Say "Chuck-e-Cheese"!

Samantha turned six years old last Sunday and so we had a fun birthday party for her at Chuck-e-Cheese. She totally loved it, as did her younger sister. They both can't stop talking about it. However I totally forgot to take my camera and so I don't have pictures yet. I'm gonna have to borrow some from other people. But they did have this cool machine that would take your picture for one token and then skecth it out for you. It was actually really cool and they all turned out so cute! I think everybody that came got at least one sketch done. So here it is for your veiwing pleasure.

Happy Birthday Sammy! We love you!

The Air Show

We sure do love the Air show..always have. But Jake and Whitney provided us with an opportunity to see it from a different point of view, with fewer people, in the much cooler shade, and with much better food! They let us all come over to their house and use their grill to cook steaks, kabobs, pork chops, hot dogs, and whatever else we could think of. And the view was still awesome. Most of the planes flew over toward us but one of the F16 jets totally suprised us and flew right over us from behind at a very low altitude. It was Sooooooooo loud but totally awesome! My pictures never do these shows justice but I got a few decent ones.

Hiking in the heat

Wow don't you just love this warm weather? It sure made for some nice hiking down in Zion National Park. It got up to 96 degrees but it felt nice in the shade and even better in the evening. It was a long drive but well worth it. Look at these views.

The girls were really good sports hiking up the steep hills and riding in the shuttle buses. But their favorite part of the trip for sure was swimming in the river (or more accurately-playing in the mud by the river).

It seemed to be a special vacation for some reason and we had a lot of fun just the four of us on our own.

Oh and it was pretty cool to be able to visit Aunt Lisa at her new job. She is a great bus driver.

I love scrapbooking!

I think most of you know that I scrapbook...and if you didn't know...now you do. I have to show you these layouts I did of my nephews. I am pretty proud of them. They turned out sooooo cute! Enjoy!

Try and Try again!

So we didn't even have to wait a year. We had another birthday party for Cameron and this time with trick candles. It took him 2 tries (but still from far away) to blow them out this time. What a set of lungs he has.

30 Years and still climbing that hill.

I can't believe that we are old enought to be having a 30 year old birthday party. My attempt and throwing my husband a big suprise party failed miserably. The weather made it so that we couldn't meet and play at the park any more so I was sure that he would catch on when I started doing a deep cleaning of the house. But when the first guest showed up he was still surprised. I think he still enjoyed the party surrounded by those he loves. These are the only pictures he would let me take.

I wish you could see the flame on the candle in this picture but I had to be that far away to get both him and the cake in the picture. He is one of the only people I know that can blow out his candles from that far away (on the first try). I want to see if he can do 31 individual candles from that far away next year. =)

Oh, and here are the girls...it's been a while since I've done a post and even though it may not seem like they have grown much to some of you, both of my babies are looking so grown up to me these days.