Christmas Day 2014

What a beautiful day!

It snowed all day, I'm not sure how much snow we have outside, but we have at least 10 inches. It started early this morning, so we really do have a "White Christmas".

We had a quite morning. until around 11:00 when Katie, Reed and the kids came over. Grandma Bird and Michelle were here also. I was not as organized as I usually try to be, but we finally finished the food for our brunch. We ate and then of course we had to open our presents.

What fun it is to see the kids opening their presents. Katie and Grace got way too many things from us, but I have so much fun spoiling them.

Just a few pictures from today. I was too busy to remember to take pictures earlier.

Here are some pictures from our outing to Little American and Grand America. This as turned into an yearly tradition to go down to lunch with Grandpa and Sarah and then to see the windows at the Grand America.

How darling our little kids are! We love them so much.

Our family trip to Cancun

We stayed in a beautiful hotel with swimming pools for children and adults, and infinity pool that looks out over the ocean. The beach was right off of the pools and the beach was white. It was not too hot to walk on and had mysterious large hollowed out areas. 

 Gracie felt right at home. She loved the water and the beach more than Addie. Addie had a great time also, she is a little more timid in the water

We took some time to take our family pictures, we do have a picture with everyone together, but I thought these were fun to show.

 A look at one of the pools, with another pool below. Jonathan wanted to stay in the pools all day and even went back out before bed.

 This is our trip to EL Ray, some ruins just down from the hotel. It was so interesting to see how the buildings were built and have survived through the years. It was also the home for at least 500 Iguanas!

 This was one of the views of the beach from our patio.

 We spent one day at the small island just off of Cancan, Majeres, playing on the beach and eating lunch at a small dinner right on the ocean.

The surf was very gentel on the island, so the girls had a wonderful time running in and out of the water.

 Both of the girls loved the plane rides. We had to go through Dallas and they thought it was one of the best parts of the trip.

 This is another view of the swimming pool area.

We had a great time and would love to go back some time. Not for a while though.

The only draw back to me was that is was so hot, even the kids thought it was hot. It is pretty bad when you need a towel to walk around out side.

But it was worth it.

 

Grandpa and Addie at the Lego Store in Downtown Disney



Genie and Aladdin!



Saving Grace from the waves

Waiting for the Dumbo Ride

A sand castle needs just the right touch

Let's go!

 

Disneyland 2012

 

We had a wonderful time at Disneyland and the California Adventure Parks. David and I were staying at the Disneyland Hotel for his clients meetings and the kids came down to join us after the meetings were over.

 

The first day they were there we visited the beach, Grandpa, Grace and Addie made a huge sand castle, Reed had swim in the ocean and the rest of us played in the waves. We did not have our swimming suits on since it was Sunday, but it was a beautiful day at the Huntington Beach.

 

The next 2 days were full of rides and fun at Disneyland. It was hot, so it was nice to be able to go back to the hotel and let Grace have a nap and swim in the middle of the day.

 

Our hotel room was on the side of the hotel with a deck we could sit on outside. It was the perfect place to watch the fire works each night, we could turn on the music and hear the music that went along with the show.

 

 

Addie loved everything, well, except for the Monsters Inc. and Ariels ride, but she loved the rest. She met the Princesses and had a wonderful time at It's a Small World.

 

Grace is happy and had fun, but not quite as much as Addie. Next time she goes she will enjoy it much more.

 

We have had a fun and busy summer, now it is time to get ready for the fall, school and winter ( not too soon I hope).

Bye for now

We have been on a couple of fun trips in the last 2 weeks. Our first trip was to Sun Valley for the Utah State Bar Convention. David had to talk a couple of classes while we were there, but the rest of us were able to enjoy the beautiful area and relax together.

Katie, Addie and Grace drove up with us, and Reed came up later, so it was David and the girls. We stayed at a smaller condo for the first 3 nights and Sarah got to sleep on the floor. She is a good sport to have a bad back and to be jumped upon in the morning to wake up.

The last 3 nights we were able to rent a house that was wonderful. Well, the outside was wonderful. We had a beautiful pool all to ourselves, along with a hot tub and 6 bedrooms/bathrooms. The house was alittle old inside, but it we had a great time anyway. Here are the pictures from that trip.

Last of the Christmas Pictures

 Christmas Lights

After Dinner Fun / After Ice Skating

 

Happy New Year!

Here some of our pictures from the family party and the Temple from our visit to Temple Square.

We wish everyone a good year to come and hope to see you soon.

Christmas Eve 2011

Merry Christmas!

This is just some of the fun from Christmas Eve, we missed all of those who could not be with us.

One cute picture from our bowling party.