Thursday, May 21, 2009

Ali's Preschool Program

Ali had her program last night.  It is her last year in preschool.  We will miss Mrs. Aubrey so much.  She did a good job on her part and singing all ten songs!  Mrs. Aubrey made her a neat scrapbook of the year.  She also got the Puppy Award because she really enjoys pretending she is a puppy.  Next stop-Kindergarten!! Way to go Ali!






Sunday, May 17, 2009

Brent and Becky's Sealing

This past weekend we went to Utah for Brent and Becky's Sealing.  Brent is my brother and he and his wife and their beautiful daughter Brooklyn were sealed in the Bountiful Temple.  It was really neat.  I was there with all my siblings and my parents. I am so happy for them!






Thursday, May 14, 2009

My Sweet Little Brock

Here is my favorite one of Brock. I searched the whole town of Burley for this hat. He did such a good job.  I surprised Dave with these pictures, he loved them!

When I went to Idaho I took the kids in for some pictures.  I just got them yesterday from my mom.  I am excited with how they turned out. They are scanned in, maybe not the best quality.






Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Europe 2009

Dave and Dave Naylor went on a trip through Europe from April 3 to April 12. The first stop was Ireland where we rented a car and headed out on the wrong side of the road. We went in search of castles and interesting landscapes. We spent most of the day in south Ireland, then headed back into Dublin for the remainder of the evening.





On Sunday morning, we took a flight from Dublin to Bristol, England. There, we took a bus to the train station and then took a train to Salisbury. Since we were short on time, we hired a taxi to take us to see the few sights we wanted to see in the area. We went to Stonehenge and then to Salisbury Cathedral. Our flight to Geneva was at 6:45, so we really didn't have much time.



We arrived at Geneva late Sunday night and spent a few hours walking around the downtown area. There really wasn't that much to see, but we did find some good food in a random little grocery store. We had pizza, bread, and some meatball dish. We spent the morning in Geneva, then jumped on the train to Milan, Italy. The train wound its way through the Alps, and the scenery was beautiful.


We spent a few hours in Milan and saw a large cathedral and a castle. We then jumped on another train and headed for Venice. We arrived late on Monday night, and spent a few hours wandering around the streets of Venice. We spent the entire next day seeing the sights in Venice, but found that we had seen all the things we wanted to by mid day. We spent a lot of Tuesday re-walking the areas we had already seen.




Early Wednesday morning (1:30am), we took the night train from Venice to Vienna, Austria. The train ride was long and uncomfortable.



Vienna was my favorite city of the journey, even though we didn't have a ton of time there. We arrived there Wednesday morning, and set out to see the palaces. The city reminded me of a small Paris with amazing palaces and gardens. We saw two of them before we had to leave that afternoon.


We took an afternoon train to Krakow, Poland. We arrived pretty late, and once again spent a few hours walking around the city. In the morning, we took a train to the little town where Auschwitz is located. We spent quite a bit of time walking around the complex and learning about the plight of the Jews here. Over 1.1 million people were killed in this camp. We were ready to leave after a few hours, and headed out. Before the next train arrived, we grabbed some lunch at a random little shop. We had meat crepes.

On Thursday night, we had another overnight train ride into Berlin. This time we were in a sleeping car, but I can't say it was much better. There were six bunks in a small cabin with no where to sit. The only thing you could do was lay on the bunk or stand in the little hallway. We arrived in Berlin on Friday morning at 10:00 am. We spent the day wandering around the city and seeing the sights, including Brandenburg Gate, The Jewish Memorial, Alexanderplatz, and a host of other things.

Saturday was our last day, and we again walked around Berlin. I came to find out that 2 days is almost too much in any city. We were a little bored by noon. We spent 3 hours on a river tour that showed us the same things three different times. We had our last meal in a authentic German restaurant. I had the boars leg with beans, and thoroughly enjoyed every bite.

We got up at 5:00am (Berlin time) and went to the airport. I arrived home in Las Vegas at 10:30pm after some 26 hours of traveling. Needless to say, I was thoroughly exhausted and ready to be home with the family.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Brock is 4 months old!!

We are just a few short days from Brock turning 4 months.  I broke the rules and gave him rice cereal a few days early.  I think he will live.  He actually really liked it.  I hope this will just make him even more content for the night.


Johnny Jumper



I finally found a jumper for the door.  I love these things. I have been looking for one everywhere.  Tonight at Target I ran across it.  He loved it!!