Extreme Makeover Home Edition

Extreme Makeover Home Edition is in town, in fact, they are around the corner from our house

how exciting!

John Family Reunion

This is the first year we go to the John Family Reunion.  It was held in the little town of Portage, Utah.  But wait, who are the Johns?

This is how it goes:

Dante→Kam→Grandpa→Newell→Leroy Howell who married Hannah, daughter of James John, son of Thomas John (sorry, I forgot his mothers' name- my memory is not the best)

as you can see it is a small town!

this genealogical display was impressing, done by Kay {also from James' line}

Kaylee got cold so Grandma put her on the sun

love this pic of Grandma & Dionka

my precious Kaylee

Kaysee loved telling everyone that she was a cousin, there she is guessing on the how many are in there game and Don't eat Pete!

Dante became the most popular relative. They all called him Dantesaurus for the fact that he growled to everyone as Tyrannosaurus Rex dinosaur (T-Rex) 

Grandpa & Kaylee

the lady on the green shirt is Kay, the family ↑ historian

I asked Kam to take a picture of me but he didn't even let me sit--I was there!

Dante found a good friend on his cousin Jared

Kaylee & Daddy

Dionka & Mommy

Dante & best cousin Jared

group pic {they said last year they had about 90 people,  this year about 65)

Until next year!

This is the place

This is the place→hand wagon test drive

After this I have much more respect for our pioneers; it wasn't bitter cold when the came to Utah but they also pulled those carts fulled of their belongings for thousands and thousands of miles!

that ↑ gravel was tricky

Look who is walking!

My Dionka started to take her firsts steps, pretty soon she'll be running [→do not let me blink←]

First at-home swimming

We didn't have spring and we were scare of not having summer this year but fortunate for us it warmed up and the kids ran outside to enjoy the weather

Kaysee, Dante & Alondra (water was so cold)

having fun!

yeah!

Kaylee played the maraca while brother & sisters were on our gigantic pool ☺

and Diona took a nap

Let's go to the playground!

Just enjoying the day

Dionka had so much fun spilling her water

Dante & Alondra going down the slide at the same time

I think Kaylee was hot

Kaysee telling Dionka to do what she was doing

there they go!

"never mind, Mom says you are too young!"

Alondra playing house

Fun, fun, fun!

Part 3: Our annual visit to the Zoo

yes kids, I would like a purse and shoes from that crocodile

i don't know why she was singing ♫born this way♪

Dionka rocking the hat

what? you are spider woman!?

trying to get tangle on the spider web

waiting for the train

kisses to my baby

time to go home

what a fun day!