Stewart Falls

We had so much fun going to Sundance and hiking to Stewart Falls as a family!
My ankle and leg were still healing from the accident so I had to wear flip flops which made for an interesting hike, but I made it round trip ok.

Michelle and Joe and their girls came with us. They were hiking machines and we had to try to keep up with those little balls of energy!

We packed lunches and enjoyed our sandwiches next to the beautiful waterfall when we finally made it to the top! We splashed in the water and then made the hour trip back down the trail.

We LoVe ThE ZoO!

We took our two crazy animals to Hogle Zoo with Michelle and her 4 crazy tornadoes!
(No wild animals were harmed.)

This hungry monkey REALLY wanted Cohen's peanut butter and jelly...

When I have some free time I would love to go volunteer at the Zoo and see how it is all run and hopefully spend some time with some of the amazing mammals.

In the Asian Highlands, where the beautiful tigers are, Cohen had fun dressing up!
He also conquered his fear of the fake elephant! Woot woot!

Michelle, "Now, what are these we are looking at here?"
Alicia, "Penguins."

An Afternoon at Dear Creek

Man Expo Bull Riding and more!

Cohen was super excited and anxiously awaited his turn to RIDE THE BULL!
He did great and didn't get scared!

He really liked climbing in this old car too!

Snowy Day

Thankgiving Point Petting Zoo

I took Cohen to the petting zoo with my sister-in-law Michelle and my cousin-in-law Katie and their (6) girls. Cohen's favorite part was the jail house. He had fun feeding the animals corn, but really wasn't as interested as I thought he would have been. When I tried to get him to ride the horse, we wasn't into it and got off half way through. Silly boy! It was really hot so we saw all the animals and then took off and grabbed some lunch!

Gus' Gang Family Reunion 2009

I married into an awesome family! We have a huge reunion every other year and Scott and I were so excited to go! Last reunion Cohen was a new baby, it is so fun to see how everyone has changed and to spend time hanging out, cooking, relaxing, eating good food and playing games! There were 19 kids and 23 adults (if I counted right) that were able to make it this year! We all met at the Hale Ranch in Capital Reef for 4 days (July 9-12).

At the reunion we got our dogs back!!! We are so thankful to Scott's sister Tracy and his parents for taking such good care of our girls for months while we moved to Boston and back (they kept them for us at their home in California)! They had to do a lot for them (health wise) and we can't express enough how much this helped us out and how much it meant to us! We are so excited to have them back, we really missed them!

We went on hikes/walks, had multiple volleyball games and all the kids loved the motorcycles, trampoline, endless treats, playing together and playing with our dogs!

Scott with his parents!

Cohen loved the soft sand out by the petrogliphs.




Gus was Scott's grandfather! They have been doing reunions for years and started calling themselves Gus' Gang years ago. They have a new shirt each reunion.
Here is the family picture this year!

Girls Lunches

When I first got home I got together with some long lost friends that I hadn't seen much since junior high (good old CVJH)! We met up for lunch at Zupas in Provo and had fun talking and catching up.
These girls are awesome and have shown me support throughout the years even though we don't talk that often. Through my miscarriages they offered encouragement and brought gifts when I finally had Cohen's baby shower!
Me, Melissa, Leslee, Michelle and Dallas

A few weeks later I met up with some more of my favorite friends, Ashley and Kristen. We went to Rumbi and had a fun girls afternoon shopping at the mall. We all realized we are true mom's now because we spent almost the entire time in the Disney store shopping for our kids!
(Kristen was getting overtaken by pregnant stomachs in this picture! :))

I am so thankful to have awesome girlfriends to go have fun with!

Wake Boarding on Utah Lake

One evening Scott's cousins, John and Amber, invited us out on their boat for some wake boarding fun! This was Scott's first time and he got up quick and did really well! Cohen and I loved watching him out on the water, but as soon as Scott wiped out Cohen was really concerned and yelled for him. Once he saw he was ok, he calmed down.

We really enjoyed the beautiful weather, soaking in the sun!

Amber and one of her two daughters, Elle.

Cohen loved the boat! He looks like such a big boy here!