There is so much to say... but I will try to keep the words minimal since I have lots of pictures to do the taking for me... we'll see how that goes!!
So, CJ got this truck... for $300. Seems like a pretty good deal.. but what an UGLY truck huh...
but then he got to work...
(click to enlarge)It turned out pretty good... and somebody else loved it and bought it. It was a fun project for him!!
He also tried replacing a starter in a vehicle
If he was feeling a little better you would be able to see how excited he really was! He is turning into quite the handyman!!The kids... well... they were kids... ALL MONTH LONG!
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Then there was EASTER!! We are so grateful for our Savior and for the greatest sacrifice that was made on our behalf so that we can live again!! Its a great time to celebrate, AND Kandis came to visit!!
(click to enlarge)Last Friday we headed to St. George for the weekend. Its about a 4 hour trip from our door and it is a beautiful, quick drive! It was the first time for the kids and I and CJ's second... although he thought we were only 5 minutes away from Lake Powell... ya... not exactly.. more like another 4 hours, thankfully we caught that mistake before we headed out in the car! Sadly we were only 5 or 6 hours away from our family in Arizona, it would have been fun to see you guys.
Anyway... onto the pictures... pool... FUN IN THE SUN!!! (except for Ashlyn who chose to stay and have fun with her dance company... inside... most of the day... haha! Although, I must say I don't think she minded one bit!!) OK, OK, pictures....
We got to the hotel and decided that we had time to kill that evening... and CJ is ALL about making memories, so Ashlyn and I went to the lobby to see if we could find a brochure on something fun to do. This is what we found... The Rosenbruch Wildlife Museum!! It was awesome, AND... here are some of our experiences
I LOVED this quote.. .it was right when you walked through the door...
They gave Kailey and Canyon binoculars, and the older children (yes us) radios. At each section there was a number and if you punched that number into your radio you could hear all about the animals in that part of the world. All of the animals were real stuffed mounts...they were so cool... and needless to say CJ was in HEAVEN!
(click to enlarge)Kailey and Canyon got to go swimming on Saturday while Ashlyn was at dance... all three of them were in HEAVEN!
THEN there was dance
And the video... yes it is the same song but you HAVE to watch Ashlyn in this! She is SO committed to dancing and it certainly shows! She stole the show... ok, maybe that's just me... but watch!!!!!!...
THEY GOT FIRST PLACE!!!!!!!!
In both of their performances... and the companies Hip-Hop team also placed first in their dance! I wish I hadn't missed that!! Good job girls... you are ALL so beautiful and talented!!!THEN there was the ride home... the 4 hours... make that FOURTEEN!!!!!!!!!!
Yep... CJ and his road trips! Instead of heading straight up I-15 and home... we went through Zion National Park and Bryce Canyon... allllll the way up to Boulder, Utah where we got to see.... KANDIS!!!! SURPRISE!! We almost missed her... she was just a couple hundred yards away from turning off the highway to go hiking for the day... and our road trip would have been all for nothing!! Well, not totally...
Canyon found heaven again going through this HUGE mile long tunnel...
He called it the choo choo train tunnel, and, in fact, the car tires even sounded like a train as we were going across the lines in the road!!
Kailey found heaven with the plethora of ROCKS that were EVERYWHERE...
(Daddy explaining to Kailey that this is a special place where you cant take lots and lots of rocks) 
Ashlyn was just happy to be alive... she is growing up and enjoyed seeing the scenery as much as we did... but she especially liked seeing the wild life and seeing the rocks she has been learning about in school. In fact she has been working very hard on a 5-10 minute oral report on Kane county... which we just happened to be driving though!!
We all had a great time together (MUCH better than the Yellowstone road trip!)
Then the visit with Kandis!! It was only a few hours but it meant a lot to all of us (and we got to have a junk food dinner picnic.. because that's all the food we had left from our trip!). She really does live in a great place!
(this is at the neighbors house!)
(eewwwwww.... Elk Poop!!)
Yes, that was our trip! We'll be headed to Spokane sometime this summer. Haven't decided exactly when though... a little help would be nice. Hopefully the trip to up there will be as fun as the trip down south!
And THAT was the last month with the Larsons!
3 comments:
YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! i love the new post, maybe cause im in it or maybe becaue i just love seeing the updates. life is good here. thanks for including me in your adventure, tears were rolling out my eyes when you drove off. I LOVE THE SACRIFICES YOU MAKE FOR ME!!!. by the way where is my picture of horse????
What an eventful month! That video of Ashlyn is DARLING!!! I was thinking... maybe you should plan another portrait party, and this time we could take them by the lake...?!?! Let me know what you think!
oh how fun. I really want to take a trip with the kids. but not enough time. Plus an hour in the car each week for grocery shopping makes me think twice. :D
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