This is the place monument

Our latest family adventure is a membership to This is the place monument in SLC. We've already been there twice and have yet to see and do everthing. The girls love to ride the horses and pet the baby animals. We have all had fun playing pioneer games, riding the trains and making crafts. This is a must do if you are ever in SLC.

Visit to the Duncan's

In celebration of Caleb's graduation and Trevor's baptism (although we missed the actual days), we spend a great weekend with the Duncan's. We took a road trip to a creative metal/sculpture park and then to the Golden Spike National Park.

Zoo

We had a year pass to the zoo and went often with their cousins Jessica and Kylie. Once we went as a family in the dead of winter...the monkeys were not as playful but the cats and bears were facinating. For our last visit we had the girls pose in front of their favorite animals...Emma loves giraffes and in a rare experience the twins both preferred the zebra (had a horse been there it would have been a three way tie)

Easter

A Easter egg hunt was a new item this year, we are typically slow on the traditional scene. After the kids found the eggs we hid a couple of time, we let them hide for each other and enjoyed the creativity they found in hiding them.

Emma's 4th Birthday

Emma celebrated her 4th birthday. In true Emma fashion she loved the hoopla but would rather skip the cake. She's never been one for pastries.

Birthdays

From a mother who doesn't put on parties I'm determined to do them at age 5,8,12,16, and 18. That meant that this year the twins who turned 5 got a full on party, decorations, invites to friends, the works. It was a princess theme, of course, with all the trimmings and a cake which looked great but wasn't all that tasty. We played pin the crown on the princess and each child made their own crown. Lots of fun.



Immediately afterwards Emma was asking about her birthday and her party, after all they do share most everything. After 2 1/2 months of these queries she turned 4 and was content with a family party.

Family Fun

The girls love to read with Daddy which means two by his side, one on his stomach and a great book. Dad's favorite is the story of Brer Rabbit.

We've also enjoyed a huge amount of snow this year and the kids

loved to dress up and run around, even staying out longer than the

time it took to get them dressed!