"Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives as parallel realities. It is our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend...when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present- love, health, family, friends, work, joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness- the wasteland of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth."


May 16, 2010

We took a trip to see the cousins in Salt Lake over Mother's Day. We all went to a "jump place" nearby, which the kids loved. We have one close to us, but Halle said she wanted to call the one in Utah "our" jump place too.


They didn't stop moving for at least 2 straight hours.

Posing for a picture was apparently too much to ask.

This beat up old dragon sometimes "ate" the children when uncles were nearby.

Halle and Samantha trying to figure out why this car wouldn't start.
Four kids and three ponies means someone has to share.

We headed to Dave and Emily's after play time for pizza. They were all in tears as we left and kept begging for "one last time."


Lillie enjoyed the company. She and uncle Neal hung out for while.

Slowing down for the night in front of a movie. They are all pretty tuckered.

Halle didn't have a place to crash while we played games with the adults, so we put her on the floor in front of a movie for a little while.
Thanks guys for the fun weekend. We really enjoyed getting together with everyone.