Utah Lake Beach

A month or so ago Jonathan and I took the dogs and Jaida to the Utah Lake Beach. You didn't know Utah Lake had a beach? We didn't either for a while. It's this nice little bank where the city (I don't know which city did it) brought in some sand and put up some picnic tables and a volleyball pit. It was a nice walk and the dogs really enjoyed it, except that Kimo was really tired when we got back to the car.

Welcome, Ashton!

I'm really behind on my blog posts, so I thought I would start catching up by posting photos of our newest nephew, Ashton Cluff. Ashton is the son of Russell and Julia. He was born on August 15, 2009. His nose was a little smashed when he was born, but he's already grown out of that. He is such a cutie! The first few pictures are of the day he was born, the next few are the day after he was born and was still in the hospital, and the rest are when he was three days old and coming home from the hospital. Precious!

A Reminder

My Mom sent me this video clip today and it was just what I needed. I especially liked the part about feeding our spirit. I really need to do more everyday to feed my spirit instead of just my body. I hope you enjoy this (it's less than 7 minutes long).

Arizona

In June we traveled with half the family down to Arizona to drop Jonathan's parents off so they could fly to Hawaii from Phoenix. It was a fun, hectic weekend. The kids played Guitar Hero:

Jonathan wrestled with the boys, and his brother (no photos of that match):

We hung around the house and talked:

We played with Tasi:

We had a picnic in the park:

The kids played in the flower sprinklers:

We went to a Terence & Barb's friend's house and played in their pool:

The kids did several dives off the diving board:

I painted my toenails:

The boys played water basketball:

Jonathan layed on the trampoline to dry off. I love this picture of him, so happy.

One of the funnest parts of the trip was playing night games with everybody. I couldn't get very good pictures in the dark. This one looks like there are ghosts in it because the kids started running when I took it.

I got some battle wounds from playing the night games.

We also went to the Mesa temple.

It was beautiful.

And there's a statue in the park across the street from the temple. One of the men in the statue is Jonathan's great, great, something (I think Uncle, I'll have to ask again).

Memorial Day

I know I'm way behind on my posts, but I don't want to forget the things we've done so far this summer. Our Memorial Day started with a picnic lunch for the Cluff family. We ate at a pavilion near a school where they have a fun playground.

The kids quickly found a "pond" behind the pavilion. The pond was rainwater left over from a storm we had the previous week. The kids proceeded to build a bridge of rocks to cross the pond. They were having fun.

Then we went to the park and some of us played PIG.

Then we played some wiffle ball.

I turned the camera over to Madison and these are some of the shots she got:

Julia and Dylan played some tether ball.

Madison might turn out to be a good little photographer - some of her pictures are very interesting.

Then we spend the evening with the Saluone family. We played with Suzie and Alema for a little while. Then we decided to play a little touch football in the backyard with some of the older kids. I'm not sure why, but it seems like my team never wins. Interesting....

We had a great time with both families and were very wiped out by the end of the day. That's what we call a great holiday.