Karate

Juliette has been taking karate.  She just earned her yellow belt and was so excited!  She got sparring gear for Christmas and looks forward to doing that next year.

NYC

Clint and I went to NYC for two nights.  I was so scared to go.  But I loved it!  It is now my new favorite city.  I wish I could have lived there when I was younger!  We took the red eye on Sunday night.  I was so exhausted on Monday, but we just walked and walked and we stayed awake.  We were staying in Times Square (which isn’t a square) and walked up to Central Park and back.  It took all day.  I ran into a sister from my mission in the M&M store.  We were both so shocked!  

We went to bed early and felt much better the next day.  We went to the temple and did a session and some sealings.  At the temple we met a mom and her son from Burly, Washington and they took us to Grand Central Station and then we went to lunch/dinner at the Stardust, where the waitresses sing to you.  It was awesome!  We had a good time with them.  That evening we went to see “Mary Poppins”.  We just walked around the corner to 42nd & Broadway for the theater!  How awesome is that!  The show was good, but not as fabulous as Wicked.  We can’t wait to bring the kids!  The next day we rode the ferry to Staten Island and back then walked to the 911 Memorial.  We were running out of time so we hurried to the airport, but still missed our flight.  But we got home anyway about 10:00pm so it wasn’t too bad.  It was so much fun!  I can’t wait to go again!

1st Day of School 2012

Everyone is enjoying school this year.  Carol is the only one that isn't going to a new school.   She is a junior at Desert Ridge High School. 

 Major is a freshman.

 Juliette is going to the new campus of Franklin at Brimhall.

 Lucy started junior high.

Bluewater

We had so much fun at the Bluewater Reunion.  We look forward to going every year!  Thanks to Carol we have lots of good pictures!

Everyone loved having horses to ride this year!

And of course the quads are always popular.

Laguna Beach

This summer Peter and Darin let us come stay in their beach house.  We felt so lucky and special!  We were sure envious of their fairytale life!

 Spending the day with the Barazoto's in Carlsbad.

 Riding the ferris wheel on Balboa Island.

 Eating lunch at Ruby's at the end of the pier.

 Eating the famous frozen bananas

 Looking for dolphins

 Playing at the park.

 Riding the free trolley

 Eating gelato.

The only thing missing was the Nielson family to join in the fun!

4th of July 2012

We (the girls) went to the cabin the week of the 4th of July.  Diane and Alice (with kids) came too.  The kids had fun playing outside in their forts.  We went to St. John's for the 4th and had so much fun!  Destiny won 3rd place in the 2 year old footrace.   We were surprised she didn't win.  Major was at EFY in Provo.  He stayed the next week for soccer camp while Carol went to EFY.  They are finally home and it's good to have them here!

June 2012

Juliette turned a decade in April.  Because of that she convinced me that she needed a party.  We did a party with holidays throughout the year.  It was really fun!

 Carol and Major dressed up for the Saturday night dance with a 70's theme.  They LOVE to go to the dance and are very upset if they have to miss for any reason!

 Lucy turned 12 on the first day of girl's camp, so we threw her a surprise party.  She was very surprised and had a great time!

I went to girl's camp with Carol and Lucy, but not as their leader.  I saw Carol a lot but Lucy was too busy to hang out much.  It was fun but exhausting!

All the kids were able to be in the same session of musical theater this summer.  It was really fun seeing the show with all of them in it.  Good memories and no pictures!  Bummer!

We are still having fun with Destiny!  She gets to come on all our vacations this summer, so we are excited!  She is doing really well and is so adorable!