Summer and Fall 2011

ok I've gotten too far behind! I'm adding some photos of recent events and some of summer, then hopefully I can catch up. The girls are so busy and full of energy and lots of fun, I hardly have time to sleep! Last weekend we did our annual trip to the pumpkin and apple farms. We went on a hayride, and Aspen was so excited to get to pick real apples off a tree! Aspen especially enjoyed the petting zoo with the baby chicks and feeding the baby goats. Keep scrolling down, I can't figure out how to remove the big space gap that follows.

Claire is playing the flute and LOVES it, she named her flute "Jupiter". Here she is in summer flute camp.

Aspen loves climbing trees.....

Aspen and Claire love the water, playing in the rain and lots of swimming!

We took turns doing Daddy-daughter weekends and Mommy-Daughter weekends. Claire and I went to Savannah, here we are on a dolphin cruise. David and Claire drove to Memphis to see a BYU football game for their weekend.

Aspen did lots of fun things at home with whichever parent she was home with.

Claire moved up from elementary school to middle school, here she is, beautiful girl!! I took this right before the ceremony.

Here is a photo of Claire on her first day of middle school and Aspen on her first day of pre-school and painting at preschool.

Claire and Aspen got to be in a fashion show at a local department store, they both LOVED the spotlight.

Aspen got a bit nervous at first, but Claire is such a great big sister, she gave her some hugs and words of encouragement and then Aspen was fine!

This summer we did our annual Disney experience, here we are on a jungle cruise and at breakfast with Mickey.

We also got to spend a couple weeks in Utah this summer, Claire got to go to an amazing camp at the Olympic Park with her cousins (pictured here) and learned to ski jump into a pool! She is so brave and quite the eager ski jumper!

Aspen loved visiting the big statue of Jesus Christ.

Aspen and Claire also LOVE rock climbing, here they are being brave as can be while I watch in awe of their physical abilities! Last weekend at church Brenda was in charge of the annual Daddy Daughter dance, this year the theme was "Tacky Dance", oh they had a blast!! Dancing, and David doing his "tacky moves" and getting a photo with the rock star Justin Bieber, so tacky!!! They really enjoyed themselves.

Brenda has been doing a lot of road racing this year, 2 half marathons and numerous other races. Here she is in Utah doing a race with two of her sisters.

Stay tuned...never a dull moment in our house hold!