Family Hike

While we were in NH we went on a hike to Cloud Land Falls in the Franconia Notch. My brother, Kris, took along his professional camera and did what he loves to do...he took pictures!
Some of these are edited and some are not. I'm sure he won't appreciate me putting unedited pictures on here under his name, but I think they are great, even without editing sooo, sorry Kris!

These were taken after the hike. New Hampshire was colder than I remember it being in August, so I wore my Moms' jacket most of the time we were there. Emily decided that she was cold and wanted to wear it, so I let her and of course Kris picked up his camera and now I have these adorable pictures!

She was trying to dance in the jacket.

On the drive up to the trai, Kris took pictures of everyone in the car and since Dad was driving and Kris was in the back seat this was what we got of Dad.
I think it's pretty cool looking. It's his reflection in the rear view mirror. (The black spot on his head is where the temperature and direction are shown. I'm sure Kris probably edited that out, but I don't have that one.)

My adorable little girl!

This one is one of my favorites!
Kris didn't want to keep this one because it is slightly fuzzy and he couldn't fix it completely because he didn't shoot it in raw (or something like that) but I told him it was too cute to get rid of, so he kept it just for me! Thanks Kris!

Laura, Emily, and Dad walking up the rocky trail

Becky, Dad, Mom, Emily and Laura on the trail

Once Emily discovered that Kris was the camera man she would give him these funny, cheesy smiles every time he even looked at her. She is too funny!

Mom and Laura

After we stopped to look at a small waterfall Emily wanted to go back to the car because she decided that we were done. She got very upset and started crying, until Grandma told her that once we got to the top and saw the big waterfall we could go back to the car. Emily was still pretty upset and wanted Grandma to carry her up the trail. Grandma told her that she couldn't carry her up because by the time we got close to the top someone might have to push her up the trail. So, Emily decided to push Grandma up the trail right then and there and this is how she did it!

At the small waterfall.
Mom and Becky were trying to get Emily to touch the water.

There were several small waterfalls along the trail.
I think Kris captured them all.

I love how the water looks in these pictures

On the way back down Emily was not happy. She wanted me to carry her all the way down and no one else would do. I had carried her a lot of the way up and I was really tired. Not only that but there were tons of rocks and I was afraid of tripping on some rocks falling down the steeper parts of the trail with her on my shoulders so Dad carried her on his shoulders almost all the way down the mountain. She would only sit still and not cry if I held her hand so this is how we walked almost all the way down the trail.

hmm, she doesn't look to happy here

Looking at something

I love this picture!

Laura, Mom and Dad

At the top!
We could have gone farther but the trail got much steeper and since Emily was being carried on Dad's shoulders we decided against it. We also had a family dinner that we had to get back to.
It was very pretty! I love waterfalls!

Laura, Becky, Mom, Dad and Emily
We were all eating chocolate covered granola bars!

Mom took over the camera here so we could get Kris in the picture.
Laura, Becky, Kris, Dad and Emily

Emily going down the trail on Bapa's shoulders

Emily, Bapa and Mommy

I love how this water looks!

Dad and Kris

This has got to be my one of my favorite pictures of Emily, ever!
I love how it shows off her curls. It is just cute!

On Bapa's shoulders with a not so cheesy smile

I absolutly love this picture too!
I love her hair, her hands and the look on her face
You do an amazing job with a camera Kris!

Our Move to Tennessee

The day before we loaded up our trailer we went to the sand dunes with Kris and Becky. We took the 4 Wheeler and had a blast! Since we only had one 4 wheeler and we didn't want to waste time making multiple trips we all road on it together like this! Crazy, I know, but it was lots of fun! Emily was the only one who didn't have fun. We went right over her nap time and she made sure we knew she wasn't happy about it. It was the only time we could all go together though so I made the sacrifice. At one point J.R. and Kris went off looking for a steeper dune to jump off of and when they found one J.R. left Kris and came back for Becky, Emily and I. Emily had given up on me by then and wanted Becky to hold her but because Becky was on the very back of the 4 wheeler she couldn't. We stopped at the top of a dune to look for Kris because J.R. couldn't remember where he had left him and Emily reached for Becky and said through tears, "I'm so sleepy" when that didn't work she dove for Becky arms and said "sleepy baby". If was so sad and so cute at the same time. We eventually found Kris and jumped off a few more dunes and then we went home. It was a great end to our Idaho vacation!
Emily resigning herself to a 30 hour car ride amongst a bunch of stuff. At least the sun wasn't in her eyes! We used a 5X8 trailer and one car to move all our stuff from Idaho to Jonesborough TN. It was very crowded in the car and I never want to do it again but it saved us a lot of money.

J.R. driving with Pebbles poking his head up between the seats

This is how Pebbles road for most of the trip. he just sprawled out over the console between the seats. It looks so uncomfortable but I guess he thought it was better than being squished on the flour behind the passenger seat.

Emily passing the time away by playing with her toes! The scab on her nose is from trying to go down the concrete stairs in front of J.R.'s parents house like a big girl while we loaded up the trailer. You guessed it...she face planted. Ouch!

Feeding Pebbles one kibble bit at a time in the hotel room! He is such a good dog, he took each piece nice a gently from her fingers.
Wearing Daddy's crocs! She tried to walk in them but didn't get very far.

The Gateway Arch in St. Louis Missouri!

Family

I walked into the living room of J.R.'s parents house and saw this. All my younger siblings with their very own Apple computer! I just had to get a picture.

Becky, Ben and Kris with their Mac Books. Ben and Kris even have an ipod!

We all have Apple products! Laura with her iphone, Becky with her computer, Ben and Kris with their computers and ipods!

Becky, Ben, Kris, Laura, Emily and J.R.

It was so hard to leave Becky in Idaho when we left. We spent so much time together and made so many good memories. I think when she gets married she's going to have to be my neighbor!

Upper Mesa Falls

We went to Rexburg Idaho after graduation to collect all our stuff and spend some time with family. My Mom drove with J.R. and I back to Idaho so she could spend mothers weekend with Kris and Becky and Emily flew back to Utah with J.R.'s Mom and Dad. Naturally it was cold and rainy almost the entire time we were there. One of the days we went to upper mesa falls. When we left Rexburg it was 80 something degrees and sunny but an hour later at upper mesa falls it was 60 degress and raining! Go figure! We went anyway but we spent the time shivering and hurring to get back to the car. It was very pretty though.

Grandma and Emily

Upper Mesa Falls

Emily was pointing too until I snapped the picture. It was really cute

Becky, Laura, Emily Kris and J.R.

Rushing water at the bottom of the falls

Warming Emily up while my Mom made us all lunch