Mesa Verde

Last weekend our family went down to Snowflake, Arizona for a family reunion. On the way to Arizona, we made a detour and spent the night in Mesa Verde. Here are the pictures of us amongst the ruins.

Climbing at City of Rocks

Friday and Saturday My dad, Alison, and I went rock climbing at the City of Rocks in Idaho. It was great! The rock formations in the granite were amazing.






The rocks turned out to be perfect for rock climbing.

And here we are with our group and all the gear.

Graduation Day

Alison has finally graduated. I don't know who's the happiest - my mother (who doesn't have to push her to do homework any more) or Alison (who doesn't have to go to school for a whole year). Afterwards we went to Los Hermanos for a nice big lunch. Alison is wearing the very pretty lei that Marta sent her.

Sunday Afternoon

Jonathon and I were having one nice lazy Sunday afternoon together when my mother spotted us, was amused, and took this picture.

Europe

Here are the pictures from my parents' vacation. My mom will add commentary to them this weekend.

Mother's Day

On May 5th my parents, ecstatically, left on a trip to Europe. They just came back late Sunday night. So prepare for a very long blog all about Europe this weekend or whenever I get around to it (hopefully soon). Here they are leaving at the Salt Lake Airport. Just look at those smiles!

On Mother's Day, we had no mother in our household, so went in search of the next best thing- - a grandma. We were able to celebrate Mother's Day at Grandma Suzy’s house. Of course there had to be football and water involved.

It was also fun to sit back and watch the action in the shade.

Alison!

Alison hates it when she is in a blog, that is why you don't see much about her on True Degns'. But today, I decided to dedicate this page to her.

Alison will be graduating from high school this May. Once graduated, she will be flying out to D.C. to be Bruce's nanny. Then after being a nanny for a year, she will be attending:

http://www.wwcc.wy.edu/5.htm

She was given a full in-state tuition talent scholarship with a paid internship in doing props and sets for their theater productions. She has been doing props for drama all through high school and loves it. Her major will be technical theater. Here she is behind the scenes of production with a prop she helped create.