Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vacation. Show all posts

Saturday, April 10, 2010

Spring Break

Saint George over Spring Break was beautiful!
Hanging out with Cinda (with her kiddos) and Carlie (with her kiddos) was so much fun.
We took the kids to the overlook where there is plenty of climbing and hiking





















We ventured into Zions for the day and hiked the Emerald pools lower, middle, and upper falls hikes.
Our kiddos were such troopers and really enjoyed the more challenging parts of the hike.

My girls and I wishing the boys could have come...they really missed out.













Stopping for breaks with beautiful views made the hike even more fun







We made it to the upper falls








The view from the middle pools







It was breathtaking!

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Strawberry

All summer long, we've been promising our girls that we would take them camping. We threw some camping gear into our car and headed to the mountains. Actually we ended up at Strawberry Reservoir. It was so beautiful!

Poptarts and peaches for breakfast...mmm


Scot's brother and sister came with cousins Taylor and Hayden.


Everything tastes sooo good mixed with dirt:)

Scot's other sister came up for the day with her family. The water was cold, so all the kids dared each other to jump in. Surprisingly, they all did it!


didn't catch any fish



The water was a little rough so we made the kids wear a BC or life jacket
The cold didn't stop Sean from diving in to hunt Crayfish

He caught one!



We headed home Sunday afternoon and had a crayfish boil at our house, then made S'mores in the fire pit.
Yummy!!!

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Bear Claw

Here we all are at our annual "Bear Claw" family reunion this year. Our service projects included cleaning up the carnival area by removing dead trees and branches, ripping out the old outdoor kitchen, repairing the kids zip-line, and working on the underground pipes.
We had such a relaxing time in the mountains playing games and enjoying each other.

(Families left to right)
Mark & Becky Jensen with Matt, Melissa, & Megan (Martin is on a Mission)
Garrett & Kristen Lindsay with Alissa, Ashli, Ciara, Jordan, Casey, Mathew, Preston, & Kyle
Grandpa & Grandma Llewelyn
Scot & Cori with Alex, Sean, Haili, & Emma
Mark & Cinda Parratt with Alex & Macyn (Jake at home - had to work)
Janna Llewelyn with boyfriend Brent
Bert Llewelyn with Taylor & Hayden

Spending some time at the hockey table


Scot explaining how they will tackle the next project

Janna, Cinda, and I took all the little kids on an adventure hike up the mountain. We even took baby Kyle who was riding in a front pack with me. He kicked and smiled as he looked around at everything. He's a natural born outdoors man!
Just chillin

Every year our kids put their talents to good use as they present skits for us in the evenings. They are so creative and we always look forward to what they will come up with next.

Emma acting as "Sebastian" and Macyn as "Ariel" with talk show host Ashli interviewing them.

Haili acting as a Princess on the talk show

We gave Aunt Donna a brand new chain saw and boy was she excited to try it out.

Playing "Mud" in the kitchen area


Uncle Bert teaching the kids how to gamble
Ciara just lost it all!

Sean teaching Haili how to drive the 4-wheeler.

She is a natural!

Alex taking Taylor for a little ride


Alex taking Hayden for a ride
Thank you, thank you Aunt Donna for letting us come to your amazing retreat! We also loved the precious artwork you gave us from Uncle David.
Till next year!