Wednesday, June 29, 2011

A Visit to Salt Lake

It just so happened that my best friend from high school happened to be going through Utah the same time we were!  We met up on Temple Square for way too short of a time, but it was so good to see Valerie!




We enjoyed lunch with Grandpa and Charisa and kids!

Grandpa, Jared, Sam, Charisa





The view from the top of Church Headquarters Building


Looking at the roof of the Conference Center




Temple Square










Gotta love all those steps!


 Trying to catch up


 The boys were fascinated at every fountain
Dallin, Isaac, Landen, Jared

Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Idaho - Purcell Family Reunion

A visit to Grandpa John's grave site




Dallin and Isaac said their favorite part of the trip was swimming in the lake
Jamison, Isaac, Jerek, Dallin
Dallin's reaction after jumping in the icy water!
Heidi holding Gracee, Justus and Jerek swimming
Landen and Yoda preferred to watch from the sidelines


Campfire Fun!

Thanks Uncle Doug, for teaching Dallin how roast a marshmallow!  My poor deprived child!

Uncle Mark made up a fun scavenger hunt the kids


Isaac found his buried treasure at the end
Aunt Heidi got some fun back packs the kids decorated
Gracee, Jamison, Hudson, Lily, McKenna



One of the highlights was our hike (or walk) up to Coffee Rapids

 It felt so good to be in the mountains again!  Everything was sooo beautiful to us!






 Landen was hot and tired.  To get him home we would say, "there's a shady spot Landen!" and he would run to it, wait for us, and run to the next shady spot.


So happy to be done walking!


It was so great to enjoy the beauty of the Lakes and mountains again.


Big Springs

The water was sooo pretty, clean, and clear! Unfortunately, we only saw two fish where normally there are dozens.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Iguana?

Dallin came running inside telling me there was lizard on our garage door.  I came out expecting to see a cute little thing.  Holy cow!  I was shocked.  Is it an Iguana?  We never really could quite tell.  He hung around for a couple days in the back yard and provided quite the entertainment - from a distance.  Yikes!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Looking Forward

We are planning a trip back west this summer and lately the only words out of Landen's mouth are "when can we go on an airplane?" So I decided to make a chain so he can get a sense of time a little better.
He loved it!


We are all so excited to go visit family and see Utah and Idaho! Landen is especially looking forward to getting on that airplane!

Monday, April 25, 2011

Happy Easter!!!










A candy hunt in the basement




































Jared was not interested in hunting. Only eating.