Elders Quorm BBQ

The Annual elders quorom BBQ was last weekend, they are always fun for the family.  The kids LOVE riding the horses.

(I love this picture I think it turned out GREAT!)

I tried to get Connor to ride with Megan but he didn't want anything to do with the horse.  Hopefully 1 of these days he'll want to ride.

We got horse rides out of the way and started eating and the rain came.  So everyone had to crowd under the deck, which still dripped between the boards, but we still had a good time trying to stay dry.

The rain would let up on and off and we were able to give the kids a tractor ride.

 I love Connor's face in this picture!

We had a lot of great food, great company & fun.  Thanks to the Chirstensen's for hosting us and letting our kids walk their dirty wet shoes all over your carpet, we have spot cleaner if you need it!

Derby Bingo

Another year of our annual "Derby Bingo" when we invite our friends over to play bingo, wear hats, eat food and watch the Kentucky Derby.  Here are this years pictures. 

Us with our hats



The Kids' in Their Hats

 Our Guest's Hats

(minus 1 family)

Playing Bingo

The kids

The Mom's

The Dad's

The Winners

Every year we do a contest for the best hats.  Last year we picked 1 adult winner who gets the coveted trophy and then we picked 1 kid winner.  This year we decided to go for 2 kid winners.  1 for the silliest hat and 1 for the prettiest hat.  It is pretty amazing what some people come up with.  We had a lot of fun, but I have decided that we need a bigger house to host this party.  Luckily the weather cooperated with us so the kids could go outside. 
It's fun to watch the Derby and cheer for horses and I love playing bingo, something that I have done ever since I was a little kid. 

Thanks to everyone that came and shared in this day with us! 

Can't watit to see who wins the trophy next year!! 

Mother Daughter Retreat

At the end of April I was privelaged to travel out to Utah to spend the weekend with my Mother, 2 sisters and future sister-in-law.  I arrived late Wednesday night.  Thursday was spent at Woman's Week at BYU getting uplifted and inspired.  After  we were uplifted we went and pampered our toes and then joined the rest of the family for dinner to celebrate my little brother's b-day. 

Friday we went and got make overs at Nordstrom and then went out to lunch at a yummy Italian restraunt.  After we were full we started our 6 hour drive down to Las Vegas, just in time too since it started to snow.  We got in late to our hotel after stopping to do some shopping real quick.  We stayed at the Stratosphere. 

Saturday morning we started the day going to the top of the Stratoshpere and checking out the view.  Then we were off to go shopping again, since 1 hour wasn't enough. 

After hours of shopping we returned to our hotel to hit the buffet to eat before we walked the strip.

The hotels in Vegas are amazing.  I loved walking in the hotels and seeing the different environments that they have created.  But I hated walking from hotel to hotel.  My back hurt the whole time and about half way through walking from hotel to hotel my foot started to hurt.  I was VERY relieved when we got a taxi to drive us back to our car.  I wasn't great company while walking as you can see from the M&M pillow that they picked for me.  But do you blame me when you're hurting and your jacket gets stolen?

Sunday we checked out of the hotel and drove 2 hours to St. George dropped our stuff off and headed off to Zions National Park.  This was the part of the trip that I was so excited for.  It was so pretty.  I look forward to being able to go back when I don't have to limp through the park.  I don't think that my pictures captured the beauty of this amazing place. 

Monday we were able to go to the St. George temple and do a session.  And then we at a lunch outside at a little cafe down town, stopped at the park and ate some yummy cake balls and then drove back home.

Thanks Mom for flying me out there to spend some time with you guys.  I wish I wasn't in pain half the trip, but I enjoyed the adventure.  I love you!