One year ago...

On Saturday, June 15th, marked 1 year ago that my dear dad left this world for a better one...

I miss him so much. He was a wonderful man.

One of my favorite pictures of Dad :)

Holding Ally at 2 months old 

Thanksgiving 2005.

  

At the Scottish Festival- Summer 2007

Thanksgiving 2007

2008-with Olivia in the hospital the day she was born.

Huntington Reservoir 2009

Christmas 2010

Holding Nathan- June 2012

Father's Day in Manti

Usually I make it a tradition to go to Manti on Mother's Day to visit my mother's grave. This year, I just couldn't do it. So, on Father's Day, I took the kids and we went down to visit. Here are the kids at my mom and dad's graves.

The Manti cemetery holds a lot of special meaning to me. In the early days of the church, my ancestors came across the plains, and settled in Manti. This monument is to Fredrick Walter Cox, my 5th great grandfather, who helped settle Manti and laid one of the cornerstones of the Manti temple.

This stone is my grandfather's. He served in the US Navy during WWII.

The cemetery is full of my ancestors, and I love to go there.

This is the other reason I love to go there. To see the temple. My mother and father were married here in 1977. Craig and I were married here in 2002. Craig's parent serve as temple workers here 2 days a week. It holds special meaning for me. I love this temple.

Summer play

The girls playing in the sand.

Logan in the sand too...

It's a fort!

Yogurt mishap

Nathan is ALWAYS into EVERYTHING! He is one busy little boy.  This is what happens if the table isn't cleared immediately after we eat... Did any of that yogurt make it in his mouth?

Logan the big helper

Recently I have been doing a lot of sewing. I was reupholstering 4 little chairs for a friend this day (you can see one in the background) and Logan wanted to help. So, I gave him a piece of material and my pins, and he "helped" me pin material for a long time.

Here he is helping Uncle David make a berry cheesecake for Father's Day.

This little man LOVES to help :)

Huntington Reservoir

Craig and I had this great idea to take the kids into the mountains, and have a fire and roast marshmallow and cook hotdogs, and catch some fish. A few years back, we had camped here, and had a wonderful time. We were really excited to go back. 

However, as we started up the mountain, it seemed to be getting colder and colder...not really unusual, but a little concerning.  By the time we reached the summit, it was snowing. These pictures don't give you a real feel for how cold it was, but Ally's face does...

That is FRESH snow on the ground. It actually snowed a few times in the hour or so that we were there.

Little trooper, all bundled up.

Ally and Logan anxiously awaiting the fire...which was hard to get started, because all of the wood was wet...

Olivia- totally unaffected by the cold, having the time of her life :)

Down at the lake.

What a hottie :) He makes my heart go pitter-patter!

Ally finally decided that maybe she was going to have a fun time, even if it was cold, and she did.

I have a picture of her doing the same thing, in the same place, 4 years earlier...

This is where she caught her first fish :)

Darling sisters...so small...

Nathan rides the 4 wheeler

Logan taught Nathan how to ride is 4 wheeler, can you see that he is excited?

This is my favorite Nathan face :)

Spanish Fork Reservoir

We took the kids up to the Spanish Fork Reservoir. The last time Craig took the kids up, Logan caught 3 and each of the girls caught 1. This trip wasn't as fruitful, but the kids had fun.

  

Logan didn't catch anything but a whole lot of "sea-weed" aka algae.

Livy was the only one to catch a fish. It was about 5 inches long... we let it go.

What a handsome honey. That hat and that fishing pole is one of the great reasons why I fell in love :)

boys...

Logan says, "Mom, can I have a banana?" I say sure, and this is what I find when I walk into the kitchen.  Cute little monkeys :)

We had corn for dinner... Logan liked it!

My little dare-devil... He climbs onto the dressers too... scary!

Sprinkler fun

The other day, we went over to play at the school across the street. As we were walking through the gate, the sprinklers came on, and the kids immediately asked if they could play in them. I told them, maybe on the way back home. Well, about 2 minutes later, I looked at all their faces and they were beet red and I figured a run through the sprinklers would cool them down nicely. They had a blast.