Family Vacation 6/30-7/4

Hey Everyone,
I thought I'd keep the ball rolling for our upcoming family vacation. I'm not sure we want to plan like we did last year (everyone takes a day) or not. I've got the feeling that we might want to tone things down a little from last year . . . that is, we don't have to have a huge, far away activity each and every day. In that spirit, I thought I'd throw out the following itinerary, as a suggestion:
Mon: arrive, play on play grounds, FHE that night (I think it would be fun to do a family Jeopardy game that night)
Tue: SEVEN PEAKS (it seemed like this was a big hit for most everyone last year)
Wed: games in Provo Canyon (picnic there for lunch); after lunch, Park City (Alpine Slide, etc) (just up the canyon!)
Thu: early morning Temple; after temple, bowling/games at the Wilkinson Center (on campus); swim at DT pool; Lip sync that night (we have to do the tug-o-war again, too!)
Fri (July 4): in the morning, Provo July 4 carnival (like the summer of 2005); in the afternoon, water games at the housing complex (water balloons, water guns, etc); maybe family picture in here, too; in the evening, BBQ
Sat: checkout, go back to Vegas (Marci and I would like to see the Truman grandparents on the way down to Vegas; as well as Grandma Bolwer; maybe we could plan a get-together with some of the cousins?)
OTHER activities: maybe some kareoke (sp?); we can plan a hike for older kids; Lagoon for older kids; etc.; BYU Creamery (every night!)

Anyway, anything you want to change or if you want to have everyone just plan a day, that's fine by me. I've got three more days of seminary next week, but I couldn't wait to get to this. We are thinking about it all the time and can't wait to see everyone this year!

HAPPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK!

THANKS FOR LETTING US LIVE WITH YOU, FOR TAKING CARE OF US AND EVEN FOR LETTING US USE YOUR COMPUTER. WISH I COULD FIND THE PICTURE FILES AND I'D ADD A PHOTO TO YOUR BIRTHDAY WISH!

WE LOVE YOU!


I'll add a photo =)Here's the birthday boy and the rest of the man crew on their way to breakfast and Indiana Jones.

(Lucy was pretty shy around all of these handsome faces this morning, but now she keeps wanting to see "Dadda and Zach and Uncle Mark and Harry and Tommy and...BEN!")

Should be a fun boy weekend!

Happy Birthday Mark!

Baby Kate is

growing up!

Happy Birthday, Kate!

We love you!

Lucy in the sun shine!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SUNSHINE!

WE LOVE YOU, LUCY!

grandpa and grandma

When ever Dad and I count our blessing we think of the Mothers in our family, and we are so grateful for Mothers Who Know. Last week we talked about that speech in our Relief Society and I remembered when I heard it that I thought of all of you!

Happy Mother's Day!
We Love you!

Happy Mother's Day Momma!!

Everyone in the family, I’m sure, remembers that until we were a certain age we had to go to bed at 8:00pm. I think it was a 12 year old rite of passage to stay up until 9:00pm, or even later if we had a good enough excuse. When I was the only one still under 12 I remember lying in bed and listening to all of my siblings either playing the piano, doing homework, watching T.V., or just bantering with each other. It was fun to listen to but who wants to be in bed when everybody else is up! I think mom realized that I felt jipped, or she just knew that I could use some attention, so she started coming in and spending a few minutes with me before I slept. We looked at scripture picture books, or just talked about the day; I remember thinking it was funny that she would fall asleep sometimes when I had asked her to stay until I fell asleep—who knew that parenting was a tiring thing? Well I know now and I just wanted to tell my Momma how grateful I am for her and how much I love her. Happy mothers day.

this summer's vacation

Hey everyone, I just thought we ought to open the dialogue regarding this summer's family vacation. We'll be winding up our week with the Steeds on the weekend of the 28/29 June and will be ready to party Truman style come 6/30. I heard talk a while back that Provo was off this year and we may stick around Las Vegas. Please confirm/deny if you have some solid information on that. If you don't have any solid info, this is a good time to start airing our opinions. We are happy to have the vacation in Vegas (especially because we get to stay at Mom's cool new house!), but if you all are looking for a reason to get out of town for the week, we liked really liked the Provo arrangement last year. Anyway, we can't wait to see you all soon! -Mike and family