Utah Adventures

Here are the rest of our pictures from our trip to Utah...now about 3 weeks ago!

The first set is from Danny's 2nd birthday party!! I can't believe my little boy is already TWO!! He is so funny, and so good with Emily. He LOVES to talk (but not usually in a large crowd unless he knows the people really well). He is obsessed with 1) trucks 2) books 3) animals (and making their noises) and 4) ring around the rosies. He is so fun!

Here are some photos of our outing to the Discovery Park near grandma & grandpa's house. Danny loves to play at the park and had a blast!

Here is a picture with our old Dinner Group!! Everyone was there except Kendall & Melissa and their clan, and Danny Kimball who had to go back to work in Colorado on the weekdays - we say him again on the weekend. It was so fun to see everyone and their kids (when we started the dinner group there was only 1 kid!). It was just like old times...but with lots of kids to chase after!

One of our days in Utah Kenneth's dad rented a jet ski and we went out to Utah Lake with it. Danny had so much fun playing in the water and chasing after the ducks. It was SO fun going on the jet ski! Danny loved it! The only bad part was when the thunderstorm came across the lake, and the millions of bugs flew to us...it made packing up, well, disgusting!

Last but not least, here is a photo of Emily with Aunt Leone.  She was in a car accident a few weeks earlier and was in a rehabilitation center because she broke her ankle.  She was very excited to see the kids and we were very excited to see her and Kenneth's grandma who was also there visiting.



There were lots of other fun things we did on our trip which we didn't get pictures of - mainly our day at Seven Peaks water park which was a blast!! Danny & Emily both enjoyed the water, and while they napped Kenneth and I were able to go on all the fun slides! It was amazing! Also, we spent a fun evening at my brother Michael's house and we had a game night and made grilled pizza on the BBQ! It was so delicious!

Anyway, I'll be posting a separate post with some of our awesome climbing pictures from the trip! That's coming next!

Sacramento - Part 4 - Grandpa & Family Park Gathering

On Sunday, our last full day in Sacramento I went to visit my Grandpa Cliff with Danny, Emily, Michael, Kim & Jonathan.  Kenneth was napping when we left, so we decided to leave him behind.  I haven't seen my Grandpa for a long time, and his health isn't so great.  He is in a nursing home and suffers from dementia.  We recently learned that he has various tumors in his lymph nodes, and he probably will not be with us much longer.  We (as in me and my brother) wanted to see him and introduce our kids to him.

When we got to the nursing home Danny, who was walking with Uncle Michael got really scared because all the ladies in their wheelchairs wanted to touch him and were saying what a cute boy he was.  Poor Danny didn't like random strangers reaching out to him!  He ran to me and kept saying, "Up!  Up!"  He wouldn't let me put him down at all while we were there.   At least he let us take a picture with Grandpa without getting upset!

After out trip to see Grandpa we headed to the park by my dad's house and met up with all of my siblings (minus Alisha's family in Germany) and let the kids play together.  It was relaxing and so fun to see all the kids playing.  Here are some of the photos:

Kenneth pushing my nieces (Belen & Victoria) and nephews (Daniel & Tytus Andrew)

My mom, nephew Issac, brother Tytus, & his son Enoch

Sister-in-law Sharon - married to Tytus

Kenneth being a kid

Just hangin' around

Brother Michael w/ his son Jonathan

Danny having some time alone with his hand in his pocket - a MUST for him.  Also my brother Nathan in the background with nieces and nephews

He LOVED this thing!

Danny with his cousin Tommy

One more of my boys flying together

Before we left Monday morning, my aunt Jennifer and her two sons came over to say hello.  The kids all went in the backyard and ate some more cherries and blackberries.  They were delicious!

Jennifer & kids, Michael, Kim & Jonathan, Pa A & Jayne and Us

Well, that's all of it!  We had such a wonderful time!  We'll be out there again in about a month and a half when my sister Alisha and her family will be in town from Germany!  Whoo hoo!

Sacramento - Part 3 - Family BBQ & B-Day Party

On Saturday we went to the park for a family BBQ and birthday party for my 1 year old cousin, Shannon Ruth!  It was so wonderful to see so many aunts, uncles and cousins - some I haven't seen in over 5 years!  Happy Birthday Shannon Ruth!  Here are some pictures:

My brother Nathan wanted to do a pull up contest.  Here were the results:

Kenneth - 13 - WINNER< WINNER< WINNER!

Nathan - 12

Michael - 4/5

Karen - 1

Papa - This was his funny attempt...0

I cheated and did a chin up...only 1 - I just had a kid 1 month earlier!

My brother Nathan and his wife Karen

It actually started raining and people were leaving before we sang Happy Birthday.  We hurried and gathered those still there, sang Happy Birthday (twice because it was recorded the first time) and ate some fabulous cake.  The weather didn't cooperate very well, but we all had a wonderful time still.

Shannon Ruth's Strawberry Shortcake cake

Aunt Yvonne (pregnant with a little boy), Uncle Erik & Shannon Ruth

Danny enjoying his cake

Brother Michael, his wife Kim and son Jonathan

Sacramento - Part 1

We headed up to Sacramento 2 weeks ago for a 4 day weekend.  My brother from Salt Lake City was there as well, so we had a little mini family reunion (besides my sister who lives in Germany).  It was a lot of fun!  We took tons of pictures, so I'm going to break this up for you!

We arrived on Thursday evening, and Friday morning we headed to the park down the street with Danny to let him get out some of his energy - that kids has a lot of it!  Here are some of the pictures:

He LOVED these little spring vehicles!  He had a blast!

BUBBLES!

And here are some pictures of Danny playing & eating in Lito y Lita's backyard (grandma & grandpa)

He LOVED the blackberries!

Gardening...or at least throwing some dirt around

Playing with Cousin Jonathan

More pictures to come tomorrow!