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These are some of my favorite pictures from our trip to Panguitch.
#1 The view from my parents backyard.
#2 Dusk in Panguitch (taken when I went out with my dad to change his sprinklers)
#3 My dad changing the sprinklers
#4 Grandma Mamie's pink peonies
#5 Our first sight of home. Thanks Trav for bringing the horses to the house. Isabelle squealed all the way up the lane when she saw the horses with their new colts.
feeding the dogie lambs
When I was little we always had dogie lambs (orphan lambs) to feed in the spring/summertime. It has been at least 20 years since I have fed a lamb so getting to feed them at Uncle Martin's house was so much fun. My kids all LOVED it and couldn't understand why I used to think it was a chore. It was definately one of the highlights of the trip!
balloon festival 2009 - Panguitch, UT
If you have not been to the Balloon Festival in Panguitch in June...you are missing out. It is my favorite time of the year to be home. There is nothing like seeing your sweet little town from a balloon on a beautiful day. I love seeing family and catching up with all of my childhood friends.
We are slowly turning Ty into a "beach bum".Now that he realizes he can bring his guitar to the beach - life is good! Isabelle made him take a break from playing the guitar to play with her. He is SOOOOO cute with Isabelle. Check out their awesome sand castle in the background.
cupcake photo shoot
A friend of mine owns a darling store called cupcake here in Honolulu. She asked if Isabelle would be a model for a photo shoot for her store as well as an online magazine. Isabelle said she wanted to do it and had lots of fun getting all dresses up and having fun with the other kids. Isabelle got lots of cute new clothes, made some new friends and ate more frozen yogurt and cupcakes than she has eaten all year!
You can see some of the cute pictures at www.cakemommy.com and soon on the cupcake website at www.cupcake-boutique.com
8th Grade Banquet
At the end of the year Kennedy's school held a banquet for graduation. It was held at one of the hotels in Waikiki. She had a lot of fun getting all dresses up and having a good time with her friends. No, she did not dance with a boy....just her girls. :)
August 9, 2009
summer in a nutshell
I realize it has been a very long time since I have posted anything to our blog. I hear about it almost daily now:) I am going to start posting again and I am going to start with pictures from a few months ago and TRY to catch up! I am not going to do a lot of writing with these pictures (it takes too long). Sorry.
In a few words this was our past 3-4 months. Ty came out in May and stayed with us for about 3 weeks before the other kids and I flew back to Utah with him mid-June. We spent a couple of weeks there before Roger flew in and joined us. Debbie, Dave, Gabi, Camila and Virginia also drove out from CA and stayed at my parents with us as well. We had a really nice time visiting with both sides of our families as well as catching up with friends. After another week in Utah Roger, Isabelle and I flew home. While Kennedy and Tommy were spending their summer time with their dad we had a fun weekend at the Ko'Olina Beach Club. It was a lot of fun, but not quite the same without the other kids.:( About a week later though we had a wonderful visit from Memo (Roger's cousin), Elizabeth and Zachary. Isabelle and Zach had a great time together and were even mistaken for twins!!! We shared fun times with them that we will never forget. - thanks again Memo, Liz & Zach - we miss you guys! The same day that the Escamilla/Lawton family left we got our Ken and T back! We tried to fit an entire summer's worth of fun into just a few days before school started. School started on July 30th with Kennedy being a freshman in High School, Tommy is in the 5th Grade and Isabelle soon to be starting Kindergarten at the same school as Tommy. On the 2nd day of school we ended up at Kapiolani Hospital with Tommy having to get his appendix taken out. It had already ruptured by the time we got there and they did an emergency appendectomy right away. He is doing well now and ready to return to school in the morning. My mom flew out this past week to help out with the kids and be here for us. We are really enjoying her company...we just wish it were under different circumstances.
These pictures are my favorites from the entire summer. The one of our family is the first real family picture we have ever had taken. We all love it!
April 21, 2009
Feliz Cumpleanos Isabelle
On April 18th Isabelle turned 5. We celebrated all afternoon and evening with friends. Roger arranged for a limo to pick us all up and take us to dinner and to get Isabelle's ears pierced - yes, we finally did it! We had a great time and came back to our house after dinner for pinata and cake. We are so lucky that we have such incredible friends to celebrate with. Thanks to everyone for the phone calls, messages and packages that you sent. Isabelle was feeling the love all day.
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