Disneyland 2011

 Waiting for the shuttle bus

 Decorated for Halloween!

 It's a Small World - my favorite

 It's a fake smile - he hates the ride.

 It's a real smile - she loves it.

 Hanging out in the lobby at the Worldmark

 Dave, Curt and Josh

 Clara playing on the bench

 Josh, Clara and Ama Ancy on Storybook Land

 Josh and Clara at Downtown Disney

 Mickey Mouse!

 The Haunted Mansion decorated for the Holidays

 Coming out of the Treehouse

 Papa Rick and Ama Ancy with Josh and Clara in front of the castle

 Clara on King Triton's Carousel

 Silly Monkey

 Josh - very focused

 Waiting for World of Color

 World of Color!

 Riding the Carousel again...and again...

 Curt, Ama Ancy, Josh and Dave on California Screamin'

 Clara gets her face painted.

 Cute Girl!

 Snaggletooth Josh

 Papa Rick and Ama Ancy waiting for the parade

 Curt, Dave and Josh waiting for the parade. 

 Watching the parade

Josh at the Phineas and Ferb Dance Party!

Starting Over - School 2011

And....done.  Summer went by that fast.  I can't even begin to go back and document this year so I am just going to have to start from scratch and try to keep up again.  Tomorrow is the first day of school.  Josh is going into 2nd grade.  Clara starts Kindergarten in a week after testing.  

So that I don't forget too much about this year...

January - Ginny and William came to visit.   Played in the snow, went to Thanksgiving Point Dino Museum.  My cute Webelos got their Arrow of Light badges.  


February - Went with cousins to Las Vegas (Erin, Rachel, Kristen, Ellen) for a girls' weekend.  


March - Turned 39 the same day Clara turned 5.  Had a joint little birthday party with three neighbor families.  Attended a business boot camp with some friends, had fun in Park City eating sushi.  Besties came to visit for Spring Break.  


April - Went to Virginia for Spring Break for a week and saw many old friends.  


May - Went to Grand Junction for Memorial Day.  Saw the Circus with the Bultmans.  Josh wrapped up First Grade.  Marty moved into the basement to start work at Providence Hall.  Ben Bennett (good friend from Virginia) moved to Utah. 


June - Graduated from the Paid to Play business academy.  Round two of the Amazing Race with the Olsens and the Martinezes.  Clara graduated from preschool.  Went to the Thanksgiving Point Children's Gardens.


July - Hosted and planned the Earl Family reunion with all but one in-law present.  75+ people!  Same weekend - bestie and family moved into the basement.  Attended cousin Julia's wedding in California.  Went to Thanksgiving Point Children's Gardens again with bestie and kids.  Attended great-aunt Mimi's 89th birthday party.  


August - Vacationed for a week at the Oregon Coast (Depoe Bay).  Went whale watching, to the aquarium, lunch with sister Carly and family, Tillamook cheese factory.  Rob and Jessica got married!  Back to school night for new Junior High and Elementary.  First Day of School!


There ya go - if you read it fast it will take you about a minute.  We've been mega-busy, like everyone else in the world.  At least now if I ever go back I will be able to remember what we did.  Thank heaven for digital pictures.  

Beginning of August: Mid the Way

We decided this year to spend our summer vacation in Midway because we love it and it's pretty and it didn't require a lot of driving. We drove up on a Friday and then turned around and drove back to Salt Lake for cousin Maile's baptism the next day. Isn't that handy? It was a beautiful baptism. Erin and Gordy spoke and then Gordy baptized her and confirmed her. I didn't plan for my kids to be in white specifically - it just happened.

Josh is the next Utah cousin to be baptized, but that won't be until next year.

We went back up to Midway and napped.

Then we went for a drive. This is one of the views.

This is another view.

And a third view. We want to live here someday.

Then we went to a park, where our kids didn't play on the playground. They just laid by us in the grass.

And sat on our shoulders.

And wandered around a bit.

And then laid back down in the grass.

Then we drove around some more and found our dream house.

With a guest house in the back. We knocked on the door and told them if they ever sell to call us first. Just kidding, but I should have. I might go back and do it.

That night there was a beautiful sky.

So I took a bunch of pictures from the balcony of our condo.

The sky kept changing as we were standing there.

Then it turned gray and we stood all amazed.

One day we went to Rachel's because she has a big huge playset now in her backyard.

It took them a week to build. I got to hear about it via blackberry text.

Rachel spent a whole day in the crow's nest.

One day Rachel came up and played with us. We went over to the Zermatt Resort to feed the goats.

Rachel had to text Mike to tell him about the goats. Apparently he loves goats.

The goats like to eat.

Because the merry-go-round was rented out for the day (no one was on it) they gave us free goat food.

The kids went swimming before we went to feed the goats.

Later we went back and they gave us a free ride on the merry-go-round.

We went to the Farmers Market in Park City. There is a ski lift that runs for free during the summer up to The Canyons ski resort. So we rode that up and back before going to the market. I bought a skirt at the market, but nothing else. We are on hcg and couldn't eat Navajo Tacos.

I really really wanted a Navajo Taco. Oh well. Next year.