Utah (sorry- no catchy title... nothing rhymes w/ Utah!)

We had a very nice vacation in Bicknell,Utah! We went to Ritchfield and eat at Tumbleweeds mexican restaurant.
Then we went to Cove Fort. Pres. Hinkley's Grandpa founded the fort.To learn more, click Here!

Whip-cha! Drive that wagon, Nolan!Here is the inside of the fort! It was neat to go into all the rooms and see how the pioneers lived!The fort lookout!Back at Bicknell, we took family pics.

(Sonja, I will let you do your magic on this picture to lighten it!- hehe!)

Jon and his siblings
Aaron, Jon, Kristen and Amy

What a cute family...ahhh!
The sad part is only one of us in the saddles is preg-o and it's not me even though I look like it here! (Too much good vacation food!)

The kids kick back!

Uncle Aaron keeps them busy on the four wheeler!
This man let the kids come up and fish for trout in his pond!

(I forgot his name, but I am sure that someone will comment that knows it- hint, hint!)

Carli caught the most fish (3)

Nolan caught the biggest fish!
Bridger was happy with his one fish!

(But didn't want to touch it!)

Uncle Nathan caught his first trout!

(Apparently there aren't any in Oklahoma...Who Knew?!?)

I made Jon pose for this pic of the view behind him

(and no, I don't mean the trash can!)

Don't worry- the kids got some cuddle time with their aunts and uncles!

(Aunt Amy and her mini- me!)

We were driving home and had about 2 1/2 hours to go when we heard this big "clash" noise. Jon ducked, I cussed and Jack was oblivious to anything. We turned around and saw that the back, side window had shattered. We think that maybe a pebble or something hit it. Luckily the 3 kids stayed with Jon's mom, so no one was sitting in the back seat to get hurt.

And don't worry- the windshield was fixed while we were in Amsterdam and it only cast $100 with our insurance!

Back to Reality!

Well- We are done with our vacations. I will post one place at a time. Here is our trip to see my Mom in Vegas... but we only stayed there one day before we were off to San Diego (Were it is much cooler!!!) We went to Sea world again. (Bridger was sick last year and didn't make it through the whole day. But this year he had so much fun!)

My kids are the BIGGEST hams! This was their idea to climb on top!

We took a fairy over from the Hyatt Hotel to Sea World.

The kids loved to touch all of the sea creatures in these pools of (Smelly) water!

We found a new friend!

Next, We went to the San Diego Zoo!

Hop on!

Bridger took a break and tried to figure out where we were on the map! (It was very cute!)

What is that spider doin' on Bridgie's face?

Our last day in San Diego we enjoyed the pool at our hotel!

Bridger stole my drink while taking a break from swimming!

Grandma had fun with Jack while the kids swam all over the place!


Relaxing...ah! We don't do that much!

The kids loved a full day of just swimming! We were sad to leave San Diego! We had so much fun!

The next day was a pool party at Grandma Sharon's in Vegas. We celebrated Nolan's and Jack Birthdays (Aug. 14 and 15)

Uncle Derrick and his slice of cake!Happy Birthday, Boys!
Jack wasn't so sure that he was supposed to dive into his cake!

Jack liked his gifts!We had tons of fun with Grandma Sharon!

It's A Boy!!!

No- I'm NOT Pregnant!- But I will be the Aunt of a new baby boy!!! I am so excited to meet him and my arms are already heavy for my new little nephew! I don't know if I can wait next year to meet him!

We leave for Amsterdam in 2 days! I got LOTS to do! Will blog more about our family trips when we get back!!!