Down at the Downs' in Downey

A couple of times in the last month we have gone down to Amanda's family in Downey. We have had so much fun! We had a little Easter Egg hunt as well as a birthday party for Amanda's brother Richard and some swimming in the pool.
Avery finding his Easter basket and us as a family:

Avery absolutely loved playing the pool. He would splash and kick and splash and kick and didn't mind that his face got wet.

Brian has been practicing in the pool with his kayak to get his roll down- he has been doing awesome! (he thinks he's ready for class 5, but amanda doesn't think so...) He hopes to go on some small rapids this weekend if the weather is nice.

Spring Break (a couple weeks late...)

Well, its been crazy busy since spring break happened a few weeks ago, and that it why we are so late getting this posted. We all drove down to Las Vegas for the whole week to spend time with Brian's brother and family, Mark, Sarah and Boyce. It was a very long car ride, and even though Avery got a little bored at times, it was worth the trip.

We went down to the strip and had lunch with Brian and Mark's cousins Melissa and Tryna at the Cheesecake Factory. We then watched the Belagio Fountains. It was really neat!


One of the days we went for a walk to the park nearby and just relaxed. We also went to Fremont Street that has lots of lights and fun stuff to see.
One of the funnest spots was the Hoover Dam. We took a tour of the dam and learned all about how they built it. It is so big and amazing!

The best sights to see were the Las Vegas Temple and the St. George Temple (on our way back). They were so beautiful and peaceful!!!
We had such a great time with Mark, Sarah and Boyce and want to tell them a BIG THANKS for a great week!!!

BIG SKY!

A couple of weekends ago, Brian's cousin Jason and his wife Brinn, invited us for a free weekend at Big Sky ski resort (Jason won 4 tickets and a hotel on the radio). Avery got to spend the whole weekend with Grandma and Grandpa Turpin while we went to Montana. Here is a little narration of what we did at Big Sky:

the lifts was right outside our hotel

Brian and Jason point to where they plan ski first- the very tip top of the mountain (it looks like an awful long way!)


Here's us at the very top of the mountain

we are waiting in line for the tram to go to the very top. this picture doesn't give justice to how steep it looks!

this is a picture from inside the tram on our way to the top

it is a beautiful view at the top

yum yum yum

Trying to find something that will get Avery to sleep longer at night, we decided to start feeding him cereal at night. Well, it hasn't worked for the sleeping part, but Avery does like the cereal- especially with some applejuice in it!!! (and so does Brian...) Ofcourse, he has a little trouble keeping it all in his mouth, but it just makes hium even cuter with cereal all over his face.