Independence Day Celebration, Family Reunion, a bunch of birthdays, Trip to California...
Tim spent the last day of the Waterford Singapore trip at Universal Studios
They were delayed a bit on the trip home, and by the time Tim saw each of the students safely off, it was about 10:30 pm. M and L had made him an amazing WELCOME HOME sign...
It was neatly hung on the garage door...
The next morning was church and then dinner.
We talked about options to celebrate Independence Day and settled on renting a 12 passenger van, driving to Bear Lake with the family for some waverunner fun.
Fortunately, a van was available and a waverunner!
If you rent a waverunner, you are allowed to use a nice beach and life jackets...
The water at Bear Lake is a gorgeous blue!
Luke and Amy
Luke had been dying to go on a trip, so this was just the thing!
It was a quick trip because Leland had to be back to the Salt Lake airport by 5:00 pm for his flight to Washington state. We were so glad that he got to go with us to the lake!
Tim drove and the rest of us talked and played games, and of course ...
ROAD TRIP MUSIC!
The little ones loved playing in the sand
Excavators!
After an afternoon of beach time fun, we headed over to Zippz for dinner
and made it to the airport just in time!
Back at the house, time distributed souvenirs from his Singapore trip
From Singapore Universal Studios
C is a cuddler :)
Then we headed over to the sand pit lookout location with all the other Cedar Hollow neighbors...
It's a perfect spot for watching fireworks!
You can see them going off all over the valley
Breathtaking!
M and L had a little sleepover
Culinary delights...
On most sundays, Amy makes some sort of fancy dessert.
This one used peppermint leaves!
We babysat W and C so that B and C could go on a date
W had a birthday, turning three!
B and C moved into their new home in PG
C made an awesome cake!
"Today is a birthday, I wonder for who?"
W loved the excavator!
A storm came through quickly and took down a branch in their yard
GETTING READY!
Family Reunion
Sisters...
Some research on Grandpa Petersen's life...
Gathering...
Waterfall hikes
Potato Hill-that lookout location is breathtaking!
Dinner was Hawaiian Haystacks
With lots of toppings
Opening ceremonies...
Oh, the games!
Mt. Timpanogos Temple Trip
Game time...
Highland Glen
Uncle John and Aunt Gretchen stayed for 8 hours in the heat.
Uncle John spent time with each person, giving a $2 bill, making corrections on family history records, sharing neat stories and experiences, and talking about goals and life.
It was amazing!!!
Water fun...
Mark was in Africa, but Tova and kids came for the festivities...
Art table
Watercoloring!
Rainbow!
Dear friends came to see us!
Saturday events...
The Petersen reunion
All of mom's living siblings came!!!
Max, the youngest grandchild
(Jared is the oldest grandchild)
Back home for games...
Laser tag
Sunday birthday celebrations...
Ham and cheesy potatoes for dinner, and a chocolate chip cookie cake for dessert...
And birthday celebrations for Leah and Luci
Hannah
We drew names and took turns giving out an imaginary award to each person there...
Our family is the best!!!
After the reunion, Tim, Luke and girls headed to Oceanside, California for a road trip...
They headed over to the San Diego Temple
The VRBO was nice and roomy
The next day, they headed for home, but stopped for the night at a hotel in St. George
They went hiking in Snow Canyon
We celebrated Tim's birthday!
Happiest birthday, Tim! We all love you very much!!!
Gas prices got up to $5.17 a gallon in Utah!
Sunday dinner...
The girl's made a yummy pasta dinner and Bekah got me roses!
So pretty!!!
We made basil, cherry tomato, mozzarella cheese delight and it tasted so good!
Luke made yaki-soba!
We got a little bit of rain
Eric's birthday...
The highlight of the entire year was the birth of baby Alex!
He truly is the sweetest baby and we adore him very much!
Linda retired from the library. I worked with her doing storytime for about 5 years...
Nori and I went out to lunch at a place in Springville
Heidi made these beautiful photo props for our Stake event we are having in August.
We are so excited for it!
Sweet text from my sister...
