Fourth of July Lake Almanor Style

We spent the fourth of July up at the lake house on Lake Almanor, CA.  This year it was the Deasons (including our niece, Olivia), the Renos, and my mom.

• Beach 
• Water fun 
• BBQ
• Late nights looking at the stars and satellites 
• Laughing
• Fighting
• Books
• Crossword puzzles 
• Fireworks
• S'mores

Mom pulling the wagon of water toys.

Golf Cart Chaos

Lauren and Jonathan dancing.

Thomas, Sophie, Lauren, Nathan, and Jonathan

Thomas

Lauren

Jonathan

Sophie

Nathan



Becky & Danny



Steve & Sophie

Paper, Scissors, Rock

3 Year Old Matthew

My brother's son, Matthew, turned 3 this year.  He had one happenin' birthday party.  Swimming, nachos, cake, and presents.

Santa Maria

We went to Santa Maria to see Lauren's baptisim.  We stayed at the Santa Maria Inn.  The hotel is an old inn that was frequented by many famous stars.  On many of the hotel room doors were gold star plaques with the star's name that had stayed in that particular room.  A door across the hall from our room had a star with the name "Clark Gable" on it. 

On the way home after the baptism we stopped in Morro Bay, CA to get some of my favorite salt water taffy. 

White As Snow

My sister's daughter, Lauren, was baptized on June 4, 2011.  We are so proud of her.

"Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins, by one having authority, is a true principle, because Christ taught it; Christ obeyed it, and would not fail, for anything, to fulfil it—not that He was sinful and needed to be baptized for the remission of sins, but He only needed to do it to fulfill all righteousness, that is, to fulfil the law."

~Joseph F. Smith

Marathon Dreams II

Here I go again.

Scared. Nervous. Excited. Determined.

So many feelings.

St. George Marathon 2011

Cold Summer Days

Lake Almanor - Memorial Day 2011This Memorial Day we were at Lake Almanor and it was freezing...

In fact it SNOWED on one of the days we were there.

Kindergarten Completion

He did it!!!
Jonathan finished kindergarten....and did GREAT !
Jonthan loved his kindergarten teacher, Mrs. McKee. She was so wonderful and patient.

Jonathan Turns 5 (well a few months ago anyway)

Jonathan turned 5!!!

As part of our yearly tradition since Jonathan turned 2 we went to Disneyland.

This time around was Sophie's first. It was so exciting and challenging for everyone. Luckily, Steve's parents were able to spend the day with us and help juggle kiddos.

We bought Sophie her first pair of Mickey Ears.
Disneyland is always so great. It is a definite favorite for us Deasons.
For Jonathan's birthday party, at home, we again did a bouncehouse and invited family and friends to come and celebrate. All had fun.

Finally, again, as part of Jonathan's birthday, trick-or-treating or rather, trunk-or-treating at the church parking lot.
This year Jonathan chose to dress up as Darth Vader.

Sophie was a pink butterfly.