Home Sweet Home!!

Well, we finally made it to Wenatchee, WA!!

I will get pictures of the house up soon.  

Tyler started work yesterday, so I feel we are back to reality.  The kids have the whole month of August to play until school starts after Labor Day!

Gavin turned 5!  

He is so easy to please. 

He's been talking about his birthday for the past nine months.  

It was a small and simple celebration, but to him, it did not disappoint! Thank goodness!

He picked out an ice cream cake this year.

So expressive! Making a wish!

 Blowing out the candles!

Tyler got his brand new 2014 Toyota Tacoma!!!! Well deserved after driving the clunker cars our whole marriage, and finishing medical school/residency!

Enjoying a picnic in the backyard!

 Enjoying the new hot tub!

Enjoying the 12 mile paved trail by the river!

Lots to do and see all along the way!

 We got to cross a bridge to go to Wenatchee side... we technically live in East Wenatchee ( a whole other community).

 More backyard fun!  It's been 100+ degree weather here most of the time we've been here.

Salt Lake City

Before we made it to our new home, we made one last stop.  We thought it was a good idea to show the kids Temple Square in Salt Lake City.  The last time we were there was when Tyler and I went wedding ring shopping before we were married!  It was fun to be back with our four kids.

Waiting to go on our tour of the the conference center!

They finally got to see where conference is held.  Jordan thought this was "double cool."  I'm sure it will get even better reviews when we can actually go to a conference session live!

A little farther up in the stands!

Tyler's mom got us a small Christus statue for Christmas.  I have a hard time finding a place to put it still, because I'm afraid with all the grabby hands and rough housing it will get broken.

We made our way over to Hogle Zoo in the afternoon.  Since we have experienced so many zoos across the country, we actually found it a little disappointing.  We made the best of it, and we did get to meet up with Tyler's sister and family.

This gorilla seriously looked like a statue!  He didn't move a muscle the whole time we were there.

The rest of our Utah vacation

After we went camping, we had a whole other week to enjoy Cedar City.  Between both families, we had a lot of fun.  Nana B. and Papa Joe had some sparklers and pops for the kids to enjoy in backyard. 

 Of course, Papa Joe had to take us out shooting.

We went swimming at the aquatic center.  Grandma Sherman got a new camera is water proof, so we had to try it out!

 I love that Gavin totally photo-bombed our picture!

We cleaned out Tyler's Dad's old shed.  That was an all day project!  It looks so much better. But then there is so much more we can do.  The kids loved playing in the gutter water.

When you have no paper to draw on, yourself is the next best thing!

We, or course, had to make a date to the temple that we were married in.  The sealing room sits right off the celestial room, so we got to sit in there and reminisce about our wedding and sealing almost 11 years ago!

 We visited Grandpa's grave.  He had a birthday... would have been 62.

My neighbor was so kind to give all the kids a horse ride!  Makenzie was in heaven.

Papa Joe and Gavin were twins!

My friends from Elementary and High School had a reunion as well!  We are still missing about half  our group, but it was so great to see those who could make it!  We are all married with lots of kiddies and live all over the country now.  It's been fun to stay in touch and see where our lives have taken us!  I really do think we are BFF's!   

In between all this fun, we got hit with the worse GI bug!  It hit each member of the family one day at a time.  It pretty much took you out of commission for a few days.  No fun!