Shanlee Carson - Grandparents are born

Madi doesn't know it but she made having a baby look like a walk in the park. Okay, a walk in the park with a really sore hip. But still a walk. Moma and baby are beautiful as can be.I've never seen a white baby with so much dark hair. Madi and all of our children had snow white hair. Invisable to the untrained eye. Wow, we really got some of those Carson genes on this one. I'm sure she will be a great mix of short and blond and tall and dark. It will be fun to see which other traits make there way in.


And finally, 2 very young grandparents. As you can see.

McKell - She is GREAT! Senior Pic and Zambia

This is one of McKell's senior picture taken by Stephanie McBride. Not sure if it's one of McKell's Favorites but it is mine.McKell graduated from AF High on June 3rd, partied all night at Boondocks and left for Zambia. Here are a few of her pictures that will become great memories. I think she will never forget.
Not going to give much description, you will need to ask McKell. But she was able to lift the spirits of many with her smiling face and kindness. I'm sure they don't know it but the lifted McKell as well.

I had to include this picture. I just loved it when I saw it.


A stopover in London gave these 3 a chance to sight see. They had an entire days layover on the way to Lusaca. From the looks of it they made the most of it.
The last 2 days were spent in the Bush on Safari. Never imagined they would see so much wildlife so close up and not get eaten, trampled, bitten or whatever monkey might do to you.
It's all fun and games until the jaguar get's hungry.

Happy Birthday Mitt & Morgan

Morgan says I have never made him a birthday cake. Well not true, here is the proof. Okay, this was Mitt's. But, Morgan liked it just as much. It is a LGM for those of you who don't watch Toy Story. (Little Green Men)Couldn't help add a couple of Misc Pics. Yes Marc is an FFA Officer.
Mitt Stuck in a Bucket.. Had to get him out but had a good laugh.
First Fishing experience. Like Morgan and I he caught as much as we ever did... Nothing

Spring Break in St George 2011

Georgia, McKell, Marc, Mitt & Kirt all headed to St George for a few days. The weather was great and we went on a pretty fun hike at Snow Canyon. I think the trail was called 3 ponds. It was only about 3.5 miles on a sandy trail, you could walk the whole way barefoot even if you have baby feet, but took us 4 hours.
We found dinosaur tracks in the sand. Mitt knew these were Sharp Tooth Tracks.

Marc and Mitt really like hiking around and playing in the sand. We were a little concerned about Marc and the heat. Marc is a great hiker and insists on being the lead dog everywhere we go. You have to follow him and much of the time he is going so fast that Georgia had to stay with him. He really just loves it. Problem is he get's overheated and has seizures. Luckily he would slow down and lose his balance prior to a seizure so we could keep him safe. 2nd problem is his legs don't work after a seizure. So, a good 30 minute sleep-off and he get's his legs back. We talk about being mentally strong with our kids when they are playing sports, but Marc is so mentally strong that he can push himself when his body is giving him so much trouble. It is sad to see him struggle, but inspiring to see him push through.

We stopped at Menchie's and discovered this interesting mix in. It is great with other fruits. Not sure exactly what it is or even if it is natural or man made. But it is pretty yummy. Looks like Salmon Eggs, but tastes like a treat.
Marc and Mitt at the St. George Temple while McKell is seeing Dr. Duke across the street at the Southwest Skin and Cancer Center


Mitt is our best little photographer. He loves to take pictures and does a pretty good job of it. Mostly, he likes to take pictures of objects. I had to talk him into taking our picture, he was more interested in taking pictures of the rocks.
Mitt got a little tired, not so mentally tough as Marc. Just glad I didn't have to carry Marc out.

Madi's Birthday 20 years Old

Madi being pregnant, means Georgia and I will soon be grandparents. Bring it on... Madi and Zane told us at Christmas that Madi was 4 months along. I would have never guessed, she wasn't even showing. I have always made some fun birthday cake for my girls. I had this idea, Morgan helped me out, we laughed as we made it and surprised Madi on her birthday.

The cake we made our favorite Heath Bar Chocolate Cake, with cream cheese frosting. The tummy we made our own fondant with Carmel Marshmellows, made a pretty good skin tone. The sweater was just cream cheese frosting with crushed candy bar chunks.

McKell and American Fork Soccer

Here are a few pictures from McKell's last year playing at American Fork. It has been a main focus during her summers and school. She has made many great friends and had allot of fun mixed in with her frustrations.A highlight for Georgia and I was McKell being named to the All State Academic Team and being presented at the State Finals at Rio Tinto this award. McKell would have preferred playing in the game, but this was not bad.
Being presented with her All State Academic Award at Rio Tinto.

ALASKA!! August 2010

It is a beautiful place. We spent most of our time south of Anchorage, near the Cook Inlet. The weather was great! It had been pretty rainy prior to us coming. But for us the sun was always shining. I wish I had taken a picture of the sunset from Jay & Kim's back yard it was awesome.

Here are a few of our pictures. A big thanks to the Wilcox's for sharing there home and family with us.

We had a great time with the Wilcox's in Alaska. This is a lookout to some falls near Wasilla. Jay & Kim have 8 children. A batch of young ones that were great hosts and were lot's of fun. These are the young ones with us. No pictures of the oldest 4 as Cara is at BYU, David, Eric & Jenny were busy mowing lawns, swimming, cutting down trees and just basic Alaska type stuff.
Renee, Robert, Me, Jacob & Mylee.
This little glacier bay has some floating ice-bergs and is just filled with glacier run off. Not sure the name but is on the way to Whittier.
We took a road trip one day to Seward. There were SIlver Salmon jumping in the bay here but were just mocking us. None of them wanted to get caught apparently.
We stopped at a little stream that empties into the Cook Inlet. We found a few Silver's that were heading upstream resting in a little pocket. Not to bad. We went back here later and didn't stay long enough to catch any more as there were fresh bear track and we got a little nervous.
We saw lots of Red Salmon, but they have been out of the ocean for quite some time now and are not in good enough shape to eat or catch. I did snag this one just to take a picture.
Jay took us out in his boat one day to fish and a moose ran out of the woods and through this little lake in front of us.

Our first day headed fishing with Jay in his boat. We saw several pockets of Silver Salmon and had a couple on line but they all jumped off our hooks. Bummer!
The Cook Inlet is South of Anchorage and we passed by it every day on our way to different places. Every day on the way past we saw several Balooga Whales. They are white and were feeding on the Salmon up and down the inlet. It was very cool.