LAX

Aiden played on Utah Prime this weekend in Las Vegas for Middle School.  They went 2-3.  This was the organization's first tournament ever with Utah teams.

September 2015

Aubrie was in the the chorus for the Herriman Arts Council's children's play again this year.  It was a Hogwarts play.  She is  in the back row, left of the tallest girl (Lexi Jensen).

Izzy playing Beanboozled 

Grandma and Grandpa Shaw and the kids' cousin Izzy Smith came to visit.  Grandma and Grandpa talked about their missions to Poland and Kazakhstan to the Young Men in our ward.  We played Beanboozled, where you have to eat gross jelly beans (dog food, puke, rotten egg).   Grandma wasn't liking hers too much. haha

Zurich

 We decided to raise a service dog through Guide Dogs for the Blind.  Zurich came while we were on vacation, so we were able to pick him up a few days later and surprise Aubrie.  He is 9 weeks old, and we will have him for approximately 1 year.

 

  

Aiden

Chase

Aiden was sliding on his stomach at school and someone kicked his hand and broke his finger.  I think this is his 4th broken bone.

Some of my Activity Day Girls in the Cedar Point Ward

New England Trip August 2015

This August, we went to New England.  We went through 7 states in 11 days.  Maine, Vermont, Connecticut, New Hampshsire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York.  We stayed with Trent and Karie's family in New Hampshire for 3 nights, then headed to Boston and New York for the remaining times.  In New York (Little Italy), Chase and Aiden were sitting on the same bench as a guy who got his gold chain ripped off, and Chase threw up in the taxi all the way to the airport for our return trip.  We also stayed in a hotel in Chinatown, which was a little scary.  Other than that, we had a great trip!

Brayden at the syrup and cheese factory in Vermont

Trent and Karie

Aiden on the zip-line at Trent and Karie's house

Aubrie

Aubrie in Trent and Karie's back yard

Trent and Tate

Aiden swinging on the ninja course in Trent's yard

Chase

Trent built a ninja course in his back yard

Vermont

Syrup and Cheese factory in Vermont.  We left our syrup in Aubrie's backpack on our return flight and they made us throw it away.  :(

Joseph Smith birthplace

Brayden, Chase, Aiden, Savannah, Aubrie, Lane in back

Rope swing in New Hampshire-Chase

Aiden

Lane

Trent

Maine

Maine

Maine-Aubrie and Savannah

Tate

Lobster in Maine

Boston on the ferry to start the Freedom Trail.  Trent and Karie's family came that day too.

Aiden on the ferry

Aubrie and Trudi-Bunker Hill  Monument.  Everyone climbed to the top except Trudi and Karie.

Tate, Chase, Aiden in Boston

An old cemetery along the Freedom Trail in Boston

North Church (Trent and Chase)

Inside North Church-Aubrie and Lane

Paul Revere statue

Treat time

Along a trail between Lexington and Concord

By Lexington and Concord.  Aubrie (in hat) training to be a minuteman

Chase-North Bridge

Aiden, Trudi, Chase, Aubrie (sitting)

North Bridge 

North Bridge

by North Bridge

Paul Revere capture spot

Whale watching cruise out of Gloucester, Mass.

We were following a pod of 4 whales

Chase got to drive the boat

Aiden driving the boat

The whale watching boat

Beach in Gloucester

Boston Commons "Make Way for Ducklings" (children's book)

Riding the Swan Boats at Boston Commons

Cheers was right across the street so we had to get a picture

New York (lower Manhattan)

Aubrie on the boat to the Statue of Liberty

Chase

Ellis Island

The 9/11 Memorial

The New York Stock Exchange

Aiden Empire State

Chase at the Empire State Building

The Federal Building where George Washington was sworn in as the first president

Kids and Aaron are on top steps

At the Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Met

Hercules at the Met

Dance costume in Oceania

Egyption Tomb

King Henry's Armor

Monet

Picasso

All the above pictures at the Met

Central Park, NYC

Aubrie's only reason for coming to New York, Carlo's Bake Shop (Cake Boss on TLC)

We only had to wait about 40 minutes for our dessert

Times Square

Manhattan from Liberty Island

from Liberty Island

Aubrie taking the audio tour in the Great Hall at Ellis Island

The Great Hall

At the American Museum of Natural History-Day 10

We could barely walk, we were all so tired

Museum of Natural History