St. George Marathon

We had hoped for good weather, since it never rains in St. George, but we woke to a very soggy, windy day. Darin's goal was to finish under 4 hours, but about 3/4th of the way through that goal changed to "Just Gotta Finish!" He was pretty disappointed in his time of 4:15, but we were proud of him for finishing in that dreadful weather. He was soaked, his toes were pickled and blistered, and he was chilled through. Good times! Oh well, there's always next year!

Watching the runners during a lull in the rain. We brought out the umbrellas a few minutes later. Well, we brought out Grammy's umbrellas since we don't own one.

Back to School

The first day of school. Aubree is in 3rd grade, Lyndi started Kindergarten,

and Kayla is in 5th.

We're back in school now and finding a pattern to our lives once more.

Go to school, eat lunch, raid the candy bucket...

Kayla entered the Peach Day's Fiddling Contest again this year.
She is now the 2 time fiddling champ for her age division.

Here are Davin's sister's baby pictures. Who does he look like?

ERIN

LYNDI

AUBREE

KAYLA

New Family Photo

We had this picture taken in San Diego this summer.

Erin and Lyndi playing dress up.

Oh, what do you do in the summertime?

Our cousins are here this week. We took them to Kolob Reservoir and had a fun time. Darin borrowed this canoe from the scouts next door, and we paddled all over the lake. The cousins walked across a waist deep sand bar and discovered "Cousin Island". Then we had a dutch oven dinner.

This is what we do in the summertime. Snow cones. One in every flavor!

Davin and his cute cousin Lucy. She's twice his age, but not twice his size.

This is our primary in the 24th of July celebration. Kayla is the one playing the fiddle. Lyndi is in yellow and Aubree is next to her in dark blue.

Kayla's 10th birthday. She had a video party. Her friends created short t.v. skits and I recorded them. After cake and presents, they walked the red carpet, signed autograph books, and watched their movie.

Lyndi holding Davin, which is quite an accomplishment since he weighs 18 lbs. and she's 32 lbs.

We've been so busy this summer. Kayla was on swim team and went to the pool every morning. Kayla and Aubree both had sewing lessons. Kayla, Aubree, and Lyndi were in an acting class. The library has programs twice a week that we often go to. Aubree turned 8 and got baptized, and Kayla turned 10. Plus our vacation to San Diego and cousins coming to visit. It has flown by and school starts in one week. As fun as it's been, we're ready for school.