July 4th "Weekend"
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| Mark and his family came for a fun visit... |
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| Although about 6 months apart, Ezzie and Sora are about the same size! |
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| Walking out to get our place on the field to watch fireworks...the moms are taking pictures. |
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| Tori and Laeni doing some kind of show for Sora and Gracie. |
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| Went on another quick cabin trip - here we are floating down the river. My first river ride by the cabin. |
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| Ezra the "trucker" with Mark and Anne. |
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| The boys solving the world's problems...We didn't tell them to stand like this...we came out to roast marshmallows and they were twinners! |
May / June 2013:
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| Camping in Capitol Reef (or really really close - in the back country) |
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| Awesome hike to Surprise Canyon - the girls walked the whole 2 mile round trip (mostly on their own) |
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| Sora was so cold the first night that she slept in my mummy bag with me - not super comfy, but a LOT warmer. The second night, I was sure to bundle her up warm. We didn't hear a peep out of her. |
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| Tori graduated from preschool. |
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| Miss Cameo was telling a little bit about Tori...she looks really serious! |
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| Sora getting into things and brushing her teeth! She loves her toothbrush! (She pulled it out of her mouth to say "cheese") |
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| I took the girls to Thanksgiving Point's animal farm for FHE and needless to say, Laeni's excitement to ride the pony faded real quick...she finished the ride with me and Sora holding on to her, but she refused to go again :) |
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| Cute lil' Sora ready for church...too bad she can't tap dance yet! |
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| Laeni's 1st day of dance class. Tori did dance camp this summer, but I forgot to take a photo :( |
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| Laeni's 1st dance class and Tori's kindergarten preview day! |
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| Trip to Billings to play with Dylan and see Brian and Tia. Ended up getting some pretty serious dental work done as well. Thank you Dr. Francis! Dylan was very intrigued with Sora. He was so good to her. |
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| Quick trip through Yellowstone from Billings on our way to the cabin. |
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| Lewis and Clark Caverns |
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| Cabin fun |
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| Father's Day breakfast in bed (of course the girls couldn't be left out) About a month later, I made the girls their own breakfasts in bed because I wanted to say sorry for making so many cakes and not playing with them the night before. Pictures below... |
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| Our garden! The last few weeks since the photo was taken,the garden has about doubled in size. Corn, pumpkins, peppers, watermelon, crookneck squash, tomatoes, baby tomatoes, strawberries, carrots, peanuts, zucchini, potatoes, and more pumpkins.Max has been hating it since he has been locked in his kennel/doggie run for a month.
April 2013:
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| Devin got his mission call - we gathered at Grandma Shirley's, Kristen scanned the call to Devin, Darren face-timed from Afganistan and Kristen skyped in from Texas...here they are as Devin talked to them after opening the call... to Argentina. |
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| Tori's 5th birthday cake. Sister Brown and I made all the decorations before we left for Disneyland. Bless her heart for taking all that time and using all of her resources. Tori really wanted a mermaid cake :) |
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| The big 5! |
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| Lots of friends for the party. |
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| Our stake did a "walk to the temple" - the girls and I didn't walk from the Stake Center (because they were still sleeping) but we did walk from our house. It was fun...too bad you can't see Sora. |
