The 3 Birthdays

We celebrated Scott, Ellie, & Andrea's birthday last weekend. We all went exploring to the big sink hole again. It was a stormy day, but Luann got some great pictures. Here are a few of them. My "boys" had fun throwing big rocks over the edge to see how long it would take to hit the bottom of the hole.

Graduation & Dance Recital

We had 2 graduations in the past week!!! Izzy and Ali both graduated from pre-school. I can't believe they are off to kindergarten in August. Everyone is growing up too fast. Also, Ali had her creative dance recital. She was one of the yellow dancers.

Exploring

Two weeks ago, Scott's family came to visit(Luann came to take pictures of baby Samuel), and some of us went exploring to a sink hole that Brad had found while flying in the helicopter. It is about an hour away from Mesquite, Nevada.There was a lot of cool formations, and Alex found an Iguana, and a 6 foot red snake.The sink hole is very large. It was hard to get a good picture of it. We also stopped and found some geo caches along the way. We found an old dam made in the 1930's. It was a fun place and we are going back this weekend with the rest of the family. Everyone (except Kevin, who is going to help his family in Albuquerque )is coming for Memorial Day!

Samuel Eben Calder

I spelled his name wrong on the blog. It is Samuel Eben Calder!!!!!

Samual Eben Calder

Jessica and Justin had the baby on May 1st at 4:01 pm. He weighs 8 lbs. 15 oz., and is 20 1/2 in. He is a chunky little guy. He looks just like his daddy. They are both doing good. He was 12 days early. It is a good thing, or he might have been 10 lbs.... He looks like he is going to have white hair(like Justin did growing up) We now have 2 grandsons. Yea!!!! Ali and Mandi are in love with him, and want him to come home soon.

Baby Emily

Brad and Stephanie had baby Emily blessed on Easter Sunday. Here are some pictures from that day. She is such a little doll.

San Diego

Doug and I had a meeting in LA for 3 days, and then we went to visit Beth in San Diego for the weekend. The weather was beautiful. Beth got us tickets to the Zoo. It was fun going there without any kids. (I don't think we ever went to a zoo alone before)We went on the tram around the zoo and then walked around and saw what ever we wanted to. Then in the evening we went to the San Diego Harbor and watched the cruise ships leave, and drove to see the ocean cliffs. It was awesome!!! We got a cool picture of Beth with a Peacock. The Panda Bears and the Koala Bears were my favorite.

Zion!!!

Doug and I went to Zion for a quick weekend getaway. It was beautiful. We've never gone this early in the year. There was still snow on the mountains. We saw some waterfalls in places we hadn't seen before. The shuttles weren't running yet, so we could park wherever we wanted and explore.It was great to be out hiking in the sunshine. The highlight of the weekend for me was going to the art gallery of my favorite (besides Luann, of course) photographer. His name is Michael Fatali. He photographs landscapes and nature in the southwest states.I have loved his photos for years. Every time I go to Zion, I go to his gallery.(He also has one in Sedona, Az) They have moved it right next to the IMAX so it is in a lot better place. His website is: www.fatali.com. You should check out his work. Well... he was actually at the gallery, and we got to meet him in person, and talk to him about his pictures. Doug bought me an early birthday present. It is my favorite picture of his called: "Ocean's Breath" The size I wanted was $4600.00, so I got a special edition 11x14 instead. He is going to sign it for me when we go back in April. I am also in a special drawing for of one of his pictures that he took at the bottom of the grand canyon. They are giving it away on the Sat. we are going to be there. It would look perfect over my fireplace. (I don't know how I got 2 of the same pictures on there of me with Michael Fatali, and I can't figure out how to delete one of them , so after trying forever,I give up!!!)

Boys Beware !!!!

Doug and I went and watched kids and grandkids open presents on Christmas morning. First we went to Brads house. MaKayla (who is turning 13 in April) got a lot of cute things like clothes,makeup,curling iron,etc. and we were all commenting on how grown up she is getting, and telling Brad he would have to keep all the boys away....and then Brad opened his present from Stephanie: a gun! The look on MaKayla's face is priceless. It says it all. It was very good timing and very funny to be there and see it.

Winter Fun

We went to Scott's house on the 1st weekend in December to go on the Polar Express. There happened to be a big snowstorm while we were there, and the kids had lots of fun playing in it. Especially the ones of us from St. George who hardly ever get to see snow. Here are some of my favorite pictures.