Bluewater Reunion 2008

We just spent 10 wonderful days at Bluewater. The ranch house looked so great! The trees were growing and the grass was so thick and green. Lucy on the back patio dressed in all her cowgirl clothes. Juliette next to the new boot rack. One day we visited El Morro. The kids earned their Junior Ranger Badges. Bluewater Lake Ramah Lake Hanging out in the barn The Kids Variety Show    

Brown Family Reunion

We had a great time at the Brown Family Reunion in Cedar City, Utah.  The kids had fun meeting new cousins.  The weather was fabulous and I got to read two books!  It was a great vacation!

One evening we had a luau.  Three Polynesian guys came and performed.  They were good dancers and fun to watch.  They are trying to get the men to do the "haka" or something like that.  The thing the BYU football players do before a game.

They were a hit with the girls!

Lucy's Baptism

Lucy was baptized yesterday.  It was a great day!  She was so excited to be baptized!  She is such a sweet girl!  We sure love her!  We loved having family come over for lunch afterwards.  

Happy Birthday America!

We celebrated the 4th of July at the cabin and St. John's.    The weather was so beautiful!  Nice and cool!  We had a great time with family!  Clint didn't come so I had to drive.  That is always scary because I have a hard time staying awake.  But we made it!

The kids always look forward to the races and eating snow cones.  It was fun to talk to cousins and friends that we hadn't seen in a long time.

The next day we went to Snowflake for a family reunion with the other side of the family.  The kids loved riding in the little pony cart.

Juliette loved hanging out with her cousins.

Major was busy playing with cousins, but I did get one picture of him.  He wasn't too thrilled with the horses.  He liked the creek better.

Lucy loved the horses and playing with cousins.  The Ballard's were so patient walking the kids on the horses for hours!  They are the best!

Juliette loved the horses and took lots of rides until the horse stumbled and scared her to death!  We had to force her to get on again, but she did.  She can be brave when she wants to.  Now if she could just be brave at night and sleep in her own bed!

Bermuda Cruise

We had a great time on our cruise to Bermuda.  It was for seven nights and left from Boston.  

We had one day at sea and then arrived about noon the next day in St. George.  We did a self walking tour and saw the town square, two fortresses and stopped at a little beach.

 

Every night we had great entertainment.  This is Clint with the Black Street Boyz.    They were so hilarious.  We bought their DVD if anyone wants to watch it.    The dance company was really good too.  They had an adaudge (I don't know how to spell it and couldn't find it in the dictionary, but that is what they called it.  If anyone knows about this please let me know!) couple that was unbelievable.    They did contortion and stunts like that.   


The beaches were beautiful and the kids really enjoyed them.  We had two full days at the beach.  Clint and I found an overhang and  we enjoyed the shade and I got a lot of reading in.  It was great!  Clint, Carol and Major even did a little snorkeling. 

Juliette got freaked out when I pointed out the little fish to her.  They were clear and almost invisible.  I shouldn't have done that.  She wouldn't go near the water after that.

We left around noon the next day.  We enjoyed watching the ship sail away.  We had very calm water and beautiful weather the whole time and no one got seasick.
Everyone had all the ice cream they could eat.  Juliette ordered chicken nuggets and French fries everyday.  She wouldn't order anything else.  Major had made to order pasta everyday and loved that!  


I enjoyed eating four course meals with no children and great views.  We did eat with the kids sometimes and we always got compliments on how good they were.  They really enjoyed the Kid's Club.  We had a little trouble getting home, but we sure appreciate our wonderful benefits!

Dance Recital

Lucy and Juliette had their dance recital.  Lucy was in three dances.  She loves to dance!  She made the dance company for next year and is really excited.  

Juliette surprised us all by loving to be on the stage.  All year she told me she didn't want to go on the stage, but after the recital she said she wants to do it again - not take dance, just perform.  When Juliette saw herself with make-up on she said she looked "scary!"  They love their teacher Ms. Tricia and are sad that she is moving.

May Madness 2008

May is always a busy month!  Carol and Major had their final orchestra concert.  Major received the award for the outstanding beginning student.  Carol also had her final Symphony concert.  I could tell a big improvement from the beginning of the year.  They did an excellent job.

Major won 1st place in the original poetry contest for 4th grade.  

Here are the frozen girls at the school swim party.  The weather has been very cool.  It's a party every night!  We are tired!