2nd Annual Trip to Manti Pageant

This was our 2nd annual trip with the Geertsens.  Karen, Tim and the kids came down.  We camped at our same spot in Manti, Temple Hill RV Campground.  It was a great trip, except for the campground.  The owners were grumpy and there were too many people which made the bathrooms crowded and muddy.  The pageant was amazing!!!

Aubrey and Sammy

Cristen and Alan, with Karen behind (don't know why I cannot find more pictures of their family!).

Our first try at Peach Cobbler, oooh it was good!

Dutch Oven Cooking!  Alan, Zac and Garrett

An old pioneer hut in the hill.

Lake Placid

Aubrey was told she had to jump in or get thrown in, she has guts the water was anything but warm.

This picture says it all!  Megan was cold!

Zac and Kip (Orion) who came along when the rest of his family had to back out last minute due to a family medical emergency.

Taming of the Shrew

Megan 6th grade class, Mrs. Brecht's class, performed Taming of the Shrew.  Meg played the character Bianca, one of the sisters.   

The storytellers Bella, Kelsey and Bryn

Josh and Sarah who played the main characters the tamer and the shrew!

Megan and Jordan Marrott who played her husband Lucentio in the play.

The Cast!

Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

Our family went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House.  It has been wonderful to watch a temple be built in our neighborhood.  Alan and I got to go and help out as volunteers.  Alan got to help with parking, and I got to direct at the baptismal font.  It was amazing.  

Family

Zac, Megan, Aubrey and Garrett

Oquirrh Mountain Temple

Church History Museum

We took the family to the Church History Museum. We loved all of the items, it was great to see all of the items from my favorite prophets. Zac had a problem getting out of a chair at one point, it was hilarious!

Aubrey Birthday Party

Rosie, Amy, Hannah C., Hannah F., Aubrey


Amberly, Madi, Riley, Megan, Brooklyn


Megan



You would not think that it would be so hard to schedule a birthday party, but that is what happened with Aubrey's birthday. We went swimming at the South Jordan Rec Center, it was fun. She was a busy girl though since we had to schedule her party around her friend Hannah F. so that they and others could be at both parties.

Disneyland Photos

Disneyland

Aubrey, Megan and Garrett at dinner

Alan and Zac really enjoyed it!

Zac and Sydney B. They haven't seen each other since 5th grade, luckily I have kept in touch with her mom. Gotta love Facebook!

We even ran into one of our neighbors. It was good to see you Courtney!

Top Row: Timothy, Alex, Megan

Bottom Rows: Jonathon, Brian, Zac, Aubrey and Garrett

in front of the Gates house

We took a great vacation to Disneyland for 3 days and then took a trip to San Pedro to visit our old ward. It was the best time we have had at Disneyland. The kids were all old enough to ride almost every ride so no one got left behind on rides. The kids all got along, it was wonderful. The only bad part came is the blisters on my toes since I brought new show that I couldn't wear so I wore flip flops the whole time. It was well worth it. We took today to go to San Pedro, going back to our old ward was like going home. It was so good to see all our old friends there. We went to see Zac's friend Sydney afterwards who has been fighting a cancerous tumor. She is an amazing girl who has not let this get her down, you should have seen how happy she was, amazing! We then went over the our friends the Gates for dinner. Thank you Sandy and Dave for making us feel welcome, it was great seeing you and the boys.

These photos are all cell phone since I dropped and broke the camera-not one of my better moments!

Aubrey the birthday girl!

Today is Aubrey's 10th birthday. I cannot believe that I now have 3 kids in the double digits numbers. She is a beautiful girl that has brought so much to our family with her smile and spunk. Happy Birthday to my baby girl! I had to add the picture with everyone on the coach together, not many times that they are all playing a game together in peace, they had their players all linked together.

Spring Basketball!

Zac decided to play basketball this year. He has come a long way in his abilities. We all had fun watching him. He played on a team with a bunch of his friends from school.

Easter

We had a great Easter this year. We decided to hide the kids baskets to make things a bit more interesting. They had a good time.

Weekend with friends!

We had a great conference weekend with a visit from our good friends Alicia and James from California. Once again I am camera lame and got none of all the kids together but did get one of their family before they left this morning. It was fun catching up on all of our friends in California. Aubrey and their daughter Abby could be sisters, they are so much alike hair color and personality.