A fun photo shoot at Gardner Village

Little Grandma invited us to Gardner Village Wednesday morning to take some pictures of the girls. Grandma is a fabulous photographer so we could not turn her down! :-) Here's a few of my favorites.

A Fabulous Day at Lagoon!

The beloved OdySea
Cute cousins

Waiting for the Wild Kingdom Train

Love this cool water fountain.

Cathryn & Lizzie

For Ken's 41st birthday, the gift he wanted was a family trip to Lagoon. We had planned to attend on his actual birthday (July 30th) but Kylie had been really ill the weekend prior and needed a few more days to recoup before taking on an amusement park. So we planned for Monday, August 3rd. Fortunately, that change made it possible for Aunt Natalie & cousin Cathryn to join us for a fun filled day at Lagoon. Natalie was the photographer for the day. The adults managed not to be in any pictures (yeah--we are so thankful!!) as we did not look particularly glorious on that hot day (we got wet as much as we could) :-) Ashley was really brave and went on lots of things without complaint. Lizzie decided to try some rides and found she really liked most of them, her most favorite was the OdySea! She talked about it all day and probably rode it 5 times. All the girls loved the Bat coaster. Kylie rode the Jet Star 2 at the end of the day and it was her all-time favorite. It was a very fun day!

The Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House

We had a wonderful morning on Saturday, August 1st. We met Steve & Barbara Rives and Natalie & Cathryn Fitzpatrick for a fabulous breakfast at Village Inn (thanks for picking up the tab, Steve!) and then we went to tour the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. It is a beautiful temple and it was neat for us all to be able to see the whole temple. The children enjoyed being in a temple again--it brought back great memories of our tour of Twin Falls Temple last summer. Here are a few pictures we took to commemorate this neat day together.

The 20 Year Class Reunion

Emily Hansen Cox, Stephanie DeLuca Olson & Me

The alumni

Ken & I had a fun time attending my Alta High School Class of 1989 20 year reunion on the 31st & 1st. We had so much fun visiting that I forgot to take too many pictures. We enjoyed dinner with our friends, Steve & Holly Larrabee--but I did not get a picture!!! I enjoyed finding my friends Emily Hansen Cox & Stephanie DeLuca Olson--and I did get a picture. It was a fun reunion and I will look forward to the next one!

New birthday jammies from Yai Yai

Lizzie got a package in the mail today from Yai Yai--she had ordered her some cool new tie-dye jammies from Lands End for her birthday--but they were backordered! They are all washed and she is loving wearing them for bedtime tonight! Thank you Yai Yai!

Lizzie lost her first tooth!

Lizzie has had a loose tooth for about a month. About 2 weeks ago, we noticed the new tooth was impatiently growing in behind her baby teeth. Tonight we went out for her free ColdStone birthday ice cream. On the way home, she showed us how loose it had gotten. She brushed her teeth and then I worked it a bit, pulled for a second, and out it popped. She is very excited!

Lizzie turns 5 years old!

Enjoying dinner outside
Spunky little Lizzie

Baby Brock

Bendaroos--the surprise hit of the party--all the kids had a ball with these!

Lily, Chris & Carson Sainsbury

A fun Princess Stories DVD from Yai Yai
A cool shimmery bouncy ball from Uncle Jeff & Aunt Heather

A cute card and some spending $$ from Grandma & Grandpa Beckert

A new Webkinz from Kylie

Cute new books & a Bambi Webkinz from Little Grandma & Trainbuddy Grandpa

Mr. Carson Sainsbury & Miss Lizzie Wolfe

A yummy BBQ outside on a perfect day

Elizabeth Grace Wolfe--Five Years Old

Lizzie was so happy to have Little Grandma come visit!

Lizzie wanted an "Eve" Cake--the Eve from Wall*E




Yesterday, Lizzie turned "a whole hand" old--yep, the big number 5! She was so happy that Little Grandma could come visit for the day. She also really wanted her good friend, Carson Sainsbury, and his family to come for dinner and to swim. Well, due to global warming, we enjoyed the nicest July 13th in memory--about 76 degrees for the high! So, we enjoyed a yummy outside BBQ and then visited and played with Grandma & the Sainsburys. Thanks to everyone who remembered her big day with calls, cards, and gifts. We appreciate you all.