Cancun, Mexico

Our first night there at Carlos N Charlys for dinner.........

My favorite things, the beach, my honey, yummy tropical drinks, and Mexico's chips and guacomole!!! YUM!!!!!!!!!!
One of the beaches at Xcaret

Darin and I took our first alone "Vacation". We met Hallee and Landan Cheney in Cancun, their room ended up being right across the hall from ours!!! We stayed at the Riu Palace Las Americas, we had a great week. Lots of fun together!!!!

Darin's Big 37!!!

November 21, 2006, Darin turned the big 37!!! We went out to dinner with Doug and Lisa to Epic, then we went to a movie. We had cake at home with the kids. Me and my honey on his birthday!!!

Halloween 06

Maui, Hawaii October 2006

We took the kids to Maui in October while the girls were off track. We had a great time. We snorkeled, went to a luau, went to the Maui Ocean Center, relaxed at the pool and on the beach and got to spend a lot of time with Darin's brother, Dave and his son, Connor. We had a nice, relaxing vacation.

MISCHIEVIOUS BOYS!!!

GRACEN
Britt on top of our bed with all those feathers
Choking on feathers!!!! Two naughty boys
What a fun way to play on a boring day!!!!

You can't leave these two alone for two seconds!!!! Gracen got his little scissors and cut one of our feather pillows, I thought they had cut our down comforter there were so many feathers. I was soooo mad, but decided to take a picture instead of beat them!!!! I had to laugh, now I can. It ruined my vacuum trying to vacuum up the feathers. Luckily, Darins shop vac was able to do the job. Every once in a while a feather will still fly from that day..

Fall Soccer

Jaden off to far right, action shots!!!
Jaden played her good friend, Olivia.
Danni
Danni Girl

All three older kids played this fall, so it was CRAZY for mom, 3 games and 3 practices every week. Can't find Gracen's pictures, so will post when I find them. He was sooo cute and tried sooo hard

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

GRACEN
Gracen, Ashton and Lexi, his neighborhood friends
Jaden
Danni

Jaden is starting 4th grade, Danni 1st and Gracen is going back to preschool

ECHO RESERVOIR, SUMMER 06

JADEN & MAIA ON THE BOOGIE BOARDS
DARIN & BRITT
JADEN
GRACEN ALL WRAPPED UP
AUNT BONI AND TUFF WITH AUNTY BARB IN BACKGROUND

A fun day of boating at Echo Lake....

NEW BABY COUSIN, BRIELLE!

Beatiful baby, Brielle!
Gracen holding his darling little cousin and Anabel
Britt and Brielle
Jaden and Brielle
Danni and Brielle

we were all so excited when Darin's youngest brother, Joe and his wife, Anabel had a healthy beatiful little girl in July. We were soooo happy to finally meet her!!!!

NEWELL FAMILY CAMPOUT SUMMER 06

Who's that going potty in the bushes? Gracen????
The grandkids all sang and did a dance to HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL.
Britt all ready for bed in his kid sleeping bag, Dad designed these, it's his brand!!!!
John Rees and Danni Grace canoeing.
Darin with Lexi and Jaden in the back of his paddle boat.

We had our 2nd annual Newell Family Reunion up at Heber Valley Camp. It was really fun. It has a little lake that has canoes and paddle boats, then we slept in the cabins. It was a good time.

BRITT'S 2nd BIRTHDAY!!!

BRITT, BIRTHDAY BOY!!! The baby horse and some of the kids at the party. The pen with the goat, chickens and rabbits
Alpacas and the sheep with our good friend, Jim Alvord
Darin and Gracen on the horse drawn cart

July 1, 2006

My baby boy, Britty turned two!!!!! Time has flown. We had a fun little cowboy party with lots of family and friends, we had a little petting zoo come. They bring alpacas, horses, chickens, bunnies, sheep and a few other animals for the kids to pet, a horse to ride and a little horsedrawn cart. It was really fun. I love that I finally have a child with a summer birthday!!!

BEAR LAKE AUGUST 2006

Gracen & Daddy surfin
Britt and Daddy surfin
Diet Coke with Lime, yum!!!
Jaden and her best friend, Hunter
Trey and Gracen, best buddies

One of our families favorite places to go boating is Bear Lake. We love the beautiful blue water there. It's such a big lake and it has great beaches. Last summer we went up twice, once with some neighbors and friend, the Andersons and Taylors and the second time we went with Darin's work for the annual summer party. Both times we camped at Bear Lake KOA, my kind of camping. Nice grassy areas, not all dirt and clean bathrooms with running water, toilets and showers.... Here's a few pics from the trip with friends.