June 2013

 After school got out for the summer we headed off to Utah for a fun family vacation.  We visited a huge sporting good store near my brother Andrew's house that had a ferris wheel inside.  We just had to ride on it.

Addison enjoyed playing on all of the camping equipment.

We went bowling at BYU.

Toured the BYU Museum of Art.

Visited The Wall in the Wilkinson Center.  My girls love this bench with a statue of Cosmo sitting on it.

And of course no trip to BYU would be complete without visiting the Cougar several times.

We spent lots of time at Andrew and Michelle's house and the girls loved playing in their backyard.

The girls loved to goof off in the condo while Addison was taking naps.

We visited Rachael's ex boyfriend Steve (yes this is the same Steve she ended up marrying but they were broken up at the time of our visit) and enjoyed the mansion he was living in one last time before he moved to Wisconsin.

The throne toilet.  My girls loved this room.

Jonas Brother's room.

The indoor basketball court.  It was so much fun to show the girls his house and then play outside in the backyard on their swing set.

Hailey got her picture taken in her baptism dress while we were in Provo so she could eventually have a portrait painted of her by Grandma Ferrell's friend Susan Comish.

Here is the final painting that Susan did of Hailey.  I just love it.

She also did one of Peyton in her baptism dress that I love too.

We went to Temple Square and enjoyed the Church History Museum.  The girls love going to the children's exhibit.  They always have so many fun things to do.

I really can not figure out why these pictures will not post the right way but I eventually will.  Andrew's family met us there along with Rachael.

We went to both visitor's centers on Temple square.

And we went inside the Tabernacle.

We also went to Seven Peaks several times but I have no pictures from that.  We always love going to Utah for our vacations.  The Ferrell's condo is so great to vacation in and there is always something fun to do in the nice Utah summer weather.

When we got back from Utah we celebrated Hailey's 8th birthday.

She had a fun little birthday party with some of her friends and cousins.

My cousin Amy got married in the Mesa, AZ temple to Scott Welker in June.  It was such a fun reception and was great to spend time with our Gaisford family.

My brother Scott and my sister Rachael are so much fun to be around.

I just love my little sister.

Peyton was so excited to see my cousin Claire's daughter Elise at the wedding reception (they live in California).  They just had to see each other again the next day.

Addison loves her Aunt Rachael.

Peyton really loves to decorate cakes.  Grandma Ferrell got her lots of cake decorating tools and she decided to make a special cake for Grandma Ferrell's birthday.  She did a great job.

May 2013

May was a very busy month.  We started the month off with a fantastic Mother's Day.  Ryan and the girls made me crepes with fruit and whipped cream.  It was delicious.

The girls had their final dance concert.  Don't they look adorable.

We spent some time at the park with my mom.  

Peyton had her final 6th grade orchestra concert.  She wasn't able to practice or play at all with her cast on but she had worked so hard and had a duet that she had been asked to perform so she played for the final concert with her cast on.  She did so great and everyone was amazed seeing her play her duet with a cast.

Alexis took some swimming lessons from my friend Natalie.  She had never been swimming without some sort of flotation device so it was very scary to her at first.  By the end she could swim across the pool without any help.  It was amazing and it really helped me with the rest of our summer since we go swimming so much in Arizona.

Alexis celebrated her 4th birthday.  She is such a joy to be around and has such a cute personality.

She wanted whipped cream with strawberries for her birthday breakfast.

She wanted Grandma Ferrell's homemade chocolate cupcakes for her dessert.

Grandma and Grandpa Cardon came over to celebrate with us.

Grandma and Grandpa Ferrell came also.

Peyton finally got her cast off 3 days before school got out.  She was so excited because the 6th grade had a big swim party on the day she got it off and the doctor made sure he fit her in before the party started.  She got back to school just as the kids were getting on the bus to go.

Alexis had her preschool graduation.  She loved going to Ms. Cheri's preschool with a lot of her friends from our ward.

Here she is with Ms. Cheri (Cheri was my Young Women's president when I was a Laurel and I love that my girls go to preschool at her house).

Peyton had her World's Fair at her school and of course she chose the country of China.  Grandma and Grandpa Ferrell were a huge help and she definitely had the most stuff to display.

Peyton had her 6th grade graduation.

Peyton with her ALP teacher Mrs. Droeg.

Peyton and her teacher Mrs. Vogt.

Peyton just had to have a graduation party with her friends.  It was nothing spectacular but the kids all had fun.

My nephew Jacob is such a good sport to come to all of Peyton's parties even though he is usually the only boy.  This time he invited his friend to come so he wouldn't be so outnumbered.

April 2013

Peyton loves to do photo shoots with Addison.  She loves dressing her up and taking her picture.  Peyton's friend Kelly came over and they did a big photo shoot of Addison.  Here are some of the pictures they took.

Addison at the beach.

Addison getting her hair and makeup done.

Addison on a safari.

Addison in Hawaii.

Princess Addison

Peyton with her model.

Kelly with the model.

We celebrated Ryan's birthday in April.  Don't you just love the wrapping paper.

We drove out to Scottsdale to get Ryan his favorite cupcake from The Sweet Tooth Fairy.  He loved it.

I'm not sure why this picture is sideways but Addison enjoyed wishing daddy a happy birthday.

April also brought us our first broken bone in the Ferrell household.  Peyton fractured her wrist at BounceU and had to get a cast.  She has always wanted to break a bone so she could have a cast.  After she actually got one she no longer thought it was so much fun.

One of Ryan's favorite things to do is to take the girls to Bass Pro Shop.  He loves to look around and dream of all the fun things he would like to buy.  Here is Alexis sitting on some of the things he wants to get. 

I don't think he really wants a toy horse but Lexi sure looks cute.