Picnic with Papa and Nana

Nana and Papa took Jorgen and Shelley on a picnic in the mountains on our last weekend in Salt Lake. Jorgen and Shelley had such a wonderful time and I was so grateful that the children were able to spend some extra special time with Nana and Papa before we left.

Nan and Pops took Jorgs and Shells on a little hike and played in the stream.

They also had some very yummy dinner with lots of yummy treats for dessert. Jorgen and Shelley were in heaven, as you can see by their big smiles and their full mouths as in the gummy worms picture :).

We miss you so much already, Nana and Papa. And you too, Garth!

The Fair & Future Best Buddies

Uncle Miles, Aunt Siena took Jorgen to the Utah State Fair. Jorgen had the time of his life. Miles and Siena were so sweet to him and made his day! Jorgen saw a pig race (the pig he chose won so he also got a blue ribbon of which he was extremely proud), went on the Ferris wheel, went to the petting zoo, ate cotton candy, and played games.

What a lucky boy!
Thank you, Miles and Siena!

Cousins are the greatest! It has been so fun for our children having cousins their same age to play with and grow up with (so far...I guess we have only experienced four years of 'growing up with'). Elsie met her two Hansen cousins this trip and they are bound to be best buddies for life.

Charles (7 months), Elsie (4 months), and Cyrus ( 2 months)

I love this picture of Charles and Elsie...Charles looks like he's doing push ups.

Summer Fun

I do not think life gets better than barbecues and swimming with family!

Fun Cousin Outtings

We had so much fun over the summer visiting with family!
Thanks to Nana and Papa (or Nan and Pops as Jorgen sometimes refers to them), we were able to go with all the Hansen cousins to Discovery Gateway and then dinner at Crown Burger. We did this not once, but twice this summer. The kids all loved it!
Here are all the Hansen cousins, minus the newest baby, Cyrus.

St. George Reunion

We had such a wonderful Bennett Reunion at the end of July. It was the first time all of us had been together since before my parents left on their mission, three years ago. Six grandbabies were added to the family so there was a total of 14 grandchildren.
Our cousins, Chris and Mike, and Mike's family also made it down to St. George for one of the weeks. It was so fun spending time with everyone!

My parents and their grandchildren.The grandparents that made it down and the grandchildren.

Such beauties!

Kisses for Shelley

My sister, Shanda, did an amazing job at taking pictures of all of us!

My best friend!

Trying to sneak a kiss from me mid photo shoot :)
We have been separated ALL summer...you get the picture...;)

We had so much fun being together whether it was swimming at the pool, playing at the park, chatting in the evenings, eating every meal together, or just being silly together. I miss being together already. Can we please have another reunion soon!