After the blessing

After the blessing we took the girls up to Oak Grove at the base of PineValley Mountain. We took some of the left over food from the lunch and had a picnic there. The girls had a fun time playing in the stream, and so did Molly!

Laney, Elin, and Rylee (picture taken by Pyper)

Gramps with elin before going home

Elin's Blessing Day

August 1, 2010
We blessed Elin today. It was such a great day. We had all of our family here which was so special. dave did a great job with the blessing. I am so grateful that Dave is worthy to do such a special thing. Elin was so good the whole day. She looked so beautiful in her blessing dress that was made by Grandma Linda. After church we had a very yummy luncheon before my family had to go back to Salt Lake. Thanks everyone for coming and participating in such a special day for our family.

Grandma Ruth, Sara, Mom, Aunt Diane, Elin, Erica, me

Aunt Diane and Elin

Grandma Kris and Grandpa Ron

Grandpa Holt and Grandma Linda

Laney turns 4!

Happy 4th Birthday Laney!
I can't belive you are already 4 years old. You are so much fun to be around. I have loved having so much one on one time with you. You are such a good big sister to Elin, and one of my best friends. I love you Laney!

Laney's birthday was July 31st and we partied! The day started out with a friend party. She hadn't been feeling well, and we had to bribe her to put her swimsuit on for her party that morning. It wasn't long until she went inside to eat and put on her jammies. Poor thing did not feel good. Later that day she felt better and we had a BBQ with family for her next party. It was so fun to have everyone in our family together- for the 2nd weekend in a row! Thanks everyone for coming and participating in such a fun and busy weekend.

Pyps, Jesse, and Laney

Grandpa Holt, Grandpa Ron, Uncle Dick, and Dad

Aunt Erica and Uncle Jake

Grandma Linda, Elin, Grandma Ruth, Grandma Kris, Aunt Diane, and Aunt Sara

Laney's cupcakes for her "friend party"

Cake for the "family party" ( it melted a little bit)

Lanes i her new swimsuit from G. Ruth

Bunny Kind and picture from cousins Oaklyn and Jesse

Laney opening presents from her friends

Laying on Sara's lap

In her jammies eating her cupcake

Even though Laney didn't feel good- her friends still enjoyed themselves!

July 24

On the 24th of July, we went up Big Cottonwood canyon for a BBQ. It was really nice to get out of the heat and eat some really great food. It was so fun to have EVERYONE in our family there.




Me and Ry

Elin in her cute festive outfit

Laney and her buddy Aunt Sara

Mom and Grandma Ruth

Laney, Grandpa Ron, and Rylee

After the canyon, we lit up some sparklers and fireworks. The kids- of course, had so much fun!

Seven Peaks

On July 22nd, we all went up to Mom and Dad's to spend a few days. dave was going to run the Deseret News 10k, so we all went up before school started. On the 23rd, Mom and Dad took us and Sara, and Erica's family to Seven Peaks. We had so much fun. After being there most the day, something happened to the power and the slides weren't working, so they gave everyone passes to come back this season. The next Monday we all went back for free! ( minus Dave, Jake, and Grandpa)




Grandpa Ron and Elin

Pyper getting ready to go on her own tube

Rylee

Rylee and Pyper got very brave and would go down the slides all by themselves. I got brave and went down a slide that Dave MADE me go on. It ended up not being too bad, and I went on it 2 more times! Thanks Mom and Dad. we had so much fun!!