Lane's Cache Valley Triathalon

Lane did his first ever triathalon up in Cache Valley and finished in 1 hour and 32 mins! I didn't take any pictures of him swimming, but he said it was pretty cold. They did their swim in Hyrum Dam. I did take some of him transisiting to the next leg, the bike.

Danelle had more fun hunting for rollie pollies with the other kids. It's hard to just sit and wait for that split second where you actually get to see them, but they did great.

Coming in from the 2nd part, the bike ride.

This is him crossing the finish line, in the orange and black.

Danelle (and Gunnison) were good supporters. Danelle rang the Utah State cowbell the whole time for her daddy!

Lane took 3rd place in his category! Danelle has been having playing pretend"award ceremonies" ever since we got home.

Lane with his friend Steve and some of the other guys in their group.

The Great Outdoors!

I was having my doubts about if summer would ever arrive, but alas it's finally here! We've been out and about exploring the fun things to do outside. The kids have especially been loving to go on hikes.

This kid especially!

Thomas the Train- Heber, UT

Over Memorial Day weekend we went up to Park City (Heber actually) for the Day Out with Thomas. Danelle was way into Thomas last year, and I wasn't sure if she'd even get excited, but she loved all the fun activites they had, and it was her first time riding on an actual train.
Gunnison could care less, but he is so cute tagging along wherever we go.

Megan's SUU College Graduation

In May we headed down to Cedar City to watch my little sister graduate from Southern Utah University! We now have the older five kids with Bachelors (or Masters) Degrees and Breanne just got her Associates and is headed to Utah State University to finish hers up! What a well educated family we have ;)Afterwards we had some BBQ (and cake at Megan's place) and swam in the hotel pools.

5 down, 1 to go!

"Meeting" the Easter Bunny

Easter Dinner I love this one. Lane just woke up for his Sunday nap, Danelle is actually looking at the camera, but not smiling, and Gunnison is looking as sweet as ever!
The Easter Egg hunt. She was squealing with delight at the start, but lost interest fairly quick.

Dad and Danelle before church:

My desserts:

The Basket:

So while Danelle was off feeding the ducks with Nathan and Megan, Lane and I hid the easter eggs around my grandparents front lawn. On the way back, Danelle got excited, thinking she was going to get to actually meet the easter bunny.

Not only that, but the whole time she was finding eggs she kept asking where the Easter Bunny was, and eventually gave up the egg hunt and went inside thinking he was in there (I told her she could have her basket from the bunny after the eggs were found).

Trying not to disappoint her, we dug up some random video of an Easter Bunny at a mall on YouTube to help. Poor girl, but this was the best we could do this year :)
Video clip of her reaction:

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Bonus: Danelle dancing & trying to burn off all her candy here.

Disneyland-Spring Break!

While out in California for my brothers wedding we were able to go to DISNEYLAND with Megan, Breanne, and Jensa's family.
This was Danelle's first time there and she LOVED it. It's been a few weeks now and she is still talking about the trip. This pirate treasure picture is for Dietrich :) Meeting the princesses was her favorite part. Thankfully it was the only time we had a long line to wait in.

She was not shy at all. She went right up to each princess and starting telling them all kinds of funny stuff about herself.

She made it all the way to fireworks at the end!

Since the Disney trip, Ava and Chase have made it into Danelle's nightly prayers.

She idolizes this girl- her cousin Ava.

Danelle couldn't even see over the wheel-thank goodness for those tracks.

The best ride was the Matterhorn- I need a separate post just for those pictures! :)

Aaron & Amy's Wedding

My brother Aaron married the sweetest girl Amy, March 26th and we were able to go out to California for the wedding. It was such a crazy busy trip (Lane was in Korea for a week and flew back the day before the wedding). It was fun to have everyone together!

The nieces and nephews:

The food and reception was amazing! Such a fun wedding! The beautiful bride and groom.

Danelle was in heaven! The flower girls were so cute together.

Gunnison- 4 months old!

Two of my favorite things these days:

1. Smiles so big you can't help but drool: 2. Sleep, sleep and more sleep! Nothing more beautiful than a sleeping baby! Still not sleeping thru the night yet, but he gives me a 5 hour stretch every now and then... maybe tonight will be the night ;) if only.

Amy's Bridal Shower

My Brother is getting married!!!! Can't help but be excited about a growing family. For those of my family members that weren't able to attend Amy's shower a few weeks ago, here are some pics.

This little guy loved being around all the "ladies" The desserts (her wedding colors include pink if you haven't guessed yet)