Wednesday, June 6, 2012

Laun’s 34th Birthday

This morning I made Laun a red velvet cake & Marlee loved the batter- she looks like Ronald McDonald.

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Laun gets to wear this boot around until his surgery on Friday.

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Our boys kicked it with the Larsen boys while Laun, Marlee & I meet up with Jared & Lucy for lunch.  Marlee has this issue with all men (except for her dad of course) & she likes to ignore them. Here is Jared trying to get Marlee’s attention…it was so funny.

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We had hamburgers & sweet potato fries. 

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One of the good things about having to come to Show Low earlier in the week than planned (since Laun hurt his ankle) was that we got to celebrate Laun’s birthday with his siblings in Linden. I had to bring up a lot of food with us since I had already bought most of it.

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Laun & Ryan chopped up the ribs & brisket & snacked as they went.

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This salad was a big hit- most the Hall’s love bacon & blue cheese.

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I tried out a new cake for Laun’s birthday this year. I found a recipe for the Cheesecake Factory red velvet cheesecake. It was very rich with layers of red velvet cake, cheesecake filling, cream cheese frosting & covered with white chocolate garnish.

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I love watching the cousins talk & play when they get together.

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Marlee was wearing a bathing suit around for some strange reason.

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She started out the day with red all over her mouth & she is ending the day the same way.

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Marlee was so excited to hang out with her girl cousins & have her first sleep over. After she feel asleep Laun & I brought her upstairs where we were sleeping.

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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

todays happenings

The kids watching TV together- I love how they all cram together on the floor when there’s a huge couch behind them.

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Some recent cream cows I have added to my collection. The yellow & gray ones are from Target & the one that says Utah on it was from my recent trip to Utah ( I found it in an antique shop).

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I’ve been looking for an office chair & was pumped to find this one at a thrift store for $5.

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Tonight we watched the Venus Solar Eclipse, thanks to our neighbors.

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Early birthday present

Since Laun hurt his ankle & we will now be in Linden for his birthday, I decided to give him his present before we left (there was no way I was hauling this all the way to Linden). Now that we have a sweet camping stove, we need to go camping!

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Monday, June 4, 2012

1st swimming lesson of the summer for our Marlee Cate

She usually has no fear in the water, but today was a different story, she cried throughout most of the swim lesson.

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This life guard was actually there last year for Marlee’s mom & tot swim class.

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I asked Marlee if she could smile & this is what I got, ha ha!

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We celebrated the start of swim this summer with DQ.

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Saturday, June 2, 2012

Black River

Laun & the boys went fishing with Jonathan & John Smith at Black River. Laun has taken the kids on so many trips without me since I have been a student. Which is a huge help for me, but I will be glad when I am done with schooling & can join them for more trips! Lucky for me, Laun takes great pictures & I always love looking at what they’ve done.

 

They saw a white elk!

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Such a pretty place-

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The boys with their Uncle Jonathan:

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I love that my boys are so close in age-they have a buddy (or someone to argue with) wherever they go!

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love my man

 

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This is John Smith (the Dairy Extension guy for UofA):

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Clayton, Porter, Jonathan & John:

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Clayton with his catch of the day- an apache/brook trout mix:

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Boys on the run-

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love these arched trees-

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Birds nest-

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Porter’s wrinkly feet, he must have been in the water for a long time!

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love this picture with Clayton-

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Arrow tree-

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Marlee’s summer haircut

Sabra is so awesome. Not only does she give amazing haircuts, but she comes to my house & everything.

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I love this A-line haircut with the stack in back- so cute.

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