Monday, October 9, 2017

Chase's 10th Birthday!

Chase chose to do a Sandlot theme for his birthday party. 
He loves the movie and my sister Laurel made these cookies! I think these are my favorite set ever! 

I made s'mores cupcakes.


Derek loves his flamingo shirt with matching board shorts. He always gets comments when he wears them. But normally he doesn't wear them together so this was extra funny. 

Unfortunately a monsoon storm hit and we had to take to party to our house. 
Only one balloon didn't survive.



Chase loves this shirt and wears it often now. 

Chase got some great gifts from his friends. He finished building all his new Lego sets by the next day. 

Last minute I decided to make this small cake from the extra batter. Chase loved it! 

While they were eating cake and ice cream we put on the movie Sandlot. 
Notice Zoe on the floor, she had been kicked out of the table by the boys and Maddie. 


Thursday, August 31, 2017

July 4th

The day started with breakfast at my parents house. Then we went to Derek's parents for dinner and did some fireworks. What we did in between is beyond me. I seriously cannot remember. 















The kids had such a great time. After this we headed home because the Gilbert fireworks were right by our house. 


Hoover Dam & Memorial Bridge

We walked across the Memorial Bridge and overlooked the Hoover Dam. It was really hot but neat to see. The kids insisted on getting out and seeing it. 





Crazy to see how low the water level is. 

After this we drove straight home. It was a wonderful trip. So glad we were able to go to the funeral and make this trip so memorable.

June 24, 2017


Las Vegas

We stayed at the Marriott's Grand Chateau in Las Vegas. The kids unanimously said that was the best part of Las Vegas. After walking the strip they said we should have stayed at the hotel instead. Our hotel was a 2 bedroom suite.

family room

dining and kitchen

Master 


Master Bath


kids room
Girls loved the king size bed they got to share




Zoe's favorite candy





View from the top of our hotel

June 23-24, 2017

St. George





We started to make the trek home and the kids really wanted to see Las Vegas so we took that route home. We decided to stop and see the St. George temple. Then we decided to stop at Brigham Young's winter home as well. 


June 23, 2017