Friday, July 22, 2011

Cousins, Cousins, EVERYWHERE!

We got to see lots of cousins while in Utah:) and had a blast. We did so much stuff, it's crazy to think that it was barely a month ago. We love our family!


Wiggle Bikes:)
Emma and Chloe
Clari, Creed and Chloe!
Barton's and Gregson's in Aunt Joan's backyard
Pretty girls!
Megan, Emma and Chloe
Wonder what these to are up to!
Chloe and Mollie

Fireworks and Erin!

I think we heard fireworks every night leading up to the fourth! And that's probably not a big deal in Utah but we're not even allowed to shoot them off in Auburn on the fourth! But we did some at Sydney's house on Saturday and it was lots of fun:) Erin got to escape and come and see us and we had an awesome time! Some of us stayed up til midnight to sing happy birthday to Chana and then Erin and Emma slept on the porch! It was a blast, you could tell some off us were getting tired though when songs from Tangled started being sung!

Waiting for the show!
Sleeping beauties on the porch..
Lily with some sparklers:)

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

Slip 'n' Slide FOR ChanaDays!


One of the most fun things we did was a GIANT slip'n'slide in the Taylor's backyard!
It was all in honor of ChanaDays and everybody had a blast. And everybody joined in the fun and went down the slide. Babies and old people alike;)
Chana: Soaping up the slide!
Mollie!
L to R: Emma, Chana, Grace, Megan, Lily and Liz(the awesome babysitter!)
Emma was getting REALLY good at doing the slide!
Getting ready to slide! Waiting in line!

It was a lot of fun, and we got tons of AWESOME pictures and videos.
Oh how I LOVE my FAMILY!

Antelope Island...Home of the Buffalo(Nothing Else!)

Antelope Island...

Of course, they found the HORSES!

One day we decided to venture out to Antelope Island... Dad took a van full of kids to go see what was out there! Turns out there's not much to see and no where good to picnic either! And it was hot... They did get to see buffalo though, and thats what they wanted. I was one of the party poopers who didn't go...but sounds like I didn't miss all that much! This video was good though and the little voices in the background are reaaly funny:)

Monday, July 11, 2011

Temples, Temples Everywhere!

We were blessed and amazed by all the temples, big and small, that we saw on our trip. Some we just stumbled upon as we were driving and others were impossible to miss. Emma, Lily and I were able to do baptisms in the Oquirrh Mountain temple which was soo beautiful. We went up on a mountain over looking the valley and could see at least four temples, standing tall. They are pretty amazing and bear a strong testimony of our Savior.

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Monticello Temple
Provo Utah Temple
Salt Lake City Temple

Are we there yet??

Sights to see along the way:


Flooding in Missouri
To sum up the drive...It was REALLY LONG and occasionally boring. But the drive up was way better than the way back. We decided that Wyoming was our favorite state sign, also counted EVERY single pronghorn antelope-even we were passed the hundred mark! Really excited about the snow capped mountains(i wanted to go skiing just didn't get around to it!)


MOUNTAINS!

SOO Much to Share:)

We just recently got back from a quite long and FUN trek to Utah! I'll try to cover all the stuff with lots of pictures. But be forewarned-there is gonna be LOTS of stuff! And lots of AwEsOmE. You may be jealous:)