still catching up

The kids had a blast at the sand dune in Idaho. My kids had never been there and they thought it was wonderful
Lauryn is awesome!
Lizzie and Sophie, they were so cute playing together.
HHidden falls.
Hiking up to hidden falls. Short hike but my boys thought they were going to die!!

In August we went to Jackson Hole. We went on a river raft trip, hike around Jenny's Lake and had a great time walking around Jackson. We went with all the Olsen cousins. It was fun to see everybody

Bear Lake

In July we had a family reunion in Bear Lake. It was so much fun. We got to see all of Torey cousins that we don't get to see very often. We went boating and the boys just loved to play in the sand. Torey's cousin brought his Hobie and the girls loved to play on that. Of course they all loved going on the boat.

Catching up part I

I always seem to mess up the order of pictures.. but this is the 4th of July. We went to Sandy city and watched the parade and the fireworks. We had a great time with our cousins.

Tommy graduated from Silver pups. Way to go buddy!
I just love this picture.

Torey's MBA

This is the last week of classes for Torey! YEAH!! We have waited a long time for this. He now has his MBA. We are so Proud of him. Way to go honey. It has been a hard two years but I am glad they are over. We are excited to have you back as part of our family!!!

Wasatch Back!!

Run. Drive. Sleep? Repeat. I did it!! It was such an amazing experience. I would love to do it again. We ran from Logan to Park City covering 188 miles. 12 team members and 2 vans. We had a great group of people. We started at 8:00 Friday morning and ran for 31 hours. At the end they gave me a medal!! I am so excited about that. And a sticker to put on the back of my van, which I got on there pretty quick. You know I have been thinking lately that there are just not enough places to wear your medal. I worked hard for that. I think I am addicted to running now. I just put my check in the mail to run the Prove canyon 1/2 marathon in August!! Yeah!

Finally it is quiet.

Since Torey is away in Brazil for 10 days, my mom and I decided that we needed to get away also. So we packed up the van and kids and headed for warmer weather. We landed in St George where we were able to just relax and sit by the pool. It was wonderful. We got a little shopping done and did a little sight seeing. (Wouldn't you know it that I didn't take a single picture to post. Torey has the camera with him.) The kids had a great time swimming everyday. And I had a great time not cleaning the house. Then I don't know what happened but the car ride was was extra long. The kids starting getting really excited to be out of the car and they were driving me nuts. This continued even after we got home until they were all in bed last night. Then started up again this morning ( it is the first day back on track) So needless to say I am very excited to have all the kids in school and to just be chillin at home with Christian. I can finally catch my breath.