Our New Stomping Grounds

One thing we have missed a lot being in Colorado is our beautiful Oregon river.  We spent every summer day at our river for the last few summers.  Here in Colorado we have a lot of fun swimming pools but it just isn't the same.  We have been searching and have found two great reservoirs that have fun sandy beaches and open water.  There are a lot more reservoirs to be explored, but we are so happy to have found some new stomping grounds for the summer.

We had a fun time playing volleyball one day

Mr. M being buried alive

Little L and her cute friend

Colorado Cousins

We have been having a lot of fun spending time with some of our cousins on Dad's side.  We have gone swimming, to the beach and hiking.  We are looking forward to a lot of fun with them in the future.

The boy cousins enjoying treats at the beach

The girls (and J man)

Our fun hike day

Baby R and their youngest posing by a fun rock

Kings and queens of the mountain

The crew enjoying lunch

Cousins

We had a great visit with my cousin Brad, his wife Cassidy and their cute kids.  It was fun to reconnect with them.  We are so sad that they will be moving back to Utah soon but we were glad to get to see them before they left.

Cute cousins, they are only days apart

Brad and Cassidy's family

Last Day of SchoolM

The kids had a great last month of school.  They were able to make some good friends and more importantly, their teachers helped them to catch up to get them on track for next year.  Each one of their teachers was so patient and attentive to their needs and made the transition to a new school and new curriculum really smooth.  We love these great teachers!

Mrs. Kinder and Lady K

Mrs. Garner and Little L

Mrs. Thurston with Mr. M

Ms. Oaks (Reading)

Mrs. Singh, Mr. M's favorite teacher (Math)

J Man with Mrs. Miller

Arches National Park

We spent part of our drive home from Utah on Memorial Day at Arches National Park.  It was a magnificent sight to see all of those natural rock formations!!  Thanks Dad for convincing all of us it would be worth the detour!!

At the visitors' center

Balanced rock

Balanced rock up close

Double Arch

There were some cool sights on our hikes

Way in the background is Delicate Arch

Utah Trip Day 3

Day three was Sunday.  We spent the morning having a great chat with Aunt Camille and Uncle Jared and playing with cute J Dude.  After church we had a great dinner with Grandpa and Grandma Gardner and celebrated Clayton and Wittley's upcoming birthdays.  It was a fantastic day.

Cute Wittley and Uncle Clayton

Grandma and Grandpa Gardner

J Dude and Grandma Vance

Uncle Jared and Aunt Camille

Playing with Dad

Killing Uncle Jared

So excited!!

Utah Trip Day 2

Day two we spent the morning at Chuck E Cheese with Grandma Vance.  After that we grabbed some lunch and headed over to Grandma's work where we played pool, family ping pong, and foos ball.  That evening we went out to Aunt Bonnie and Uncle Clayton's house for dinner.  It was  a great time- it must have been great because I completely forgot to take pictures.  The kids roasted hot dogs and marshmallows and the adults enjoyed some very delicious salmon and great chat time.  Thanks for the party guys. In this post the pictures got all out of order, but it is too hard to fix so here is the day backwards.

Foos ball with Grandma Vance

Playing pool, Lady K claims to have always been on the winning team

Mom and Dad enjoying some delicious Cafe Rio, YUMMMM

Pizza!!

Skeet ball at Chuck E Cheese

J Man totally focused on racing his car

Pure fun

Dad counting out the coins (you accountant you)

All the kids wearing their new BYU clothes