Fishing!

The kids just got back from fishing with grandma: here is their catch

Ryan pulled his big one (about 15 inches) on his first cast.

Sarah pulled her big one out (about 17 inches) a little later on.

My mom says these are the biggest fish she has seen out of the huck finn pond.

Of course my kids won't hold the fish on their fingers.. too slimy :)

backpacking with dad

Here are a few pictures of the kids. Clark took them backpacking a couple of weeks ago. They did great. In the picture above they are throwing rocks into the river (clark said they did that for like an hour). In the picture below the kids are sporting their backpacks, and the river that they ended up crossing with the help of a tree that Clark put across for them to walk along. They hiked about a mile in and had a blast.

camping and the 4th

Here are just a few pictures i thought you might enjoy:

The neighbor is doing a new retaining wall... and it has been lots of fun to watch them work. They leave the backhoe parked on the street at night.

Little Jared relaxing in his chair, this was his first camping trip, and did really well!

Sarah and Ryan riding the bike down the driveway:

Time for a bath!!

Jared's One!

This post is a couple of weeks late.. but on June 8th our little boy turned one. it is hard to believe he is getting so big! He still isn't walking but he can pretty much get where he wants by crawling and climbing. I expect him to walk on the 4th of July, because he sat up on Christmas, and crawled on Easter. We had a fun time opening gifts and eating our frog cupcakes.

The kids mostly celebrated by jumping on the trampoline, and we had a good time.

Here is all the kids. As a side note, the shirt that Ryan is wearing, used to be Clark's, only he wore it in kindergarten.

Some of you wanted to see some pictures of our new house. I still haven't taken very many but here is a picture of Ryan and Sarah's rooms:

Happy 40th!!

My big sister turned 40 in May, and to celebrate me and my sisters and parents went to NYC for the long weekend. We had a lot of fun, and it was nice to get away for a few days. Thanks to Clark for taking care of the kids. Thanks to dad for all the meals and plays and hotel, and thanks to Stephanie for turning 40!!! Here are a few pictures from our trip:

On the subway to the statue of liberty:

The whole family inside the crown at the statue of liberty:

My parents and Stephanie outside:


Our walk through central park:

Sisters at central park:

Dinner at carniege deli:

We had a chance to go to the Manhattan Temple. Here is the angel moroni:

Us at Little Italy:

We had a great trip! We also saw three great plays: Memphis, In the Heights, and South Pacific. I got home on Tuesday and I am still worn out!!

March/April photos

We have had a fun couple of months. We have our house just about how we want it and all unpacked finally.... now it's time to tackle the yard. The first thing to go up is the fence!

Here is my Jared at 10 months: he learned to crawl Easter Sunday and has since learned to go up the stairs, and play in the toilet, and pull up to everything. I forgot how busy they get!

This was just a cute picture of him playing in the sink:

There are the boys outside one afternoon:

Ryan got a new bike: he blew out two of the three tires on his old tricycle so it was time for a new bike: he loves that it is red "just like dad's".

At our new house he have a jetted tub and the kids wanted to take a bubble bath. I over estimated the power of the bubbles as you can see from this picture... but they had a blast.

Little Skiiers

Here is a picture that clark emailed me from a couple of weeks ago. He took the kids up skiing at Sundance, and of course they had a blast! Ryan is a lot more sure of himself and can go a lot faster than Sarah, but they both have a lot of fun.