Wicked 2009

What would make 6 grown women wear matching green velour sweatsuits, get on a Le Bus and drive for hours and hours in the middle of November?

Amy, Monique, Me, Carrie, Krissi, Elisabeth

Why to go see Wicked of course!! When Wicked came to Utah, there were not enough shows for all the people who wanted to go see it. So a friend of our friend Krissi, decided to put together her own Wicked Road Trip. She rented 2 huge buses, and filled them with crazy women who were willing to drive to Denver to go see Wicked!

The trip was less than 48 hours, and it was filled with laughing, shopping, eating, and WICKED!!

Lake Powell 2009

Our kids have done a lot of things in their life, and been to a lot of places,

but one place they had never been was Lake Powell.

Thanks to our friends Steve & Erika, and their kids Sarah & Jack, we could check that off our list!

Our kids LOVE to be in the water; swimming, boating, jetskiing, kneeboarding, tubing, you name it! We went over Labor Day weekend, and the lake wasn't that crowded. We found a little cove that we basically had to ourselves, in fact, we had our own island. Depending on which of our kids you asked, it was either Ashley Island, Nick Island, or Jon Island

We had a great time, and both Troy & Steve LOVE watching football, so...

Yes, that is a satellite dish in the background, and yes they did hook it up to watch a football game. And they thought they were pretty darn clever.

Newport Beach 2009

It makes me sad to go through these pictures and see how much we have all changed. (I have gotten a little pudgier, and it's a good motivator to get me back on track!)

This was our last trip to the beach with the Dean's and the Wittwers. It was such a fun tradition to go to the beach every year, but with our kids getting older, and their lives getting busier each year, we just haven't been able to get another beach trip scheduled.

These are some of my favorite pictures that we take each year. It is usually the night we go to Ruby's for dinner, and we take pictures of the "trios" that hang out together each year.

Rachel, Ashely & Jake

Will, Nick & Blake

Tyler, Sadie and oh that's right, Jon does not always cooperate, so he was not in this picture...

Here is our whole crew

It was another fun year full of sun, sand, and hanging with some of our favorite people.

We love you guys!