fires

The weather was so nice for a while and we were ready to get out of the house! Kevin had a hankering for a fire. So on a Friday night we went up AF canyon and had a short fire, unfortunately our wood was too wet...

Cole trying to start the fire

katie and kenzie trying to help cole start the fire

YAY for kevin who did start the fire

katie enjoying her delicious hotdog

our picture faces

Cole doing mom and dad's picture face

kenzie keeping hallie warm

hallie loved being all bundled up

Well since our first fire didn't last long we tried again the next night! This time we did it in my parents back yard. Too bad the wood was still too wet...

Notice the kids clothes! They were all dressed in summer clothes so auntie katie dressed them all up in her clothes

my dad even made the kids roasting sticks out of hangers

We can't wait for summer to get here and for some longer fires!

aquarium

Before Hallie and David were born we went to the aquarium! Cole and I had never been and really enjoyed it. Since we have been back and got to see the penguins which Cole absolutely LOVES.

The funniest part is whenever we talk about the aquarium the one thing Cole goes on and on about is driving the boat. There is a mock boat set up with a steering wheel and in my opinion doesn't even look much like a boat but Cole is so enthralled with it.

Hopefully we will have many more visits to the aquarium!

Thomas helping Cole see some reptile

Cole and I in front of the "croc-ta-doc-tors" as Cole says

trying to see the sharks

petting the sting rays

nemo fish

we can never get Cole and Kate to look at the same time

the huge octopus and Kenzie

ephraim

Kevin, Cole, Hallie and I decided to go visit Katie at school for the day before she moved home for good. We had such a fun time. I love hanging out with Katie, she always makes me laugh.

We ate lunch at the bowling alley, went to Wal-mart and then headed to Spring City for Snow Cremes. In all my years at Snow I NEVER heard of Snow Cremes. Katie found them and talked about them all the time, so we checked it out.

There is a lady who has a "cottage" attached to her house and she sells these home made Snow Cremes. They are like a shaved ice, but finer ice, and ice cream. They are delicious.

On our way back to Ephraim

Kevin showed Katie and I the natural spring in Spring City and made us try the water, it was very refreshing!

One thing I LOVE about Katie is she is all about adventure! She noticed some elk so Kevin stopped to watch them. As we sat there I saw this sack with "something" in it. Katie went to see what the "something" was. It happened to be a dead raccoon (we think) and it smelled horrible.

We also hung out at Katies apartment and played guitar hero. Thanks Katie for letting us come and visit! We LOVE you!

ephraim and back

Poor katie had to get her gal-bladder removed a few weeks ago. She was home from school and needed to go to Ephraim and get clothes and her homework since she would be missing a week. Hallie and I decided to go with her so she wasn't alone.

Katie had looked up the weather to see how it would be driving. The only thing it said was a severe storm warning for the state of Utah on Tuesday from 4-9. Well it was Monday so off we went.

The drive there was great and we had tons of fun talking and laughing. We were at her apartment for maybe 15 minutes getting stuff and back on the road.

As soon as we hit Nephi canyon a blizzard hit us! It was one of the worst storms I had ever driven through. There were no cars in front of us so Katie was the lead. Half way down the canyon there was a huge accident involving a semi and a rolled truck.

The rest of the drive home was a blizzard but Katie did great! The funniest part was all the signs on the freeway kept saying Severe Storm Warning Tuesday 4-9. We kept thinking "What about the storm now?"

Seeing Katie drive in the storm reminded me of myself. Notice how close she is leaning towards the steering wheel...

4 week old little hallie slept the whole way there and back

easter day

Easter day was great! We had told Cole that he needed to go to sleep and the Easter Bunny was going to bring him treats and hide the eggs we colored. He came into our room in the morning and was cuddling with me like normal, then all of the sudden he remembered. He jumped up and wanted to go find his treats! We told him he had to wait for us, as we were getting our cameras he ran down stairs without us! He grabbed a treat from the stairs as I told him to get back up stairs. He was so thrilled there actually was treats!

I guess the easter bunny left too many treats/eggs cause half way through he was done and didn't care there were more to find. He just wanted to open all the eggs he had found.

Hallie was crying so Cole gave her her new toys from the easter bunny and decided the teething ring was a bracelet and needed to go on her arm

We had a great time visiting with grandma Grace

Cole and Rosco wanted to go outside and play

The great egg hunt at grandma and grandpa campbell's! I remember lining up to go out when I was young and now here is my own child doing it!

Cole got a special egg from grandma and grandpa with a truck in it!

grandma with hallie and grandpa with david