Bean Museum

  One of mine and Chris’ favorite places at BYU when we were in school was the Bean Museum. My art class used to come here to draw the animals, and Chris and I came here various times with friends or our nieces Amy and...

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Fun with the Sprinkler

Our grass was dying since we never water it, so I called up my friend Kendalee and asked if I could borrow a sprinkler to try and save the lawn. Elora and Oliver were intrigued by the spraying water and asked if they could get on...

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Swimming Kids

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...

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Fruit Trees

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...

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Kids and their Money

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...

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Oliver’s Swim Lessons

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...

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Amy and Amanda in Zion

We picked the hottest day of the week to go hike around in Zion, but notice Amanda still wearing a sweatshirt. She gets cold easier than any girl I know! But we had a great time hiking around.All the kids excited and ready to...

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The Rock Shop

There aren’t a lot of activities besides hiking we could offer to Amy and Amanda during their visit, but the next town over has three rock shops – so after Elora’s swimming lesson one day we headed over to one...

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Alton Picnic

A few weeks ago we picked up our nieces Amy and Amanda from a summer church camp up at BYU in Provo. The day we brought them home was the big Alton Picnic, a favorite summer activity for all the people in all the towns in our...

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Elora’s Swim Lessons

  Elora got to take swim lessons at the local pool this year. As you can see she’s really excited about swimming.    She really liked her teacher and I was impressed with how brave she was about...

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