Year in Review- Part 3

November

The Golden Princess

To celebrate our 20th anniversary, Ralph and I , along with Lance & Sharley went on a 2 week cruise to Hawaii.  There was a lot of time on the boat getting to and from the islands but we enjoyed the food and the company.We stopped on The big Island, Oahu, Kaua'i and Maui.

Looking at the crater on Hawaii

Turtles on the black sand beach on Hawaii

Shaved Ice at Motsomotos

Our Hike on Kaua'i

We came home from our cruise the day before Thanksgiving. We all gathered in St. George for the feast. We love the turkey and all the sides, but the best part about Thanksgiving is the pies. We like to have a lot of variety and if there is leftovers... Breakfast!

 Of course we had  some games of dodge ball to work it all off. Jessica made this video for fun.

December

For our Christmas get together, we all met at Jenny's in Farr West for  grab bag and food. We also took a group picture of all the family.

 

Year in review- part 2

Now I am caught up to the trip that we look forward too all year long; 

the camping trip to San Clemente State Beach.

When we were talking to Jessica before she left for the MTC, she said that she was sad that she would miss 2 beach trips while on her mission. Trying to make her feel better, someone said  "At least you will only miss one Christmas." Jessica's response was she would rather miss two Christmases than two beach trips. All the other kids agreed. That is how much our family loves going to the beach together.We were having so much fun, we didn't get any pictures.

 August

In  August we drove up to Salt Lake. The boys spent the day at Lagoon (a reward earned from their paper route) while we helped Ralph's brother do some remodeling. Ralph and I got to go to Wicked while we were there. Mid August the kids started school and Brant turned 16. 
Jessica moved into an apartment with her cousin Riley to start collage at SUU.

 

September

For Jessica's birthday, we took a girls trip to Las Vegas to see wicked

 October

Jessica was taking a photography class at SUU this semester so we drove up the canyon to take some family pictures. Hard to believe  these pictures are "set the timer and run". We had a fun time together.

 The announcement during General Conference about the change in the missionary age made a big difference at our house. Dallin and Brant will finish high school just before their 19th birthday so it only changes their date by a few months. But Jessica turned 19 the week before the announcement and was now eligible to go on a mission. What we thought was going to be a few years to worry about sending a missionary, turned into months. Hard to believe but we are so grateful for Jessica's example to serve the Lord.

Recovering from getting her wisdom teeth pulled in preparation for her mission.

Eating our traditional Halloween dinner. Dinner in a pumpkin and homemade root beer.

Miles as Hawk Eye