More pics from trip

Here's some pictures from our trip to Israel. These were all in the Galilee region, where we saw such things as Nazareth, Capernahum, the Mount of Beatitudes, Tiberias, Megiddo, and so forth. We enjoyed "sailing where Jesus walked" with a boatride on the actual Sea of Galilee and learning all about his life here in this region.

Big Trip report!

We just got home from a 12-day trip to Israel and France. It was a wonderful trip and we had a great time with my family in Israel for 10 days touring all the amazing sites in Jerusalem, Galilee, Dead Sea, Bethlehem and everywhere else. We're still getting the pictures together from Israel and I'll post some of those soon. On the way home, Tami and I (and Carter!) stopped in Paris for 2 days and had a great time eating crepes and bread and pastries and cheese and croissants and . . . oh yeah, we saw a few things too. Here are some pictures from Paris!

Swimming Suits Me Fine

It's been awhile since we went swimming and a couple kids had to move up in swimming suit sizes since last summer, but we had a fun plunge at the pool. Tanner loved the big slide as long as he could sit on Dad's lap, while Lauren and Ashley went around the lazy river probably a hundred times.

On Deck

We're excited that our deck is almost done! Yesterday they poured some cement for the stairway and we all put our handprints in it, from parents down to Tanner and Carter, as a little memory of some sort. It will be fun to compare handprint sizes in 10 years or so when we see it again.

Draper Open House

We went on the final weekend (probably not the greatest idea) to the open house of the Draper Temple. The girls were all very excited and enjoyed the open house. Tanner--not so much. He basically ran back and forth through the line, cutting off people left and right. I'd chase him and apologize to everyone as I'm hunting him down.

Afterwards as we talked to the kids, Kaitlyn was so excited to someday go and do baptisms there. Lauren's favorite part was the beautiful mirrors. Ashley thought the bride's room was super pretty and Tanner just liked the cookies at the end.

Let's Go Fly a Kite, Part II

When we were at the park flying kites, I offered the kids some snacks. Ashley declined and said, "I think I'm going to not eat for a whole week and then maybe I'll be skinny enough that you can tie me to the kite and I can fly with it!"

Let's Go Fly a Kite

We had an early spring day on Saturday. The kids (with some cousins visiting) were so excited to go to the park and try out our new kite. We had some success, but a hard time getting it to stay up for too long.