Monday, July 30, 2012

Beach!

We were lucky enough to join the Schlauder Family at Del Mar Beach Club in California!  We had such a wonderful time!  We have decided that the ocean is healing... we really needed some time to breath and get away from all the struggles...  Thanks so much Linda and Allyn for letting us spend time with your family in such a beautiful place!



Cousin time!

Boogie Boarding...



Ethan and Levi loved playing ball!



Noah and Aunt Linda...

All 18 of us went to a San Diego Padres Baseball Game!  Not a great game, but lots of fun because of the great company!  We ate at Hodad's in the park...great burgers and amazing onion rings!
My favorite memory of the night... Caleb was being a trooper walking all around the park to get to our seats, but our sweet Jennie saw he was struggling and she bent down and said "Hey Caleb, climb on.." and she carried him all the rest of the way!  She is such an example to me of love and caring!  Love you Jen!!!


James and I took Jackson and Ethan to the aircraft carrier USS Midway... they had a blast!  EJ loves anything to do with planes...so this was a must see!~







 The boys favorite part was the flight simulator!


 UPSIDE DOWN!!


Uncle James and Caleb...


And he was great at building sandcastles with all the kids!


 We went to seal beach...


And then out for frozen treats!!
 Aunt Lisa with Caleb and Olivia and Miss Kate...

Amy and Ethan on a breakfast date!

James and I spent an afternoon at the Mormon Battalion Visitor Center...so awesome... we found that we have two ancestors that were in the Battalion! 

We then had a wonderful authentic Mexican dinner in Old Town San Diego!
Our last night...saying goodbye to the beach and a beautiful sunset!


Such a wonderful and much needed vacation! 

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Look Who's Three!

Our sweet Kalvin is 3 years old!  It is hard to believe!
They will be coming to visit in a couple of weeks...we can't wait!!
We LOVE you Kalvy...hope you had a GREAT Birthday!!














Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Family Reunion!

We had a WONDERFUL time at the Dixon 2012 Family Reunion last week!
About 60 of us went to Brian Head for 3 days... we stayed in a wonderful Chateau!  All the kids over 10 stayed in the bunk house...oh my!  They had so much fun together!
THE WHOLE GANG!

 I was asked to put together "Missionary Posters" for the 4 Missionaries out serving from the family right now... Elder Hayden-Washington Kennewick Mission... Elder Ben-California Arcadia...Elder Jake-Honduras San Pedro Sula and Elder Chase-England London!
There were fun games to be played...




 Uncle Andrew took Ethan and James fishing!  EJ caught 4 fish and had a wonderful time!
Noah always seems to be surrounded by cute girls!  Even at the Family Reunion...
Then there was the Zip Line... Even Aunt Nita (82 yrs old!) went down... I wish I had gotten a picture of that... it was awesome!




We made family flags... we were lucky to have James' artistic skills!


We ate lots of wonderful food!! Even Grampa's Dutch Oven Chicken, Potatoes and Cobbler!
We had a family talent show:
The Armstrong/Bergquist Clan...
 The Leavitt's... We loved having Uncle Wade play the Ukelele!
 Uncle Mike... "So long, farewell..."

Here we are singing our cheer:
"James and Lisa...the Dixon's you knowa
5 handsome boys make the girls say wowa
Tyler, Brad, Ben and Noah
Ethan makes five, and that's for showa
And if you don't like it...we'll show you the dowa..."
Fun in the hot tub!
 We had an awesome time during the "Family Olympics"!  Noah ended up serving for the win in the final Volleyball game for the Championship!





 The Champions!

Thanks to Carolyn and Abby for all your efforts in putting this reunion together!  Wonderful memories were made for a lifetime!


Sunday, July 8, 2012

My boys...

I love these pictures of my grandson's!
Oh...Asa!

 Kalvy after a long day!