A Great Vacation

I guess all good things must come to an end. Tomorrow we head back to Hawaii. We have spent the past 5 weeks with family and friends. We have had tons of fun, and we miss Deven a lot but find it hard to believe how fast this trip went. Dylan has gotten so big and I am sure Deven will not even recognize him. We did so many fun things while we were here, some of the pictures are out of order but I am not sure how to fix it so I will just explain as we go. We visited Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen in Gunnison. Sharon, her family in Perry and Shirece in St George. We took a trip down to Arizona to see Lisa and most of the family came down there too. We had fun in the pool and of course shopping. We got to see Nana and Grandpa, Deena, and Derek in Provo and spend time with them. We also got to see old friends and cousins. Gracie has had so much fun with everyone and I have enjoyed all the help and even got to sleep in till 10a.m. a couple of times. (something I have not done in years). We just wanted to share some of the highlights of our trip. There are so many pictures I didn't have room to post them all. Camping out in Grandpa Sorensen's backyard with Shirece and all the Fairbourn cousins. Gracie and Sarah thought this was so cool and they were going to stay in the tent all day long... or so they thought.

Gracie, Nana, Dylan, and I went to Veteran's Memorial Pool in Provo. Gracie has been asking to go here since we arrived. We almost didn't get her to leave.

Gracie, Sarah, and Brittney (under the blankets) waking up after spending the night in the tent.

Of course shopping at the Gateway. We told the kids if they were really good, they could play in the splash pad afterwards. They got soaked, but had a great time.

Gracie and Sarah got to go to build a bear for Sarah's birthday. They picked matching puppy dogs. (I hope her dog is good for us on the way home)

We went hiking in Zions. We met up with the Fairbourns and spent a day hiking in Zions. This is Gracie and Shirece coming back down from the emerald pools. I wasn't planning on doing a lot of hiking so you have to love Gracies thrown together outfit. Luckily Sharon had given Gracie high shcool musical shoes and we borrowed some socks from Sarah and she was ready to go.

Dylan was trooper as well. I didn't have the warmest clothes for him but we managed. This is Dylan and I at weeping rock.

Dylan and I outside of the cabin we stayed in.

I ran into an old friend at Lisa's graduation. It was so fun to Marcie and her family again. Lael, her husband, graduated at the same time as Lisa. She had a baby about the same time we did so it was fun to see the kido's and do some quick catching up.

Nothing like spending time with sisters. We were just waiting for Lisa to make her way into the auditorium.

Nana, took Gracie to Liberty park. It is a little theme park on the way to Salt Lake. Gracie had fun riding in the cars, jumping in jumpy castles, and riding on trains.

Gracie and I in the water boat. Gracie was never quite sure of this one and couldn't wait to get off. Thanks to everyone for a great vacation. We will miss everyone and can't wait till we get to come back again.

Fun on the Mainland

Well we have spent the last couple of days at Lisa's and she let me use her computer to update our stay here.  Deven is missing us so I told him I would try to post some pictures.  Gracie has been having a great time in the pool.  She wakes up in the morning and would stay out there all day long if we would let her.  This is from Lisa's graduation party.  The kids had so much fun in the pool.
Dylan and  I spent most of the time observing from the edge of the pool  There was so much going on Dylan was so alert the whole party.  He didn't want to miss anything.  

We went to the science museum with all the cousins.  This was a mock airplane.  It was fun to go inside.  It felt like you were really flying and then it taught you about how airplanes work.  
Gracie and the cousins in a tug of war at the science museum.  They all had so much fun there was so much to learn and see.  
Well Lisa did it!!! She graduated.  It seems like just yesterday Deven and I convinced her to move to Arizona and attend Midwestern.   Who knew at the time she would get married and make AZ her home.  It was so fun to come back and see the campus and how much it has changed in just one year.  Graduation was awesome and Lisa way to go.  
Dylan fell asleep during the ceremony.  What a trooper.  
After graduation.  The weather was so nice for AZ at this time of year.  It wasn't too hot.  I ran into and old friend Marcie after graduation.  I got pictures with my camera, but I am using Lisa's computer and her pictures so hopefully I can post some other pictures later when I get home.  It was so fun to see old friends.  It brought back so many memories.  
More fun in the pool.  
Opening presents.  We celebrated 4 birthdays while we were down there.  Sharon's, Sarah's, Lisa's and Joe's (Shirece's boyfriend) but Sharon was nice enough to get Gracie a gift as well.  She got high school musical shoes.  She was pretty excited.  
Also Sharon and Lisa made me this awesome quilt for Dylan.  I hope you can see how cute it is.  It was a fun week.