Honeymoon

For our honeymoon Vera Lyn and I wanted to go somewhere exotic, warm and remote. It had always been a dream of mine to stay in an over-the-water bungalow, so we chose a resort with those type of bungalows on a tiny Tahitian Island in French Polynesia. It was called Le Taha'a Resort and was situated all by itself on a small reef about 10 miles from Bora Bora. It was amazing, picture perfect every day and almost now one else around.

We had some incredible snorkeling experiences among the reef. We went scuba diving, saw sharks, sting rays, octopus, barracuda, turtles and much more. So pretty and so relaxing the hole time. Highs during the day were 81, lows at night about 79. It was a perfect paradise and felt like we were part of the Swiss Family Robinson adventure. We also got to go walk around the Tahiti Temple.

Wedding

On April 26th, Scott and Vera Lyn got married in the Timpanogos Temple. What a lucky guy I am to have found true love twice in this life. And not only twice, but twice to amazing women. Vera Lyn is exactly what I need and have been missing in my life. I am so excited about the life we will share with our now 7 kids.

We tried to do a nice, but not over the top wedding, with much of the celebrating focused on friends, family and of course the kids. We had a reception Friday night with a photo booth, soft serve ice cream and a vintage decoration them, a ceremony in the Temple Saturday morning and then a family luncheon at Olive Garden. It was perfect for what we wanted. So I do not have any of the official wedding photos from the photographer yet, but her are a few that happened to be on my phone.

While we were in the Temple the kids were busy stuffing our car full of balloons, marshmallows and Oreos. Then the whole drive to the luncheon ended up being a major marshmallow and balloon war. It was loud but fun.

2 Year Celebration of Heidi

Today we celebrated Heidi's life, commemorating 2 years since her passing. It was s special day wherein we remembered such a special and remarkable woman. How blessed our lives continue to be because of her touch and influence on them.

Here are a few fun pictures we reviewed today that reminded us of her and her wonderful life. We miss you Heidi.

April 2014 - Cam B-Day & Conference

Over conference weekend we celebrated Cam’s 13^th birthday. Oh no, another teenager. He had a fun day at Get Air with his friends. We also had our “adopted daughter” from a Disney cruise several years ago (who lives in CA) Emma come visit. While playing at the park it started to hail really hard, it was Emma’s first experience with hail. Saturday, Cam, Kenyan (Vera Lyn’s son) and I went to Priesthood session, what a great meeting. We then grabbed some frozen yogurt. Sunday, all 9 of us went to WY and watched conference with Vera Lyn’s family. It was fun to get to know many of them better and for them to meet my kids. Kaylie and some of the girls had fun dressing up in Grandma’s older clothing. I told Kaylie she should wear that dress to her Senior Prom but she did not seem very excited about that prospect. Also, my home went up for sale this past week, yes a close on a fun chapter in our family's history.

March 2014 - Schelles

Vera Lyn and I got all seven kids together and did announcement photos for our wedding (coming soon). After taking the pictures, the kids and I headed to Schelles sporting goods. Wow what a store. It is huge and has so many neat things, much like Cabella’s. They had a great time seeing all the guns and stuffed animals, playing at the shooting range and taking fun photos.