ReAL Salt Lake

A couple months a ago we were driving home from Salt Lake and the ReAL Salt Lake Mascot "Leo the Lion" was driving on his Motorcycle, I am SO awesome at taking photos that I was able to capture that amazing Picture going 65 MPH! (We always drive the speed limit).

Last week Ryan got Really good tickets to the ReAL Salt lake Soccer game from a guy at work. They were Front Row ~ 50 yard line! (I know there is no 50 yard line in soccer... but you know... center field) So we went and Ryan's family watched Ava for us. We had a lot of fun...

(We sat RIGHT behind the ReAL Salt Lake Coaches.)

Apparently so did Ava. They took her over to the ward party, and the girls wanted to get a face painting... but Eric and Spencer thought they needed there whole faces painted!
(Naomi Parker... you did a awesome job! The girls loved it)

SwiMMing FinAlly!!

Ava and Olivia

My brothers Jack and Nate

We were so excited to finally go Swimming!

The NeWest MemBer of oUr EntertaiNment...

We got Ava a Sandbox, well my Family already had the Turtle Sandbox so all we had to do was buy the Sand. It was Definitely Worth it! She Plays in it for Hours!

If you don't have a Sandbox... Get One! Your child will be Entertained all Summer!

And she insisted on wearing her swimming suit... like she is at the BEACH...duh!

First CHecK UP

This week we all went to the Dentist to get our teeth cleaned. It was Ava's first check-up and we were Nervous that she was going to Cry and not want to do anything... but we were wrong! She loved every minute of it! So they had me and Ryan go first so that Ava could watch us and I guess show her what they were doing. The whole time she kept freaking out asking "when is it my turn" I swear she isn't my child cause who likes going to the Dentist? Definitely NOT ME! She just asked me today when she could go to the Dentist again... who says that? Definitely some one who has NO Cavities... So i guess me and Ryan are not those people because Ryan got his FIRST cavity ever! And I got a few myself but I'm used to that. And BTW, Ryan has to get braces, so all the jokes he played on his sister Amy she'll get to do the same. He will have to get them for 2 to 3 years! He was joking about how cool that will be when he does a presentation and he looks like a zit faced 12 year old with braces (I added the zit part for the visual effect). Truthfully it's sad because before his mission he had perfect teeth.

The LaSt GRANDVIEW CaRnaVal

This week we went to the
LAST GRANDVIEW CARNIVAL!
Grandview is the Elementary school that my brothers go to. I went there, my dad went there and pretty much all my cousins went there. And this was the last year that it will be open. We are all really sad and don't like the fact that there will be NO more Grandview! But we did have a lot of fun at the Carnival. Jodi Leishman (and I guess Mike) were in charge of it this year and they did an Awesome Job. We Loved playing on all the Blow up toys, Playing games and Eating lots of junk!

Ava was just a tad to little to go on the blow ups by herself
so Ryan, me and my cousin Emily took turns taking her on them.

Don't they just look so HAPPY!

my Mom, Ava, Ryan, Emily, Jodi and Talmage

Ava and her Best Buds, Matthew and Talmage!

My CRAZY brothers Jack and Nate

Gracie and Ava

pHs LuAu

So this past Friday was the BIG Provo High Luau. My parents were in charge of it, so... lets just say thats all we have talked about and all we have done for the past couple of months. It turned out really good. The weather was perfect besides the fact that is was really hot and me and Ava got really sun burned! We were outside ALL day and I didn't even think about sun screen... so lame... I'm a bright red burnt lame mom who burnt her daughter! But I don't think it hurt her as much it hurt me, Ava has naturally tan skin unlike my pasty white skin that never tans only burns! But the food was good (bamboo Hut did all the food), there was a lot of good entertainment and there was more people there then they thought would come.

Ava's two best friends, Talmage and Matthew.

We don't know where Ava came from but she is a party girl. She danced all night long!!!

This is Fui Vakapuna leading the Provo High Football team in the Haka. He's one of the running backs for BYU and as you can tell, he is not right in the head.

RyAn's Trip to NYC

Jamie is making me post about my trip to New York City. I went to New York for a marketing conference at the coolest place's in New York. It was right by the ocean at the bottom of the island (West side) overlooking the Statue of Liberty. I stayed in a Hotel right by the Brooklyn bridge which is on the East side and I walked to the conference each day. I'd walk down Wall Street with everyone else in New York in the morning and by the World Trade Center (Ground Zero). It was a lot of fun living the New York life.

 

Ground Zero. They are going to build the second tallest building in the world. 

This is Central Park right across the street from the Plaza Hotel

 "Grab life by the horns" . . . that's the motto I live by, that's why this picture fits me so well.

The VP of Marketing at my company was a consultant to Ellis Island so he go us on a boat that the employees take over before all the crowds. We were on the island by ourselves for over an hour walking around. My VP knew a lot about the island which made it even cooler. Other than the fact that I had super bad Hay Fever it was a fun day.

This is what some of fore fathers slept on when they got here. I couldn't believe it. The sad thing is that this was probably better then being on the boats.

The top of the Empire State building. I hated every second I was up there.

East Side on top of the Empire State.

The highlight of the my trip. Going to the Apple store on 5th avenue.

Time Square.