Hole In One

Here's some fun ones of miniature golfing Park City Style!

Round and Round

Park City was a blast! We did the human maze, miniature golf, merry go round (several times :), bounce park with snowcones and swimming at the Mariott. It was a full day, that's for sure. Thanks to Grandma and Grandpa Hill who made out trip especially enjoyable!

Digging Up Bones

We had a great time hunting dinasours with our Missouri friends Troy and Mandy a few days ago at Thanksgiving Point. Utah has one of the largest and most spectacular dinasour museums in the world! The kids loved sharing this time with their new special buddies. This is a favorite destination of our kids year round. I was recently talking with an former Missourian and she was telling me about the new T-Rex Cafe there. That is a must see for us on our next trip home!

Happy Fourth of July

Provo has got to be the place to be on the 4th! We had such an amazing time at the hot air ballooon lift off breakfast, parade, fireworks and an excellent dinner at the Mapleton Hills. We even saw Glenn Beck at the parade and a personal hero of mine Imaculle IIibagiza! Not much else you I can say except we had TONS of fun!

Fourth of July Photos Part II

Sweet Friends

This sweet couple are from our hometown of Clinton, MO. Justin and I have known Troy most all of our lives. We have such happy memories of growing up with Troy and smile that he met his sweetheart Mandy a few years ago. They have been visiting us this past week from Missouri. It has been such an exciting time for them and for us. This is their first trip or vacation ever. This is their first time flying. I will be posting pictures over the next couple of days of some of the fun Utah adventures we have endeavored!

Great Laughter

Did you know the name Isaac means literally "great laughter"? There are many times that Justin and I feel that we received divine information while naming our offspring. For those of you who know this guy, would you say he is living up to his name's meaning tenfold? We are eternally thankful that this spirited child was sent to us!

Little Pirate Girl

Things for Abby are going so great. She loves her glasess and never leaves home without them. Patching is getting easier and her surgeon has said her eye is looking so much better. She came out of her room the other day looking like this all on her own. I think we need to trade that Transformers Apron for something a little more "girlie" however.

Clinton Reunion in Brigham City

We had a great time reuniting this weekend with the Despain and Griner families formerly from our hometown of Clinton. It was fun to see pictures of the old Clinton Ward. Sister Griner even had a photograph of Justin in the room of the Clinton Ward where I first laid eyes upon my future husband! That was fun to see. We missed the Hunts and Sam Leipard this year but can't wait to catch up with them!

Abby Swimming!

Here are a few more of Abby having a blast at the Clinton Reunion!

Tweeter's Ouchie!

Well, it's been nearly 4 months since Abby fell and paid a little visit to the plastic surgeon. And now that she's healed so well and doing great, I thought I wouls post a few pictures of the dramatic event. I was unhappy with Justin at the time for being so eager to snap photos, but now am glad we will have proof to the story we will one day tell her. We are grateful that se is doing so well and has made a full recovery!

Just saying Hello!

Looking at the blog, I have realized it's been awhile since I have just written something. The truth is, I need to learn to do a few more things in the blogging world. I am sure it probably gets boring to see all of our photos. I need to get Justin to show me how to upload videos (we have some good ones). Many of you have asked me to share some of my favorite recipes and so that is another "coming soon" to the blog. The truth is, that since I returned from my business trip in Florida, things have been non-stop! We had two of Derrin and Nicole's boys for a week, Dad Hill is with us this week (We love having him come stay), and next week we have a high school friend Troy Mosley and his wife flying in from Missouri for the 4th of July holiday! Whew! Add t-ball, play dates and summer activities to all that plus lots of work at the community, a church calling, tending our garden....I AM BUSY! Another thing to mention is that Justin has been begging for 2 years for me to watch 'LOST' with him. I hesitated for so long to get into a TV series because I just don't have time and I get sucked in. It takes my focus away from the kid's night time routine and reading which is important to me. Well, I finally agreed and have spent the past 3 weeks staying up to the wee hours of the morning watching episode after exciting episode. We are half way through Season 2. Last night, I said let's just watch one and then go to bed....4 episodes later we called it a night! In other news, our garden is doing so well. We will have tomatoes, zucchini, peppers, carrots and peaches in no time. We lost our cucumbers because of cold weather. I can't wait...I feel such a sense of accomplishment having tackled our first garden. We have a fun weekend planned! Grandma and Grandpa Hill are taking the kiddos Friday evening so that my sweetie and I can go to the Art Festival. We are staying the night at their house in Layton and then going to the Clinton Reunion in Brigham City. We get together once a year with all the church members that lived in our hometown in MO. and now live in Utah. it is fun to see some of our old friends from those days. Hope all is well and I will get some recipes and videos up in days to come.

Cute Kids in the Summer

Sometimes Justin and I look at these sweet kids and can't believe they are all ours! We love them so much! They are having such a great summer so far!

GOATS!

Ben & April's family were down from Idaho this past weekend and we all had such a fun time at Derrin and Nicole's. They just got a family of goats and it was so much fun watching the kids chase and try to catch the babies. Aren't they cute? Derrin and Nicole live in beautiful Mapleton. They live on so much land that Jus and I are trying to convince them to put a pool in!

Graduation!

These photos are a couple of weeks old, but I thought I would share with all of you our boy's special day. This means that we are officially the parents of a Kindergartner! Isaac has mixed feelings about going to "big boy" school next year but Jus and I know it will be great for him! Isaac is starting to read and can now write his name perfectly! Ethan will be moving up to the four year old class and looks forward to another year with Mrs. Gina and his favorite friends. It was a fun and special day!

NEWS FLASH

Rebecca Walters is an INSPIRATION to me.....I love you and am eternally grateful to be blessed by your friendship and uncountable talents! Can't wait to see you in August!