Camp, Dance and Run!

We had a fun weekend! We kept ourselves busy! Parker went on an 11 year old campout, and Andrew went with him.

He loves archery!

He really loves doughnuts!

Loooks he had a good time!

Jessica went to a church dance with her friend Casey!

She looks so pretty!

Samantha finished Track for the season! She loves to run!

19 years!!

Andrew and I have been married for 19 years today! Here we are when marriage was new.

Our first apartment in Provo.



Joy in the simple things!

19 years and 4 kids later! The joys and sorrows. What an adventure it has been and I hope that we will have many more good times together!

St. George

We enjoyed visiting the church sites in St. George. We learned who the town was named after, George Smith and he gave potatoes to the saints and saved them. This is the St. George Tabernacle.

Interesting set up for the stairs.




Jessica was able to play the organ.

Lorenzo Snow was at this pulpit telling the members of the church that they needed to pay their tithing.

My Great Great Grandfather helped to build this Tabernacle and the St George Temple. His name is William Craig Burt.


We went to a mortuary in town and saw this beautiful statue.

We visited the Jacob Hamlin home, a pioneer who was a peacemaker among the Indians.



We also visited Brigham Young's Winter home.

Pioneer and Zion

We also went to Pioneer Park in St George. The kids enjoyed climbing and exploring!

Can the boys hold the rock up?

We found this nest of catepillars. Jessica was grossed out!

The St George Temple is beautiful at night.


We also went to Zion's National Park.

Zachary was master of the rock!

We were amazed at the size of these cliff walls!


We had a great time at Zion's with the kids and my parents.

Next our trip to Church sites in St George.

Las Vegas and St. George

For Spring Break the family went to Las Vegas and then to St. George to see my parents on their mission.

We visited the Las Vegas Temple. It was so beautiful amid a scary part of the world.


We stayed at the Excaliber hotel. After a few days we were tired of the smoking , alcohol and gambling.
We did find fun places to go with the kids. There was an amusement park inside the Circus Circus hotel.
We saw the Tournament of the Kings, a dinner and medieval show. We had fun!
The architecture was beautiful. This is by the Venetian Hotel.

The girls and I inside of the Bellagio, I think.


We saw a Spongebob in 4D movie. Gotta fun Spongebob!

We went through the New York, New York Hotel each day and had this Statue of Liberty display.
Andrew and I went out to eat at Craftsteak restaurant at the MGM hotel. This restaurant is owned by Tom Colicchio who is in Top Chef. The food was simply wondeful. This is my favorite dessert, Cinnamon Monkey bread.

These are the appetizers we started out with.There was quail in the copper skillet and there was shrimp.
We even saw the Statue of Liberty.

Next our trip through St. George..

sledding and racing!

We went sledding during Martin Luther King holiday! Samantha slides down first and chips her tooth. Glad her Dad was able to take care of it!
Zachary in the hole.

Parker wiped out. the end

Jessica is not just an angel, but is now a snow angel!!

WWWWHHHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

The boys are ready to race!!!

Ian is enjoying the race, I don't know about Spencer.

Zachary hopes his car comes in first!

We had fun at the Pinewood Derby! Zachary came in 4th place overall, Good Job!!