Family Reunion

Our annual Douglas reunion was up in Oak City, which is just outside of Delta. It's a really lovely campsite that we used a few years ago - lots of trees, flushing toilets, and a pavilion for all our meals. It ended up being pretty dang cold, but it was a ton of fun to spend time with everyone!

Here are a few things we did:

The campsite was filled with grass and trees and a river,
so we (or rather, Lincoln) did a lot of exploring.

We went on a lot of walks.

We went four-wheeling.

We explored lava tubes.



We went swimming at the county pool.



Lincoln fell in LOVE with Parker's trike.
Looks like we know what to get him for Christmas!

Happy Birthday to Dad!

My dad turned 60 on Feb. 26th and we were able to throw him a semi-surprise party at The Painted Pony restaurant in St. George. I say semi-surprise because my mom can't lie to SAVE HER LIFE (but only because she's so pure of heart)... he totally knew there was something going on!

The food was delicious, of course, as well as beautiful. We left all the little ones with babysitters and we were all able to relax and have a nice dinner without food ending up on the walls or floor! It was wonderful!

The birthday boy
(Sorry for the eating shot mom! This was the only smile shot of Dad I could find)

The beautiful presentation
(and Nate claims it's the best meal he's ever had)

It's so nice to have a night out!
(and everything was so lovely... the restaurant, the food, and the company!)

So what was Lincoln doing while we were gone?
Learning to break dance of course!
(I just wish I had a better shot - they were so funny!)

New year, New look

So I finally got caught up on my blogging and decided it was time for a new background & design. What do you think? I love the picture of Lincoln in the header... he was finally all warmed up and giggling his little heart out while Nate tickled him. The pictures are all from our family photo shoot in November by Abbey Khyl, whose photography is both affordable & gorgeous! We used one of her pictures on our Christmas card & I don't doubt we'll use her mad skills again when that time of year rolls around again.

Here are a few others I love (and sorry if they are a little grainy - I had to compress the heck out of them to get them to load on my slow computer):

Road Trip!

This post is so last July. Literally.

We went to Texas this last July for a family reunion on the Douglas side and it was so great to see all of our long lost family. Surprisingly, the drive wasn't too bad, despite strapping in a very active 18 month old. We actually caravaned with Nate's brother Jim & they loaned us a few of their kids every so often to keep LJ busy. Our time in Texas was awesome, so here are some highlights:

We went to bounce house center that was a huge building just filled with bounce slides and obstacle courses. It was really fun, but it got a little competitive! All I can say is, I'm definitely not in the best shape these days. Whew!

Dan & Shelby getting ready to race.

Getting ready to go into the Fort Worth Zoo
& styling some fab reunion t-shirts.

LJ making a new friend. That little lizard was going bonkers!

Lincoln gave into the power of sleep somewhere
after Texas Wild but before Penguin Paradise.

The gang... we had quite a crowd.

We did a lot of other fun things that I didn't get pictures of, but overall it was a great trip with lots of great memories. A huge thanks to Dan & Shelby for hosting it and for the good meals and the good times. We miss you guys already!!!