Tahiti Village July 2011-Happy 12th Birthday Em

For years now Em and her friend have wanted to do a girls trip. We told them maybe for their 12th birthday we would do that. Well this summer even though both of their birthdays are in the fall we decided to take them on a little trip. We found a great deal at the Tahiti Village in Vegas. It was amazing! We pretended we were in Tahiti not Vegas and had the time of our lives. Hay got to join us for the first part of the week. This place had a sand beach area, lazy river and awesome cabanas to relax and read under. We did lots of shopping, swimming, relaxing, reading and just enjoying each others company. One of the days D and Ty came to pick Hay up and enjoyed the resort with us. I hope it will be a memory Em will never forget. Can't believe she is now 12 years old. Such a sweet and remarkable young lady that we feel so blessed to have in our life. Here are many of the pictures I took. Fun, fun memories!

Hay was so worn out from all the fun she fell asleep sitting up.

Our favorite restaurant

Hatch 2011

Em and Macie in the back of the truck.

We spent a couple of weekends in Hatch this summer. I enjoy taking pictures of the area. Such a beautiful place.

After reading posts on Pioneer women I've always wanted to take some pictures of some cows. Got my opportunity this summer.:)

Macie especially loves Hatch. It wears her right out.

Dirty face=fun!

Staycation/ Summer fun

Each summer we get to stay in my parents condos and have a "staycation." Such a fun thing for our family to do each year. We have some wonderful memories as a family there. This year we had some cousins come to swim and some other cousins came while their parents went to Vegas for a day. It was fun to swim, play the wii, relax and enjoy being away from home. We went to Antigravity one morning which is a trampoline place. So much fun!

Nail time.

Catch up

I'm going to attempt to catch up here so I can make our years blog book. I have all of the summer to blog about plus birthdays etc. So there will be much activity here this week unlike the past few months. :)
Wyatt's bench was suppose to be put in on Thursday but we had a week of rain everyday including Thursday so they have to wait until it dries out...hopefully next week will be the week. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

Wyatt's garden 2011

Here are some pictures of Wyatt's garden this year. Though it doesn't look like this now it did have a time of great beauty. I was so excited to have my Hollyhocks come up this year. I planted seeds last year but they didn't produce. This year we had a lot of pink and white ones. Definitely one of my favorite flowers.

Macie's Birthday

The girls were so excited to celebrate Macie's birthday. They even went online to find a dog friendly recipe for a cake. Didn't take a picture of it but it looked like meat loaf.:) They wrapped up some of her toys for presents. It was cute to watch them plan and execute a fun birthday for their dog.

Girls Camp June 2011

I get to work with the youth in our church which I truly enjoy. This year for girls camp we were able to go to SLC and tour all the church sites. We did baptisms at the Salt Lake temple and served at the Humanitarian Center. We hiked to the top of Ensign peak and enjoyed the beautiful grounds at temple square. We got to hear from Elder Snow a general authority and enjoyed an evening at This is the Place State Park. It was a great girls camp...one of the best I've been on. Since I don't have permission to put pictures of the girls on here I did take some pictures of the beautiful flowers and some of the temple. This is my favorite temple. This is where D and I were married for time and for all eternity sealing our family together forever. Something I'm beyond grateful for.

On top of Ensign Peak.

On top of the Church Office Building

Our state flower...first time I've ever seen one. They were everywhere on our hike up Ensign Peak.


Geraniums are one of my most favorite flowers. Just couldn't resist not taking some pictures of this red one.

Love this amazing flower. Oh so beautiful!