Jeremy's Gradutation

The kids were at the bar all night getting soda after soda. At the end of the night the bar tender made them shirley temples and ella is wondering where hers is. They loved daddy's graduation.

June 26

Jeremy had his Family Practice Gradutation in June. It was so fun and seemed like there were so many activities leading to this event. So much hard work and now he gets to reap the benefits of it right? yeah just until he starts in another residency. Go Derm.

Phoenix Bapist was such a great program for our family. Jeremy made such good friends with his fellow residents. While the kids and I felt welcome and like a part of everything even at graduation when we and Jeremy's folks were invited on the stage to be recognized as Jeremy's supporters in getting him through the grueling years of training.

We love you Jeremy and are so proud of you!!

San Diego with friends and family

We were so lucky to get to go to San Diego this summer with the Brizzee's.

The Kids had so much fun. Ryan and Julie came over and stayed nearby for a night and we all went to sea world together.

These boys big and small had so much fun boogie boarding.

Taylor and Paige became fast friends and loved playing together.

These sea lions were so loud. It was fun watching them.

We sat in the wet section for Shamu, but don't be fooled by Caden's soaked clothes, We rode the most horrible water ride that just soaks everyone. We were soaked the rest of the day and it was pretty cool out, poor Caden his jeans never dried out. Ella changed out of her jeans and used my sweater as a skirt, looks pretty cute. Taylor was the only smart one and just watched from the bridge above with Aunt Julie.

Taylor posing for me, never got a chance to throw it in. just outside of the camera frame a seagull is swooping down to steal his fish. He was so sad.

They all loved touching the bat rays.

Outside of the condo we rented in Encinatas.

We had so much fun staying with the Brizzees at the beach. We even got to see The Mathews and Banks. So glad they came down for the afternoon. It was such a fun vacatioin. We were so glad we could share it with so many people and most especially without Zac. That is really what made it a vacation for us, not having to worry about Zac hurting anyone or anything.

Dillon, Caden , and Logan, boogie boarding. These boys had so much fun playing together.

Jenny it was so fun to see you with our families and again for our girls weekend.

Thanks Nicole for letting me borrow your tele photo lens. I literally took hundreds of pictures on the beach. It was hard for me to decide which ones to put up.

April and May

In April we had a conference in Vancouver that Jeremy and I spoke at. While we were there we did some sightseeing. These pictures aren't as good as the ones on my other camera, so they don't really show how beautiful this place is.




We got to go to Lasqueti Island where Jeremy's Grandma Lawlor was born. It was so fun to go to the island with the folks, and Ryan and Julie. It was really cool to see all the places Grandma remembers so fondly from her youth.

Jeremy even did a little geo-caching while on the island. That was cool. Our driver Barry was pretty impressed that Jeremy found it.
Sitting on a bench outside of the teapot house on a bench Barry built in the tree.

The house in Copley cove. absolutely beautiful. New owners call it Driftwood cove now I think.
In the community center. That's Lasquiti.
Another geo-cache, while we wait for the ferry.
It worked out so well that we were there the last weekend of the temple openhouse and were able to go. It was very beautiful.

Then two weeks later we didn't want the kids to miss an opportunity to see the Gila Valley Temple open house, so we went as a family and with Tara and Chad.
All the kids had a great time in the pool. Taylor still talks about the pool that was in the hotel. And a little more geo- caching. We have to introduce everyone to it while we have such good weather. Its fun to drive around and see places you wouldn't normally look for and yet you have a purpose.
The Gila valley Temple was very similar to the Vancouver temple. Both beautiful.

End of the year awards. So proud of Ella, straight A's, a trophy for principals list. Good job sister.

My mothers day gift, Glee concert, was such a surprise and soo fun.

Fathers and sons. Taylor and Caden had a great time with their Daddy. I'm so glad they get to go camping with Dad at least once a year and have these great memories.

Summer update

My last post was going to be a two parter, because Jeremy surprised me again for mother's day and got me tickets to the Glee concert that was here. It was so much fun, even if Jeremy isn't the gleek that I am, He still had a good time. It has been a long time since we've been to a concert it was really cool and totally awesome of Jeremy to think of getting me something so different from what our normal dates are.

Also back in April, I'll have to add pictures sometime, We went to Vancouver for a family medicine conference and we both participated in a talk. While we were there we were able to go to a little place where Jeremy's Grandma was born called Lasquiti Island off of Vancouver Island. Jeremy's parents came along with Bro- in law Ryan and Julie. We had so much fun exploring the island and all the places where Grandma lived in her childhood. It is such a beautiful place and we can see why grandma loved it so much, and now we know that our Az forests are thin and sparse compared with the dense trees all over the island and also in Vancouver. It was so beautiful there. We were also able to go through the Vancouver temple for the open house. that was a cool experience as well. Our talk went well too.

In May we took a little impromptu getaway down to Safford, Thatcher, we didn't want to miss the opportunity to take the kids to the Gila Valley Temple open house. We went down there With SIL, Tara and Chad and their family. That was really cool to share the experience with the kids. Ella and Caden thought it was pretty neat, although Taylor's favorite part was swimming in the indoor pool with his cousins.

In June we had the opportunity to go to San Diego. We met some friends Dave and Amy over there and got together with some other friends from Med school too. It was so fun to play with my new camera at the beach, I literally took hundreds of pictures on the beach. I'll have to try and narrow it down to a few of my favorites when I post pictures.

Since then it has been swim team or cousins and now Ella is teaching her 3rd annual dance class, after learning the songs and choreography in Mesa, staying with Ryan and Julie. She is doing so well, this class I have been real hands off and on Friday when I had made one too many suggestions I guess, Ella said, "I know Mom, you can sit down now." My aunt happened to be there watching so I said to her, Oh guess I'm dismissed." We both chuckled. Can't believe how well Ella handles her class. She really does a great job. She knows its a lot of work to teach them, and she is always proud of them and surprised by how well they know it when it comes to the final performance. I'm proud of Ella too, its a good responsibility for her to have. All Caden sees are dollar signs, every summer he asks if he can teach a class too. Maybe some day son.