2011 Family Vacation

This year we took 2 weeks and headed south to the warmth of AZ and San Diego, CA. We had so much fun taking Lez and Minda with us to the San Diego Zoo! I know there should be more pics of the animals, and there will be as soon as I download the awesome pics that Lez took with her camera. Minda and my two girlies taking a break with me. There was alot of walking involved with this gigantic zoo!

Photogenic Kylie posing on her favorite animal of the day....the hippo! No idea why?!

Jason's fave of the day...the lazy orangatang (sp). He loved his laid back way of life! Hillarious!

One of the shows the zoo offers. The kids liked watching the animals perform, and I liked giving my feet a break!

Why oh why does every attempt at a family photo turn out with someone closing their eyes!? Ya that would be me!!!

The giraffes were awesome, as was every animal. They had a little baby giraffe this year. Way cute! Smile girlies and act like you are having fun! LOL!

Doctor Zoolittle was another show we went to. Emily liked the doc...just a bit!

Kylie liked my hat!!! The zoo was amazing and I will be putting animal pics up soon!!!

We went to the AZ Diamondbacks game in Phoenix. They played the Dodgers....and won!!! Lez and Minda came with us and we had a blast!!! Thank goodness the ballpark is covered and air conditioned! Although Trevor wouldn't have cared if it was over 100 degrees inside, the D-Backs are his favorite team!! Go D-Backs!!!

Emmy and Trev having their pic taken by the World Series trophy the D-Backs won in 2001. Oh ya baby!

The D-Backs hosted the Allstar game this year, so there were fun statues to pose with and take pictures. Kids loved it!

We also went to the beach in San Diego. The girlies have never seen the ocean, so they loved every second we were there! They jumped waves, picked up shells, and played in the sand. Bear Lake will never be the same to them anymore! :)

Love, love, love the sand!!!

My two beautiful beach babes! Love how Emmy has her leg! :)

No vacation to AZ would ever be complete if we didn't take a dip in the awesome pool at my sisters'! This is Austin showing off his handstand!

Emmy and Minda. See I told you they could be twins! :)

Strike that pose Emmy!

I love my girlies!!!

All the kids loved jumping into the water and having me take pics. Hillarious!!!

Kylie...

Trevor...

Austin...

and Kylie and Jason!!! What a blast we had this summer!!! Thanx to my sisters for putting up with my family for such a long time! Can't wait til next year!!!

I know, I know...its about time!

My computer has been experiencing issues lately, and wouldn't let me publish on the blog. But it is all worked out (hopefully) and here are a few pics from Easter time of my little girlies :) They both loved the Easter dresses they got this year! Emily loves being 'Cinderella', and Kylie is just growing up way too fast! Thanx to my sistas for finding the cute matching purses! Just the right touch!

Easter hunt with the cousins! Fun tradition to gather at Grandma's and find eggs with yummy candy! Emily really does smile alot....no really!

Absolutely love this one!!!

Difference between my two girlies? Check out the facial expressions. One very much annoyed with having another picture taken... ....And one very much liking the picture taking!!! So funny how different they are! :)
But I wouldn't change a thing! Love you girlies!!!

Family, dutchovening, and Austin's Birthday! Whew!

April has started off with a fun bang at the Daugherty household! The girls played their first soccer game (they missed the "real" first game since we were at my niece's baptism that weekend), my sistas from Az came and spent the entire week, and my "little" Austin turned 14! Wow, still can't believe how fast time flys! I had to post this cute letter that Emily wrote for her cousin who was baptized. Emily gets baptized this year, and reading this shows just how she is feeling about it! Sorry Katey that she forgot to bring it to you!

I love how we have days where my two little sweeties can get along so well, and have fun in the process! Right after their soccer games, they pulled out the board games and played for the longest time!

Zeus fell in love with Minda and Lez all over again! Lez had him going crazy the whole week they visited, and he loved snuggling with Minda! I can't wait to take him to Az this summer and let him run with their two pups!

Poor Zeus!!! He is missing the girls already! They wore him out, and he loved every minute of it!!! Actually...we all miss the girls :(

Nothing like kicking spring off with some dutch oven cooking!!! Jason has become an excellent dutch oven chef!! Yummy chicken, which by the way, he throws in whatever he wants and it always comes out perfect and yummy!!

Not to mention how creative he is! We dont have a third burner, so he made himself an oven to cook the cake over. I'm telling ya, I married a genius!

Can't have dutch oven without some spuds!! Grew up with dutch oven potatos, and loving em still!!! So good with the sweet onion Jason added!!! Just don't forget the cheese :)

Thank you, thank you, Jason for a scrumptuous dutch oven dinner!!!

So my little Austin is no longer so little! He is now a bit taller than me and has changed so much over the last year. He has put soccer on the back burner and is turning his athletic ability toward football. He is on the freshman football team next year, and I am so excited to see how far this new adventure will take him! I know, so you are wondering whats up with the basketball then....well he loves ALL sports :)

Austin was happy to have his birthday while my sisters were here. So since his big day fell on conference weekend, we invited both sets of grandparents and my sisters down to celebrate and watch conference. It was a great day! After conference and the birthday celebration were over, all the men went to the Priesthood session at our stk center together. A perfect end to a perfect day!!!

Austin showing off a portion of his birthday goods. Love the fangs!!!

Happy 14th birthday Austin!!! We love you so much and are so happy to have you in our family :)

Sunny Weekend!!!

Jason and I decided we really needed to escape the winter weather of the north and head south for some sunshine and warmer temperatures. So when my sisters from Az told us they were headed up home for a visit, we jumped at the chance to meet up with them in Mesquite. Now I know that sounds crazy to run south for just a few days, but we were both in desperate need for some natural vitamin C and a road trip!! Of course running south means stopping in for some fun in Cedar with our buddys, the Burton's!!! Laurel and I took the girls on our traditional shopping trip, which we do everytime we visit! This trip was for new flip flops! Sorry I never got a pic with the girls showing off the goods. Also a special apology to Chelsi for not getting the toenails painted :( Time just got away from me this time! I will totally make up for it next time we get together!

We took Zeus with us to see how he would travel, which he did pretty good for still being a puppy. These 2 cuties belong to the Burton's neighbor, Jerry. He saw Zeus outside and had to bring his terriers over to play. They are a boy and girl silky yorkie terrier mixes. (Hope I got it right!) They are just a little bit bigger than Zeus, but I couldnt believe how similar they are to him!

Beautiful Chelsi keeping Zeus company while enjoying the warm sunshine!! I think Zeus has a new favorite friend! :)

Austin and Carson also soaking up the warm sunshine! Carson, you rock at basketball!!!!

This is pretty much how Zeus rode all the way home after a very big weekend for him. Thanks to Laurel and Steve for letting the kids (and pup) stay while Jason and I ran away for a night in Mesquite with my sisters! That weekend is just what we needed to re-energize us! Sigh...back to northern Utah spring! Today it is raining! :/

Random pix

I am so behind on my blog that I decided to quickly add some photos of some of the stuff thats been going on.

Zeus snuggling with Kylie on Christmas morning. Love the pjs Ky!

Emily showing off her Miami Dolphins sweatshirt (she was hoping Santa would bring her) while she plays 'Babysitting Mama' on the wii. She really WAS happy on Christmas morning (:

"TRADITION!!!"

Austin was in the musical "Fiddler on the Roof" at his middle school. He did fantastic, and the whole family had so much fun watching him on stage! He definately has a knack for acting and loves the spotlight! Anyone who really knows him would understand that! (: Peek a boo Kylie, we see you!

We had a HUGE snowstorm overnight, and Mom and Dad were here watching Austin's play when it hit. They were stranded on our side of the mountain due to the canyon being closed, so we had alot of fun having a slumber party with Grandpa and Grandma Hobbs! The kids sure enjoyed all the snow the next morning!

Lovely picture of how nice the snowplow drivers are here. The snowplow came by right after Jason and the boys shoveled the entire driveway, sidewalks, and our mailbox. I guess he decided that they needed a little more work to do. The entire entrance to our driveway pretty much looked like this. Thanx to our great neighbors who were willing to come over and dig us back out..again..with their 4-wheeler plow. I hope I said that right! (;

My boys hard at work! Thanx guys!

The little girls hard at work making oragami envelopes during Literacy Night at the school. I love the concentration on Emmy's face!

This pic was just too cute not to post! We all just love our Zeus!