Capital Reef Family Reunion

Last week the entire Willis family ventured to Capital Reef National Park for a Kip Willis family reunion. There are 9 kids in Clint's family and only 2 don't have kids or have kids on the way so it was great fun to see everyone and all the nieces and nephews. It was a great trip minus the biting gnats. We all had fun playing games, making food, visiting, swimming and a little hiking. I wish I would have gotten more pics. Next time I suppose.

This is Evan, Grant, Kaily, Afton and Aryn

Clint and his brothers thought it would be lots of fun to climb in and out of these holes.

See that small hole by the boys' feet on the left side, yeah, Clint is in there and getting ready to poke his arm out of the top hole as you can see from the picture below. I watched him climb out of this and, really, I don't know how he did it. Apparently, from what Clint says, the hole isn't bigger up there than it is in the picture. The boys from Lt to Rt...Grant, on top is Evan, orange shirt is Farin, in the little corner hole crouching down is Clint and the one scratching his head is Ben.

Preschool Graduation

On June 2 Kaily graduated from Preschool. She is so excited to start Kindergarten that I've had to give her work books to do just to keep her busy. Her teacher said she enjoyed having Kaily in class and that she is quite the leader, I think that's just a nice way of saying she's bossy. At the graduation she played the piano and recited a poem. She did a great job.

Kaily with her graduation cap that she made.

Kaily and her friends after graduation

Kaily her friend Emily

Sounds of Freedom

We live fairly close to Hill Air force Base so all day long, especially in the Spring and Summer months, we hear jets flying over head. I used to think it was a little annoying and it also felt a little bit like home. When I was growing up we lived close to Airport 2 in SLC, I don't know the name now. Anyway we would hear similar things during similar months. I've learned to just except the fact that it happens. Then on Wednesday we were in Layton, just up the road from the base, looking at a van. The man who's van it was worked for HAB and as 3-4 jets fly by he said, "Doesn't the sound of freedom sound great?!" That changed my perspective a bit. We are so lucky to live in the country that we do with the freedoms that we have. We are lucky to have the opportunities that we have. Even though the gov't, in my opinion, isn't so great right now it was founded upon good morals and beliefs. It was founded by good religious men who believed in that freedom and the rights that we have. Today, I am grateful to that man who reminded me of the things we sometimes take for granted.

Park Time!

We had a great day at the duck pond and the park, here are some pics of our adventure.

Time is going by

Happy June 1 everyone! Can you believe it's the beginning of summer? Personally I feel like this year is flying by and, really, it's NOT going to slow down anytime soon. May was full of fun events and I will blog about them later today, hopefully. They will be under this one so look for them under May dates. ANY WAY...June is going to start out slow get supper busy and then slow down just in time for July to get crazy. I have to admit I am VERY excited for July. My whole family will be in one place for a few days and that hasn't happened since my little bro got married 4 yrs ago. My bestest friend in the entire world is coming to stay with us for an entire week. I haven't seen her in 2 yrs and her kids in probably 3. Lots more to do and we will have so much fun with all of it. In there somewhere is lots of trips to the lake, swimming lessons, Clint's school wk, trips to the zoo, train rides and so much more. Yes, this is the beginning of a VERY busy summer.

Today is one of those days when you're pregnant. You know, those days when there is a tear ready to drop in a matter of seconds for no reason at all, feelings of an indescribable nature, moments of contemplating...basically a perfect day to blog to get my mind off all that I need to do and should be doing but don't really feel like. I guess it doesn't really help that it's been cloudy and rainy all day. I think I REALLY need some good days of sunshine and kids playing outside.