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Showing posts with label summer vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label summer vacation. Show all posts

Monday, June 28, 2010

Our FIRST trip to Utah this summer


The day school got out Mom, Amber, Megan and David took a drive to Utah. It took 20 hours and 3 days to get there. Here is our last rest stop before our destination.


We spent our first evening visiting with Maria's sister Andie and brother Bryce's families.



Aww cousins!

Monday was the first day of Especially for Youth. Amber and Megan went with their cousins and good friends. Pictured below are: Truett, Michael, Amber, Megan, Nicole, Marinda, Zachary and Loren. To see more EFY pictures, you will have to check out Amber and Megan's facebook pages.

After the kids got dropped off at EFY Maria took David and cousins to the Taylorsville community pool.
Tuesday, after visiting a couple temples (here is the Oquirrh Mountain temple) David and Maria drove to West Bountiful to visit Aunt Lori and more cousins.
Drew, David, Matt, Mandy, Tyler

Kids rule at Texas Roadhouse, especially when you get a free t-shirt for putting a handprint on a paper for a parade float. The food was awesome, too.

Before the buzz cut (David decided he wanted to have a haircut just like his cousins and Uncle Brad was willing)
During the buzz cut
After the buzz cut (are they cousins or what?!)

Wednesday we toured the Tracy Aviary in SLC and cousin William and David tried to sneak up on a peacock
We also spent an afternoon at the Discovery Gateway children's museum. Here are Jordan, Aunt Andie, Aunt Laura and Kaylee making music.

Kaylee enjoyed getting rid of, I mean, burying a couple cousins!
Friday we toured the Conference Center and Temple square.
Here are Joseph, William, David and Hyrum with the First Presidency
David used his water bending skills on the fountain
It was a great week. We will get to do it again in July!

Monday, August 24, 2009

Montana again

We stopped in Montana on our way home and rode horses again. Steven and Marissa were naturals. Who needs a saddle?


The kids liked to hang around the piano singing and making beautiful music. Here are Amber, Nicole, Truett, Megan, Brian (Loren's friend) and Loren.
We walked around the historic part of downtown Helena and "Last Chance Gulch"
Kelly took Steven, Marissa and David on a hike up to the top of "Mt. Kertamus" and the saw Helena below.
Here is David pointing to the mountain that he hiked up.
Amber used her artistic talents to decorate a cake for her cousin Nicole.
David and Hyrum had a great time playing together.
We roasted hot dogs and corn on the cob at a bonfire on our final night. We didn't want the vacation to end!

The journey home


On the way home from Montana we stopped by the Painted Canyons in North Dakota.

The hotel in Dickinson had a great waterslide!

Nice to know the kids still like each other after driving together for 28 hours!


Sunday, August 23, 2009

Westoverpalooza 2009!

What a family reunion! We had so much fun at our Westover family reunion connecting with loved ones and partying 70's style! We took so many pictures, it is hard to choose which ones to post. Enjoy!


Hanging out at Grandma's was fun. The kids played on the swings or played on the piano. There was constant commotion!

Looking good Grandma!

Maria and cousin Becky

Drew and David having a balloon battle

We love cousins!

David and the very red snow cone!


The brothers

Amber and Mackenzie

All the cousins but 2

Nicole and Megan winning the three legged race!

Marissa and Jillian enjoying the sand at the sand dunes!


Emilie and Megan in the chilly Pacific

We had a sweet, spiritual experience visiting with Great Grandma Bea and singing together. Uncle Casey's slide show was wonderful and Aunt Charlotte's music was truly inspired.

Marissa, Amber and Great Grandam Bea
Steven and Great Grandma
The seven siblings and Grandma

We had a groovy time at the disco skate. What a crazy bunch!
Nicole, Emilie and Amber
Yes, this is Steven!

Amber and Nicole

The Sisters!
Uncle Jeremy, you look scary!

We finished out the week with a trip to the Portland temple with our 11 youth aged kids to do baptisms. All seven siblings, spouses and grandparents were in attendance. What a neat gathering!
The seven siblings

The youth

What a great way to end the reunion! A great reminder of our eternal family! We want to be with them all forever!