San Diego

Nick and my dad planned a guys trip to Moab a couple of weeks ago, so my mom and I decided that we would plan our own trip.  We went to San Diego and took Jack to SeaWorld, the San Diego Wild Animal Park, and the Zoo.  Jack loves animals and had such a great time! He even learned about some new animals.  He also was very attached to Shamu.  He could have watched him all day! 

Guatemala

I had an amazing opportunity to go to Guatemala with my dad, my older brother Ryan, and my younger sister Natalie for 10 days.  We did dental work on almost 1,000 future missionaries in 6 days!  It was such hard work, but so rewarding.  We had such a great trip and had some amazing experiences.  

A few weeks ago (when the weather was much warmer) we got together with some of Nick's friends from high school (Eric & Danni and their daughter Sarah Grace were in town from South Carolina and Shaun & Annette). We went up American Fork canyon and had a campfire.  Jack had such a great time climbing around in the rocks and playing with Sarah Grace.  The boys also had way too much fun riding in the back of the truck together.

100 miles!

Nick has recently become obsessed with road biking.  He has always done a lot of mountain biking, but he started road biking in February because we had some warmer weather (40 degrees!) and there was still too much snow in the mountains. Anyways... we went to St. George a couple of weekends ago so Nick could ride in the Zion Century.  We got my mom to come with us and she ended up riding 65 miles!  I was so proud of both of them.  We had a great weekend!  Me and Jack went to the wildlife museum and he loved it!  He could have walked around that place all day identifying all the animals.  He also wanted his picture taken in front of almost ever animal.  It was pretty cute.

Nick and my mom about to start the ride.

The Finish! (I thought that Nick wouldn't even be able to walk!)

Happy Birthday KC!

KC is 15 today!  We actually celebrated his birthday last week because he is skiing in France right now!  What a spoiled kid!  I was 13 when he was born and was so excited to have a little brother.  I can remember when he was Jack's age!  That is so crazy to think about.  I don't know how I feel about him starting to drive.  That makes me a little nervous.  He has been such a great uncle to Jack.  I am so glad that Jack will have him to look up to as he grows up.  We love you KC!

Christmas 2008

I guess it is about time that I post some pictures from Christmas.  I am so sad because I didn't take as many as I should have.  Jack was so much fun this year because he actually understood what was going on.  He is still singing Jingle Bells.  He also got his first set of skis.

Whenever we asked Jack what he wanted Santa to bring him, he would say an alligator.  So, KC gave him this alligator and he loved it!  He has to sleep with it every night.  

Jack loves puzzles!

Ryan's wedding and cruise

My older brother Ryan got married to a wonderful girl named Cheryl on December 7th.  We are so excited for them!  They had their wedding on a cruise, so we were able to enjoy a 7 day cruise on the Mexican Riveria.  It was so much fun!  Jack was quite the celebrity on the ship because he was just about the only kid.  He had a great time and even saw some dolphins swimming alongside the ship.