Fish Lake Trail

Gord and Maddie and Gord's friends and their daughters recently went on a hike in Utah by SLC. They got back the day before school started and had tons of fun! After the hike they went and saw Linsey get married and toured Temple Square.

South Padre '09

The Bravest of them all...

Anna got her ears pierced this July and was the bravest child in our family to get their ears pierced. The whole thing was over in less than 30 seconds. She wanted blue earrings and after two years of uncertainty  it happened. She loves them and looks great!

South Padre Island, Tx

We got back from South Padre today after an amazing week long trip. We went with our friends the Fennegans to their most awesome beach house.  We had a blast and can't wait to go again. We went surfing, fishing, Schlitterbahning (water park), photographing, swimming, bbqing, and having tons of fun at the beach!! 

We woke up really early one morning and went to go take pictures on the beach for our Christmas card. Everyone looked super cute, thanks to the humidity. 
We went to a different beach and had a barbeque on the beach (hotdogs and s'mores) and played in the amazing wonders of the sand dunes! left to right (Reaves, Cade, Anna, Tanner)
Drizzle towers were everyone's favorite and here are all of the kids except for Reaves. We are at the beach closest to the beach house. It is only a 20 sec walk to the beach! 
Nothing to see here . . . move along . . . 

South Padre sunrise the same morning we took the first picture.  The sunsets and sunrises are amazing!

Claws said to be so sharp you can cut yourself just by looking! ahhhh! Feisty little creatures that show no mercy... 

TOAD!

A warning to all... do not be scared by the ferocity in this toad. 

Now that summer's here the toads have decided to set themselves loose. When we were cleaning up the backyard we found this monster underneath the tent bag! The toad is certainly not going hungry.  There has been some speculation as to whether it's expecting or not!  Anna tried to hold it, but it started climbing up Maddie's arms.  There was a moment of freak out and the toad hopped away.  

A region finals

Anna made it to A region finals. We are so proud! She is as fast as a lightning bolt in the water (and out). We love her SO much! She didn't make it to state but she did amazing!

Three beautiful girls.

A little showing off after the meet. The other girls are (left to right) Morgan and  Ashlyn
Anna was giving us a pose before it was her turn.
Go Anna GO!
On your mark, get set, fly!

Girls Camp!

Ahhh... the wonderful wonders of girls camp... In these future pictures please do not judge by appearance, with four hours of sleep and no mirrors not everyone can look as good as we do. Jenn was not having her picture taken this week, no matter what the circumstances. Girls camp is in Broken Bow, OK. Which happens to be ten minutes away from the cabin! 

This is a pic of Maddie and Mackenzie on skit night doing their wonderful "popcorn popping" skit. Neither thought it was a brilliant idea, but they couldn't stop laughing as they sang popcorn popping on the apricot tree at the top of their lungs. Joy... 
We do a flag ceremony every morning and night where they raise and lower the U.S. flag. We all stand in  big circle and sing a song and have a prayer for whatever meal is coming up. This is of Maddie, Mackenzie, and Leeannah (she's on the far right).
"Sexy Lady come along..." We are practicing our cheers at role call.