Fun Times in California

We drove down to California last summer when Chris was gone at a paintball tournament. I love this rest stop in the middle of the California desert. It has fun huge rocks to climb, lots of room to run around and great picnic...

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Petrified Dunes in Snow Canyon

Chris took some family pictures for his friend Greg in Snow Canyon after we camped there. The place where they took the pictures was on the petrified sand dunes. It was so amazing to explore there. The kids really loved...

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Snow Canyon Campout Part 2

My friend Stefanie and her kids came to hang out with us and the kids all decided to play hide and seek. It was so fun to see all the kids running around together. Stefanie’s little girl Sophie brought presents for...

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Super Short Arizona Visit

We drove down to Arizona for the weekend the week before Easter so we could go to the Easter pageant at the Mesa Temple. On the way down we stopped at Glen Canyon Dam. Marion LOVES the bridge, so we got out and walked on it so...

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Elora’s Birthday Party

Elora wanted a fancy tea party for her birthday, so I made a lot of finger foods, some strawberry lemonade, and got ready for a bunch of kids to come over! We picked some of the beautiful blossoms off the trees to decorate...

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Elora’s Baptism

Elora got baptized the week after her birthday. It was a beautiful, sunny Saturday. I made her dress for her and she told me, “The dress was pretty when I saw it on the hanger, but I think it is even more beautiful on...

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Phoenix Zoo With Friends

We took a really quick trip to Arizona in February, to go to the Gilbert Temple open house. While we were there we met up with my good friend Jacki and her family (I have known Jacki my whole life and how fun that our girls are...

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Oliver’s 6th Birthday Party

Oliver had a Lego birthday party the week before his birthday. We started out by coloring lego people. I just wanted an activity for the kids to do while we waited for everyone to arrive, but this was surprisingly popular...

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Fun Big Pool

Chris brought this huge pool back for the kids after one of his work trips last summer. I thought I blogged about it, but now I can’t find the post, so here we go again!  This pool has been a lot of fun for this...

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St. George Fun

  We went down to St. George to check out the new children’s museum. It was free in December. It is AMAZING. The kids had a great time. We could have stayed way longer than we did, we didn’t even have time to...

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