Family Weekend

We had an eventful weekend with family as we welcomed back our missionaries! Here are some highlights...Friday was spent swimming, eating, and visiting. On Saturday, after a temple session, we had lunch at Bamboo Gardens.
Crazy cousins...who all seemed to have a very fun weekend with each other.

We felt blessed to have so many family members join us for the special occasion!

After lunch we gathered together to make school bags for a humanitarian project.

We even caught dad ironing! Ek wanted to make sure that this special event was photographed!

Meanwhile, Eliza played hide and seek with her cousins and daddy.

Saturday night we enjoyed listening to Nana and Papa share experiences from their mission. I'm sure they only touched the surface of what all they could tell us so we are looking forward to more stories shared!

Sunday morning breakfast before church.

Arabella, Myanna, and Alissa.

We had a wonderful weekend. What a great reason to celebrate!

Welcome Home!

President and Sister Moody returned home from their three year mission in Baltimore, Maryland on Tuesday. We're excited to have them home and are very proud of the time they spent serving the Lord. Now we get to have a weekend full of family and fun. Welcome home Nana and Papa!

Hague Family Reunion

We joined the Hague Family at Bear Lake for a reunion a couple of weeks ago.

Eliza had fun with Uncle Dallin participating in the relay races!

We've discovered that Eliza really has no fear when it comes to water. She would have walked in the water up to her head if Darran had let her.

She loved playing in the sand and water!

Eliza never seems to want to smile when a picture is purposefully being taken...but we have lots of candid pictures with big ole' smiles!

Grandpa and Grandma Hague with all of their children and their spouses.

Happy 4th of July!

We spent our 4th of July weekend relaxing...

boating...

skiing...

eating...

swimming...

and watching fireworks!

We love our freedom, our country, and those who risk their lives for our independence!

Happy 4th of July!

Bike ride!

Nothing beats a bike ride with Daddy in the summertime!

Cookie Monster...

I ♥ to eat!

On the move...

Dustin, Alanna and their boys came through this week on their way to moving to Canada. We had a fun day playing in the park and spending time together. Best of luck in Canada guys! Thanks for coming to visit!
What a lucky girl to have such a sweet, beautiful cousin like Taylor!

Cousin Emma...I didn't even have to ask her to pose!

Happy Father's Day!

Eliza loves her daddy for meaning reasons. She thinks that he is loving, caring, hard-working, and handsome. What she really loves is spending time with her daddy. They are looking forward to some fun bike rides in daddy's new bike trailer!

Every day after work Eliza and daddy "make the rounds." After always greeting daddy with a big smile they make their way outside to check on the garden and other plants.

Thank you daddy! We think you are the best dad in the whole world! We love you so much!

Another missionary off...

Our family gathered in Yakima last weekend to wish our cousin Shea a wonderful mission. He will be serving in the Raleigh, North Carolina mission. And although we'll miss him, we know he's going to be an amazing, hard-working, "hop-to-it", kind of missionary. Good luck Shea! While we were there we got to swim in Aunt Sheila's pool, admire Uncle Darrell's flowers (and steal some), visit with cousins and grandparents, and stuff ourselves silly with Aunt Sheila's always amazing food. We sure do love our family!

Last day of school!

Today is an interesting day for me and so I've been doing a little reflecting. This is the first year in 6 where I wasn't beside myself giddy for the school year to be finished. When I resigned from teaching last year I thought I would be having many moments of "huh, I kind of wish I was at school today." I'll admit now that I can count on one hand the times I had that thought. This was evidenced to me by the fact that I was sought after by my school...twice. Once was a couple of months ago when I was asked to finish the school year for a teacher needing to do some required classes. Then just yesterday the principal called asking if I would be a permanent sub for a teacher going on maternity leave for a couple of months. I was flattered that they would want me back but I knew my answer before the conversations were finished. I'm where I need to be now and that's where I want to stay. I guess I'm just feeling very blessed!

Batter's up!

Eliza and I went and watched Daddy play in another softball game last night. We brought her Cheerios to snack on since we're not quite to sunflower seeds yet. You'll notice that she does a very good job of studying Daddy as he plays.

It was perfect weather! Eliza loves being outside and just makes people smile wearing her cute little glasses.

Eliza was studying Daddy so hard in the first picture mostly because she knows that she will be explained to by Daddy that we always hustle to first base. Mommy even got that play on video just in case there was a discrepancy! (Darran's just making it to first base...sorry, not the best picture!)

She's on the move!

Eliza has been crawling around for a little while now. She's not too fast (yet) but she's a determined little girl. If she wants to get some where...she'll get there. It's pretty fun to watch her with her new freedom. Although, with that freedom comes a learning curve for mom and dad. For example, we now know our carpet is full of very tiny things that even the vacuum doesn't find, we can't turn our backs on her even for a second, and mostly we know not to under estimate the abilities of a 9 month old!

If you are really interested in seeing her in action...