Silver Creek Adventures

Again...while in Snowflake:)  We took a little day trip to Silver Creek with Jayden and Jolie.  They had fun for the most part.  Jolie was a little frightened of the bugs and grass, but she warmed up  near the end.  And as long as she was comfortable in a chair she was great. 

This is a picture of Emily before we left, with a leaf but she found.

They enjoyed "fishing" with their cat tail fishing poles.  Derek was constantly searching for crawdads.  There was a man fishing here and Derek could hardly keep from "helping."

The beautiful 4 year old cousins.  LOVE Sarah's hair!

Lemonade! Lemonade! Get Your Lemonade!

We were in Snowflake for the July 24th celebrations this year.  Gary and Sarah did a float with Lemonade.  With the help of family, they distributed lemonade to the older population of parade viewers.  

The kids enjoyed riding on the float, although this is one of the very few instances that Emily actually waved at the crowd...she was too shy most of the time.

It was hot on this day with mostly clear skies, but believe it or not, near the end of the parade the sky filled with dark clouds and poured.  We were nice and soaked...it was great!

Lemonade Cousins

Rain = Frogs

During one of our visits to Snowflake there was a massive rain storm.  Later in the evening I hear this loud noise from outside.  It's the sound of frogs croaking away.  Derek of course had to go and look for one in the dim light of evening, and yes he found one. He wanted to keep looking, but I was too nervous about the lightning.

2013 Photo Shoot

Every year I do pictures of the kids.  I put them on my wall in the kitchen and then collect the old ones so I have an 8x10 each year from the time they are born.  It is fun to see how they change year to year. We did our photo shoot this year at the Snowflake Temple.  We take a lot of pictures and it is hard to pick the one for the wall.  So here are some of the out takes.

They also had fun exploring...it was such a beautiful day to be outside at the temple.

Darrell and his Lavender

Peek-a-boo...

To top it off we got a great picture of me and the kids...to bad we didn't have the try pod.  We could have gotten the whole family.

Lego Creation - Enterprise

We really enjoy Star Trek, and recently have watched many re-runs and the newer movies.  This has sparked Derek's Lego creativity.  He has been designing many spaceships.  This one is the Enterprise.

The whole shebang

Escape Pod Dock

Space Garage

Shuttle 

USS Enterprise Space station - landing pad

And then a ship belonging to a villain...

Klingon Bird of Prey

Artwork

Sarah's recent accomplishments: 

And....Emily's.  I try to weed through all their drawings occasionally and discreetly discard them, but this last time I didn't have the heart to throw out many of Emily's.  She is always saying how she wants to be an artist, and she puts so much time and thought into here drawings.  So, I finally just got a box to put them in...I'll deal with the accumulated art later.