Father's Day 2009

Dan is a wonderful father. He sacrifices things that he wants to do in order to spend time with his family. We love him because his priorities keep him at home with us. So Happy Father's Day, Dad, We love you!

Hanna was the sign designer. She is so good at stuff like that and she always gets everyone else to participate as well.

Happy Birthday Sammy Ruthie!

Sam turned 5 in May but we finally had a birthday party in June. There are several Samantha's in our area so we asked Sam if she would like to go by her middle name, Ruth. She said she would like to be Ruthie so we have tried to retrain ourselves, but it isn't easy. Our great friends, the Crandall's, let us borrow their awesome backyard for her party.

We swam in the pool: We played "bubble pie", which was a really fun game that the kids all enjoyed. Oh, except Ruthie, who was having too much fun playing with Peters younger sister.

We played water ballon toss and then "purple bombers" (try to dodge the purple water balloons that are being thrown at you by Ruthie's dad).

Then Sammy Ruthie opened her presents:

And finally, cupcakes. We made flower cupcakes for Ruthie then decided the boys might like bugs instead. Ruthie and her sisters had fun making the dragonflies.

Ruthie has many good friends and they made it a fun party!

EFY!

I (Hanna) recently had the opportunity to attend an EFY program in flagstaff a few weeks ago, and i had so much fun! I think I pretty much had the funnest company ever! Oh, a company typically consists of 10 girls, 10 boys and a girl and guy counselor to keep us all in line :) Everyone was so nice and we had such a great time hanging out with each other.

This is my whole company, sitting in front of the dorm rooms we stayed in.
This is my awesome counselor Kacie. We needed the guys to have ties in our company cheer so Kacie got nominated official tie holder :)

Pizza Night! This is my wonderful roommate (aka my awesome cousin/bff Kylee) and me scarfing down pizza. YUM!

The girls! We're so funny :)

Sunday dress day

Part of my company hanging out during free time.

These boys were so funny :)

My counselors, James and Kacie. look, they match and they didn't even plan it :)

Yes, Kylee was supposed to be reading her scriptures too...

My whole company getting ready to go to the last dance.

Well, that's about it. I had so much fun at EFY and I'm super glad i was able to go. Thanks Mom and Dad for letting me abandon everyone for a whole week :)

Las Vegas Family

This month we made a trip to Las Vegas to visit Dan's family. He has his mom, two sisters (Marianne and Carolyn) and one brother, John, who all live there. His brother, Ron, from Utah also came to visit while we were there. Dan got to play golf two days in a row with his favorite brothers. We also had lots of fun playing at John's house with all his cute kids.

Zanya is learning how to swim.

Samantha and Gracie

Chandler and Parker: the boys

All the girls. John and Stephanie have one boy and 3 girls so when we get together the boys are WAY outnumbered!

Dan was worn out from all the golf. Yes, he is asleep here, ha ha

Thanks to John and Stephanie for their hospitality and making us feel so welcome. It was great to see everyone!

High Adventure

Our ward's young men went to Sprucedale Ranch for their high adventure trip this year. Chandler rode horses, went swimming, camped, chopped wood, played horseshoes, and even went to a dance. I love our ward and our young men leaders are awesome, Chandler had a great time.

Locks of Love

Well, it's time again. Hanna, Danica, Maranda and Andria have all donated 10 inches of hair to Locks of Love (a company that makes wigs for children who have lost all their hair due to medical reasons). Andria had grown 10 inches and was ready to cut it off and donate it again. I think it has only been a couple of years, that is some fast growing hair! We like the short hair on Andria, it suits her bouncy, bubbly personality.
Stay tuned, Maranda is next.

Ballerinas

Hanna and Samantha take ballet from the same teacher so a few weeks ago, they had a recital. It was the same week as girls camp so we drove to girls camp and picked up Hanna so she could be in the recital then she went back that evening with some friends of ours.

Samantha's song was Heigh Ho from Snow White. It was so cute and Sam had so much fun.

(My camera can't seem to take a picture that isn't dark or fuzzy. Are there any tips for taking pictures of people on stage? Besides buying a better camera, that is)

Hanna danced a solo to Reflection from Mulan

And a group dance to Aladdin