Book of Bryson

So, Bryson just started his own blog. I would highly recommend checking it out. Here's the link : http://bookofbryson.blogspot.com/ . He is very creative for a left-brained attorney! :)

Trip to Utah Part 2

As we drove into Salt Lake, we stopped to visit Grandma Tate. Bryson's parents came down for a couple days, too, so it was great to see them and have a little 4th of July picnic out back. The kids were very excited to see them, but they are very shy at first, so it always takes a bit for them to warm up to even grandparents sometimes.

Here is another reason for our trip to Utah. My sister, Jana, had her baby and blessed her on Sunday. Baby Kate is such a cutie! We enjoyed spending time with them and all of Brad's family, too.

And, here's another reason for our trip. Baby Johnny, Bryson's brother, Brad and Keriann had a little boy a couple months ago. We had a great time eating dinner with them and Bryson's mom, Julie, in Brad's backyard. We also got to visit with Brad and Keriann on Sunday after church. We are excited for them and their new adventure as parents!

Here is Bryson in a Nathan sandwich! This is one of our good friends and one of Bryson's former roommates from our BYU days. Nate is getting married in August! Yea! We are super excited for him. We got to meet his beautiful fiance, too. Good luck and congrats to them!!

Here is the most recent family picture of my side. Boy, we sure seem to be growing in numbers fast!

And here are the proud grandparents with all of their grandkids. Wow, five in the last 4 1/2 years. And from only 2 daugters so far!

I have to add how fast Kayla is growing. She's at the beginning stages of crawling, the kind of lift, hop and scoot around the floor. She gets up on to her hands and sometimes knees, but is still a little unsure of what to do.

Weekend in Utah Part l

We spent this last weekend in Utah visiting with family and friends. On Saturday, we went to Thanksgiving Point with the Rob and Dani, some friends that we made while Bryson was in law school. The kids all had a great time, along with the adults. :)

Here's Lily standing on the dinosaur scale. The first picture I took her head was straight, but I couldn't see her face because her hat was low, so, here is the picture where she lifted her head up. :)

Who can resist taking a picture in front of a shark like this? These are our friends, Rob, Dani, Liam and Lance with us. We had a great time with them at Thanksgiving Point, along with a traditional Cafe Rio lunch afterwards. Yummy. I wish we had one here!

At the end of the exhibit, there were two big sandbox areas where the kids could use the brushes to find buried bones. Nathan really enjoyed that part.

What a great shot! Bryson is the real photographer in our family. This is Nathan and Liam examining there stretched pennies stamped with a dinosaur outside the building .

We had a great time!! Thanks Rob and Dani!