Thursday, April 12, 2012

Easter photo shoot attempt

Since we have church at 9 am, pictures had to wait until afterwards. This meant we had approximately 30 seconds of cooperation from the bunch.
Here is the winner! It'll do. 
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We thought about getting all 5 of us...this is all we got. 
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Cheese! The single shot attempts. I literally could only get 1 shot of each kid before they were on the move. 
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It was a happy Easter! We had Aunt Suzanne and Aunt Lizzie up for dinner that night. We love those girls!

San Francisco Surprise

Ryan pulled off a huge surprise for our 9th anniversary! He arranged everything for us to go on a weekend trip to San Francisco with some friends. None of us had been there so it was one new fun thing after another. 
First, we rode the cable car to meet up with Fred and Meili.
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Our next stop was Fisherman's Wharf for some clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls. Mmmmm!
It was raining our whole first day, we just made the most of it. 
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The sea lion didn't seem too excited about his party. 
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We tried out some chocolate cupcakes filled with caramel and a big fudge sunday at Ghiradelli Square. 
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Ryan wanted to see if the water was cold. Yeah, it was. There were tons of crazy people swimming in it though. Brr!
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Day 2 started at Alcatraz
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There were great views of San Fran from the island
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The wind and rain didn't do much for either of our hair. :)
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We took another ferry to Sausalito. It was a cute town with fun shops. We had some great seafood at a little place right on a dock. 
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Had to watch some brave souls drive down Lombard street. 
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Our hotel was right next to China town. This was the 2nd floor entrance. 
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We had so much fun! Thanks to all the friends and family that helped out with our kids!

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Ski/Snow Pros

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 I love skiing March 31st when its nice and warm out!
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 Steven and Grandpa Bevan joined in the fun. 
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 Earlier in the month the kids hit the slopes friends.
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 There isn't as much snow as last year, but still plenty to play in!
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Friday, February 3, 2012

December

I apparently didn't take many pictures this Christmas season. They are all going to make it into one late post!
Ryan picked out our tree this year. Ruthie and I like the trees that look fake, and Ryan likes the tall, less bushy trees. Girls get to pick next year. :)  It looked a lot better decorated than I thought. Notice the messy tree skirt and ornaments on the ground. That is how it always looked with Luke around. 
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Our Christmas card garland
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Christmas party at Kim and Derk's. That is a lot of kids!
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Santa and Mrs. Claus came to my work Christmas party! 
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Luke didn't last long before he dove off of Santa's lap back into Daddy's arms.
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Our traditional Nativity
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Ruthie was excited to be Mary, but more excited to hold baby Jesus (Grace)!
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Sleepy faces Christmas morning

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Christmas day afternoon we played did a lot of dancing with the Wii at Grandma and Grandpa Davis'. This was our favorite guys only number!
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December 26th we left early for Arizona. We love seeing the temple lights there too!
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Ruthie coordinated with this area so well!
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She loves hanging out with Aunt Laurie!
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Laurie let Ruthie try out her new tag-along bike with Ryan.
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Our Bro-in-law David Blake made several incredible bulletin boards for family Christmas gifts. (Ours is the black and white one on the right) We are happy to benefit from his talents!
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Aunt Suzanne is back from Italy!!!! The kids loved seeing her and making her dress up crazy and play games. What a good sport she is!
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We all got to meet handsome Spencer, my sister Amy's 5 month old for the first time.
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The Bevan cousins hanging out after family pictures.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Salt Lake Temple Lights

It has been a few years since we had ventured over to see the lights at Temple Square. They are breath taking! We found a perfect, not too cold night to go. We have been spoiled going to see the Mesa Temple lights in 55 degree weather too much! 
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Luke sported his sweats over the pj's look. He was fascinated with all of the twinkling lights.
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Tate was not in the mood to walk, so he rode in the stroller all night. He's holding 4 fingers up because we were teasing him about being too old to ride!
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