First Day of School

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Luke and Olivia started school this week. Luke is in first grade and Olivia is in 4 year old preschool (a.k.a. pre-K). They were both so excited. Because I am working full-time this year, Mark took them to school. It was kind of hard not to be there for their first day of school but they didn’t seem to miss me.

A week in Waterton

We had an incredible week in Canada in the middle of July with Heather’s family. On the way up we stopped at Mark’s brother’s home in Helena, MT to play with the Hill cousins.

 

 

 

 

 

We spent the majority of the week in Waterton, the Canadian side of Glacier National Park. We saw deer, beautiful lakes, some amazing waterfalls, swarms of giant mosquitoes, incredible mountain scenery and even some bears.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Temperatures ranged from the 50s at night to the 80s on the hot days, and there were rain showers almost every night. Most of the families stayed at a “cabin”, which was really a nice vacation home in Waterton township with tons of bedrooms and plenty of space. Where we played with cousin shooting marshmallow arrows.

Then we went on all sorts of hikes with fishing and fun on the surrounding lakes in inflatable dinghies and kayaks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We even went biking around the township to site see and to get Tiger flavored ice cream. We squeezed 17 people into am 11 passenger van.

We also got to visit Magrath (where Heather’s dad was raised)for the Taylor reunion, and Lethbridge (where Heather was born), to see Great Grandma Low

It was a vacation to remember!

Summer Fun in Utah

We spent a few weeks in Utah this summer visiting a lot of family and having a lot of fun.  We went to Lagoon with the Taylor cousins.  Here is the little crew, they are ages 7,6,5,4 and 3.

     

We spent an afternoon with the Fajardo’s.  Spencer took Luke fishing.  He was so proud that he caught a fish; even if it was just 3” long.

 

Hiking to Bridal Veil Falls.  The water was so cold.

  

We went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanks Giving Point.

 

   

I took the kids to BYU to the art museum and the bookstore.  Unfortunately, my camera’s battery died after this picture.

We had so much fun, we had to stop every once in a while to catch our breath.  But the best part of the trip was playing with all of the cousins and playing with Grandma.  I wish we lived closer to family so we could see them more than once a year.