That's not all we fit in!  

Friday, August 17, 2012

A couple weeks ago all the family went up to Dark Canyon Lake for a quick cookout and fishing. It is so pretty up there.  







Last year my mom started doing grandma camp.  Lucky for us she continued it this year.  After 2 days of fun the camp concluded with a puppet show.What an awesome grandma!


The boys did tennis this summer. It was the first year they have done it and they both really enjoyed it.  I was impressed that for being their first time Parker took 4th in the tournament and Bronsen took 6th (I think)! Awesome job boys!



Last week the boys went with Steve and some of my family up to the High Uintah Mountains on a horse riding/fishing trip.  I was super jealous that I couldn't go.  But it looks like they had a lot of fun. 









AddThis Social Bookmark Button


First of the Summer Recap  

This summer went by way way too fast.  There is just too much fun to fit into so few weeks.  I didn't bother with blogging much, but here's a quick recap of the highlights. 

In June we went up to Salt Lake to be with Laici as we went through the temple.  It was such a special day.  We were so happy we were able to be there with her.
 


You can't go to Salt Lake in the Summer and not hit a Bee's game.  So that's exactly what we did!


The boys even got to meet Bumble himself!


Then of course we celebrated the 4th of July.  Our ward put the Elder's Quorum in charge of a ward float.  So we spent a lot of evenings and a few Saturdays stuffing napkins to make a replica of the USS Arizona memorial that sits at Pearl Harbor.  
 All ready for the parade!



 Then we headed down to the park for races and games.  I didn't get any pictures of the pig and chicken races, but they were a big hit with my boys.  Here's Kade and the other kids lined up for the big foot race.  


 Then we cooled down at Grandma's with some fun in the water. 
 Back to the park to await the fireworks.  They are my favorite event of the whole day!




Nate and Sagan came down the next weekend and it was Nate's birthday so we finally pulled the boat out and went to recapture to celebrate.  


 Couldn't resist this picture of Nate in the water after a totally embarrassing crash!

 We've also put in a lot of time of the golf course this year.  I've really decided that despite the fact that I can't get below a 60 on nine holes, I still really enjoy golfing.  One day we had to take our dog to the vet in Moab, so we made an evening of it and went golfing. 















AddThis Social Bookmark Button


Italy Book  

Monday, August 6, 2012

I finally finished the book of our Italy trip.  If you want to take a peek . . .

http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/invited/2835114/4cd2a15a84a21b0738fa257dcdf7c9d52476c9ef

AddThis Social Bookmark Button


Roma!!  

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

I started this blog with the thinking that I wasn't going to do a big series of posts on our trip to Italy, but that I just wanted to post a few of my favorites from the entire trip.  Then I started going through pictures and by the time I got through the first day and a half of Rome I decided that was enough pictures for one post. Maybe I'll post more later of the other 8 days, maybe not. . . no promises here.  But this is what I loved in Rome.

These tapestries were amazing!  I especially loved this one of the birth of Christ. 

The Vatican had so much art! It was a little overwhelming. I think if you tried to study and/or figure out what each scene was you'd be there for years. 

This is a shot of St. Peters from the Vatican. 

This statue of Mary holding the cruxified Christ was inside of St. Peter's.  I was really moved as I contemplated Mary's sacrifice.  I'm not sure I could do it.  And how could Michelangelo be mature enough to understand their relationship in his 20s?

Ponte Vecchio Bridge

I really loved the windows with cute flowers and vines all over them.  

I'd pick the one on the left any day!

 This is the umbilicus.  It is the center of ancient Rome where all distances were measured from. So right then, the world really did revolve around me!

 Ancient Rome was one of my favorites. 
 And of course the Colosseum. 

One of my favorite things about travel is how much you learn without even trying.  It changes the way you think about the world and people in it.  Gives you so much more perspective.  I find myself going around all day thinking about the Gospel and how all of  what I'm seeing fits in.  I am so lucky and thankful that I got to go on this trip.  Hopefully I'll share a "few" more favorites at another time. . . 

AddThis Social Bookmark Button