Tyler and Kelly visiting

Tyler and Kelly and their cute family came to visit us in July. They were here for Brayden's Baptism and stayed for a week. We are so glad that they did. The cousins loved playing together and we loved hanging out with Tyler & Kelly! Thank you guys for making the effort to be with us!!

Kelly and the kids conspired against Tyler one day. The kids kept him busy, tickling him, jumping on him while Kelly actually painted his toe nails.. he thought she was just clipping them. It was seriously funny because everyone knew what was happening except Tyler. Of course he was a good sport though!!! Funny!!

We had fun playing cards with Mom and Dad Ras, Whitney and Grandma Larsen too.

We went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House together. It was sooo fun. Being in the temple is an incredible experience. I love taking our kids there and seeing their eyes light up when they feel the spirit.

After the Temple Open House we went up to Salt Lake and had fun in the Visitor Centers... Kelly is such a fun person to be around... she makes me laugh. If you can tell, we have a great time together.

We saw the Joseph Smith movie...it's always incredible.

LeGrand and Tyler are such good brothers.. Their brotherhood reminds me of Hyrum and Joseph.

The Church History Museum was really fun for the kiddos too...

There is a Children's section in the Museum. It was amazing. The kids had a wonderful time. I was very impressed.

Here is Kolby, showing what it really means to "BABYSIT". We all got a good laugh out of that one.

I know I've said it before, but trying to get a serious picture of these too is almost impossible. I had fun snapping shots of their silliness.

Oh I'm soooo lucky!

The roof of the Conference Center was fun too!!

Our guide suggested that we take this picture. We can be seen in the reflection..It was awesome!

The visit wouldn't be complete without games...Ticket to Ride...Settlers...Rook...It was so fun! Thanks again Tyler and Kelly. We love you guys!!

Howdy Partner!

I love this picture!! It was taken while we were in Henderson visiting Grandma and Grandpa. We were there for the 24th of July celebration... The kids looked so precious in their outfits. I'm so grateful for our Pioneer Heritage and all they did so that we can enjoy the life we live now!!

Grandma and Grandpa's house

Before EFY we were able to spend some fun time with Grandma and Grandpa....as always we had a blast...

The Hotel

We went swimming at the Hotel LeGrand and I stayed at for EFY...If you can tell we had so much fun making towers and seeing how high we could get it. There was a family from Germany there, we were quite entertaining I'm sure. They either thought we were crazy or fun. Saturday night the kiddos stayed at the hotel with us. They loved it. Fun Memories.

24th of July Celebrations
We had so much fun celebrating the arrival for the Mormon Pioneers in the Utah Valley. The kids Loved the Parade, the Fire Truck squirting out water on everyone and the Carnival. It was fun!!!

Hoover Dam
Wow!!! That might about sum it up. The kids were in aw when they saw the Hoover Dam. Every time I've been there I'm seriously amazed. It's breathe taking. If you want to go it might be better not in July because it was Hot too. But defiantly worth it!!!

Bass Pro Shop

Who would have thought that one of the kids favorite places to go would be a sporting goods store. If you haven't ever been to the Bass Pro Shop, you defiantly need to go. We could spend hours in there....oh wait, we did.

There is a HUGE Aquarium with tons of beautiful fish...they also have a Mermaid come and feed the fish and put on a show. The kids Loved this. She was so cute with the kids too.

The Shooting Range was a "HIT" too. ;)

"For the Love"

LeGrand came down the stairs one day and saw this.....
Brayden and Adelyn are such good friends. They are playing Webkinz on the computer. They love being together. I'm grateful they are such good friends.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

LeGrand, Whitney and I went to see Harry Potter late one night. Seriously we had so much fun. I loved sitting between Whitney & LeGrand. We laughed all night long. Oh how I love these guys!!!

We had our wands ready...

Trips are always fun!!!!