Cather family pictures. Thanks Shal

Our Family in Kauai, Hawaiian Islands. 2010

Dan and I thought that if we were going to take the family to Hawaii that it would have to be soon, because Cody is soon to be too busy and serious with life to take a big family vacation.

Soooo..... here we are.

Ready for take off, This is most of our kids first flight, it was so exciting for them to go on an airplane! And to Hawaii to boot!

At the Luau. Sophia got on the stage with a random people from the audience and danced the ukelau. She was so cute.

On our bike ride we stopped at a beach and found some fruit just washed up to shore. I picked it up and started to peal this pummelo I think... it is like a large grapefruit. There was also some lemons and jalepenos. It was probably just someones lost groceries, but it was fun to imagine that we were on an episode of "Lost", starving and in comes the fruit from nowhere. (You have to be a Lost fan to understand that one).

The skies were a bit dark but there were spots of sunshine too. It did stay warm the whole trip, but the rain was there most of the time, especially at night.

A sunny day in Kauai. The girls have always wanted to do a horseback ride to the beach. They had so much fun on this tour.

We rented some bikes, Just the teens and Mom. There is a 3 mile paved path that nestles up close the the shore line. It was a very refreshing and beautiful ride.

Grandma and Grandpa from Washington were invited to go with us. We are on the grounds of the Luau, you can barely see in this picture the sand pit and smoke from the pork they just pulled out of the ground.

These guys were the official luau pig ceremony men.

Cody got surf lessons from a real beach dude. The waves don't look that big here, but just around the corner from this bay they were 12 feet high or more!!

Gotta love Fall colors

We have a tradition to take our individuals in our Santaquin canyon, it is only 10 minutes from our house so I can take my kids up in small groups or by themselves. These leaves were perfect this day, just starting to fall off. We have had a gentle fall so far allowing the leaves to change slowly. Love the pink oaks!

Enjoying the Barn pumpkin patch's mini maze and hay ride and pumpkins

and carmel apples and, and, and ...

My handsome little man.

For half of the summer Dan didn't need to shave for work so he took this chance to grow it out, Sophia wasn't sure what to do with it, and we discovered Dan can also grow gray hairs, they were few enough that he plucked them out! ouch.

Our JV cheer captain, GO, GO, A-L-A

Sheree's first game, she is so cute!

Sheree is the back spot/caller
(and no that is not Jenni but everyone gets us mixed up, that is the assistant cheer coach)

The Pig wrestler team

Jason, Joe, Justin and Cody

Gettin' down and oatty (the mud is oatmeal)

60.5 seconds, too bad!

Their skin is going to be so soft after this.

Levi's first school experience, He loves his new teacher.

Some of our Summer

Jumping into Flathead Lake, MT

Our Backyard find, it's kermy, but he lives at the reservoir now.

I told him he could get his feet wet.

playing in the water

Parade time

Playing at the firehouse with Captain Dad

ok, now walk Levi

These kids look tough enough

On the truck.

Levi looses first tooth

Big milestone for Levi. He is so excited to be a big boy that looses teeth like the kids in his Karate class that are 6.

My girls in my prom dresses from the eighties. They thought it was so funny that I actually thought that they were cute. I guess I am stuck in the eighties cause these dresses are cool.
Just kidding.
Sheree is wearing to wear the red one in a concert show were she has to dress like in the twenties and this came close enough when worn with long beads. She got a lot of compliments from people at school at the dress rehersal. (And she was so nervous to wear it and look too dorky.)

southern utah

There's more than ants under this rock.

Delicate Arch in Moab National Park.

Prom 2010

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Cody and Gaby at their Jr. Prom together

2010 Prom

Cody with his beautiful date Gaby. They have history together, history class that is :).

Coloring eggs with Kait, Sheree, Levi and Sophia

Kait's rainbow creation

Painting eggs on saturday after the big easter egg hunt is so fun. Sophia was so good at it this year. She getting so good with her hands its fun to just watch her work.

Levi had accidently cut a hole in his shorts while making crafts so he decided to fix it himself without even asking Mom (what's new). He had seen us put buttons on and sew with a needle point before so in his mind he knew what to do. He found a needle (a very fat and dull quilting needle for tying quilts) threaded it with whatever he could find (cross stitch thread) and went to work. This is how he did. When he showed me I was so proud and grabbed the camera. Later I thought, I probably shouldn't encourage getting into my stuff, but he did such a good job huh?

Easter egg hunt with the Easter Bunny, so much fun again.