Special Visit

 Look familiar?  We sure love the Mormon Battalion, and this time with Clay and Jenn and kids!

 The Beach wasn't bad either.  FREEZING cold that day, but still fun!

Thanks for coming to see us!

Christmas 2012

 Our first Christmas in San Diego was definitely one to remember

 Made extra fun with a visit from Grandpa and Grandma

 Once the Christmas festivities were over, we had a few days to enjoy San Diego

 First stop was the Mormon Battalion museum

 Addie was quite possible the hippest soldier ever!

 They loved panning for gold and making bricks

 But nothing could beat playing in the covered wagon, pretending to be all the characters on Little House on the Prairie.  They could have stayed there all day.

 Ma and Pa

 We also had time for a quick trip to Coronado Island right before a storm moved in.

Beautiful!

Special thanks to Grandpa and Grandma for making it so special!

Rock Museum or Bust!

Aric told the kids we were going to a rock museum the first week of December.

He talked about it for weeks, building it up to be a great place to see rocks from all over the world.  

Addie was excited.  Megan was not.  Olivia was indifferent.  Luke was clueless.

Instead of a museum, we surprised them with a trip to Disneyland.

This time they were all excited.  

Megan was relieved.  

Looking at rocks for two days wasn't sounding like much fun to her :)

Favorite rides - probably It's a Small World and the spinning tea cups

Least favorite - probably the rocking ferris wheel and Space Mountain.  Olivia may be permanently traumatized from that one.

In all, our first trip there was super fun.

Can't wait to go back!

Happy 6th!

 A pizza barbie for her birthday, "Made all her dreams come true".

Glad it was a happy one, Megan!  

Happy 6th!

Thanksgiving in Flagstaff . . .

was crazy delicious!  But somehow I managed to get pictures of everything but the yummy meal!

We had lots of time for feeding the ducks, playing at the park,

shooting!

and oh so many holiday crafts!!

Favorite Fall Moments

 Sea World with the Manwarings!

Thank you for coming to visit!!

 Pumpkin picking with the Hollobaughs.

Olivia and Sally became fast friends.  So cute.

 Halloween!

Biker Luke

(we love the leather jacket/princess sunglasses combo)

 Supergirl

 The colorful witch

 The cheerful cat

 A trip to 29 Palms for Aric's promotion.

Congratulations Major Dad!

And a quick tour of Joshua Tree National Park

Back to School

1st Day of 3rd Grade.

New grade, new school, new friends, and she wasn't scared at all. 

 Go Addie!

 Megan's 1st Day of Kindergarten!

 Only a few tears, but she went!! 

Yay Megan!

And this is why 4 year olds don't go to kindergarten. 

One more year, Olivia.  One more year. 

Summer in review

 We packed up and moved from North Carolina in June.  We made it to Idaho in time to celebrate Addie's 8th birthday

 and Father's day

with some of our favorite Dads

and a very captive audience.

 We stayed long enough to have plenty of time with cousins to play

 and perform

 and even ride in the neighborhood 4th of July parade.

 We couldn't leave before having an early birthday celebration for Miss Olivia

 and then headed down to Arizona, where we celebrated again!

 It wouldn't be a trip to Flagstaff without a hike! 

 And this one was fun and beautiful.

 Then on to the playground at the park,

 horse riding,

 and a cousin concert!

 Bravo!

After a summer of traveling, we finally moved to the San Diego area.  It's beautiful here and we love it!  Come and see us!!