Family Vacation (and some Butterfly Girls)!

FIRST,
A great friend had a fun Carnival in their backyard just before we left. Cheese balls, Nachos, hot dogs, cotton candy, bean bag games, and face painting.
This is who came home with us!
The Butterfly Girls!

Rachel- age 6, Emma- age 4, Sarah- age 7 1/2

We headed out of town for 2 weeks of fun with our friends and families in Utah! It was so much fun to just hang out and play for no particular reason!!! Here are lots of pictures and a few little words!

On the way out of town, I looked back and saw Emma doing this...

I looked at her and asked what she was doing and she said, "Measuring the cars and trucks as they drive by." Oh, of course!!!!!!!!!!


Family B-B-Qs!!!!!! We had a few of those! This is a picture of little Emma eatin' her hot dog with one of my cousin's daughter and my little brother, Jeff. Such a great time to be together!

Marnie, me, Heather, Elisa, Lori, Sachiko, & Deb

Had to hit the Texas Roadhouse with some chickies from Springville!!! Too bad Deb had to sit on a weird chair and then get half cut off!!! What's up with that?! I love you all girls!!!

Richard was really looking forward to mowing his Dad's lawn with the new John Deere lawn tractor! Cruising around the yard with head phones on! Awesome! Rachel hopped on right at the end for a ride!

Richard and his dad hiked up to Timpanogos Cave with Rachel and Sarah! The hike was long, but they loved the cave! American Fork Canyon is so beautiful!

Rachel jumping on the trampoline with Uncle Jeff! Nothing like jumping with Jeff! He's a monkey!

Megan, Brittany, me, Angela, & Alisha

Another awesome B-B-Q!! With some more of my girls!

Richard's guys!
Mark, Mike, Richard, & Aaron

All these kids come from all those moms and dads from the previous 2 pictures! It is really fun to see how we have all changed from high school! What a blast!

Staying at Grandma and Grandpa's house is the BEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What is one of the things the girls miss the most?

Saying, "You know what would sound good right now, Grandma? Cookies!!!!"

And Granny says, "Well, let's go make some!" and takes them right into the kitchen and they whip up a batch!
Every little kids dream!

Another thing that the girls have missed is being with Grandpa. I love this picture of them all gathered around at bedtime listening to him read them their bedtime story! That is what Grandpas are for!!!!!!

Another fun group of kids! This time, our sweet friends from Kelvin Grove in Springville! It's so fun to see how much everyone is growing up!

Lori, Elisa, Me, Heather, and Deb

Some of the Springville Girls

(Still miss you tons Amy!)

It was wonderful to visit with Richard's Grandparents before we left town! We are so grateful to have them in our lives!

We stopped and had a great visit with my dad Jim and his wife DeeJay. We wanted to visit and hug him tight after his sextuple bypass surgery last month!!! Glad you are doing great!

So, that was our wonderful 2 weeks, with trips to the pool and watching "How to Train Your Dragon" for the 4th time, visiting temples, jumping on the trampoline, and playing games late into the night!

It was so wonderful to be in Utah again! We love you all! Get out here and visit soon!!!