The good and the bad.

Everyday life changes so much. Some days are better than others! Just a couple of fun pics depicting our ups and our downs. =)

Scotty comes home!

After 2 years of faithful service in the London South mission, Elder Scott McLachlan has come home!! We are so glad to have Scotty back. His thoughtfulness and amazing personality were greatly missed. We are so proud of his good works and service!

Fireman's Park

Last summer it seemed like we were able to go to the park to play all the time. This summer with all the things going on, we never really had many chances to go out, so in an effort to make up for lost time, we sat down and scheduled a day to go to the park. Carrigan got to go down the slide alone for the first time, and she just couldn't get enough! Jackson was really protective over her and helped her the whole time we were there. What a good big brother!

Jeremy Ranch

Every year we get a chance to go to the condo in Jeremy Ranch, just outside of Park City. The pool is the favorite attraction, and while we did get to go to Park City and do some shopping, most of our time was spent in the pool.

1st Day of School

Jackson's first day as a first grader! We love our new school, and Jackson loves his teacher. His favorite part of school is (go figure) recess and lunch. Thorin is also starting school as a preschooler. He is currently homeschooled, but he's super excited for when he gets bigger and can go to Jackson's school with him.

Celtic Festival

Once again, as dictated by tradition, we headed out to a Celtic Festival to celebrate our Scottish heritage. This year we made the trip up to beautiful Cache Valley where we got to listen to the bands, shop, ride ponies, and ride a train. Amazing!

The bands.

Our brave Scottish warrior! The Clan MacLachlan crest with the clan motto "Fortis et Fidus" which means strong and faithful. The boys both got swords and shields.

Summer Catch Up

It's been a couple of months since our last post, so this is some of what we did over the summer.

We played at the park:

We played at the mall:

Jackson and Ronan

Thorin and Alyssa

We had several HUGE branches break off a tree in the backyard during the summer storms:

We played at Lagoon:



We went to a Bee's game:

Thorin, Kaci, Brenda (hiding), Alyssa

We had naps:

We celebrated Carrigan's 1st birthday:

Carri at birth, my how she's grown!

We played in the pool:

We played at Boondock's:

Jeremy and Thorin

Ian

Linette followed by Liana

Leslie and Emma

Lyndsay (right up front in #39)

Carri napped with Ian:

stage 1


stage 2

stage 3

Jackson lost his other front tooth:

We celebrated Thorin's 4th birthday:

Blowing out the candle with the aid of Uncle Jake

Cars cupcakes!

Using his birthday money from Grandpa and Sandy for...Cars!

Used his birthday money from Grandma and Bob for.....more Cars!

The boys went on a hike with Daddy:


Sadly, yet again (I just can't win!), I have misplaced my camera. There are many activities we were not able to capture with pictures, but we hope you have enjoyed those we were able to take. We love our family and friends, and we're so glad we had the summer to spend time together!

Together they ride.

So, last summer Jackson had to suffer and ride his small bike. It was obviosly too little for him, and it kept him dependent upon his training wheels. This year we knew we had to let him grow up, so we got him a big bike and attempted to ride without the training wheels. He got frustrated easily, but he kept at it and is so proud to ride without training wheels. Those are for little kids you know.

Here's Thorin who has upgraded to Jackson's old bike (aren't hand-me-downs the best?) and Jackson on his new big bike which we got for a steal at $12 from the DI!

My Scotchman!

Jeremy and I are both proud of our Scottish heritage, so we finally decided to get Jeremy an authentic kilt. I couldn't wait to see him in it, and he was so excited to get it that he wanted to put it on and wear it out while we did our grocery shopping. Unfortunately, they run quite small, so we had to send it back to get a bigger size. More pics will come as soon as we get it. There's nothing like a man in a kilt!

MacPherson Dress Tartan