Fun Quilting

Yes, it has been FOREVER since I have posted. I have been into quilting lately, and I love it! I made this for my niece Katie for her 2nd birthday. I also made a Halloween one that I am having quilted. I will post it when I get it back.

First Day of School!

It has finally arrived! The first day of School. The girls were so excited. Earlier this week we bought sweater stackers and put their outfits in for every day, so this morning they got up, got their clothes from the Tuesday section and got all dressed. I could tell they were really excited, especially Olivia. It is so crazy that she is already in Kindergarten! I love that they are at school together now.

Melissa going for the frisby, good catch! Check out the beautiful background!
Sweetest little baby Sophia! She loved swinging! Can't get enough of this girl!
Katie getting a refreshing drink (and bath) of water

These guys were getting sick, but didn't want to stop

Getting out of the heat!

Wow, so much to blog so little time! Yesterday Mary, Melissa and I took our kids up to Cedar City to escape the St. George heat! It was sooo nice up there! We went to a fun park called Park Discovery.

Thank goodness for kids! The boomerang went over the fence and Olivia crawled under to get it for us. For a second, I thought she was going to get stuck.

Down Under 2008

Chris recently visited Australia for 10 days! This first picture shows one of many beautiful clams that were all over the place. They were bigger than me!
This next picture is of a Minkie Whale. There were about 5 or 6 of them that followed us around. They were 20 - 30 feet long and really cool!


This was a sea snake that was fun to chase around. He didnt want much to do with us, but he was very poisonous.

This turtle was awesome! I captured some great video of him. His shell was beautiful and he didn't seem to mind us at all!



This was one of the coolest things I had ever seen. I don't really get it, but I think they are drafting off each other. Really cool picture! Do you like his teeth?


Had to do the handstand!
Oh, how cute!
5 kangaroos eating their lunch!
I was taught how to throw a boomerang. Watch out!!! They come back fast!















The natives taught me how to dance. Do you like my moves?


I found Nemo!!!!!!!

This was Nemos cousin. There were tons of clown fish in Australia. They were so beautiful!















Watch this cool video of me swimming in the middle of these yellow fish!



We saw several sharks on our dives. They were cool to follow around and watch, especially at night when it is pitch black and their eyes glow green when you shine your flash light on them!
The potato cod were amazing. They were huge and just like puppy dogs. They would brush up against you and werent afraid to push you out of the way. They dove with us for a long time, like they were our dive buddys!
This is a hairy ghost pipe fish. Does that look like a fish to you? I only saw one. Hope he has a mate!
This guy looked intimidating! He is a Coral Trout. I liked his teeth. You should have seen them up close!

Funny Picture

I was going thru old photo albums tonight and found this picture of my cousin Derek. He is now a macho 18 year old professional snowborder. Time goes by so fast, this seems like yesterday.

HAPPY 4th OF JULY!!

We drove up to Provo on the 4th to go the the Stadium of Fire. I love the energy of events like that! We saw the Blue Man Group (from Vegas) and of couse Miley Cyrus. The fireworks at the Stadium of Fire are AMAZING!!! They go on FOREVER!! It amazes me everytime. We took my cousins MaKena and Aubrey with us, they were so cute! All the girls were dancing all over for the Miley Concert, it was hilarious. I did feel bad for Sophia though, it was so loud. She did really good and was so mesmorized by the fireworks.

The next day we went up to a Cabin in Brighton and stayed the night. It belongs to a friend of my Aunt and Uncle. It was GEORGOUS up there, and so cool! We went on a little hike around the lake and just enjoyed visiting with cousins. On Sunday we went to church up there. I was suprised at how packed the church was. It's good to know that so many people on vacation will attend church. It was such a fun weekend!

It was especially nice to be with Chris again. He just go home from 10 days in Australia on a dive trip. I'm sure he'll post pictures later.