon and Gregg live nearby so they came down for Christmas Eve. It was nice to see so much family for the holidays this year. Here is baby James meeting...

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James’ Blessing Day

On Thanksgiving weekend we decided to bless Baby James since Nana and Grampy were already here visiting. Grandma and Grandpa came up for the day also. The kids were really excited to have lots of grandparents around for this...

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Thanksgiving

For Thanksgiving this year, we had lots of visitors! I love this time of year when we get to spend it with family and friends. Chris’ parents and his brother David with his family came to visit and we made a whole lot of...

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Hike at the Checkerboard Mesa

We went back to Zion a few times during Elora’s Fall Break. It started out pretty chilly in the morning, but the weather became really warm and beautiful once the sun came over the mountain. We parked by the Checkerboard...

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Sea World

Here is an old post from this summer. I took the kids to Sea World while we were at my parent’s house this summer. Here is Elora showing me on the map where she wants to go first – the dolphin show! Marion was...

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