July

Carlsbad California and Fourth of July

Thanks Mom and Dad for another great year at the beach!

Sea World

San Diego temple

Beautiful Mae

Hanging out at the beach

Dad and his silly girls

Walker and Claire

Grandmama and Claire

Big Papa with the grandbabies - Claire and Sadie

Mommy and Claire Alexis and Claire

Mae pooped out on the sand. This was our last day at the beach so we let her sleep out there while we packed up all our stuff to head home.

Boston Sisters Retreat

For Janalee's 30th birthday, all the girls went on a trip to Boston because Janalee used to live there. There were 12 of us - 9 sisters, 2 sisters-in-law, and Mom Soelberg. The list would probably be shorter if I listed things we didn't do. You name it, we did it (or saw it). Boston is just BEAUTFUL with so much history.

I lived in Boston when I was really little while my dad was in dental school and I went to kindergarten there. So it was neat to be back there. Being at the Boston Common took me right back to my childhood. I think that's why I like willow trees so much. It's a beautiful park right in the middle of down town. My mom used to take me there and we would ride on the swan boats and feed the ducks. I wish I could take my girls there.

We ate lots of yummy food, including clam chowda in quincy market, walked the freedom trail, hiked Bunker Hill Monument (in my platform - thank you very much :) shopped, went to the temple, rode the subway, went to a red socks game, didn't get enough sleep (because we went by Arizona time at night and Boston time in the morning), and took way too many pictures of everything!

June

June in a nutshell... a lot of swimming at Grandmama's house (and hanging out with Ryan and Karen and baby Sadie who were here for the summer), swim lessons with Kristen Sweeney (the best swimming teacher ever), gymnastics from Andi Denham, kids camp with Ashlyn Soelberg, my musical theater workshop, went to broadway show - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.


Adorable Mae Mae

Auntie Alexis and Claire

Musical Theater 2009 - Go Wild Cats!!!

This years musical theater was so much fun. We did High School Musical and the kids loved it. It was so easy to teach because they already knew all the music. We had way talented kids this year so the performance was awesome. I couldn't do it with out Ashlyn, Caitlyn, and Alexis! (or Ashlyn for babysitting my kids, or Julie for editing my music, or Ryan and Karen for helping me set up the stage and helping me make the banner, or Jenee for letting me borrow her tracks, or Alan for tying up all my loose ends:)




all the cousins


crazy claire


Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

We went with Grandmama, Karen and Sadie, and Julie and Haylee. It wasn't the best broadway, but a fun night out with the girls for sure!

Beautiful Baby Claire