Pinewood Derby

David participated in the pinewood derby with his cub scout pack this morning. However, since only one other cub scout showed up, David was guaranteed at least a silver medal no matter how bad the car might have been. Luckily, his father hadn't totally screwed up the engineering and David won first.

Since we used the track at the local scout museum, we were able to add a few of their donated cars to make the race more exciting. David's was still the best in multiple competitions.

Analeigh is Eight!

Analeigh turned eight today. Naturally, we celebrated with presents, including her own set of scriptures, a Tinkerbell movie, and some LEGO Friends sets.

After church Analeigh was baptized by her dad (who felt his fatness being accentuated by the snugness of the jumpsuit).

Later that evening, Analeigh got to have her cake and eat it too.

Congratulations Tessa and Andrew

Elizabeth's youngest sister, Tessa, was married today to Andrew Beech. It was wonderful to be there with them at the Salt Lake City Temple.

We wish them the best of luck (especially if they choose to have as many children as are in this photo with them).

Congratulations, Tessa and Andrew!

Natural History Museum of Utah

Today we visited the Natural History Museum of Utah. The kids enjoyed seeing all the sights and playing with the various hands-on activities.

Utah Trip

We went to Utah for Elizabeth's sister's wedding. But, since we came a few days early, we were able to spend some time with Elizabeth's parents in Saint George before heading up to Salt Lake City for the actual wedding.

Today was our trip up to Salt Lake City. We began the day by visiting the St. George Children’s Museum. The kids had an great time playing there and later riding the carousel.

Then we went to lunch at Five Guys Burgers and Fries, since the kids had never had the experience of eating there. If you've never been, their burgers and fries are great. But they also have peanuts available for you to shell and eat while you wait for your order to arrive.

After lunch we started driving up toward Salt Lake City. We stopped somewhere along the way to pick up from cheese curds (because they're awesome), then stopped again in Provo to check out the new Provo City Center Temple.

Then we were off to Salt Lake City where were met up with the rest of Elizabeth's family in a house we rented off Airbnb. We're expecting to play a lot of games and have a lots of fun while we're here.

Happy Birthday Elizabeth!

Elizabeth is another year older (as of yesterday). We had to celebrate today instead of yesterday due to some scheduling conflicts of activities at church, which Elizabeth insisted she was okay with doing. Anyway, she tried a new cake recipe for an Almond Joy type cake. It was delicious.