Family camping trip

Yes, Echo went camping and survived! It will be a grand memory of when she actually enjoyed a camping trip. We hiked, swam, played in the dirt, made smores, and in the end she had fun without whining! She is a soft camper, but the great outdoors were kind to her this time and all is still well.

Cascade Lake

Such a pretty lake. Twas very coool to swim on a hot day. We also took a canoe and found some fun caves to explore!

Rock climbing

Casey l and the kids climbing up on the rocky hills.

Another Family Reunion

Tis the season of family reunions. Lots of of them when you have a big family. This pic is just the 7 of us on on Echo's side of the fam. No spouses or kids included. It is weird to see us not at tiny kids picking our noses. We are all older and taller. Look how much I take after my mom. I have her nose, cheek's, chin, forehead, and of course the girls all got the plumpy figures. Looking at old family photos of our relatives, from generations before us all the women were just as pudgy. On BOTH of my mom and dad's side. None of the girls in our family ever had a chance of getting the long, thin, lean genes. It is hopeless. Nope we look like our ancestors and there is nothing we can do about it but laugh. The next picture is the WHOLE family. Spouses and grand kids. You can say we own a lot of BMW in our fam. ( Big Mormon Wagon)

Buldging bicepts

Of course here is my husband showing off his muscles along with some of the boys. Aren't they such a handsome group!

These kids are related to me??

I new I had a lot of nieces and nephews, but holy cow put together it looks like I have more than 13 of them. I love the watermelon pic it is the perfect summer picture. & the baby is so dang cute! Don't worry there is no soda pop in it he picked it up before playing a game of kick the can. He is just too smart for his own britches

Art museum

I, Echo love art! I like all kinds of mediums and I enjoy gazing around the museum. The past few months the art museum has features ANSEL ADAMS. What a fantastic photographer. I had the time of my life frolicking through the rooms with his gorgeous black and white photos showing off the beauty of the world. His photos capture so much more than I can when I take pictures. I just wanted to show you all my favorite pictures that he has created. Notice how some objects reflect light or absorb more in the photos. It is amazing how he was able to capture so much with the lighting from the sun, and the glare of the moon.

Mystic Morning

This past month of Januray has been so foggy. In the mornings I walk with Casey to work. On the way home I took these pictures in the park next to our home. It was so gorgeous I could not help but share it with everyone. I would say myself that I should take up photography has a hobby, they are pretty good shots.

Christmas fun!

For Christmas we went to my parents and played on their 4 wheelers. I look serious in this picture because I am contemplating going over a hill and just how to do the maneuvering. The picture looks cooler than what it really was, but I like to keep people thinking that I am awesome anyways.

Our vacation

In September we finally made one of our dream vacations come true. We went to Sunny Florida. The last night we were there we went on a very romantic dinner cruise on an old Victorian paddle boat. The night was filled with music, dancing and all the ooshy gooshy love mush stuff anyone could handle. Complete with a beautiful sunset in the back ground. We hadda blast so you are forced to look at how much fun we had.