Rak Attack

In January, Nick brought home our very first pet... FISH!  The girls each got one.  Sydney named hers Bella, and Zoe named hers Snow White (I think... it was so long ago :) They were so excited when Nick walked through the door...

Waiting patiently with their friend Ezra, for Dad to get it all put together.

I'm really glad I started this post back in January, because there is no way I would have remembered Sydney saying this...

Sydney:  Mom.  Bella doesn't know where we are.
Me: You should tell her where we are.
Sydney: Okay... Bella,  Daddy brought you home to us. (said in the most tender, caring way)

Sadly, a couple weeks later Snow White died on Zoe's birthday.  Zoe handled this very well, but what a bummer!  Bella was getting too big to try and fit another fish into our small tank.  So we decided to wait for Bella to get bigger, and then we would set her "free" in my parent's pond.  That day came on Memorial Day 2010.  Sydney was very excited to release Bella.



That night we picked up two more fish, so that Zoe had another chance of having one.  Again, their names were Bella and Snow White.  Well, few days later Zoe's fish died!  About a month later we finally got around to getting yet another fish for Zoe.  This one died the day after we bought it. Bad luck, I guess.  They both agreed to sharing Bella #2, because Mom is done buying fish.  Bella #2 is holding on strong, despite the few and far between feedings.

In May, my brother Eric and his family invited us and my sister Michelle to go camping in Moab with them.  This was our first time camping in a tent as a family.  The girls were VERY excited.  I was worried they wouldn't go to sleep at a reasonable hour, and would keep the other campers near us awake.  But they did great!

Our campsite at the Moab KOA

Girls waiting patiently for their cousins to be awake.

Zoe and Michelle

Loving the feeling of the soft sand on their feet :)

Zoe made it to the top!

In June, Nick and I went to Las Vegas with Nick's cousin and his wife.  Tyler and Charlene took us to to see Penn and Teller at the Rio.  It was an AMAZING show!  Their "illusions" were mind blowing :) We loved it! 

That's Penn Jillette playing the Bass before the show started.

Nick and Me with Penn

Tyler and Charlene with Penn

All of us with Teller

In June, my family had a cabin workday to get some things done at the cabin. My dad had an adventure to keeps the kids busy... A Dinosaur Hunt Adventure. The plan was to go search for dinosaur bones the first night at the cabin, but it had been raining for days, leaving the roads extremely muddy and it was very cold outside. So instead he handed out all the gear the kids needed to go hunting in the morning.



The kids woke bright and early. It was very cold at the cabin from all the rain, so we had everyone bundle up tight.

Ashton was worried he got poop on his boot :)