Thursday, February 18, 2010

backpost #7: summertime

Here's the highlight reel from this summer. It consisted of the following:

 
Dad's induction into the wolves t-shirt club
see here for more info


hiking to Tablerock with my ward


Blake prepping for preschool
  
hiking to a lake...or getting lost while hiking to a lake


4th of July boating


 
Our family reunion on the Oregon coast
 
being a counselor for Boise Youth Spectacular


  going to Spokane (sigh)


  
more hiking (we didn't get lost this time, though we did get rained out)


going to the fair

Whew! Can you believe I made it through all that fun?

Tuesday, February 9, 2010

backpost #6: blessing babies

We headed down to Utah the first part of June for Noah and Maylie's baby blessings. It was a great weekend!

Monday, February 8, 2010

backpost #5: single mom of six

During May I got the chance to house and babysit for a family with six kids ages 18 months to 13 years for several days. It was a lot of work but they are a great family and I had such a wonderful time being with them. It helped me to see the type of home I want to have when I grow up...whenever that actually happens.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

backpost #4: trips and stuff in between

After spending some time with Monica and the boys, I headed down to Utah and New Mexico to visit family. It was really great to see Grandpa and Grandma Cannariato, Gina and Kara, mission friends, Jake, Nicole, and baby Noah, Becky, and Grandma Hayes. General Conference was fabulous and hit on so many things I needed to hear.
 
When I got back after my week of lots of visiting and driving, I was able to spend Easter with the family and then headed to Rexburg and Utah to pick up Alexis' stuff as well as Eliza and her stuff. Needless to say, it was a tight trip!--Liz literally had no room to move and rode with her fish in her hands the whole way. She was a trooper and so was the fish, may it rest in peace.



The next picture probably deserves some explanation...Becky's fob stopped working and her only door with a lock was broken. So this was our attempt to break in ourselves. Yeah, we're great crooks.


Last but not least, I thought I'd showcase Dawn's spectacular cake decorating talents for Becca's birthday. Remember the days when cool birthday cakes were everything on a birthday? Bec still gets to live the glory days...