Friday, January 2, 2009

January 2, 2008

A new year's resolution is born. Inspiration is whirling. More to come.
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Nassau

We took a week-end cruise with our friends and had a ball in the Bahamas. Our port of call took us to Atlantis... a humungous resort with water slides, pools, and gorgeous green blue water. We (bought) huge conch shells and explored the straw market. We were only there a day, but we could have stayed a week. The aquarium was terrific with it's petting pool, black lighted jellyfish and the falling spiny lobsters. The boat wasn't bad either. We ate and slept and watched the kids play shuffleboard and ping pong. Note to self: On board entertainment is very subjective. Lucky for us, we entertained ourselves. Our Sunday sacrament meeting will always be remembered.

Cruise to the Bahamas

Cruise to the Bahamas
Wade relaxing with his crackberry. It's been that kind of year.

Our happy place

Wade at Atlantis

Atlantis Aquarium

Atlantis Aquarium
Mammoth eel

Chloe and Tanner petting all manner of creepy crawlies

Jellyfish under black light

Spiny Lobster

The Big Easy

We took a quick trip to New Orleans, September 11 & 12 to see BYU play Tulane in the Superdome. Friday we arrived for some sightseeing in the French Quarter and some beignets at Cafe du Monde. We attended a fireside by the Cougar football players and got to meet Bronco Mendenhall. Got to see Honey and Papa and Shannon and Meghan. Met our good friends Kitty and Clay at the dome and saw so many others there. Fun football and family week-end!

New Orleans

New Orleans
Tanner, Chloe and Tyler in front of a Mississippi River Boat

The Blues Brothers

Cafe du Monde

Meeting Bronco

The party barge

Cougars vs. Greenwave in the Dome. It was hard to be against Tulane since Wade was a grad student there.

Clay, Kitty, London and Wade

Meg and Me

Turning 45 and 20! Yikes on both accounts

Turning 45 and 20! Yikes on both accounts
Emmaleigh came home for our birthdays. These are cupcakes from the cupcake shoppe.

Sweet nothings... a verbal birthday card. Saves a tree.

She is not a teenager anymore.

Utah

Utah
Tyler, Ryan, Jaime, Chloe, Brittany and Tanner at EFY University of Utah

McKell at the Candy Store

Emmaleigh and Isaac at Thanksgiving Point

Sisters

Emmaleigh and Cade-- her part-time summer job

Canada

Canada
With Grandpa at his hometown parade on Canada Day in Raymond, Alberta

All the grandchildren visited the Raymond Museum to learn about their ancestors.

Chloe, Tanner and Emmaleigh in front of the longest train bridge in North America-- Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

Afternoon with the cousins and the Hutterites

New York City Sisters' Week-end

New York City Sisters' Week-end
Tavern on the Green- Me, Eden, Taryn, Kennon

Lights on Broadway

Tanner was ordained by his father this week as a teacher in the aaronic priesthood. What a blessing in our lives. We are so proud of his worthy decisions and choices.

Finally!

Finally!
He's done...his name is on the wall!

The grandpas came for Tan's Eagle Scout Court of Honor

Passing the Eagle Board of Review--Tyler , Scoutmaster Bro. M and Tanner

Birthdays

Birthdays
Wade turned 46 and we had a birthday dinner at Maggianos

Two teen birthdays at Islands of Adventure: Tyler, Tanner, Wade, Chloe & Jordyn

Of course we got wet anyway!

Balloon sculptures and dinner at Chevy's

Fourteen!

Grandma Millie's Funeral

Grandma Millie's Funeral
Celebrating 97 marvelous years of life

California February 2009

California February 2009
Aunt Val, Mouse, Mama, Daddy & Me

Week-end in Augusta

Week-end in Augusta
The Cousins: Meghan, Ryleigh, Chloe, Cassie, Makenna

Cassie's Baptism

John & Cassie Haycock

Prom

Prom
Chloe's Junior Prom April 2009

Spain

Spain
Sevilla

The Alcazar

The Alcazar
Sevilla, Spain


Little white village in Granada, Spain

Gaudi architecture --Sagrada Familia, Barcelona Spain

La Palau- an example of modernisme architecture of Barcelona

Wade in the cloisters of the Barcelona Cathedral

Our lovely tour guide

Plaza Mayor, Madrid

The Madrid Temple-- our session was in Portuguese!

A Day at the Beach

A Day at the Beach
Em's brief visit home to Florida

Gonna miss her. You can't see the tracks of my tears behind these sunglasses!

Eighth Grade Dance

Eighth Grade Dance
The Gang

The stretch Hummer Limo trumped the dance for the boys

The Favero's Visit

The Favero's Visit
#2 gal pals- Kendall and Chloe. #1 gal pals-- Emmaleigh and Carson

James, Taryn & the girls

We're Off to the Kentucky Derby Party

We're Off to the Kentucky Derby Party
Our friends the Tancers have an annual KD Party

31 Points!

31 Points!
Point Guard

Esther the Musical

Esther the Musical
The set

The cast

Bon Voyage! Em leaves for Madrid

Bon Voyage! Em leaves for Madrid
Study abroad in Spain

Independence Middle v. Duncan Middle

Independence Middle v. Duncan Middle

Tanner's last regular season soccer game of 8th grade


New Years Eve 2009

New Years Eve 2009
Emmaleigh and Alex

Pyromaniac

Adrienne and Chloe

Emmaleigh

Barely staying up for the new year