Washington DC

Kevin had a conference in DC and I got to tag along!!! Thanks to our great tour guide, Brody, we were able to fit in some great site-seeing...

Natural History Museum

Brody and Dacia at the Einstein Monument

World War II Monument

Air and Space Museum

Cupcakes - Long story but I wanted to try the trend of a cupcake shop - Kevin wasn't too impressed and even less when he saw there was a line and that each cupcake was $2.75 but Brody waited in the line (actually several times because we were late) and Kevin didn't even pay for his cupcake. I don't know why I forced him to get one but I did and he did like it even though he continued to make comments. I was impressed though and would even go back!

Thanks Brody for spoiling us rotten in DC and thanks Kariana for spoiling us rotten by watching the kids so we could have this fabulous getaway.

Happy Halloween

2 princesses and a sport man

Shantel's Wedding

All of us were able to go out to Shantel's wedding in Utah last Saturday. She was beautiful and all smiles (JJ looked good too:)

Kariana was an incredible bridesmaid and made sure everything was absolutely perfect for Shantel.

We loved getting to see almost everyone (we missed you Erin and Zoe), even though I didn't do very good at taking lots of photos.

Here is Grandma and Evie.

Alyssa was all smiles and loved getting loves from everyone.

Alyssa even tried to share the love with Cache.

Unfortunetly Bryson couldn't come to the wedding because he was super sick with a high fever and double ear infection. Kaitlyn made it through the first part but then she started with a fever and ended up sleeping through the whole reception. Luckily no one else got sick and everyone is better now but unfortunetly Bryson and Kaitlyn were pretty sick the whole time we were in Utah.

The day before the wedding we had a girls day at the salon and got fingers and toes done! The bride was big smiles but I think Kaitlyn may have had even more fun. She loved being a part of it all.

5000+ Miles

The end of June we went to 2 family reunions and saw some great sites. We ended up driving over 5000 miles in 2 1/2 weeks. Here are the sites we saw just on the drive to the first reunion.

Our first site was the Badlands in South Dakota!









We then went to Mt. Rushmore





Then Yellowstone






We finished that leg of the trip with the Rexburg Temple. I had fun showing the kids where I lived when I went to Ricks College and telling them about some of the fun things I did in Rexburg. The temple was absolutely beautiful!

Random

We went for ice cream after going to the zoo. It was very humid and Alyssa couldn't lick her blue moon ice cream cone fast enough. She was quite the attraction herself.
I love when the kids get in cleaning mode. Kaitlyn got into a shining mode and shined all my windows. She did a great job and I am ready to have her do it again.


Bryson made this for Kevin for his birthday. It is Kevin. Bryson even did research to figure out if the legs or arms should be longer. He has one creative mind.

Happy Birthday Bryson

Bryson turned 7 on Sunday and had his first friend birthday party. We did a water bash. His friends that came were Benjamin Dunford, Collin Johnson, Joey Colver, Amrit Subramaniam, and Ali Nuseibeh. The boys had a great time and we were grateful for nice weather.

Treasure Hunt with feet in bubbles


Frozen t-shirt contest


Waterslide made from a pool noodle


Collin slip'n'sliding

I had planned to be creative with the cake and had gotten everything to make a swimming pool cake with gummy bears and other fun things in the pool. The night before the party Bryson mentioned that he wanted angel food cake with fresh blueberries and strawberries for his party. I had to laugh that I had forgotten to ask him what he wanted and wasted brain cells to be creative. He appreciates good food so I made him a homemade angel food cake!
Happy Birthday Bryson!

Father's Day

We celebrated Father's Day yesterday since we will be out of town next week. We did an ice cream tasting contest. I tricked them on Brown Sugar, Cranberry/Blueberry Sorbet, and Phish Food. This may be the beginning of a great tradition:)

Happy Father's Day to the best dad/husband! We love you Kevin! Thanks for always keeping us smiling and laughing!!!