VBS with Mackenzie

 First day of Vacation Bible School.  We get to have Mack spend a week with us and her cousins. 

 Here are the three girls.

 Friday afternoon at Scott and Karin's home.

 They all did a great program on Friday night singing the songs they learned that week,

What a special week.  We all had a great time.

April in Hawaii

 I am a little late in posting our trip to Hawaii in April.  We went to Oahu (north shore) to visit Dale at his home there.  It was great to spend 4 days with him.

 We flew to Kauai after that for a week there.  We took an early morning kayak and a hike to Secret Falls.  As you can see we were the first ones there.  By the time we hiked back there were 30 kayaks beached there.

 Another day we hiked to the top of Waipio Falls.

 This is actually the top

We also spent a day biking along the coast.  What fun.

Northstar at Tahoe

 We are having a great time at Tahoe this year.  Even though the weather is too warm it is perfect for the girls.

 Audrey has really become a great skier.

 By Monday afternoon Sophie is on her way to catching up with her sister.

Here is the group (minus Scott who went down the back side) heading down from the top of the mountain with Lake Tahoe in the background.

Sedona

 We have come up for a week of hiking in Sedona.  There has been so much rain this year that the rivers are really running.

 Usually there are just small pools in this area.

 

Reilly loves the water.

This was today.  There was snow Tuesday night before we got here.  It is cold enough that the snow is staying in the canyons.

Northstar at Tahoe

 

 Today the sun finally came out but it was 18 degrees when we left to ski this morning.

 It was a beautiful day and you could finally see the lake.

In the shadows and some areas the snow was still coated in the trees.

Northstar at Tahoe

After 3 years of little snow it finally arrived.

 Hopefully we will be able to get our car out on Saturday.

Christmas 2015

 Christmas Eve

 Audrey as a shepherd in the Christmas play.

 Karin in the orchestra.

Christmas Day