Monday, November 19, 2012
Spring Family Pictures
I've taken pictures of just the kids on several different occasions, but these were our first pictures of our whole family since before Katelyn could even walk. I figured we were about due for some new ones. These were taken back in April. I love the picture of David and I together and the one of Katelyn giggling - it fits her personality perfectly. Pictures by Angela Liddle.
Sunday, November 18, 2012
Summer Fun
I'm going to lump what would normally be several different posts into one. Honestly, I can't remember enough worth writing more than a sentence or two for each event, so we'll just call these pictures random summer fun. Definitely a good reason right there of why I should never get behind on the blog again!! I can't remember things!
BUT, to sum things up - we had an AWESOME summer. We were so burnt out from building the house, that we pretty much played as much as possible. It was great! We didn't take pictures of EVERYTHING we did, but we did take pictures of some of the fun at least. We went to the splash parks a bunch, lots of different parks, library trips, made some new friends, Trafalga, Seven Peaks (once), and lots of other random summer fun stuff ... and we slowly unpacked boxes at night after the kids went to bed. While playing was fun, by the end of the summer we (by "we", I mean "I")were ready to get back to a schedule and get some things done and organized around the house. Still lots to do!! But we'll get there - we've got about 60 years or so to do it all, so no rush. At least the boxes are all unpacked! ;)
This was at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. I believe the Dutch festival was going on there, if I remember right. I remember we had fresh made strupewaffles (spelling?) when we were there, so I think that's Dutch, right? Anyway, they tasted amazing!! The kids only ever want to visit the secret garden and the waterfalls when we go to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. Can't blame them, those are my favorite spots as well.
One of our many Trafalga trips. Gotta love that pass of all passes! Katelyn, and David were there too, we just stink at pulling out the camera sometimes. Sorry kids!! Kyler rode his first ride ever at trafalga. He looked like this the entire time. No crying, no smiling, no nothing. I felt bad for him, but it was pretty funny at the same time. We couldn't help but laugh ... I know, we're horrible parents.
We went to Gemma's birthday party (their cousin) and the Orem carnival afterwards. Allyson spent the night at Grandma June's house and had fun watching movies with her cousins Jolie and Gemma and swimming in the backyard kiddie pool the next morning.
Father's and son's camp out with Grandpa Kasperson's ward. They went golfing before heading up hobble creek to camp. I wasn't there, but it looks like they all had fun. Not sure where all the pics of the actual camp out are ...
For Father's Day for Grandpa David (with the help of David (my husband, not grandpa David), my mom, and Sarah to try and get kids smiling at the camera), I took a picture of all the grandkids on my side of the family to give to him. You'd think with 3 people helping to get smiles and kids staying where you want them to it would be a breeze - ummm, no. Not a breeze, but we got a super cute picture of them all smiling at the camera, anyway! ... well, that is after swapping a couple of heads from a couple of different pictures. Hey, it works. :)
(left to right): Gemma (my step sister's daughter), Allyson, Kyler, Katelyn, Jolie (my sister's daughter).
Katelyn was super upset when Allyson got to have a sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa June's and she didn't. So, she got to go have a sleep over on a different night. Looks like fun!
More posts coming soon about all of our adventures. I'm now caught up through mid June. Wahoo!!
BUT, to sum things up - we had an AWESOME summer. We were so burnt out from building the house, that we pretty much played as much as possible. It was great! We didn't take pictures of EVERYTHING we did, but we did take pictures of some of the fun at least. We went to the splash parks a bunch, lots of different parks, library trips, made some new friends, Trafalga, Seven Peaks (once), and lots of other random summer fun stuff ... and we slowly unpacked boxes at night after the kids went to bed. While playing was fun, by the end of the summer we (by "we", I mean "I")were ready to get back to a schedule and get some things done and organized around the house. Still lots to do!! But we'll get there - we've got about 60 years or so to do it all, so no rush. At least the boxes are all unpacked! ;)
This was at the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. I believe the Dutch festival was going on there, if I remember right. I remember we had fresh made strupewaffles (spelling?) when we were there, so I think that's Dutch, right? Anyway, they tasted amazing!! The kids only ever want to visit the secret garden and the waterfalls when we go to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens. Can't blame them, those are my favorite spots as well.
One of our many Trafalga trips. Gotta love that pass of all passes! Katelyn, and David were there too, we just stink at pulling out the camera sometimes. Sorry kids!! Kyler rode his first ride ever at trafalga. He looked like this the entire time. No crying, no smiling, no nothing. I felt bad for him, but it was pretty funny at the same time. We couldn't help but laugh ... I know, we're horrible parents.
We went to Gemma's birthday party (their cousin) and the Orem carnival afterwards. Allyson spent the night at Grandma June's house and had fun watching movies with her cousins Jolie and Gemma and swimming in the backyard kiddie pool the next morning.
Father's and son's camp out with Grandpa Kasperson's ward. They went golfing before heading up hobble creek to camp. I wasn't there, but it looks like they all had fun. Not sure where all the pics of the actual camp out are ...
For Father's Day for Grandpa David (with the help of David (my husband, not grandpa David), my mom, and Sarah to try and get kids smiling at the camera), I took a picture of all the grandkids on my side of the family to give to him. You'd think with 3 people helping to get smiles and kids staying where you want them to it would be a breeze - ummm, no. Not a breeze, but we got a super cute picture of them all smiling at the camera, anyway! ... well, that is after swapping a couple of heads from a couple of different pictures. Hey, it works. :)
(left to right): Gemma (my step sister's daughter), Allyson, Kyler, Katelyn, Jolie (my sister's daughter).
Katelyn was super upset when Allyson got to have a sleep over at Grandma and Grandpa June's and she didn't. So, she got to go have a sleep over on a different night. Looks like fun!
More posts coming soon about all of our adventures. I'm now caught up through mid June. Wahoo!!
Getting Caught Up ... Easter
Ok, finally getting caught up on the blog now. Fortunately, I can definitely say my lack of blogging has been because of busy-ness and not because of laziness. LOTS of posts coming! I plan to get all caught up before the end of Thanksgiving break - when life will get crazy again. These posts will mostly be pictures, so hopefully that makes it more bearable and somewhat entertaining. ;)
So, Easter ...
We moved into our new house the week of Easter, so everything was a mess, but I made sure at least the great room was free of boxes and such so we could have a space to celebrate Easter morning. The girls had been BEGGING for a doll house for the last couple of years, but I didn't want to get one til we had more room in the house - there were enough toys lining the walls of their bedroom as it was. So, for Easter we decided the bunny would bring that for them. They loved it!! ... for about a week or so, and now it hardly gets touched. Awesome. Oh, well - maybe our grandkids will love it someday.
So, Easter ...
We moved into our new house the week of Easter, so everything was a mess, but I made sure at least the great room was free of boxes and such so we could have a space to celebrate Easter morning. The girls had been BEGGING for a doll house for the last couple of years, but I didn't want to get one til we had more room in the house - there were enough toys lining the walls of their bedroom as it was. So, for Easter we decided the bunny would bring that for them. They loved it!! ... for about a week or so, and now it hardly gets touched. Awesome. Oh, well - maybe our grandkids will love it someday.
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