Kanab Water Park

  Kanab has a super fun splash pad at their park. My kids always want to play there and I NEVER remember towels or spare clothes. Usually Elora figures that is reason enough not to get wet, but Oliver always gets soaked...

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Demolition Derby

  We went to the demolition derby for the first time this year. Chris was one of the firemen on call, so we all went. The kids sat with Chris on top of the fire truck until the lightning and rain started, then we all...

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Kids Triathlon

  There was a triathlon for the kids in the area and our kids signed up. Elora did it last year and had a hard time, so we were excited for her to enter again this year now that she knew what to expect. Oliver was sad last...

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What We Do, Part 2

  I titled these posts “What we do” because we live an interesting life full of random moments that I love to take pictures of. These posts are a glimpse of the things that go on in our house on a normal day...

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What We Do

  My neighbor Ila Mae gives my kids a cookie every time they go to her house. This is one of my favorite views – my kids holding hands while they cross the street to visit my neighbor. They are so cute. This day was...

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The Kidlets

  Here are some fun pictures from summer time. Elora and Marion dug through the costume box and found some cute matching ballerina costumes. They proudly announced that they were pretty ballerinas and danced around the...

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Orange County Zoo

  Another day at Sharon’s house we went to the Orange County Zoo. I did not know Orange County had a zoo, and thought it was pretty awesome that it only cost $2 a person. We went with my kids, Sharon’s kids, and...

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Crystal Cove Beach California

  Chris went on a business trip to California in August, so I went and stayed with my sister Sharon. We went to the beach one day which was so nice because the kids had been asking to go to the beach since we got home from...

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The LONG Ride Home from Hawaii

  The hard part about living where we do is that we had a flight from Hawaii to San Francisco and then a flight to Salt Lake City. Was that all? NO! We had a four and a half hour drive home from the airport. Our flights...

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Polynesian Cultural Center

We decided to take the kids to the Polynesian Cultural Center. Marion was super tired so she stayed with Nana and Grampy while the other kids came with us. On the way there we stopped at a little beach to look at some sea...

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