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6/12/11

Catching up #7: Goodbye to Page!

Hiking at Lake Powell for Family Home Evening.
We love it!




My friends Lindsey, Emmy and Kari planned a farewell party for us.
I wish we would have gotten more pictures!  Thank you everyone who came!
And thanks fot the beautiful picture of Lake Powell!
 Lindsey is in need of one of these now, too... her family is moving to Idaho!

 The Johnson family

 Charity and Heather and their babies

 The Olson family

 John and Felicia
 This is Blaik helping us pack.  Hey!  He did a lot more than you'd think!  What an awesome boy!  ( and his mommy was pretty cool for helping us, too!)  Thanks Mandi!  You're a saint!  We love you!

The packing process:
 (before)

 (after)

Thanks all you last minute helpers (Emmy, Kari, Andrea, Lindsey, and especially Mandi and Steve) who got us out of there!  We couldn't have done it as well (or as quickly) without you!

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
 some of Janey's class friends

 Mrs. Penni Case
Janey loved having you for her teacher!

 Desert View Preschool

 Teona and Dana
Lake View's office ladies
Janey and I have spent many days working (and playing) with these awesome ladies!

 Robin Greymountain
Lake View Principal

 Goodbye Lake View!  We love you!
Don't mind the tears... we're just going to miss you!

Page has been wonderful for our family!  We knew from when we first moved there that we wouldn't stay long... but that short stop went by so quickly!  It's hard to have to say goodbye to so many wonderful friends and memories!  Thanks to all the people who've influenced our lives these past couple of years!

Catching up #6: Lake Powell with the Coxes and the Sorensens

We got more visits from Brent and Megan and Steve and Jessika the weekend before we moved.
We decided to have a hot dog roast at Lone Rock Beach.
 So pretty, huh!?!





 Thanks for coming, guys!  We'll miss you!


Steve and Jess stayed through church the next day, so we got more pictures!

Janey fell asleep during dinner.  She's notorious for that!
This was "goodbye."

We love you guys!!

Catching up #5: Track meets and field trips

Page Elementaries track meets
 Taylor ran in the relay

 Callie hopped in the Gunny sack race

 Janey's other boyfriend, Dustin. 
He's a friend of Taylor's from sports teams, and Janey has just fallen in love!

Taylor's class field trip to Navajo National Monument
Since Ryan's job already ended, he got to chaperone this trip, which was awesome for him!
 A very old hogan!
There are many more pics from this trip that we didn't post, and Taylor took most of them!
He loves being a photographer!

 Taylor's 2nd grade class with teacher, Ms. Hall.

goofing around on the bus

Callie's class also went on a field trip, to some Dinosaus tracks, but we've "misplaced" those pictures...
Ryan got to go on that one, too.

Page Stake Fathers and Sons campout
My cute eyes-closing boys!!
Taylor truly is his father's son!

Their traditional chess competition!

Catching up #4: Visits

Visits with friends and family!!
 The Cheney-Fuquay fam

 Grandma and Grandpa Sorensen
The kids got to hold one of Grandpa's chicks!


 Jenn Ross: our fav Dixie NICU nurse!
Jenn was Janey's second mommy while she was in the hospital.

 J and Bonnie Deem

 The beautiful St. George Temple!

 Mother's Day flowers from my mommy!
(We got to visit with her in St. George that weekend)

 The Findlay fam
We took a tour of the Glen Canyon Dam while they were visiting. 
This is the kiddos walking down the long echo-y hallway saying,"Hello!  Echo!" 

Watching a movie on the balcony- genius idea, Cam!

We had sooo much fun with everyone!  Thanks to you all for taking time to spend with us before we moved!  It really does mean a lot to us!!  We love you!

Catching up #3: Checking out Branson

Ryan and I flew to Branson to check out his new job at the Lodge of the Ozarks.
 We had treats waiting for us in our room!

 Yes, that's a towel swan

 There are so many different kinds of plants and foliage in Missouri! 
It's green everywhere!

 The Branson Belle paddleboat... it's a showboat.

 Can you make out the downpour?  When it rains, it really rains!!  No wonder there has been so much flooding there lately!  The Taneycomo lake is 18 feet higher than usual!

 I just think this is really cool!

A couple of attractions in Branson (beside all the shows).
 Hollywood Wax Museum

 and plenty of foresty places to hike and explore (as long as you've got your deet slathered on)

 Pretty view from the plane!