Temple Day

Austen, Levi's little brother went through the temple last week. It was such a great experience to be there with him and to support him in this decision to serve a mission! He leaves in less than a month to Cambodia! We are so excited and proud of him for making the decision to serve. He will be an amazing missionary!

We have been having so much fun watching the Olymics this year that we decided to get in on The Games...hope you enjoy!!!

The Olympic Games

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WARNING POSTING CRAZE!!

So just a warning about the million posts that follow!! As you will see from each post we have been gone for the last I think 5 weekends on some sort of vacation. That is why I haven't had time to update this thing!! So now you get them all at once... Sorry!! I know its a lot.
We are heading back to Spokane on Monday so hopefully things will settle down and I will be able to get back on a normal schedule...probably not, but we will see.

Camping Trip!

Well if you think we haven't been on enough vacations here is one more!! We headed up AF canyon this weekend with Mom and dad, Nate and Jenny and Matt and Angie to have a little R&R. Well we definitely didn't get any R&R but we did have a lot of fun!! Friday night the rest of the fam came up for dinner. It was fun to play games and listen to dads stories around the camp fire. Grannie had a lot of fun projects for the kids...a magic candy tree, planting donut seeds and waiting for the donuts to grow!! We went fishing all day Saturday which turned out to be a success!! All the kids caught at least one if not more!! Audrey loved the fish and wanted to keep holding it (you can see her in the pics giving it a hug). We cooked them up and enjoyed the taste of fresh trout! Here are some cute pictures from the weekend!

Be sure to click on it so you can see them a little bigger!

Presents

We brought the girls home a yummy sucker and a superman cape for Abby from California. They were in heaven to say the least!! It is funny how a little sugar and a $5 cape will make your kids happy for a week! All I can say is it was money well spent!! Abby looks a little funny because she is trying to

fly by jumping up and down.

Need I say More!!

California

We took a little trip to Cali with our good friends Pio and Ashley. Ashley works for Jet Blue so we got a great deal!! We went to six flags and had a lot of fun! We definitely got our fill of thrills! We rode X2 which is the newest coaster and it was unbelievably awesome!! Then we enjoyed a day at the beach soaking in the sun and playing in the waves! This is my kind of vacation!! Thanks for the great time Pio and Ash!!

(the turkey leg picture is for you Kyle and Jamie!)

Bear Lake

We had our annual Marchbanks family reunion at Bear Lake this year. My sister Amy and her husband Brett have a cute Cottage that we stayed at. We are so grateful to them for letting us stay and enjoy their darling cottage. We had so much fun just hanging out on the beach, boating, playing cards, watching movies and the highlight of the trip the Pickleville Playhouse Play!! If you ever go to Bear Lake go see a play at the Pickleville Playhouse. We haven't laughed that hard in a long time. We enjoyed every minute of the vacation and can't wait to go again!!

Dad, Amy and Mom
Audrey digging in the sand
Audrey floating in the boat
Us at the play with the villain...Juanito Bandito!
Abby ready to go boating
The fam

Me and my cute sisters minus two
Me, Heather, Jen and Amy
Lizzy and Angie were on the boat.

Park City

We spent the weekend at the Marriott in Park City with Fran and Todd and the Eyres. We had such a fun time with them. We rode the Alpine slide, Alpine coaster, and a bunch of little kiddie rides. We also had a great time swimming and relaxing in the hot tubs (I think there were like 7 of them) not to mention playing our new favorite game Killer Bunnies. A big thanks to Steve and Pixie for introducing us to the game! We had great food and great company!! Thanks so much Grannie and Pa!!

$$ VEGAS BABY $$

We headed down to Vegas to see our friends Jen and Kyle and their cute boy Bridger. We had such a fun time. We went to the Pro Bass Store which was amazing! We also made it to a few of the kid friendly casinos (if you can call them that?) Circus Circus and New York New York. The kids loved it and we did too! Jen was such a great sport...9months prego and still trucking around the strip with all of us. We had some great card games and a fun time swimming. It was great to visit and catch up on everything.

Congrats on the new baby he is darling!!

Some cute pics from the trip...although there arn't any of us moms?

Kyle and Levi

Bridger and Abby the hunters!

Cute kids

The 4th

The 4Th of July was a fun filled day. We were busy all day long starting with the Provo parade. We had a great time sitting with the Eyre's. Abby loved watching all the princess floats go by and Audrey was thrilled at any animals she saw. After the parade we headed to Grannie Greats for lunch and a swimming party. Then we headed home for a quick nap. Then off to Jen and Nate's for a BBQ and to watch the PG fireworks which the girls loved. We had such a fun day! The 4Th is definitely one of my favorite holidays!

At the parade
swimming party
fireworks at the BBQ
Firework Fun!!

The Best Place On Earth!! otherwise known as Lake Powell

What a fun vacation!! This is our families favorite place to go! Warm water, beautiful scenery, good food and the best company... you can't get better than that. We left early Sat. morning and met up with the rest of the crew and headed out on the house boat to find a spot to camp. We found a beautiful spot in Hansen Canyon that ended up being perfect. There was so much to do...hiking, wake boarding, skiing, surfing, playing cards, reading books and don't forget eating. I don't know what it is about Lake Powell, but everyone feels like they can eat what ever they want at any time of the day... and I love that. Candy at 9:00 in the morning or Ding Dongs after you have brushed your teeth for the night. It's great! It was also my birthday while we were there. Everyone was so nice and made the day so wonderful! My cute mother in law made yummy Hawaiian Haystacks and we had a Luau. It was so fun and made me feel so special! Thanks to my hubby for my awesome present ( heart rate monitor for my workouts) and for being him. He is always so thoughtful and makes my birthday so special! I am defiantly the luckiest girl ever!
Well we had a great trip and made some wonderful memories. We left our cute Audrey at home, which was really nice to not have to worry about her, although we did miss her a lot!! Thanks to my mom and my sisters for watching her!! I love you!

Thanks to Grannie and Grandpa for the amazing trip!!

We love you!

Fran, me, Abby, Levi, Todd and Austen
Levi and Abby made this cute sign out of seashells for me!

My birthday Cake
Our family minus one
Abby always posing for the camera

Me and Ab


Me wake boarding
Levi slaloming
Playing horse shoes

most of the crew

Abby being brave on the slide!

Strawberry Days

What a fun week we had!! Strawberry Days is our little towns yearly celebration! We absolutely love the whole week, from strawberry shakes at Taco Amigo and strawberry's n' cream to the rodeo and parade! The week is full of fun activities and yummy food!
The girls loved every minute of it, and we loved spending time with family and friends!!

Crazy Carnival Girls

Rodeo with the Friends

Pio, Ashley, Rick, Levi, Abby, Audrey, Me and Naomi

Audrey is loving it!!

The Big Parade

Rodeo

more carnival fun!