California

I took a trip with Joels mom and Grandma to Bakersfield California. Jesse,Joel's brother, is there selling alarm systems. So we went for a trip to see my nephew for his 3rd birthday. Now, Bakersfield isn't known for it's beautiful beaches and shopping. It's oil city! Thankfully we were able to drive 2 hours away to beautiful Santa Monica. The kids have never been to the ocean, so it was really fun to see them play at the beach. We strolled along the pier and had dinner at Bubba Gump Shrimp restaurant. On the way back to Bakersifeld, the grandmas and I decided to go along the coast for a scenic view. Well we thought we had looked at the map right and knew where we were going. I guess the map wasn't very good, cuz we got lost. We eventually found our way back to Bakersfield at 12 o'clock at night. Good thing the kids will sleep in the car. It was pretty funny. We took a trip to the Bakersfield Zoo, which was interesting and really hot! But overall we had a great time seeing Deidre and the kids and occasionally visiting with busy Jesse. Thanks Deidre for putting up with us and taking care of us while we visited. We can't wait for you to come home to Utah. Unfortunately, Joel was not able to join us on our adventure. He stayed home to work. We missed him and are glad to be back home.

Jackson Hole

We took our kids to Jackson Hole Wyoming with my parents and brother and wife. Joel hasn't been there before, so it was fun to take him. We went to the Tetons and Jenny's lake to hike up to the waterfall. It was really beautiful. The view was amazing and not too hot! We watched the shoot out that they do downtown. I told Kaleb all about it, so he was pretty excited. But of course during the show, he had to pee really bad. So Joel took him to the bathroom and they missed the whole thing! I don't know if he was that sad, but I was. Oh well. We went to the Jackson hole playhouse and watched "Grease". It was really funny. The theater is really run down, but they did a great job. We swam in the pool and walked around the city. It was a nice trip. Thanks mom and dad for inviting us and Bruce and Jamie for putting up with the kids!

The famous antler arch

Kaleb and Gpa. Wayne on boat at Jennys lake.

Me and my brother Bruce at the waterfall.

Uncle Bruce and the kids.

Me on the hike!!

Looking at the view.

Kaleb playing around at the dam.

Joel taking a picture of me. It was a cool part of the hike.

4th of july '09

Okay, I know it's a month late, but I never have time to get on the computer. At least it gets done sometime! This year for the 4th we took our kids to dinner at Kaleb's favorite place, Wieners! (aka Wingers). Then we headed to Thanksgiving Point to watch fireworks. We had great seats, right behind the movie theater. Suprisingly the traffic wasn't that bad. We had some fun with the camera and the kids were being really goofy.





It was Avree's 1st time seeing fireworks. She liked them at first, and I think she got bored after awhile. It was nice just having our little family do something together. They sure are cute!