Emma and Mya

Props to my friend Amber who took these pictures and made them look the way they do!

Bowhunt 2009

This trip has been a year in the making, and it comes and goes so fast! It was so nice to get away! Even if we did have to rough it in a tent this year! My highlights were watching my girls have so much fun, being able to just sit and read, getting my butt whooped in settlers over and over, and Emma actually asking to go to bed at night. It was hard to come back to the real world. But we've already started planning for next year, and we are really looking forward to it!

The kids loved being pulled around in this little four-wheeler trailer. They would sit and yell "Here we go!" over, and over, and over.....

At the "beach" of Moon Lake.

Izzy and Brad building a sand castle.

The water was FREEZING! I'm surprised she got in this far.

Nothing like a bath in the sink! Classic camping picture.

Here Emma is demonstrating how we all felt when it was time to go home.

A little bit of Summer fun!

Does she look like she's up to something to you?

Who could resist that gummy smile?

Cute cousin Ci-Ci. She is the sweetest girl!

Mount Rushmore

I'm a little behind, but last June we went to Mt. Rushmore with Tyler's family. It was a lot of fun, especially because we got to meet up with Tyler's brother and his family ! We hadn't seen them in a long time. Unfortunately they took the boat back to Wisconsin, and we are still trying not to curse them every time we pass a lake here in Utah. But it was good to see them and we had a good time. We just wish Aunt Karli could have made it.

Grandma and Grandpa with all the kids.

They had this storybook park in South Dakota that had all these characters and slides and stuff like that. It was really fun for Emma. And the best thing about it.... totally Free!!!

Mya had fun too!

Let's be honest, the fun really didn't start until Sam got there with his light saber's. Emma had a blast following him around and fighting with him.

Martin's Cove
" Well, this was not as fun as it looked."

" I would much rather ride!"

This is a plaque they have in the visitor's center. It has all the names in the Martin Handcart Company. Thomas and Eleanor Ord were Tyler's great great great grandparents.

A charming addition to Mt.Rushmore, don't you think?

Photo shoot for Grandma

For my mom's birthday we had pictures done with all the cousins. My friend's sister is a photographer and she took these pictures for us. She was amazing! She was so patient! Heaven knows that getting 6 little girls to cooperate all at the same time is near impossible. But she did a great job. You can see for yourself how well these pictures turned out. I would highly recommend her to anyone! Her name is Meghan Hall. Her website is meghallphotography.blogspot.com.

Jenasi was quite the little model! I love this picture of her!

Ashlyn

Ci-Ci

Izzy- I love this expression!

Emma

Mya

This was actually when we were almost done. We had already past the point of decline, but we wanted to get one more with all of the girls, so we pulled out all the stops. Candice and I were trying so hard to get them all to smile, and I'm sure Meghan thought we were nuts, but this turned out to be my favorite one of all of them together.