Still Catching up......I Need a Blog Overhaul

2009's Summer trips

It may take me a year to catch upon the last 6 months. This is my 3rd entry so if you're trying to catch up on us you'll have to go back to the entry of Jaxon's adoption. Now back to our Summer trips - they were so great after the Grand canyon we went to Cedar city and stayed a couple of days parked in front of Jay and Shauna's house. The kids love to play together...well mine love to play with theirs they talk about them all the time and ask when the next time we are going to Utah!! After a couple of days with them we drove up to Park City to attend Jake and Heather's wedding - I thought for sure I took pictures at the wedding so I'll have to go find some. It was great fun it was a beautiful day for an outside wedding. we stayed there a couple of nights and then drove to Bountiful to stay in James aunt and uncle's driveway (thank goodness for driveways!! - free power and water hook ups) I think that was the highlight of our trip - we went down to Salt Lake to see Temple Square and it made a lasting impression on the kids. Now whenever they see a building that has anything that looks like a steeple it is a temple. We took a tour of the conference center that was fun - taking tours with children under 5 should be ban in the US.....simply because when someone has to take you and show you the stuff it usually means they don't want you to run around and touch everything. That is an impossible task for anyone under 5 that lives in the J&M Ziegler Home. They loved seeing the roof of the center. I am still amazed that if you forget you're on the roof it is just like a garden on the ground. There were some amazing snow clouds to the east that brought some beautiful rain - I love rain anytime, anywhere. Before we went to the temple grounds we had a little lunch on the sidewalk right in front of the conference center it was great it's like a little park with rocks grass and a little stream (aka melted snow) running between the sidewalk and the street. I'm pretty sure that is what heaven is like - minus the tired kids - beautiful weather, beautiful surroundings and the spirit of the temple right there for all to see and partake of. We had fun taking pictures at the "temple spot" better known as the cement slab that all couples stand on with the temple in the background....amazing!


We only had to take about 3 of these to get everyone in the picture looking at the camera....Just look at all of us. It is a miracle to me everyday that we have these 6 amazing children and that they are sealed to us- I'm grateful for people and things around me that remind me to thank Heavenly Father daily for our family...We were ok for 14 years with just the 2 of us..now it is like all that time was a small moment - we could never ever go back to that. I am in love with Heavenly Father's Plan for us!!


Shea, Joey, Jesse, and Samantha - doesn't it look like nap time? Beautiful pioneer wild flowers!!

Tourists!!! Joey, Jordan, Jesse


This is Love Child #6 He was a trooper during this 2 week whirlwind. He go to know the stroller really well. It was a life saver.

This is where we had lunch...we tried to leave some crumbs for the birds to have lunch also. Jaxon was sleeping so he missed out on the kids picture. Isn't it beautiful!!

Conference Center steps after lunch - refueled and ready to go.

When ever I see a picture of Jaxon and he's not right here I want to go and get him and squeeze him tight for along time - but when I do he wants to get down and run for his life...he's a great runner for a 1 yr old. I love his lips and his round face and his crazy hair - which we've cut a couple of times already. I can see already why people want more children.....he is growing up so fast he is definitely not a baby anymore...he is such a boy toddler he loves cars and boy stuff. He is a jokester just like Jesse (heaven will help us!!) he does things and waits till you laugh about it. What makes it more funny is that he is so small. If we had one more girl that would be ok....I'm just saying:)

After SL we went back to CC and stayed a few more days there and went to Jake and Heather's place for a reception there it was nice very casual in their back yard. We loved seeing their home and what Heather had already done to make Jake's bachelor pad into a home. After our great stay in Utah we drove straight home. It wasn't bad. It was a great time together as a family it has been a great memory that the kids still talk about. That is my favorite when I hear then talking about something we have done as a family. I'll be adding more posts soon - All this catch up is getting me in the mood and practice for 2010.