Brett and Chelsea

Yellowstone!

We had a fabulous trip to Yellowstone this summer. Brett took his licensing exam the day we left and it was an excellent way to ease his mind and reward him for all of his hard work he put into studying. Lucky, he passed but he didn't get to find out for a couple of weeks after he took it but it was a fabulous time in the beautiful outdoors! We saw all major animals while in Yellowstone: bears, wolves, moose, buffaloes, big horn sheep, fish, eagles, an otter @ otter creek - it was fabulous! Enjoy the loads of glorious pictures of the most beautiful place on earth.

4th of July!

McKall enjoyed her first 4th of July. We spent time at Bear Lake with the Petersen's. I was able to have my first night away from McKall since she was born. Brett, Dillon, and I went backpacking for the night of the 4th and hiked up Sawmill. Then the next day we spent the day at the race track watching Grandpa Falslev's horses run. Oh what fun the 4th of July can be!!

Bear Lake Fun - watching a princess movie with the girls

ready for the hike!

Made it to the top!

Dillon trying to get service to chat with his new girlfriend...

Happy 4th!

Bring on Summer!

At the first of June Grandma Susie joined us from China! Oh what a treat it was to be able to pick her up from the airport and have her home with us once again! It's always a good time when Grandma Suzie is around!

The day after her arrival was Marlee and Tom's wedding. As much as we tried this was best picture of all the kiddos we could get.

McKall enjoyed the summer in style! Much of the time at the pool... Our first trip of the summer, we took a Petersen women and children family road trip to sunny St George to visit aunt Mary Ann.

She LOVES the pool

All the kiddos (minus McKall)

sweet shades babe!

wardrobe malfunction!

Road Trippin' to the Wonders of the World

The day after the wedding in New Hampshire we left early the next morning and started our journey West. We tried to do it as quickly as travelling with a 6 month old will allow, which actually was very good time. We traveled from New Hampshire to just outside of Cleveland on our first day, it was about 11 hours of driving. McKall was a dream baby and made it smooth sailing for us. We stopped at Niagara Falls and walked around for about 2 hours. We enjoyed the AWEsome experience and the nice weather and crossed a Wonder off of the "wonders of the world" bucket list.

Day 2 was spent only driving, no major sites, from Cleveland all the way to Sioux Falls, ND!!! Yep, That's about a 14 hour drive! With a 6 month old!! We were exhausted but super glad to get it out of the way!

Day 3 included our 2nd wonder of the world - Mt Rushmore. It was a great sightseeing day, a little warm but great nonetheless. It's SO big yet it looks SO small and again, AWEsome experience to be able to see such a beautiful thing. Day 3 was finished with a push onward to Rawlins, WY, making it about an 11 hour driving day with a little sightseeing mixed in.

Day 4 - Rawlins, WY to HOME! and anyone who has made this part of the journey knows that there is absolutely nothing exciting about this part of the journey - other than pulling into the driveway!

This was how McKall looked when we pulled into the driveway (and much of the journey)! Happy as can be and we agreed!

New Hampshire Wedding

After visiting The Cape, we headed to New Hampshire to enjoy the Cohen Wedding. AJ and Kari became very dear friends while we were in CT and we were luck enough to be able to spend their special day with them. We love them very much and are so happy for them as they join their lives together.

The gorgeous couple!

McKall's First Wedding and dance with Daddy

Helping the beautiful Bride get ready

It was also the last time the whole gang has been together. Hopefully, we will all be able to be together again soon.

Us, Cohen's, Johnson's, and Eliza and Chris

Cape Cod, MA

We left CT on a Thursday afternoon and headed up to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. We spent the weekend at the Hollbrook's Beach house in Falmouth. It was an absolute blast! They were so gracious and we had the best lobster dinner. We got to go on a boat ride, rode bikes on the beach front, checked out lots of massive beach mansions, all before we started our daunting road trip all the way back to Utah. McKall had many firsts while on the Cape, including her very first boat ride, toes in the open ocean, beach time, sunbathing, and lots of naps!