We had a great trip to Utah. It was a really long drive, but the kids were actually pretty good. It was wonderful to see Aunts and Uncles, and cousins. I'm so happy that the kids got to spend lots of time with family, and really made some good friendships.


We went to Aunt Shirley's house to play, and then the park, and then Carl's Jr. The kids were nice and worn out that day.

We hiked up to Timpanogos cave. It is really beautiful. The hike was pretty, but rather arduous. It is only a mile and a half, but it is at a steep incline the whole way. The cave is worth it, though.

Enjoy your hike, HA!

A 4th of the way there, and still smiling.

Me, Clint, Amy, Ashton, Sophie, and Abby in Timpanogos cave.

We went up and had dinner at a beautiful park in the canyon. The weather was great, and we all had a blast. Eva thinks Gilbert should be a conehead.

Gilbert and Eva. They were good buddies. Gilbert says, "Eba."

Me and Ashley and Lily

Coby and Clint chillin'

Nick entertaining Lily.

Grandma and Granddad and all the Grandkids. That's as close to everybody looking as we could get.

Grandma and Granddad's 60th birthday party at Carrabba's

We went to a really cool pool in Lindon. They had a water slide, and a lazy river. Uncle Coby and Ashton were pool buddies.

Doesn't Lily look cute in her swimsuit?

Aunt Shirley took us to Thanksgiving point, and we got to go and see lots of animals, and Ashton rode a pony, and there was also a pony cart ride. It was a pretty cool little place.

Aunt Shirley and Gilbert by the little Chicken cages.

They had a horsecart ride that Ashton, Gilbert and Clint rode.

We went bowling at BYU. It was fun, but kind of exhausting with all those little kids. I had to bowl with Lily on my back. It's a good thing, 'cause then I could blame being no good on her!

They had cool thingies that the kids used to cheat and roll their ball down.

She is so cute. I can't resist putting random pictures of her up.

We got to have dinner with Jenny and Rik, and it was fun.

Ashton and Henry were great buddies. I couldn't get them to hold still or stand together for a picture, though.

Gilbert and Granddaddy. Granddaddy was making scary noises that the boys loved.

Lily and Grandmother.

We had dinner with some friends who have a girl Ashton's age. The kids had fun, as you can see.

Lily at the parade.

A firetruck from the parade. They have a great parade every year in Provo, but I didn't go, because I was busy packing.


We had homemade chocolate hazelnut gelato on the 4th, and it was soooooooooo good! Gilbert looked like a chocolate monster when he finished.


It's so funny to put babies together and see what they do. That is, until they maul eachother and cry. Which generally happens fairly quickly.

Clint and Cannon

Gilbert and Eliza in the pool. I was glad to see Gilbert swimming. It's on the list of things that scare him. It's a long list.

Cousin Nick pushing Ashton on the swing.

Nick and Gilbert climbing the monkey bars. They were really cute together.

Clint and Lily on the swing on the 4th.

Ashton holding a sparkler on the 4th of July. He was very brave. I wasn't when I held one. It made a lot of noise and it was long and it was going to get me!!!!!

Ashton riding a Llama.

Gilbert riding a Llama. I was really surprised that he actually did it! He tends to be frightened of large animals. And small ones, actually.



We got to go to the Krishna temple in Spanish Fork. They had lots of cool animals, and best of all, the kids got to ride Llamas!!! They really enjoyed it.

Oh no!! The hippo is going to eat Lily!
The boys and the elephant at the Monte Bean museum. They had a lot of really cool stuffed dead animals there. It was hard to get the boys to stop looking at the elephant, and look at me.