8 Months More...

Matthew... I am still writing this missionary. I can't believe how fast time goes. And how slow too. Time is a weird thing. Matthew is doing great. However, his last email scared me quite a bit... Apparently he was playing basketball and when he was in the air, this guy spun around him and bumped him, causing Matt to fall on his back and he hit his head extremely hard... which resulted in a concussion and - the doctor said his brain is slightly bruised. Wow. I have one request for him- no more basetball! I miss him.

Lake Powell 2009

Sophie, Marci, Grace
Cousin Lisa, Marci, Sophie, Grace, Abbie, Pearl
my friend Connor
My dad took Connor and I to these caves that we hiked up...
Connor and I


Tubing-- we take tubing pretty seriously... We started a tradition last year-- 3 minute death ride.. the driver has 3 minutes to get the tuber off.. This is Michael

Lisa... forgive me. HAHA.
Abbie and Lisa

Connor took a hard crash...
Cousin Lisa. To see more Lake Powell pictures taken by Lisa, click here.
My cute nieces
Lisa and Ava
Connor and I went on a hike.

One night we played Apples to Apples and Balderdash... Ohhh the laughs...



My 4 nieces and Grandpa. Or... dad.

Sadie made cookies.

And Grace went snorkeling.

Nick tying us up to our newly found much less crowded spot in Last Chance canyon.
I love being in America again. I was happy to see this flag again after my 4 months in Spain. But I did love Spain. But I grew more American pride I think while I was gone.
Grace and I


Pearl loves her Lake Powell naps.. just like her aunt (me).






me. haha.


Fun to have sister around again. Don't know when the next meet up will be.


Precious...
My 4 nieces.
Nick


Connor- we tried to get him up on the wakeboard... he got SO close..
Goodmorning, family!

Look what Grace caught.




Michael caught a CARP with Grace's toy net. SOO FUNNY.