Christmas Vacation

Alexi and Heavena came to visit before christmas.
It was so good to all be together again.
We all went for a week to South Padre Island, Texas.

The weather was not that great for the 1st couple of days but then it was decent.
But still not the let's play in the water all day!
Lucky for us one of the hotel pools was heated.
Were we stayed.

Where Alexi, Heavena and Emric stayed.

Alexi et sa copine Heavena sont venu nous voir pour Noel.
C'était bien d'être tous ensemble a nouveau.
Nous sommes tous alles pour une semaine sur l'ile de South Padre, Texas.
Le temps les 2 premires jours n'étaient pas terrible, mais apres ca a été mieux.
On a toutefois pas passer tout notre temps dans l'eau!
Heureusement notre hotel avait une piscine chauffée...
C'était bien relaxant...

Last pictures of Arches

Arches

Just love that feeling of wide open space, and of being on top of the world!!!

Arches National Park

We all decided to stop for an hour at Arches National Park, 

we had enough time to see a few of the major sites. 

It was cold, windy and freezing!!! 

We want to go back when the weather is warmer! 

I would love to go early morning or evening so I can take some prettier pictures. 

Until then  (who knows when we will be back there), 

here are a few of my favorite photos.
I love the southern part of Utah, it is so picturesque and beautiful!

The Trip Home

As all good things have to come to an end, we took the road back to Texas.

But not without wishing we could have stayed a little longer to spend more time
with friends and family. 

We caravaned again with the Cunninghams;  

which made the trip 100 times more pleasant, especially for the kids!
When the kids are happy, makes me happy!

Comme toute bonne choses on une fin,
nous avons du reprendre la longue route pour le retour au Texas.
Tout en souhaitant avoir eu plus de temps avec famille et amis.
Nous avons a nouveau fait le voyage avec nos amis les Cunninghams;
Ce qui a rendu le voyage mille fois plus agréable, surtout pour les enfants.
Et quand les enfants sont contents, je suis contente!

Brown Photo shoot

Aude has the best photo shoot place just around the corner from her house!
It's a photographer's paradise!

We had a great time!

Worth Waiting For

Amelie absolutely loved her uncle Nephi and his Bride Thanh

The older I get, the more I want my kids to be around family. 

I have such good memories growing up of visiting my uncles, aunts, cousins, great aunts and such...

Even though the car trip to Salt Lake was very long, it was so worth it. 

Creating bonds and memories is priceless. 

Families are FOREVER! 

More lights on Temple Square

  

By the way Mike and I were married in this Temple 

for time and all eternity!

Au Fait, Mike et moi ont été marie 

pour le temps et toute l'éternité ici!

Temple Square Lights

We all met to see the light on Temple Square with Mike's brothers and families. 

Mike's best friend Dave and is wife Tami were also there... 

It was cold but being with family and friends in such a wonderful beautiful place,

 warmed my heart.

I just love this photo!

 

Nous nous sommes tous rejoins avec la famille a Mike pour voire les lumieres de Temple Square.

Som Meilleur Amis Dave et sa nouvelle femme etaient aussi au rendez-vous.

Il faisait bien froid, mais d'etre ensemble avec la famille et amis dans un endroit si magnifique m'a bien rechaufe le coeur...