Cross Country Road Trip 2010

We have had a blast so far on our cross country road trip.
We have gone throuhg 26 states! wahoo.

Sorry I haven't kept up on my blog, but my girls have.
Here are some pictures I added on facebook today to keep you all updated.

There are still more adventures in store.
We are on our way to California!

Happy Birthday Whitney!

Whitney we miss you!

And we can't wait to spend time with you this summer.
Remember we love you!!!

Happy Birthday Bronson!

This baby's growing up!!!

Bronson loves sports-baseball, basketball, football and soccer. He is on the swim team and just got swimmer of the month out of about 100 kids, with him being one of the youngest. I love how hard Bronson works in whatever he does. He will practice for hours until he masters a skill. This great work ethic will help in all facets of life- not just sports. I am so proud of you Bronson!

To celebrate Bronson's 7th Birthday he went with his dad, brothers, cousin Cooper,and his Uncle David and Uncle Ben to a Mariners game. They had a great time-just the boys!

Happy Birthday Bronson! We love you!!!

Our St. George Missionaries

What a small world-Both of the missionaries in our ward are from St. George!!! We felt an immediate bond as we talked about "home". Elder Tippetts graduated from Snow Canyon and Elder Petersen's mom owns Benja's Thai and Sushi and his brother used to dance with Whitney and Brooklyn. They bring such a great spirit into our home as they teach our family important gospel principles. They always have a cool object lesson to share which the kids love. We are excited to share the gospel with our new friends and neighbors.

Vancouver B.C. Temple Open House

Saturday we had the opportunity to go to the Vancouver B.C. LDS Temple Open House. It was so absolutely beautiful!!! What an opportunity for the kids to go inside and see the beauty and feel of the Spirit there. We are so grateful for this experience!

The Barben Kids-missing our lovely Whitney!
Families are Forever

Couldn't pass up the chance t go to the Tulip Festival one more time!!!

Tulip Festival on Easter

We had the chance to go to the Tulip Festival this Easter. It was so beautiful! There were so many different tulips and beautifu colors. We enjoyed taking Easter pictures here.

Brigham

Jaxon

Bronson

Lindsey

Jacob

Bret
Brooklyn
Brooklyn and Lindsey-sisters
We thought the yellow flowers were bright and colorful, we took a lot of pictures by them. We are missing th sunshine!
After we stopped by Jeanne and David's and had Easter dinner at there home. We also went on a nice walk after dinner, we had a great time. The kids love playing with their cousins!

Easter fun!

We did a lot of fun family activities to celebrate Easter this year. We decorated sugar cookies that Jacob made (he has become quite a cook), dyed Easter eggs, enjoyed the beautiful spring weather at the park, and went to an Easter egg hunt. It is always fun to celebrate holiday's with your family.

Yummy cookies.

The kids with their Easter cookies they decorated.
Colored eggs
Brigham enjoying the swings at the park.
Bret helping Jaxon and Brigham find Easter eggs.
And they even met the Easter Bunny!