Ward Camp Out

Last weekend we went on a ward camp out at Camp Nauvoo up in Placerville. Its a quaint little piece of land that our stake owns and we have camp outs there almost every year. Next to the site there is a little river that's dammed off and they have these boards that you can stand on and move along with a long stick. It was so cute seeing Deke and Tyler paddling along, I went to grab my camera and lo and behold, DEAD BATTERY! So I snapped a few pics with Deke's camera phone. Next year I'll be more prepared!

Tyler said "they were landing"

This is Deke's "Huck Finn" picture.

Family Reunion 2010

Here is one picture I didn't have for my family reunion post. This was the gang for the second event on July 5th. I got it off my cousin Tricia's blog... thanks Tricia! :)

Family Reunion 2010

THE FIRST EVER LARSON FAMILY REUNION IN UTAH!

At the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.
I even found some girlfriends in Utah! Lindsay and Sara :)

This was the day I got my endowments out at the SLC temple.

I was told that we have 91 descendants just from my grandparents, Blaine and Luana Larson. This is part of them...not everyone was able to make it. We still have a great turn out!

Trying to get a picture of the great grandchildren of Blaine and Luana. It was difficult lol

Tyler with his second cousins Ivan, Brian, and first cousin Jenna.

Here are the children of Blaine and Luana along with their spouses. They had 7 children, starting from the right (oldest to youngest) Joni, Diana, Dennis, Susie, Noel, Colleen, and Kirk.

Some of the grandchildren of Blaine and Luana along with spouses.

I love how they wrote Mr. Heather Hyde and Mr. Kimberly Hyde on their name tags. Silly boys.

Tyler is AMAZING at hula-hooping! He must get that talent from Grandma!

Tyler and Ivan enjoying the Provo 4th of July Parade. Ivan is holding the metal he won running his first race that morning. We were all very proud of him!

Some of the kids (and Tiffany) enjoying the parade on the curb.

Tyler is holding my cousin Tiffany's son Lil' Tom. He was so cute and we were all fighting over him!

Deke's turn with Lil' Tom. He's such a pro with babies ;-D

Eating dinner at my Aunt Diana's house in Orem.

Deke blowing bubbles for the kids....aaaand Jonathan trying to eat them. :-/

Tyler, Travis, and mischievous Jenna! They couldn't wait to tackle those water balloons!

Sista's!!!

I love how my brother-in-law Josh is photo-bombing us!

Filling up the water balloons!

The kids had races in the wobble cars!

Blog Update

Oh my gosh has it really been 2 months since I've posted to my blog?!? Wow! I guess I've been really busy... here's the skinny on the past two months... Tyler had his first PGY show (performing groups for youth), baseball season came to an end today and we celebrated with a pool party at my house, we hiked Horse Tail Falls on Memorial Day, and Deke discovered his newest obsession - KARAOKE!

Horse Tail Falls!

Tyler's first trophy!

Cake I made for the party.

Strike?

PGY!

Viva Las Vegas!

For spring break this year we visited Las Vegas. While there we went to Red Rock Canyon, Hoover Dam, the Grand Canyon, and Saint George Utah. It was a week FILLED with driving but it was super fun. Here are some pictures from the trip :)

Here is a picture of the one and only time we went out on the strip at night (without Tyler of course). The city was fine during the day but definitely not "family oriented" at night.

One of the sleeping lions at the MGM hotel.

We hiked Red Rock Canyon one afternoon. It's about 30 minutes outside of Vegas and very beautiful.

This was the night we picked Deke up from the airport (almost 3 days into the trip). He wasn't able to drive in with us because of fire fighting, I was so happy he was able to come at all!

Hoover Dam! Quite a marvelous creation. I wish we could of taken a Dam tour but it was $30 a person! Definitely not in our budget. I would love to do it someday though.

We drove 5 hours out of Vegas to visit the beautiful Grand Canyon! Totally worth the long drive. :)

Once parking at the Grand Canyon you take a very short walk through some trees and BAM, there it is. I wondered what it would of been like to be the first to discover such a majestic wonder. To me it almost looked like a marvelous ground to heaven painting placed mysteriously in the middle of no where. The word "Grand" is an understatement to this incomprehensible natural beauty.

The boys messing around ;) Tyler's such a good little actor.

Me admiring the best view in the world. Or at least the best I've yet :)

This was the show we saw while in Vegas. The Tournament of Kings is similar to a Medieval Times show. It was jaw dropping AH-MAZING! If you are ever in Vegas I highly suggest seeing this show! Audiences of all ages will enjoy this entertainment!

We had front/center seats. Best in the house for such royalty ;)

Our country was Austria, obviously haha

Merlin even sat with us during dinner. Like I said, best seats!

This was the meal they presented to us after we had consumed our "dragon soup", aka tomato soup. Everything was to be eaten with hands, absolutely so utensils aloud! It was kinda fun eating like barbarians and I was really grateful they had provided wet-naps after the meal.

After the show we headed over to the arcade where we ran into MARIE OSMAND! Tyler sat next to her and played this game. I really tried to get a good shot of them playing but she wouldn't cooperate. :-/

We went to Saint George Utah to see the temple and to visit family and friends.

This is Tyler with his second cousin Ivan along with his pet bird, Little Blue.

Back in Vegas this is how you would find Tyler at any point during the day. He's not much for walking.

These are the fountains in front of the new Wynn Hotel.

And of course what would be a trip to Vegas if we didn't stop by the Bellagio hotel to see the water show. We saw about 4 or 5 very peaceful performances of which I could of stood and watched all day.