4th of July in Utah

Part #2 of our trip, Utah. We did so much driving in the last week, I think I'm okay staying home for a while. Anna was so happy to get home last night!

All of us in the car.
On Monday we went to a parade. It was in the town where Holli (Zach's Mom) grew up. It was a lot of fun.
Zach's Aunt Heidi and Anna. So cute!
Almost all of us getting ready to watch the parade.
I liked this float, it said Press "UP" to Family Values! If you can't tell that is off of the movie UP.

After the parade we went to Zach's Grandma Hardy's house and had a bbq. It was really good and lots of fun.

Off to the fireworks!
Tongue out and everything! I sure love this little girl!
I think this picture is fun. Behind Zach there are 3 temple you can see from where we were. The Draper, Oquirrh Mountain, and Jordan River. You also could see the Salt Lake but there are too many buildings built around it now. Zach and I saw a lot of temples this weekend. Snowflake, Monticello, Logan, all the ones in the Utah valley you can see from the road which is like 6 and Arizona. That is a lot of temples!

This picture cracks me up! First of all can you see Anna with her head back, well this is her new favorite thing to do when she is laughing, it makes me laugh every time. Anna is trying to play this game with golf balls. You throw golf balls to try to get them to wrap around the polls. She loved to help pick them up.

4th of July weekend

Zach, Anna and I are finally back from vacation! What a blast it truly was! These pictures are from part #1 of our trip.Anna and Claire in there 4th of July dresses playing the piano. I hope they learn to be good friends, after Anna stops clobbering her!

This is my Grandpa Fish, Anna's Great Grandpa. He kept trying to get Anna to come to him but she was shy for quite a while.

This is my Grandma Fish with all of her Great Grandchildren.

This is Anna and Joy playing corn hole.
Anna loved drawing on the sidewalk, maybe I should invest in some chalk.
Pinjata, the best right. Anna didn't quite get it but I wanted to let her try it okay?

Annika's Wedding

I decided to post a few engagement pictures of Annika and Alex since I didn't get one of them together at there wedding. I guess I just didn't have my camera with me and my sister Andrea got lots so I'll just have to bug her to share with me.


Natalie and I worked on Annika's hair Friday night some and then just touched it up on Saturday morning at 530am. I really enjoyed being able to do her hair, and I sure hope she liked the way it turned out as much as I did. I know now how I would do things a little differently but it was a lot of fun.

I also just want to say super congrats to Annika and Alex! I'm so excited for both of them. I just met Alex the day they got married but I wish both of them the very best in there lives together!

Lake trip to Canyon Lake

So we had somewhat of a spur of the moment family trip to the lake last Tuesday. We decided that we wanted to rent some jet skis to make it more fun too. It was totally awesome and here are a few of the pictures we took.

Grandma with Anna just chillin for a while.

Mid day and the gang is taking a rest. We got there at 7 am and hardly anyone was there. It was wonderful.

Christy and Claire. Natalie and Dallas were taking a turn on the Jet Skis.

Cousins! and best friends so far. Anna loves giving Claire hugs. Claire doesn't like it as much but still appreciates them.

Now Anna can never say she hasn't ever ridden a Jet Ski in her life. haha. What a fun family pic.

Camping trip as a family

We decided to bring Anna her own tent to sleep in but I was really worried about her and there were people kind of close so I felt bad when she cried and just brought her into our tent about 12:30am. But it was so much fun to be outside in the wilderness with our little family, and Anna loved exploring. There is a stream a little ways from us that we went and explored. Anna loved watching the stream and feeling the cold water with her hands, and no we didn't let her get in. Lets see how much I can put in my mouth, lol
Anna getting into stuff she shouldn't. Come and Get me mom and dad!
Here dad this is yours.

She loves to play all kinds of sports, especially if it involves throwing things.
Gotta love that messy face!

myfavrecipesinanutshell

So I got this bright idea to start posting more of the recipes I use in a blog. Mostly so I can have them where ever I go but also so that I can't share them with others. My new blog is myfavrecipesinanutshell.wordpress.com. There is a link to it in my friends section. I am sincerely looking for good healthy recipes. If any of you have any let me know!

Cassie's Graduation plus more

Holli has been taking extra classes the school offered for the librarians for the last couple years on top of everything else she does and she just finished her last class. (For now at least) Her Mother has been working on this quilt for a very long time, I think it's beautiful!

This is the quilt that her Grandma Hardy made for her. Woman with these talents amaze me!

Cassie and Jordan

Camille and Cassie

Super congrats to Cassie! Graduating from High School is such a big step. As someone mentioned at seminary graduation, in the next 10 years of her life she will make the most important decisions of her life. Best of luck to you Cassie!