Maddy's Birthday Playdate

Madeline LOVES 'bouncy slides' so we took her, Grace, and best friend Gabby to Kid Barn the Saturday before her birthday. They were running from slide to slide so fast that I couldn't keep up and most of my pictures are of a slide with a blur of child.

A quick picture of Maddy while she caught her breath.
Gracie in a bouncy tunnel.
McDonalds lunch with the crazy girls.

"Beach" aka Pineview Reservoir

Family Camp continued...

Morning hike with Dad.

Donut Falls is THIS big.

What is Josh wearing?

Pretty, but threating us with rain.This is how Maddy looks when she has to stay with her parents.

Gracie wanted to jump over every rock she came to so it took us a while to get to the falls. We lost Maddy and Gabby at the trailhead. Thank goodness Josh and Natalie were around to keep up with them.

We made it!

Josh, Maddy, Natalie, Gabby, Lee and Gracie at Donut Falls.

More Family Camp

Grace is ready to roast marshmallows.

The world's best huggers get together.

It's too cold!

Good morning! Praise God, our tent held up to the all night rain.

Gracie's picture of uncle Josh.
She's getting pretty good at this picture taking stuff!

Cornerstone Family Camp 2008

Sandy had the kids do a pirate craft to make their own pirate hats, complete with tattoos and a treasure hunt.
Grace fell down right before craft time so her hand still hurt and this look never really left her face until they found the treasure.
Argh, matey. Me thinks Maddy is making a pirate face a little too well.

Rum! Where's me rum!??

Mill B South, Big Cottonwood Canyon

Maddy took a picture of Gracie and Mom.

Then, Grace took a picture of Maddy and Mom. :)

Birthday at Snowbird

Lee and the girls took me to Snowbird for a birthday outing. We rode the tram and survived to enjoy the beautiful view at the top.

More Ballet Cuteness

In this video Gracie's supposed to be walking across the room 'en pointe' on a line. So cute!!!

Gracie's Ballet Class

Cute!

Gracie started her ballet class this week. When I asked her if she wanted ballet or tap she said "Ballet. They have pink shoes and a pink dress." Her decision was made entirely upon the color and cuteness of the shoe which unquestionably made tap dancing the loser. (Trust me, I tried to push the tap but when she asked me if the tap shoes were pink I had to tell her the truth and say no. And so, she chose ballet, much to her mother's dismay.)

I wasn't able to get very good pictures this go round but will definitely try for more next class. Stay posted!

Fishing. Sort of...

Long story short, our truck broke in Midway over the weekend so we had to drive back on Monday to pick it up. We thought we'd let the girls try out fishing in a little pond nearby. It was the middle of the day and we have a history of never catching fish so, of course, we did not catch fish. The girls seemed disappointed until they were too hungry and thirsty to care. Lee and Maddy ended up on the other side of the pond to avoid our lines crossing. (Yes, Lee and I were casting.) We are the wrong people to teach them about fishing, that's for sure!

Even though she didn't catch a fish Grace looks darn cute doing it!