Provo

We got to Provo last night in time for the family dinner for my cousin Darien's wedding. We had a great time seeing all our family. That night I took a picture of all the kids in their bed. They looked so cute until 10 seconds after I took the picture and they didn't wan to go to bed anymore.

Today we went to the Manti Temple for my cousin Darien's wedding to Jace. It was such a beautiful temple inside and out.

Our family in front of the Manti Temple.

The Lanier Family

Logan sneaking in my purse for candy while we wait.

Our little girl.

My cousin Audrey, Aunt Jungmee, Grandma Char, Mom, Lauren, Blake and Logan all hanging out at the temple.

My sister Jeanette, Me, Jungmee, Grandma Char, Mom and Logan.

My sister Jeanette and I.

Me, Mom, Jeanette. Today was my mom's birthday, so after the temple everyone went to Cafe Rio for lunch. I bought her a cake and everyone sang to her. Happy Birthday Mom!

The boys eating at the reception.

Rich and I at the reception. We had a great time dancing, especially little Sadie. It was so great to see all my extended family and to see my cousin get married.

Mesquite

Today we left to go up to Utah for my cousins wedding. We decided to break up the trip and stay the night in Mesquite Nevada. It was so hot, 105 degrees there! Luckily the hotel had a nice pool for us to cool off in. The kids loved the water slide and spent the evening going down it.

Blake having so much fun!

This was Logan's first time down and somehow he got all turned around and bumped his head. He was fine and still kept going on it all night.

Luckily my cousin Lauren was there to catch him.

Sadie swimming with Dad.

Lauren, Logan, Blake, and Rich by the waterfall rocks.

Blake, Rich, Sadie, Logan and Lauren.

Our family.

The boys at the top of the slide.

Soon Sadie wanted to go on the water slide, so I took her on it.

She loved it and laughed all the way down. Once Sadie got off the slide she walk right back in line. All the adults took turns taking her down the slide because that is all she wanted to do.

It was nice to have a little break before getting on the road the next morning.

Scout Camp

Rich is the Scout Master for the troop in our ward. This week he has been away at scout camp. Today they had family day, since we were missing dad so much I took the kids up to scout camp. The boys in his troop made this swing for the kids.

Sadie loved their swing.

Logan on the swing.

After showing us around Rich took the kids to the craft area and they made a bracelet out of leather.

Logan and Sadie were not into it and enjoyed playing in the dirt.

Blake LOVED scout camp. He loves hanging out with the scouts and really wants to be a scout. He tells me that he is ready to work on some merit badges because he is good at them.

Blake with Alex.

Logan and Sadie attacking Braden.

We had a nice little visit at scout camp. We were also able to eat dinner with dad before we went home. I was glad we went up and spent some time with Rich.

The Zoo

After having sick kids for two weeks I needed to get out of the house. I took the kids to Irvine Regional Park which has a little zoo. I love this zoo because it is small, but you get the zoo feeling.

They have a little petting zoo with goat the kids can touch.

Logan with some goats combing their hair.

Blake also enjoyed brushing the goats.

Sadie stayed clear of all the animals she did not like them, but didn't cry.

The boys loved feeding the animals, Blake used his money to pay for the animal food.

Again Sadie was a little afraid of the animals and would not get to close to them.

This zoo doesn't have big animals except one mountain lion and these two bears. They were up and moving around so it was fun to watch the bears.

After the zoo we went to one of the many playgrounds at the park. It is really sad to me Blake hardly ever plays any more when we go to play grounds. It makes me so sad that he is growning up.

There was a tree that the kids could sit on so I tried to get some pictures.

Sadie not wanting to be up on the log.

My attempt with all three kids.

Blake was my climber and he told me to take lots of pictures of him. So here are some of the pictures of Blake in the tree.

Logan loves looking at the water, but he loves throwing rocks, dirt, sticks, or anything into the water a lot more.

My best picture of all three of my kids. It was a fun little afternoon, we went to Grandma Rauch's pool to cool off after our day out in the park.