The Best Family Vacation EVER!!!

My mom told me I needed a new hobby, so i decided to blog about our vacation!!! But i did it backwords...im sure I will get it right next time. But i hope you enjoy :) (This is Kate, by the way)

After Canyonlands, we went to our cabin!!! We love going to the cabin!!! But this time we didn't just relax, we also fenced!! Our dad taught us how!!

Again, more climbing!!!

Doesnt it look like Dylan jumped off?????? Dont worry..he's fine :) haha

On the way to Cedar City we stopped at Canyonlands, but we didnt stay too long because we were all SOOO tired!! We had a lot of late nights and early mornings :)

On Wednesday we went white water river rafting!! It was really fun!!! We all had a blast! I deffinitely want to go again soon!

On Tuesday night, Dylan had lots of stomach aches, that really hurt him!! They hurt him so bad that my parents took him to the ER. But everything was okay, Dylan just threw up.

My favorite part was climbing all of the rocks!!!

Next we headed back to Utah, to Moab! While we were there we stayed at a condo, it was really nice! After a good nights sleep we went to Arches National Park!! It was A*M*A*Z*I*N*G!! The first thing we did was hike to Delicate Arch. It was in the morning, but it was really hot!!! But we made it through!!!

This was the first hike we went on, we went to see Long House.

Then we finally got to Cortez and stayed in a hotel for the night. The next morning we got up early and left for Mese Verde! It was SO pretty up there!!! We went on a bunch of hikes and overlooks.

Then we stopped at Four Corners. It was our first time going there.

I thought this car was really cool! It has all kinds of different license plates on it! :)

We saw this sign and followed it, then we saw this:

Here's Jocelynn by Mater :)

In June our family went to all sorts of places for our summer vacation. We started out staying the night at Nana's house, Thanks Nana!!! Then we headed out for Cortez Colorado, on the way there we saw a place called Hole N' The Rock. My mom really wanted to check it out, so we pulled over and went inside. We couldn't take any pictures inside when we took the 12 minute tour. These people named Albert and Gladys built their home inside this rock. We took a tour of their house, it was interesting, but I don't think we are ever going to go back. If you ever go there, just go to the right of the house and you will ll find all of the things we saw. Including the things we saw that we took pictures of. (above)

Oh boy is that girl growing up!

She got a new camera for her birthday!




Kate turned 15! I can hardly believe it! This year for her birthday she had a party with her friends, they went on a photo scavenger hunt, jumped on the tramp, hung out in the backyard, made s'mores in our new fire pit, and had a great time!

And to top it all off...she got her learner's permit!

Just Dance!

So this past May, was the kids' annual dance festival at Overlake Elementary. I'm now down two kids at the Elementary, so this year the spotlight is on Dylan

and Jocelynn(with her friends Kennedy and Kaitlyn)

This year Jocelynn's dance was a Greek dance (wish I had video or music...but I don't) it was super cute, and Jocelynn did a great job!



And Dylan and his 5th grade classmates stole the show! Their dance was a mix of 80's songs, with Michael Jackson's "Thriller" with moon walking! Dylan practiced his moon walk for a couple of months, and got pretty good. He came up and danced in the "spotlight" with a couple of other kids. But, this silly mom didn't get a picture.


This is Jocelynn's 3rd grade teacher, Miss Winteron. Joce just loved her!
(The teacher's danced their own special dance, that's why she's dressed up!)

So cute! I just love this fun tradition at our school, not sure what I'll do when I have no one at the Elementary (just might have to sneak over there!)

To be...or not to be, that was the question!

Since I'm playing catch-up, I thought I'd tell you a little about this girl's baptism.
Savannah Roscher is so cute, she's from Texas and her big sisters, Alyson and Meghan are now attending BYU. They (John and Brenda, and I'm sure Savannah) wanted Aly and Meg to be at her baptism, and they also wanted to share this special occasion with the rest of the family, Grandma and Grandpas and Aunts, Uncles, and cousins, so they tried to make arrangements for it to happen in Cedar City. John was the Bishop in his ward in Texas, but just so happens that he had a job change, and his new job is in Idaho, so he was released from his Bishop duties the week before. Well, Grandma and Grandpaw Bryant's Stake President, said "No" to her being baptized here. We were all very confused, but that's the way it was, so they were still trying to figure out arrangements...when Kathryn came to the rescue. She went to deliver a present we had for Grandma (very late, I might add, but I'll forgive her in a minute), when she found out the predicament, she went ahead and asked for permission in her stake (she was in the Stake Primary Presidency), and they told her yes, as long as her Bishop agreed. Bishop Grover agreed, and the Baptism was set!
It was so wonderful, I am really glad that we had the opportunity to be there, it's been hard to stay close as a family, when some people live so far away!! (This was Bishop Grover's last act as Bishop, he was released the next day, and we are so very greatful for him, and all of his service, he didn't have to do it, but we are thankful that he gave up his time to do so!)
The Roscher family: John and Brenda, Alyson and Meghan and Savannah

Grandma and Grandpaw Bryant and Savannah

Uncle Ronald and Savannah

Kyle and Tessa and Savannah

Uncle Daniel, Aunt Sarah, Kate, Afton, Dylan. Jocelynn, and Savannah

Not pictured that was there was the Roscher family (John's side) and Uncle Boyd, and of course Kathryn and Bishop Grover (thanks you guys!! it meant a lot to all of us!)

Spring Break

This year for Spring Break, we decided to meet up with Kathryn and her cute family, and Mom and head to Mesquite, Nevada. But first we stopped here, so the big girls could do Baptisms for the Dead.
I took the younger kids, and we hung out on the grounds, in the visitor center, and then the park. We then went to dinner at Cracker Barrell, and then headed down to Mesquite.
Margaret was nice enough to let us stay in her home. It was sooo nice!

We hung out, went swimming, played games, went to dinner, played Ninja and went for a walk. We had a fun time.





Thanks cousins for a fun time!