Summer Begins

Memorial Day traditions

Fun at Grandpa's house

Making friends with Olivia :)

What a mess!  Thank goodness he figured it out!

We love playing outside with neighbors!

What a great dad!

Cute kids!!  

fun to pretend .. mowing with mom

Jared chose these beautiful flowers to give me on our 11th anniversary.

Epic Adventure Volume Two

Here is a log of some more EPIC activities for the second half and end of our year. 

Dinner with Composers

Saturday morning music at the library

Tour the Capitol

Liberty bell replica

Lunch at Fort Douglas Museum

Monument at Temple Square 

Freedom Fighters

Super play by friends at Southridge Elementary 

Learning to milk at Wheeler Farm

Living Planet Aquarium

We felt special to have Devon as a tour guide.

At the Natural History Museum

In the footprints of great ones :) 

cutest (fuzzy) amphibian ever.

love this group

"Spring" at the Cabin

The trek in and out (I couldn't have imagined 20 years ago when I was the kid doing this, that I would do it with my own 4 kids.)

Camp Williams 100 year celebration

And the Closing Ceremony during the first week of June!
Success.

Last Days of School

Tessa participated here and there with a neighbor mom in preschool.
She loved the fun crafts and she learned to write her name!

Here are a bunch of excited 1st graders at the end of the year "Show What You Know."

The boys felt honored to have a special audience.

I was so grateful for Michael's wonderful teacher throughout the year!

Michael also had his first piano recital during the last weeks of school.

I let the boys invite a few friends over for an end of the year party.
(in hopes that we wouldn't have to do it too often in the summer.) 

Some of the "Hawk Bros."

after the party and a  full years work (3rd grade)

 Handsome boys!  (ID cards)

Latest Family Pictures

I decided to post today without catching the blog up to date. 
*This update mostly features artwork by each family member with a few other (real) family photos.   

Visit to Capitol Reef and Highway 12 in June

Michael's artwork

source: Jordan

Tessa's family :)

by Leisel

Mommy

And Jared's representation of our family in 2015 and more specifically on February 26. 

Freedom Fest 2014

 We are growing.