A Good Morning

One of the best things about living near great trout streams is that occasionally you can hook one of these:


It measured 21 inches long and 11 inches around.

Elena's 5th Birthday

Elena was so excited to turn 5. Her birthday was on a Sunday so she convinced us to open presents before we went to church. We ended up opening presents in our room because we were listening to our Bishop on the radio. He had spoken at Friday Forum at Snow College and it was played on Sunday morning.

Here she is holding her presents from Nanna and Papa.

Elena wanted a Barbie cake for her birthday.

The cake was frosted with whipped topping and I didn't want it to get too warm before we ate it so it had to go in the fridge while we made dinner. Barbie looks really strong in this picture.

Elena also had a play date party with a couple of her friends and we made cupcakes. Eddie really liked them, particularly the frosting. He LOVES anything chocolate.

Vernal

A few weeks ago we went to Vernal to visit Grandma & Grandpa Knutti. It was the first family vacation we have had in a long time, even if it was just a weekend trip. The kids were so excited to stay in a hotel. We stayed at a Marriott that had only been open a week. Here are some pictures of the hotel room.

I wasn't sure how Eddie would do at the hotel, but even he knows how to kick back and relax.

We went to the new Natural History Museum a.k.a. the dinosaur museum. We had a lot of fun.

We have a temple board in our house where we put pictures of temples we have seen because we don't live close enough to a temple for our kids to see one very often.

Eddie was named after Grandpa Knutti so we needed a picture with both of them in it.

We also got to see Megan, Justin and Andrew (Scott's sister's family) which was fun. We went swimming together at the pool and visited together at the Knutti's home. It was so nice to get away that we have already started planning a family vacation for next summer.