A Princess Tea Party at the Homestead Resort

Heading to the tea party...

"The Princesses"

Olivia, Charley, Isabella, Hannah, Elle, Francesca, Cecily, Carmen, and Julia

Emma sang a song from Enchanted and Joseph was her Prince Charming. He was not very happy about being there. However, Noni paid him a little money under the table to get him through. He endured.

Lauren performed with her dance company at the party.

They did a ballet number from Sleeping Beauty.

A parade through the gardens...

Three Princesses heading home in their carriage.

You may be thinking to yourself that we are celebrating a holiday in this picture, but we're not. Ben and Melissa are moving to Arizona and we had just said goodbye to Melissa and her girls. After our kids said goodbye to their cousins, there were a lot of tears. The "sparklers" were our attempt at a distraction. It worked temporarily! There's nothing quite like cousins.

The Aquarium

Julia, Isabella, Francesca, Cecily, Charley, Olivia, Carmen, Emma, Joseph, and Finn

Jelly fish, sting rays, and sharks, oh my!

We went to the Aquarium today in Salt Lake and had so much fun.

The kids were fascinated and loved everything.

H+T

Happy Birthday Isabella !!!

"The Birthday Girl"

Isabella is 9 years old !

make a wish . . .

We love you Birthday Girl

More celebrating at Happy Sumo.

Sometimes it's just so nice to be alone as a family... When we arrived at the restaurant they took one look at us and directed us straight to the back corner. We closed the maroon curtain and had are own private family dinner. The kids loved it!

Grandpa and Mimi came by to wish Isabella a very happy birthday.

The only thing Isabella wanted for her birthday this year was a "Juicy Boogie Board".

She was so surprised and excited! Why do we live in Utah again?

Don't be an ASS...