We’ve made the move to blogspot:
Our Trip to Utah in a Nutshell
August 7, 2008Horrible plane ride!
Dinner at mom’s with the entire Vanchiere family.
Backyard water fun at Ashley’s house.
An overnighter at Richard and Candice’s cabin with some of Dan’s family
A trip to Lake Powell with my family.
A Cafe Rio feast with Ashley!
Hanging out at Rachel’s House
A much needed quiet Sunday
A BBQ in “the hollow” at Mom & Vaughn’s house
Playing at Discovery Park and visiting with my bestest friend from High School Amy.
Going to my brothers softball games.
A shopping trip to Park City with my mom and sisters followed by dinner at the Zermatt.
Dinner at Wingers and a movie “Get Smart” with Jeff and Chelsey, Amy and Matt.
Building a retaining wall for my parents new pool (Dan)
Lunch with Grandpa Gary, Hana, Andrew and Matt at The Seville.
A night at Candice and Richards Cabin with some of my family (Thanks Candice and Richard!)
A trip to Sun Valley Idaho, including, vomit, swimming, bingo, an ice show and fireworks.
Swimming in my parents new pool
Some golf for Dan
Dinner and hanging with Blake and Jocile and their kiddos
Dinner up at Rich and Candice’s
Chilled with Jeff and Chels
Played “Ticket to Ride” with John and Amanda
Lagoon with Ashley, Ben, Rach, Tanner, Amy and Matt
A Bees game and picnic with my dad’s work.
Pictures taken at kiddie kandids with all the cousins
Multiple trips to the Snowcone shack.
Four Day Family Reunion at Cascade Lake, Idaho
Birthday BBQ at the Park (for Dad and Rach)
Guitar Hero with Matt and Amy
Kangaroo Zoo with Honey and the cousins
Hit the Old Navy Sale with my sister Rachel
Dinner at Cafe Rio with Andrew and Sara
Long plane ride home!
Presque Isle
July 27, 2008I don’t know why I am so into blogging right now. I am pretty sure it is a avoidance of all things housework.
Today we went to a fair on the peninsula. The weather was perfect and the peninsula was gorgeous. It almost makes you forget that Erie is such a dreadful place in the winter.
The kids favorite part of the fair was this trampoline thing.
Gabe wanted to go really high. I was proud of him for being so brave
Zoe cried a little bit at first but by the end she didn't want to get out of it.
Gabe and his friends.
For those of you not from Erie, if you notice the frog in the water, there are many of those all over Erie (and a few fish too?) and we always play a game in the car of who can spot the frogs first. We yell “FROG” as loud as we can. My kids are getting familiar enough with Erie that they know where some of them are before we get to them.
Our New Toy
July 27, 2008It is Summer clearance at Target people! Run down and get your pools and lawn chairs. We picked this up the other day and our kids love it. They stand at the top and do a huge jump and land at the very bottom of the slide. If you know my kids at all…that is pretty brave for them. If you live in Erie and need something to do with your kids one day, come on over and swim!
Birthday Party
July 25, 2008My Dad and my sister Rachel both have July birthdays so we got together at the park to hang out and celebrate. The Hatch’s and Easley’s came too.
Jeff and Mike
Brandon, Rachel and Gabe
zoe
Bryce, Katelyn and Ally
Amy, Matt, Tanner
The Birthday Boy and Girl
my latest cake
4th of July
July 25, 2008Dan’s brother John was born on the 4th of July so his wife Amanada threw a big party for him and invited all the Elton Clan as well as her family. It was held at this AMAZING pool in her parents neighborhood. We swam, ate, visited and watched fireworks. It was really fun.
Richard and Candice, Grandma Barbara and Grandpa Vaughn with Noah.
Cousin Matt.
Rupp Family Reunion
July 25, 2008My grandparents have 8 kids, seventy something grandkids and eighty something great grandkids. That makes for a really fun family reunion. Since there are so many of us and we are kind of spread out, we have a family reunion every other year. This year we had it at Cascade Lake in Idaho. We camped in tents and boated on the lake. My kids ran wild and couldn’t believe that they were related to every person there!
cousin tanner
my adorable parents
grandpa and grandma rupp
mason and gabe
Dorks
June 23, 2008I don’t know what possessed me but on the day of our ward talent show I got this brilliant idea that it would be hilarious if Ashley and I learned the Napoleon Dynamite dance. We practiced for about two hours slapped on some sweat bands and moon boots and here you go…
The quality is not so good because it was recorced from a cell phone. Anyway… I am not sure that everyone in my ward understood that this was meant to be funny which is kind of embarrassing but Ashley and I sure laughed a lot. Here is the real Napoleon Dance…
