Westbrook Family

Family pictures at Laguna Beach

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Addie, Halle, Bentley, and Ryker being silly!

All the girls. Mickell, Halle, Cindy, Addie, Kristen, Stefanie and Abby.

All the guys. Bryson, Grayson, Bentley, Doug, Nixon, Nick, Ryker, Josh, and JT.

The Westbrook Family

The siblings. Nick, Stefanie, Bryson, and Josh.

Grandma and Grandpa with all the grandkids.

Halle

Ryker and Nixon playing in the sand!

Abby, Stefanie, and Mickell

JT and Stefanie

Soak City Water Park

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My children thought I needed to go down this crazy, scary, slide, called the Pacific Spin, with them.

S0 Stef, Nick, Bryson, and I all rode down together in this big yellow tube!

Well, they all got a good laugh because I was screaming the whole time and never did open my eyes!

After you come out of the slide you go into this thing that looks like a giant funnel and you just go back and forth up the sides of this funnel.

It wasn't until we got out of the slide part that I finally opened my eyes.

As you can see they were all laughing at their mom, who was scared to death and screamed the whole time.

Kids are laughing...

laughing...

and we finally end up in the pool at the end of the ride. What an adrenalin rush. They tried to get me to go on it again, but I said "NO THANKS!"

Soak City Water Park

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One day we headed down to the Soak City Water Park in San Diego. I don't know who had more fun, the grandkids or the adults!!

Disneyland

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Nick, Abby, Bentley and Nixon and Bryson, Kristen and Addie and Stefanie all went to Disneyland. We stayed back at the beach house and tended Grayson. Josh and Mickell and their kids spent the day in Balboa, so it was pretty quiet at the beach house!

Oceanside Beach House - August 2011

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One day the girls all went shopping and to lunch at PF Chang's. Then of course all the guys thought they needed a guy day, so they all went up to Newport to look at cars and did a little shopping themselves. We played games, sat in the hot tub and played on the beach some more!!

Oceanside Beach House - August 2011

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We spent a week in Oceanside at a beach house. Everyone was there. All sixteen of us! We had such a great time. It is so fun when we can all get together. We spent some time on the beach, some went to Disneyland, some spent the day in Balboa. We all went to Soak City in San Diego. And we had family pictures on the beach. I can't wait to see how they turn out!!

Laurel's Temple Trip - August 2011

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We took the Laurels from our ward on a trip to Salt Lake City to do some Baptisms for the Dead. We went to the Jordon River, Oquirrh Mountain, Salt Lake City and Mount Timpanogos Temples. We also did alot of the tours on Temple Square. We had a great time and the girls loved it. We just might have to make this an annual Laurels Trip!

Stefanie's 21st Birthday

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Wow, I can't believe my little baby girl is 21 years old!! For Stefanie's birthday we went to Samurai 21 for dinner. We then went home so she could open her presents. Some of her friends came by for pie and ice cream and then they had a "whipping cream catching contest". Crazy kids, but we love you Stefanie and we are so happy you came to live at our house!!!

Ryker's 2nd Birthday

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Ryker had his 2nd birthday party in Pine Valley at his Grandma and Grandpa Hafen's cabin. It was so nice to get out of the hot weather and enjoy the coolness of the mountains. I can't believe Ryker is already 2 years old. Where has the time gone? He is such a fun little boy to watch. He just makes me smile!!

"Pirates of Kannaraville" - Girls Camp 2011

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In July we had girls camp on Kannara Mountain. I didn't get pictures of all our activities, only when we were at the cabin. The first day we tubed down the Virgin River and it was really fun. We then drove back to Santa Clara because we had an assignment for Baptisms for the Dead. After that we headed up to Kannara Mountain, which is above Kannaraville. We stayed in a cabin which was so much better than being in tents!! The next day we drove back down into Kannaraville and hiked the Kannaraville Falls. I wish I would have had my camera, but you are hiking in and out of water and waterfalls. It was such an amazing hike. You'd never know that those falls were there. We then drove back up to the cabin and had dinner and spent the night. The next day was just a relaxing day. We did play a fun game outside. We filled cut up nylon socks with flour. We then divided the YW into two teams and told them they needed to "be defenders of truth". When the flour balls hit the girls it would leave some flour on them. It was pretty fun to watch, but we should have given a few more rules. At the end it was getting a little out of hand! After that the girls did some crafts and we played games and just had a great time. That night the Bishopric came up and had dinner with us along with our testimony meeting. I love having camp on a ward level. It is so much more relaxed and you get to spend so much time with the YW.

Teerlink Family Party - July 2011

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In July Grandma and Grandpa Teerlink had a Family BBQ at their house. Stefanie and I drove up so we could see everyone. Michelle was in town, from Michigan, with Zack and her new baby, Caroline. Bryson and Kristen came with Addie and Grayson. It was fun to catch up with Natalie, James and Madison, Marianne and her two kids, Ava and Oliver, Brad and Jen were there too, with Eric. Jeff and James stopped by along with their sister Jackie and her husband Colby and their new little boy, Colter. It was fun to see everyone!! Thanks Mom for planning it and getting us all together!!

Nothing quite like the 4th of July in Pine Valley!

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More fun in the backyard. Alan and Matt brought a few fireworks!

4th of July in Pine Valley

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We got out of the heat in St. George and spent the 4th of July in Pine Valley. It was so nice and cool up there. Jim and Debbie Ence and their family came up for a BBQ. Everyone loved just hanging out in the backyard and nobody wanted to head back home to the heat!!

Oh what cute little boys!!

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Ring-Around-The-Rosie!!

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This was so cute. Bentley, Nixon, Addie and Ryker just started playing ring-around-the-rosie in the kitchen. They all played together so well on our trip.

And they "all fell down"!

And Bentley ready to "fall down"!

Little boys turn at "Just Dance"

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Ryker, Bentley & JT

Bentley getting into it & Ryker asking JT for advice!!

Riding on the "Banana"

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The grandkids love riding on the banana. JT is our little dare devil. And Addie was so sad when she had to get off the banana!

Playing "Just Dance" at Lake Powell!!

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Here's Bryson, Nick, Halle and Stefanie playing "Just Dance". It was really funny watching the guys.

As you can tell, these two really got into it!!

Kristen and Abby bustin' a move!!

Girls competition!!

I think Bryson smoked the girls this time!!

And finally the grown-ups let the little kids have a turn! Halle was really good at this game. We had a blast watching all of them dance!!

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Stefanie and Abby in their matching swimsuits!!

Captain Bryson!!

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We had a few crafts for the kids to do. They really had fun stamping on their bags.

Lake Powell June 2011

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This year we got everyone out at Lake Powell. It was really fun with all our kids and grandkids there. We even had our newest grandson, Grayson, there. And he was really good. All the kids were. It was a great trip!

Here is Stefanie, Bentley, Halle and Addie showing us some of their dance moves!

Father's Day June 2011

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On Father's Day we had Josh and Mickell and their kids up for dinner. It's always fun to have the grandkids around. I wish I had gotten a picture of Josh with his kids. The one here was taken at Grayson's blessing at Bryson and Kristen's house. Josh is such a great daddy to his cute little family. I'm so pleased with the husband's and father's our sons have become!!

Nick & Abby weren't able to be with us for Father's Day, but he is such a good daddy to his cute little boys. Bentley and Nixon want to do everything their daddy does! (Oh that could be scary!!)

Here is Bryson with his new son Grayson and big sister Addie. Bryson is such a cute dad with Addie and Grayson. Addie just loves when Bryson comes home from work. They are two peas in a pod!! Many a times they are both on either the iphone or ipad, playing games!!

4-Wheeling

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While we were riding on Saturday we found this lost dog. When we stopped she came right up to my machine and climed on. It was so cute. You could tell she had been on a 4-wheeler before, the way she just climbed right on and sat on the back seat of my 4-wheeler. We never saw any other riders out that day, so we just took her with us. She did have a collar on with a phone number. So when we got back Dawna tried to locate the owner to let them know we found their dog.

June 10 & 11, 2011

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Our 4-wheeling group spent the weekend in Antimony. We had a great two days of riding. We saw Antelope, Elk and a Golden Eagle. We were in snow, mud and dust, but it was a great couple of days!

June 5, 2011

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All of the Westbrook family was together for Grayson's special day!!

Grayson's Blessing Day - June 5, 2011

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Bryson blessed his son Grayson. All of the Bryson and Kristen's families where there. It was a great weekend.

Princess Park

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The kids had so much fun playing at the "Princess Park"

Baby Grayson!!

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Addie and her baby brother Grayson. Such cute kids!!

Halle's Dance Recital May 13th, 2011

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Halle was so cute in her dance recital number. She did such a good job. She is always dancing around and she makes a pretty cute little ballerina!!!

Ryker loves to play with balls!!!

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After Halle's graduation, Ryker loved playing with the world ball. He loves to play ball and especially hitting a ball with his bat. He even takes his bat and ball to bed with him sometimes!!

Halle's Kindergarten Graduation May 11, 2011

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Halle graduated from Kindergarten this week. Her class put on a really cute program. All the students dressed up in what they wanted to be when they grew up. Of coarse Halle wants to be a teacher just like her Mom. She did a great job on her part and all the songs!!

Stefanie's Graduation May 6th, 2011

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Stefanie received her Associates from Dixie State College on May 6th, 2011. Way to go Stef!!!

4-Wheeling trip to the Bar 10 Ranch April 29, 2011

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Brenda Ence, Cindy and Chris Beacham at the Whitmore International Airport. People can fly in here to stay at the Bar 10 Ranch.

Some of our group in front of a cabin at Pa's Pocket.

Looking down at the Colorado River at the north end of the Grand Canyon.

Doug and Cindy

Inside the covered wagon that we slept in.

Our covered wagon!

Our 4 -wheeling group.

Bentley and JT at the sand dunes

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These 2 boys had such a fun time together and with their dad's and grandpa!

Guys trip to the sand dunes

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A couple of weeks ago Doug, Nick, Josh, JT and Bentley went to the sand dunes in California. They had such a fun time. Bentley has a 4-wheeler that he and JT had a ball on. When it was time to come home, JT didn't want to leave. I'm so glad these guys got to spend some time together. Next time Bryson will have to join them.

Easter 2011

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Josh and Mickell also stopped by with their kids to join in on the Easter egg hunt. Just wished we could have had the two families here together, but Nick and Abby needed to get on the road to Kingman. We also missed Bryson, Kristen, Addie and Grayson!

Easter 2011

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Nick and Abby stopped by Saturday afternoon for a little Easter egg hunt with their boys. Bentley and Nixon loved finding the eggs left for them. Rugar, the dog, even enjoyed hanging out in the backyard!

Halle playing baseball

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Last week I was able to go to one of Halle's baseball games. It was really fun to watch these little kids play ball. This first year they play it's boys and girls on the same team. Next year they will be seperated. It was funny to watch how the boys new what to do and the girls were just trying to figure out how the game works. But it reminded me of the many games we went to when Josh, Bryson, Nick and Stefanie were little. I just love to watch kids play baseball!

Like father, like son!!

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Bentley has a little 4-wheeler and it was fun watching him ride it. Sometimes he doesn't watch where he is going and runs into things. I'm sure both of these little boys are going to grow up and do all the things their daddy loves to do!

Bentley the cowboy!

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But guess who did like the cowboy hat and the holster and cap guns? It was so fun watching Bentely be a cowboy. He does it real well!

Nixon's not a happy boy!

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Nick & Abby got Nixon a cowboy hat and a holster with cap guns. Can you tell he did not want anything to do with it!

Nixon's 2nd Birthday

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During the Easter weekend Abby and Nick were camping with her family. They decided to throw Nixon a party for his 2nd Birthday. She did everything "Nemo". It was really fun and Nixon loved the Nemo pinata.

Addie & her new baby brother

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Addie got a new baby brother and a new dog all in the same week. Bryson now has a Belgian Malinois. Addie loves Nitro, the dog and her new baby brother Grayson.

Grayson B. Westbrook

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Grayson B. Westbrook was born on April 5th, 2011, his daddy's birthday too! What a great birthday present for Bryson. He weighed 8 lbs. 8 oz. and was 19" long. I can't believe that tiny little Kristen has such big babies!! Congratulations to you guys!

Bentley's Robot Birthday Party

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For Bentley's 3rd birthday Abby did a darling Robot Birthday Party. All the decorations, the games and the party favors were so cute. It was fun to be there with him for his big day!

JT's 3rd Birthday

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I know all these birthdays are out of order, but oh well!! Mickell did such a great job with JT's John Deere tractor party! Everything was so cute!

Addie's 2nd birthday

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Addie turned two on September 4, 2010. She has such a cute personality. It's always fun to be around her and here what she has to say! Thanks for inviting us to your birthday party Addie!!

Stefanie's 20th Birthday!

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This post is a little out of order, but I forgot to post this for Stefanie's big 20th birthday! We are so glad you came to live at our house Stefanie. We love you!!! We swam, had a BBQ with lots of yummy food, and Trevor and his family joined us too. It was lots of fun.

Bentley and Nixon

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In February Abby's sister got married so we helped out with the kids while everyone was at the temple. It was fun spending a little time with these two cute little boys!

Halle's Birthday quilt

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I made this quilt for Halle's birthday. She picked out the pattern and the colors for the quilt. It turned out really cute and she loved it!

Halle's 6th Birthday!

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I can't believe that Halle is 6 years old. I remember the day she was born! We were so excited for our first grandchild. She is such a cute little girl and so much fun to have around.

Christmas Day 2010

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Later on Christmas day our kids and grandkids all came to celebrate Christmas. Even Doug came out for a little while to join in all the fun!

Christmas 2010

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After we got done at Josh and Mickell's house, we came home so Stefanie could see if Santa left anything for her! And of course he did!

Christmas morning

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Christmas morning Stefanie and I went down to Josh and Mickell's to watch their kids open their Christmas presents. There's nothing like watching little children on Christmas morning!

Christmas Eve

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Stefanie and I spent Christmas Eve with Josh and Mickell and their kids. We had dinner and a Christmas story. Then the kids got to open one present, and then it was off to bed to wait for Santa Clause!!

Santa Clara Christmas Eve Program

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Halle and JT were in the Santa Clara Chirstmas Eve Program. Halle sang "Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer" and JT sang "Frosty the Snowman". They both did such a great job. It was really fun watching them. Then Santa came and gave each of the kids a present. You can tell by the picture that Ryker didn't want anything to do with Santa!!

Doug's cancer

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In November we found out that Doug has Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Needless to say it was a shock to us and all of our children. We had to tell our children Thanksgiving weekend, which was really hard, but it was really good to have everyone here. He has gone through Chemo treatments and will be starting Radiation soon. He has done really well through the Chemo. He never got sick, just really tired. We are very optimistic that he will beat this. The second PET scan he had showed all the lymph nodes had shrunk in size, so that was really good news. He did loose his hair, but it is starting to grow back! He has had a really positive attitude through this whole ordeal, which I really feel helps in the healing process. We have felt the many prayers in our behalf and also the tender mercies from our Heavenly Father.

Thanksgiving

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Since we weren't going to see some of the grandkids before Christmas, we gave them their Christmas jammies! They looked so cute in their matching jammies!

Thanksgiving 2010

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We had Thanksgiving at Josh and Mickell's house this year. Everyone was able to be here. Even my parents and my mom's sister Pat was able to join us. It was so much fun having everyone together. All the cousins just loved playing with each other. Mickell did such a great job with setting the table. It looked like something Martha Stewart would put together. It was amazing. The food was yummy and just being together was great!

SeaWorld

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We also went to SeaWorld while we were in California. Addie loved seeing all the different fish.

Newport Beach

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We spent one day at the beach. Addie wasn't quite sure about the sand. She doesn't like to be dirty! It was such a pretty day.

More Disneyland

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Disneyland - November 2010

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In November we went to Disneyland with Bryson, Kristen and Addie. It has been a few years since we have been to Disneyland. It was fun to be their with Addie. She loved all the Disney characters.

Halloween 2010

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Josh and Mickell's kids came up to our house to trick-or-trick. They were all so cute in their costumes! Halle was a mermaid, JT a transformer and Ryker was a robot!

Connecticut & NYC 2010

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We saw "Promises, Promises", with Sean Hayes and Molly Shannon, in NYC. It was really good. We saw Molly Shannon after the show. She was so accommodating. She stayed there until she had talked to everyone that was waiting.

Connecticut - October 2010

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In October Stefanie and I went to Connecticut to visit my sister one more time before she moves back to Utah. Last time we went in the spring, so I was really excited to go in the fall to see all the falls leaves. It was amazing. We hit it just perfect. It was so beautiful. My pictures don't do it justice. Everywhere we went I just kept saying "Oh my gosh, this is so beautiful!". While we were there we drove into NYC for dinner and a show. On the way there we stopped by Sleepy Hollow. It was really fun to see it. Stefanie loved it!!

Adult Lake Powell Trip September 2010

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My finished block. It's the John S. Stucki home.

In September we went to Lake Powell with Lee & Brenda Ence and Ken & Barbara Beckstrom, on our houseboat. Jim & Debbie Ence came also with their boat and had Greg & Jill Ence and Ferron & Peggy Leavitt with them. We had a great time. Brenda, Barbara and I worked on our quilt blocks for the Santa Clara Quilt.

Swiss Days 2010

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Panguitch August 2010

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Chris and Rand Beacham invited us and Beckstroms to their place in Panguitch for the weekend. We cooked dinner at their place on Friday night. Saturday we went on a 4-wheeler ride up Casto Canyon. It was so beautiful.

More Lake Powell

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I just love this picture of Halle!!

More Lake Powell

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All the grandkids (and the big kids too!) love playing on the banana!!

Lake Powell August 2010

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Lake Powell August 2010

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Another great trip to Lake Powell!!

Baltic Cruise

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We arrived back in London after our cruise. We were able to attend the temple in London which was really neat. The missionaries were also there for a zone conference. It is always fun to run into them. We were gone for two and a half weeks. It was a long time to be gone but it was a great trip.

Baltic Cruise

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Sweden

Baltic Cruise

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Pictures of St. Petersburg, Russia and Helsinki, Finland.

Baltic Cruise

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These are pictures of Germany, Estonia and Russia.

Baltic Cruise

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We arrived in Dover and you can see a picture of the White Hills of Dover and also a the Dover Castle. When we were in Germany we attended Church. It is always great to be able to find other members of the church throughout the world.

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More pictures of London.

London & Baltic Cruise

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In July we traveled to London and spent a few days there touring around. It was really fun. We went with nine other couples. After spending a few days in London we travelled to Dover to get on our cruise for the Baltic.

More of the 4th of July!

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4th of July 2010

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We spent the 4th of July in Salt Lake City. We had a BBQ in my parents back yard, which was really fun. Then we went to the Stadium of Fire at BYU. Carrie Underwood was performing there. It was quite the show!

More of Lake Powell

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Lake Powell June 2010

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One of our families favorite places to go is Lake Powell. Everyone always has such a great time. We usually try to go up Navajo Canyon because there is such a great beach there and the grandkids just love playing in the sand.

More of Alaska

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More Alaska Cruise

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Alaska Cruise June 2010

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We took our family on a cruise to Alaska. We had such a good time. It was only the adults, so it made for a lot easier trip. Alaska is so pretty and it was so much fun to be there with our children and their spouses.

Hole In The Rock May 2010

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We went on a 4-wheeler trip to the Hole in the Rock. It was so much fun. It was a long ride but it really was worth it when we finally got to Hole in the Rock and could see Lake Powell. We have had a lot of fun going on different 4-wheeler rides with our friends.

Christmas 2009

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All of our kids were here for Christmas this year. We had such a good time. Notice the picture of JT. He did not want to be in the Santa Clara Christmas program! After the program we came back to our house for a Christmas story and open their Christmas pajamas. Notice the picture of Halle. She was not happy when she opened her present and it was pajamas!! But it was a great Christmas!

Where do I start?

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I keep looking at all my pictures I have saved on my computer and wonder where to start? So for now I think I will just post a few pictures highlighting the past year and a half.

Time to get back to my blog!

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This past weekend I have spent two full days at the Family History Expo. I haven't really gotten into genealogy, but I'm going to give it a try. One of the classes I went to was on blogging, so it has inspired me to get my blog updated!!

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Bryson and Kristen's little girl Addie celebrated her first birthday at Grandma and Grandpa Westbrook's house. It was lots of fun. She had lots of family there and one giant cupcake for her birthday cake. We are so glad she is a part of our family. We love you Addie!!

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Ryker Hafen Westbrook was born on July 21, 2009. He is the cutest little guy. I just love all his dark hair. He reminds me of Josh and also of me and my siblings when we were babies. He has been the best little baby for Josh and Mickell. We are so glad he is a part of our wonderful family. Congratulations Josh and Mickell!

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One of highlights this year at Lake Powell was our "Summer Olympics". We divided into 3 groups of 6 people. We then came up with 6 different events that we each participated in and the team that got the best time won. It was a blast. We did everything from swimming, running, skiing on two ski's behind a wave runner, jet skiing and diving for a sunken bottle. It is something we will do each time we are able to go to Lake Powell.

There are few great experiences in life we get to share with our family. Our's is Lake Powell. This year we had the wonderful chance to spend it with more of our great family. We had the great comeback of Elder Bradford Davis and a few wonderful new additions to this already blessed family. We swam; we laughed, we ate really good food and strolled the beach naked (that would be the babies!). We will always remember our great times at Lake Powell. How blessed we are to have such a beautiful, loving family.

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Make a Smilebox postcard

Nixon's blessing day

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4th of July 2009

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Easter 2009

2009-04-12T21:35:00.000-06:00

We had such a great Easter weekend. Josh and Mickell and their kids Halle and JT and also Nick and Abby and their son Bentley were here. We did miss Bryson and Kristen and cute little Addison. They were not able to come down for Easter. We did get to spend a couple of days with them before Easter and had a great time with them. Everyone came Saturday night for dinner and an Easter egg hunt. The kids, even the grown ups, had fun finding all their Easter eggs. Then on Sunday Josh and Mickell and Abby brought their kids over so we could see them in their Easter outfits, oh and how cute they all looked. We were just missing little Addie for our pictures. Even Halle said "we need Addie to be here!"

2008-12-27T19:00:00.000-07:00

It has been such of fun Christmas for our family, but we really missed Nick, Abby and Bentley. We will be seeing them next week though. Christmas is always such a fun time, especially when there are little grandkids around. They are the ones that make Christmas extra special. We are so thankful for our wonderful kids and their families. We love them all so much.