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 November 2, 2015- Many fall activities... We have had a lot of fun!

Grant getting covered with streamers at the Garth Brooks concert.

Beautiful Flowers brought over by Laura's mom!

Garth Brooks singing with Trisha Yearwood.  She was dressed up like a witch for Halloween, it made Garth speechless when she came out on stage. ;)

We had pretty good seats...  third row!!!

Laura dressed up as Princess Leia for Halloween.

Laura with some of her crazy teaching partners in a wind tunnel at a museum.

Laura trying the sloth hold to test her mighty strength! 

Out enjoying some four wheeling during our fall break.

Grant showing off his golfing skills. 

August 10, 2015- Last few days of Summer!

Payson Temple- Yay! We met our goal to visit all of the temples in Utah!

Marvin, the cute Labradoodle that we watched last week for a friend while they were on vacation.

Laura's mom with Marvin.

Laura with Marvin.  He is such a cute dog!  He is super friendly and smart.

Grant on his way to work.  He has been riding his bike each day, about 4 miles.  Way to go Grant!

At our City Festival Celebration.  Great bounce houses, bubble ball, food trucks, and paper rockets.  Great time with the family!

July 29, 2015- Summer take 2

Beautiful Water Fall-  One of our favorite places to visit.  We rode our bikes 18 miles roundtrip.  It was very up hill on the way to the waterfall.  It took us 2 hours to get there and a half hour to get home!  

Cabbage picked from our garden.  It is 15 inches across!  

Laura and her mom love to get pedicures!  Our most recent was a patriotic theme. 

Beautiful view from our camping spot. We went camping with Grant's whole family.  We enjoyed four wheeling, canoeing, and crawdad catching.  

Our tent with the gorgeous flowers.  

July 19, 2015- Summer Fun!

Our Pirate room on our weekend getaway. arrrr

Visiting the Brigham City Temple.

Eating at Maddox steak house. Yum!

Enjoying the scenery at La Caille during Grant's scholarship dinner.  

View of Brigham City Tabernacle from the temple.

Skydiver at the Logan Air Show. He landed on a target the size of a pillow. So Cool!

Chinese fighter plane on display at the air show.

Grant enjoying his Buffalo Burger. 

Grant painting my new craft room.  

Enjoying the balloon festival with Laura's parents. 

 Laura and her mom getting the craft room ready to paint. 

Laura golfing. 

City Rodeo fun!

New Baby Gerbils!

April 20, 2015-

Laura's nephew really wanted some rock candy at the Rock show.  The rock show is a yearly tradition that started when Laura and her brother's were young.  Now that Laura teaches about Rocks and Minerals in her 4th grade class it has become even more interesting. 

Gerbil mom with the babies from the batch that just went home last week. 

New curtains in Laura's classroom.

Laura with her mom, nephew, and friend posing in Laura's classroom before the 4th grade program.  

Laura and her mom had fun getting pedicures during Laura's Spring Break. 

Baby Gerbils born in Laura's classroom on April 17th. 

March 28, 2015- Catching up on that last couple of months.  Here are some of the highlights.  

Grant painted Olaf on our nieces fingernails on New Years' Eve! 

Out enjoying cross country skiing! 

Grant showing off the yummy cinnamon rolls we made for our ward Christmas Breakfast. 

The reindeer nose tradition continues!  Laura's mom makes them for her class and the brave teachers that want to join in the fun. 

Laura with a wonderful friend and fellow teacher the day before Christmas break. 

Laura with her mom at the bowling alley.  Laura's parents are fantastic bowlers. We had a really fun night.  We bowled from 6- 10 p.m.

Out bowling for Laura's dads birthday.  We have skills!

At our sister in law's wedding with Grant's dad.  We are so happy for her!

November 24, 2014- Grant had the privilege of baptizing our nephew in October.  Grant's brother passed away in a motorcycle accident so Grant was happy to be a part of our nephew's special day.  

Grant with our Nephew on his baptism day.  These two can never be serious together.  They are usually wrestling.  

Grant and Ethan- There were too many cameras to look at so they are both looking in opposite directions. :)

Laura as Mary Poppins on Halloween

No more contacts or glasses thanks to LASIK surgery.  YES! 

A visit to a waterfall the day after my LASIK surgery.  It was  amazing to see everything so clearly with out contacts or glasses. 

Laura's students drew some beautiful portraits of her. 

September 15, 2014-  We are back into the swing of things with Laura teaching 4th grade and Grant is back in school and working part time as a Mechanical Engineer Intern.  We have had some fun family outings the last couple of weeks!

Grant showing off his black lips from our nephew's birthday cake. 

Laura at a local Chalk the Block Festival. The art was AMAZING!

Grant chill'n with our nephew at a family get together. 

Our annual tea party with the nieces at Rendezvous. 

Anniversary Gift to go see Wicked.  Laura said it was just as good as when she saw it in New York a couple of years ago. :)

 We had a sleepover with the older nieces and nephews.  The fun included a Star Wars Marathon and a Pretty Pretty Princess Championship.  Our Nephew wanted to show off his winning bling.

The girls with their pretty jewelry. 

August 2, 2014- Summer fun!  We went backpacking for a couple of days.  Grant caught a couple of fish and we enjoyed the fresh mountain air.  We had Laura's cousins visit from New York, Texas and Georgia for our first Family Reunion in Yellowstone. We had a great time going through Yellowstone and floating the Snake river.   

Visiting a natural spring with cousins.

The lovely ladies before the steep hike down to the river. 

Laura sliding down the mountain to the river.

Family photo.  Notice the amazing matching shirts that Laura and her sister in law designed just for this reunion. 

Grant and Laura at a geyser. 

Laura and her mom stopping along the geyser trail to get a photo.

Cool root of a tree, we had to get an artistic family photo. 

Our family group ready to take on the rapids!

On the way home we stopped at the Golden Spike National Park, this is where the two railroads met in 1869 to cross the country from east to west. 

Grant with his prize fish!

Hiding from all of the bugs in the tent.

Grant checking for supplies in his backpack.  At the final weigh in Grant's backpack weighed 45 lbs and Laura's weighed 30 lbs. We are so tough!

June 26, 2014- Ahh SUMMER!  We have had a a little change of pace with our summer schedules.  Laura finally finished all of the teacher meetings for the summer and Grant just started an Mechanical Engineering Internship for an asphalt company that is close by.  He is enjoying learning more about what he will be getting himself into when he finishes school in a couple more semesters.    

Laura with her nephew and sister in law on a bike ride by the lake. 

Laura checking out the lake with her nephew. 

Visit to the Animal Museum with the nephews and nieces. 

At an outdoor concert with Laura's parents.

May 27, 2014- We had a great Memorial Day weekend!  We went for a bike ride with Grant's family, traveled to Ephraim, UT to a homecoming for Grant's Uncle and Aunt who came home from serving their mission in Nauvoo, visited our babies and other family members graves at the cemetery, played pickle ball with Laura's family, celebrated Laura's brother's birthday, and to cap it off we had a tinfoil dinner with neighbors around our fire pit.  What a way to kick off summer!

Relaxing around the fire pit. 

Grant acting as ball boy while Laura's mom and brother play pickle ball.  

Laura's brother dishing up some ice cream for his birthday celebration. 

Grant and Laura with a niece by baby Olivia's grave. 

Laura by baby Olivia's grave. 

Grant and Laura between the two graves.  Can you tell our nieces and nephews were having fun taking our pictures?

Grant and Laura at the Manti Temple right after the homecoming. 

Laura showing off her strength on the playground during a break from our bike ride. 

A dugout home located near the Manti temple.  The pioneers lived in this kind of home during their first year in Manti. 

Some of the family that made the trip to the temple. 

May 19, 2014-  Laura got a bike for her birthday.  For dinner we packed up and rode to the park and had a picnic.  Grant made dinner to celebrate Laura's last Monday of school.

May 15, 2014- This last week was teacher appreciation week and Laura was showered with gifts from her wonderful students. At Laura's school they also had a art show with the student's work.  It is quite impressive to see what they have accomplished this year. Last week we had the privilege to attend Grant's cousins sealing in the Salt Lake Temple. We couldn't resist taking a couple pictures of our own at the temple.      

Laura's classroom door, showered with cute heart notes from her students. 

Laura's 4th grade students art work from this year. 

Grant and Laura at the Salt Lake Temple

Grant's cousin and husband coming out of the temple as a married couple. 

Salt Lake Temple- Grant and I like to take any opportunity to visit the temples around the state and world. 

May 4, 2014- Here are some pictures from the last couple of weeks.  

Laura had the opportunity to be a county delegate for her area.  She had a lot of meetings to go to before voting at the county convention. 

Posters at the County Convention.  It was a good chance to get to know the current issues and the candidates that were running for office. 

Grant searching for Easter eggs at his family party. 

 Our nephew running around checking our backyard for eggs. 

Laura's brother, sister in law and nephew enjoying the family Easter egg hunt. 

Grant and Laura visiting with Grant's grandmother.  

Cupcakes Laura, her mom and her sister in law made for Laura's birthday. 

April 5-11, 2014  Spring Break in Las Vegas.  A family reunion for Grants side of the family.  We stayed in Tahiti Village. Listened to conference on Saturday and Sunday with a visit to the temple.  Played in the pool as much as our water logged selves could handle and then had fun with all the nieces and nephews.

At the Shelby Car Factory in Las Vegas

Checking out the Bellagio Fountains

Checking out the process of making chocolate apples at the M&M factory. 

At the M&M factory cactus garden

Loved being in Vegas with Friends and Family.

After the Michael Jackson show at the RIO.

With his big elbows even Grant can compete with a 8 year old!!

Trying to go to the shark tank it was closed.  Grr!!

Visiting the Temple with the family that was there.

March 30, 2014- Here is an update of pictures from the last couple of weeks.  

 Laura with her brother and mom on their mom's birthday. Laura loves the sparkly wrapping paper. 

Snow Shoeing

Gift Laura and Grant gave to Laura's mom for her birthday.  Pictures for a bracelet of Laura and her siblings when they were little and a necklace with pictures of the siblings and their families. 

Laura holding her nephew while they wait for Laura's brother to cross the finish line in a biathlon. 

Laura, her brother and nephew cheering their younger brother on as he swims in the first part of the biathlon. 

Laura's brother about to cross the finish line. 

Grant about to blow out his birthday candles. 

Grant planting a walnut tree. 

Grant getting some help blowing out his birthday candles. 

2/17/14- Happy President's Day- It is nice to have a day off from work to catch up with everything and think of the wonderful country we live in.  This entry includes pictures from a couple of different activities that we have enjoyed throughout the month of February. Along with these activities we have found time to watch the Olympics.  It is so fun to see all of the amazing athletes from around the world.

Our nice, new shirts and Grant's cool penguin hat. 

Shoe Shoeing up Little Cottonwood Canyon

Grant, Laura and Laura's mom trying out the bobsled 

Dancing during a friend's birthday party at our house. 

1/20/14- During Christmas break we made a trip up to Salt Lake City using the passenger train Front runner.  It was the first time for most of our group on the train.  It was a fun experience!  

Grant and Laura's mom on the train.

Laura and Grant at the Christus in the Visitors Center next to the SLC temple.  

Laura and her mom in front of the Salt Lake Temple

Laura's brother, sister in law, nephew and mom on Front runner.

New Years Eve party!  We had a fantastic time bringing in the New Year with games, dancing and great food. 

Family enjoying just dance on the Wii.

Minute to Win it Nose Dive.  Boys against Girls- Very intense Competition.

Another Minute to Win it game- Grant's parent's challenge was to stack six dice on a popsicle stick in their mouth. 

Laura and her mom trying to get a cookie from their forehead to their mouth in one minute.It is harder than it looks. :)  

12/30/13- Christmas Time- We have had a lot of fun with family and friends the past couple of weeks.  It seems like we need this time of year to make time for the things that really count like building relationships with family and friends.  Here are a couple of pictures from the fun that we have had. 

Family party at our house. Playing pool with uncle and cousins. 

Nephew and cousins skillfully planning their next move.  

Getting set up for the family program. 

Grandma telling us a story about when she was a little girl. 

Grant had to get a "selfie" picture to remember the night.

Grant took a picture of all of the photographers that were taking pictures of the family nativity.  

Grandma telling us a story of when she was a little girl.

Playing Christmas songs with the bells. 

Smiling over the gifts we won in the annual $5 gift exchange on Christmas Eve. 

Bright and Early Christmas morning with our nephew.

Grant opening his snowshoes on Christmas. 

Grant was so excited about his snowshoes that he had to try them out in the backyard on Christmas morning. 

November 24, 2013
This past month we have had some fun opportunities.  We went to a Murder Mystery Dinner with Grant's cousins and their wives.  We had to dress up like our characters in the murder mystery.  Laura's character was a rich girl with lots of jewelry so that was easy for me to pull off(maybe not the rich part,but I do have lots of jewlery) and Grant was a nerd with a pocket protector, since he is studying engineering he had just the right math tools to put a costume together.  Sadly I forgot to take pictures.  Sorry:(
One of our awesome neighbors from the ward we just moved from invited us to the Share the Harvest dinner, which is a fundraiser for the Boys and Girls Club.  This has become somewhat of a tradition for us since this is our third year going.  They have the children from the Boys and Girls club come dance and sing and then they have a silent auction and a regular auction to raise money for the club.  We have really enjoyed being part of this great cause. Along with the fundraising it was fun to see several of our neighbors we haven't seen since we moved almost a year ago.  Fun time catching up with everyone!
One of the teachers Laura works with had some Ballet tickets that she couldn't use so she gave them to us to go see Ballet West in the production of "Fire bird".  It was a wonderful experience.  Grant even seemed to enjoy it.  That is one of the things I love about Grant.  He is willing to try new things even if it means going to a ballet. :)

Eating dinner at the Share the Harvest, Boys and Girls Club dinner

Posing at the "Fire bird" Ballet

October 26 2013
Grant's parent invited us down to the Sand Dunes so Laura could come have fun on the 4 wheelers.

Time for lessons, Laura's getting a driving in sand lesson.

Can't get the camera to take Grants picture in the air but take off and landing are good enough.

  Defying gravity.

This is what we both look like on one four-wheeler without our helmets, not moving.

October 19, 2013
Laura had a trip to Cedar City for a Utah History class she is taking.  Grant went with his family down to the sand dunes to catch one last weekend of good weather.

October 4, 2013
Busy Weekend!  We started off with a Imagine Dragons concert on Friday night.   On Saturday morning we made it to the morning session of General Conference and then cleaned out most of the garden.

At the Imagine Dragons Concert

Morning Session of Saturday Conference

Getting the carrots ready to eat. Yum!

September 30, 2013
Harvest Time!  It is that time of year where all of the hard work on the garden pays off.  We planted many things this year in our garden including: squash, zucchini, beets, onions, leeks, tomatoes, pumpkins, cabbage, swiss chard, peppers, peas, green beans, okra, eggplant and carrots.  We have been trying new recipes and canning some of it so that we can enjoy it later.

September 4, 2013
This last weekend we returned from our annual trip to the Mountain Man Rendezvous.  These are some pictures from the Mountain Man Ball.  We enjoy spending time together participating in the square dances each year.

August 27, 2013
We have had a busy couple of weeks.  School started for both Laura and Grant and we have been trying to finish up our many projects that we started this summer.  Here are some of the highlights.

Grant and I went to the county fair and volunteered at the Beekeepers booth where we had the opportunity to talk to many people about bees.  

Grant enjoying watching the tractors at the county fair. 

Laura sitting at the bee booth waiting for someone to come ask her questions about bees. 

Laura's first day of school with her 4th graders for the 2013-2014 school year!

Grant working on the siding on his new shed. 

Grant finishing up the siding  on his shed.  Completed shed pictures to come!

July 23, 2013
This last weekend we went on a backpacking trip.  Grant has been wanting to go for a long time and Laura agreed to go as long as there are not any bears. We had a great time with beautiful temperatures and amazing scenery.

We stopped at a reservoir on our way up to the trail head. 

Signing in at the trail head. 

Showing off our backpacks at the beginning of the hike.  Grant's weighed in at 45 lbs and Laura's at 35 lbs. 

Setting up Camp.

Our Campsite

Enjoying the View of the Lake

We made it!