Hike with the New Next Door Neighbors

We had a wonderful new family move next to us in Santaquin-- the Marchant's.  We invited them over for dessert one Sunday and had such a great time with them, we made plans to go hiking the next day for a joint FHE activity.  We met right after school and drove up to Sundance, up Provo Canynon and hiked the beautiful Stewart Falls.

More fun with Chihiro

For her going away present we wanted to give her something to put a memory in (photo frame) and of course, it needed a peacock, and sunflower is the only word in Japanese we can ever remember. I love how it all came together! 

Sunflower = Himowari.  

 My niece Nati was staying with us for a few days while Luke was out of town and I was scheduled for some really long rehearsals. She was being our Nanny Nati. :)
While I worked on the picture frame, Nati pulled out her makeup to entertain the kiddos.

 While doing so, Chihiro came home from her Southern  Utah trip. She surprised us by wanting in on the make-over fun.

 As most Japanese youth do, Chihiro made a peace sign in nearly every candid picture. Linaya caught on... but couldn't quite figure how to get her fingers to do it.  Chihiro thought she'd follow suite with Linaya's interpretation of the peace sign.  *I kept trying to get her to explain why everyone does the peace sign in pictures, but she didn't really know either. Guess it's just the thing to do :) Even Linaya thinks so.

2014-2015 School Year Begins!

Tianna  in 2nd Grade:  Mr. Love's class at C.S. Lewis Academy

 Adelia in Kindergarten: Mrs. Nielsen's class at C.S. Lewis Academy

Linaya:  Nearly 2 and wild and free :) 

Canyoneering in the Great North West

Well, clearly I am horrifically behind on our family record.  The kids love reading our blog books and for that, it has prompted me to get caught up!

So... Yes it's November 2015, but lets revert back to August 2014.
On August 8-11th, Luke and his buddies Blake and Daniel went all the way to Oregon for a canyoneering dream trip.  They absolutely loved those green, glorious canyons.  Nature is pretty incredible. They were able to explore 3 different canyons while there, Oneonta, Murna, and Eagle Creek. They had a blast jumping, rappelling, scaling, splashing, and sliding, in some of the pretties places on earth!

Celebrating Grandpa Peacock's Bday

On August 3rd we made a quick trip to Price to celebrate Grandpa Peacock's birthday at the park with the family. He is currently in a nursing home in Price so it was extra special honoring him. 

We love you Grandpa!!!!!!!!!!