Saturday, April 07, 2007

Vist to California

After having my sister, Julianne live with us for three months, we drove out to California to take her home so she could get ready to go back to school. And it was a good excuse for us to visit the family, of course. We loved having her come and both agree that she can come back and live with us any time! We love you Julianne!

Aunt Julianne


"Sisters, Sisters, there were never such devoted sisters"
(from White Christmas)

While in California, the kids had a blast playing with their aunts and uncles, we took a family trip to Knight's Ferry to hike around some of the historic sites there and the kids did a pre-Easter egg hunt. We love it when we get to go to Nona and Grandpa's house.


Party on the trampoline


Easter Eggs

Knight's Ferry


The covered bridge

Arthur and Sean at the old mill, (that looks like a prison)


Me and my three by the river


Arthur and I also got to see my family perform in a multi-stake production of "Savior of the World" which my Dad helped direct. We were so impressed with the production, and so proud of all the work they all put into making it happen. Good job, guys; it was really phenomenal!


Dad, Jacob, a very tired Nathan, Emma, Reed and Mom
(Mom made these costumes)

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Grand Canyon in the Snow

FYI: I'm backtracking a few months (it's actually July, even though the posting date says April) to fill in the months I've missed. Hopefully I can consistantly update this thing and catch up to more recent happenings. Keep your fingers crossed, but don't hold your breath.

We had low visibility on this, our first visit to the Grand Canyon. We stopped there on the way out to California and were not prepared for SNOW! Although we couldn't see much, I could tell it was just way bigger than anything I'd ever imagined. Pictures (even without snow) can't do this place justice. We'll have to try again when the viewing conditions are a little more ideal.


Daphne spitting over the edge


Aunt Julianne, the super hottie!


Catching snowflakes

Snow at the Grand Canyon


Us