72 Hour Kit

Arizona, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Hawaii, Louisiana, Georgia, Missouri, Kentucky and Tennessee.  Did you know that all of these states (and probably many more) have had evacuations due to some disaster or another THIS YEAR.  After donating needed items to our stake humanitarian specialist  for disaster relief in Arizona I decided it was time again to reassess our 72 hour kit. 

Shopping!!

Saturday I found my $10 off a $20 Kohls purchase coupon and promptly packed up the kids...all FOUR kids!  As a general rule I try to avoid taking all the kids shopping because it never ends well for me or them.  I'm happy to say this time was different!

We had pure bliss because of this:

Fathers & Sons

Our hike just north of Pioneer Pass

Cooking dinner, making S'mores, or just playing with fire?

Go Fish!

Bridgestone Tricycles

http://www.bridgestonetire.com/Brand/Ecopia#

Tricycles built with car tires to show the improved rolling resistance that improves gas mileage.

A Wedding

This weekend we were able to enjoy a lovely wedding in the Mesa Arizona Temple.  Here is the happy couple:

And I'm happy to announce that the cake is finished!!

I'm very relieved to be done with the cake. I have been working on it for about a week and a half and I'm glad it's done so we can get back to normal life.   I'm also looking forward to cleaning all the powdered sugar and cornstarch off of all horizontal surfaces.

Lately...

As some may know we have an up coming wedding we have been preparing for.  I have been asked to make the cake.  Here's a sneak peak:

Family

My family came for a visit this last week.  It was great to see them and spend time with them.  We decided our last extended family pictures were pretty out dated (we've had two kids since they were taken) so we needed some new ones.  Here they are:

So there you have it.  They turned out pretty good. 

Some Pictures From April

 It's been awhile so here are some pictures of us.


Katie chose to sleep in a bucket, silly girl.

 Great Grandma and Great Grandpa Biggs came for a visit,  The kids don't look excited in the picture but really they were thrilled they came!  It worked out to go to breakfast with them the next morning too, we had a great time!

Katie's hair is long enough to do french braids! She now requests braids all the time.

Lilly is VERY affectionate to everyone.  On this day she had a strong hold on James' ears so she could get a good slobbery kiss in. 

 That's all for now.