Category Archives: vacation

Swim day

Jake and Cole's hotel had an indoor pool. So we of course HAD to go swimming. Nothing like a cousin snow day followed by a cousin swim day. I love family vacations!

IMG_8341 IMG_8342We spent more time in the hot tub than in the heated pool. And this was the day we kidnapped Barry. I really like how his shirt turned out more every time I see it. I need to make ones like this for Jon and Regan.  IMG_8343 IMG_8344 IMG_8345 IMG_8352 IMG_8356Kaylee was steaming coming out of the pool. Also I love that she insisted on wearing her little shorts. "I just don't want my tushie to show." IMG_8354

Visiting Grandma’s house

So much fun at Grandma's house. We got to play with eleven of the cousins! Here are some random pictures from days spent with them.

 

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Mom opening their ruler. We couldn't get Joel inside. He was too busy playing with his grandkids!

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We kidnapped Barry for a day, and he helped Jon hang the ruler.

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Kael got to be the first grandchild measured. And Elara was our tiniest one. Cute baby!

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Regan and Kaylee tied for the very shortest of the not baby measurements. 

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These kiddos got spoiled. They not only got a toy store toy, but Grandma made them personalized warm bags, and Grandpa got them all head lights. They went on a fun night walk with Grandpa, and looked like little minons' all lined up.

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Just whipping up pizza for 25 people. No biggie. 😉 I've never made five pizza at one time before. Took me an hour!

 

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He missed.

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We played lots of games. And did lots of snuggling to move time.

 

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  Saying goodbye was hard.

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Kaylee had three things she wanted to do on our Utah vacation: Go fishing, go sledding, play croquet. Check, check, and check.

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Lined up post potty pre car loading. It's always fun at Grandma's house!

Snow day

 We drove up to Panguitch lake to do some sledding and ice fishing. Joel took us down the wrong road, and the van got stuck while backing out. Good times. We thankfully were on this fun family adventure with everyone so there was plenty of help to get us out.

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Hey Regan you need to walk slow and on the snow not the ice okay. Kid didn't listen. Good thing he was all fluffy with snow cloths. Sheesh.

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I snapped him out of his pity party by slapping him on a sled and shoving him down an icy ramp onto a frozen lake. "Let's do it again!" Happy boy.

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Jon- "Hey Janice get a picture of that bird." Janice- "Dude! That not 'a bird' it's a bald eagle!" You just don't see stuff like this in the city.

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These girls were not great at steering. Kaylee got nervous and bailed out. They stopped a couple of feet shy of some boulders.

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Regan mid yelling, "YEEEEEHAAAAW!"

 

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Fishing time.  Nothing is more fun the making a snow angel next to an auger.

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IMG_8171 IMG_8216 IMG_8219 IMG_8231 IMG_8235 IMG_8237 IMG_8265 IMG_8266It cracks me up that she LOVES fishing, and yet a live fish freaks her out. She was so excited to catch a fish, but would only get so close for a photo. IMG_8270 IMG_8273 IMG_8280We got to have our sweet Emma ride back to Grandma's house with us. It was SUCH a quiet ride home. These three were SOOOO worn out.

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