Thanks and 50th

 We went to Montana for some fun with the Cather family, we had so much fun thanks to Holly for setting it in motion. We rented a Luxury Cabin that had plenty of room for all of us. It was so good to get the cousins together again.

                                                      Minute to Win it games with the family
                                                        good job girls in making it happen

                                Jack and Claudette's 13 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

                                                                   Ahhhh, how cute :)

                The food was gourmet and planned by Holly, but many hands helped put this party together

Halloween 12

Look Who's Baptized

It was a great baptism because we were able to get our whole family involved with the day. My Mom (Grandma Cathy Mann) said the opening prayer, Cody baptized, Dan confirmed, my Dad and Dan witnessed the baptism, Kaitlyn spoke on baptism and Sheree on the Holy Ghost.
We had our friends and family over for a brunch after his baptism.
This is a couple of Levi's pals.  Levi was very excited about all of them. When The bishop asked him if he was ready to be baptized he said yep and my Mom even made 400 cinnamon rolls :)

A Blaze of Glory

 I put a towel on his head while he was lying down and he didn't even attempt to take it off, he just sat right up.

I finally broke down at the insistence of my kids to get another dog. Meet Blaze, a pure bred golden lab.
He is all puppy now so it's hard to say what his personality is.  He is very smart and has the arthritis bred out of him and is growing so fast. He was 11 weeks old in the first pictures when we got him. He is now 5 months old and about 50 lbs. I can't believe how fast he is growing.

More summer fun

Do you know what we did last summer?

 Salem Pond has become one of our favorite spots to go when we want to connect to nature in 5 minutes or less.

 The amazingly long hop scotch. I you ever want a good calf workout, come to our house and play a game or two.

 Just hangin out

 Who needs seven peaks and their impossibly crazy crowds when you have a pool on your driveway:)

 My sweet girls at girls camp, we had the time of our summer together. Such a great time to bond and unite.

 Sophia turned 6 this year, she has such cute and great friends.

 "Now I can play like Cody!" Sophia loved her Hello Kitty guitar for her B-day.

(Above) At Trafalga Sophia climbed 20 times in one turn, I think the boy helping her has a weakness for cute little blondes, she would just ask if she could go again and he would say SURE! I had to tell him after a while that we had to go otherwise she would of been there all day.
(Right) Hiking the grotto up Payson Canyon.
(below) playing below the waterfall in the Grotto.