Date night

The night before Ben went back to Texas we had a fun date night with some of his brothers and sisters. We went mini golfing at Boondocks. Here is Ali (Bens sister, Ben, Jaylene (Bens sister) and Monte (Jaylenes husband) Bens sister Brandallyn and her husband Hirepan and well as Bens other sister Lenae came as well

Baby Liam tagged along too. He is the cutest baby boy. :)

Ben concintrating on hitting the ball.

After a good game of golf we all went out to dinner at Cafe Rio. Yum yum. I forgot to get pictures though. :( Also we lost the golf game so we had to buy the appitizer. Chips and Casso So I want to bummed about loosing. ;)

The 3 youngest

Last year and well the very first part of this year 3 new Crandalls entered the world. Ben's sister Brandallyn had Baby Liam the end of Aug 2008. I had Maddy the Middle of October 2008 and Ben's Brothers wife Tawna had Vivian the first part of January 2009. It was so fun to get to meet all the new cousins.
Here we have Maddy 8 1/2 months. Liam 10 months and Vivian 6 months

Maddy and Liam. Can you believe there is only 6 weeks difference between them

Cute little Vivian

Maddy tasting Liams binki. I don't think Liam was too impressed.

Vivian wanted a taste as well. Man Liam is surrounded by some cute girls. :)

Hugs for Elder Crandall (aka Uncle Seth) before bed time. Seth was set apart as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on Tuesday July 7th 2009

Silver lake and lunch at park

On day two of the Crandall family reunion we went for a walk around Silver lake and then went to Draper city park for lunch. It was the perfect day all around. Great weather, food and family.
Here were are at the start of the walk around the lake.

Maddy and Liam enjoying there walk.

A look at Silver lake.

Ben and Cole looking out at Silver lake

Cole and cousin Adam taking a rest. Its a long walk for little feet.

Mountain range surrounding Silver lake

The Crandall gang after the walk

Cousin Renee and Maddy. Renee was such a big help with Maddy the whole time we were together

Jake and Tawna at the park resting

Ben's sister Ali was in charge of the games at the park. Her we all are standing in a line about to get hit by a water balloon.

And of course a good ol fashioned water balloon toss.

Oquirrh Mountain temple and Raging waters

On Monday July 6th we started the Crandall family reunion with Ben's side of the family. His little brother Seth is going on a mission for our church and the whole family came up to see him off. Monday we started the day off going through the Oquirrh Mountain Utah temple. It is beautiful!

Kaycee, James, me, Maddy and Matthew

statue of Angle Moroni atop of the temple.

My family. The sun was very bright that day. We were all squinting for the picture

The engraving you will see on all the LDS temples.
"Holiness to the lord
House of the the Lord"

The second half of the day we spent at Raging waters water park. It was a blast. Here is James and my niece Renee getting ready to race down a slide.

James at the bottom of that slide

James at the bottom of a tube slide. It took until we almost were ready to go home for Matthew to go down a slide. But once he went he LOVED it!

After Raging waters we went to Ben's brothers house for a BBQ Here in my brother in law feeding Maddy ice cream. Uncle Monte is now Maddy's favorite I think. :)

4th of July

I love being in Utah the month of July! There are parades, family and fireworks.
This is my dad, my nephew Brayden, James and my nephew Brent

Maddy and Matthew waiting for the parade to start.

Kaycee, Maddy, my nephew Hunter and Cole. Ready for the parade

Matthews new sunglasses

The American Fork High School marching band. I was a clarinet in this band back in high school

A very tired Maddy

Family BBQ at my Grandma Woffindens house after the parade.

Matthew and Hunter playing in the dirt at Great Grandmas

James and Brayden playing in the dirt at Great Grandmas. I don't know why this picture is side ways

Maddy watching the fire works. She loved them

Cole on the other hand did not like them at all.

Fire works.

Fire

We got into Utah on July 2nd. On July 3rd we were out in my parents back yard having a family dinner. my brother in law looked up and said, "look at that smoke." Well we decided to take a look. My brother that is a fire fighter said it looked like a house. How right he was.
This picture is from the corner of my parents street. About 3 blocks a way.
This picture was taken from the corner of the church parking lot about 2 blocks away. Look at the flames.

This is my brother directing traffic. Like I said he is a fireman but for another city. He wears his fire shirts all the time so he had his fire and rescue shirt on so people obeyed him while in the middle of the street. The sad think here in the owner of the house can down the street driving real fast and honking her horn trying to get people out of her way. When she got up to my brother and the officer there the officer had to calm her down before he would let her go up the street

Here you see the ladder of the ladder truck trying to put out the flames

Back of the house

Side of the house

This is the fire hydrant the trucks were hooked up to. Cole was really interested in this.

One of the fire trucks with the hoses out.

This is the front of the house looking into the living room.

This poor family has gone through a lot. From what I understand the mother has just gotten over cancer, she was in a car wreck not to long ago and hurt her back real bad and not this fire. For those of you who know the neighborhood, this is the house right behind Fredricksons and Smiths old house.