Dad's Slide Collection Continued - Mom and Dad at first

Not sure, but I think this might be before kids. 

There seems to be a little genetic connection between Dad and David.

I love this photo. 

Okay, how come I don't look like this after two babies?

I think this is a really sweet photo of Mom and her babies. 

Cathy cracks me up in this photo. 

Mom and her girls. 

Dad's Slide Collection Continued with Extended Family Photos

From the trip to Jackson Hole, Tetons mentioned below. But I can't figure out how to move the photo there. :)

Dad's Family with Cathy & Becky

A California trip

I assume this is Grandma Dixon's home on Michigan. 

Fairview, Utah

Looks like this is from a trip to the Tetons with Mom's Family. 

Dad's Slide Collection

While I was staying with Mom, I decided to tackle Dad's slide collection downstairs. I assumed there were some treasures down there and I didn't want them to be lost. I got through scanning almost all of them, but there were some I couldn't get to. I did make the executive decision to not scan any photos of Dad's mission or when he was overseas with the Navy unless they had Dad in them. Eventually I will send each of the siblings a disk with all these photo files on them. But for now, I wanted to share some real treasures. 

Dad and his family in southern Utah. I assume this is post-mission, pre-dental school years. 

 Dad, Mac, Papa Dade, and many others. 

 Really young and adorable Mom. I'm almost positive this is their honeymoon. 

I really love this photo of Mom, Marg and Paul 

Fortaleza, Brazil!

Mission Predictions Wanted....

So, David should get his mission call in the next few weeks.  Any guesses?  Everyone gets two guesses... one within the U.S. and one foreign.  Let us know what your predictions are and we'll add them to the chart.  My favorite so far is from Layla, "Ogden".  Didn't know she'd ever even heard of Ogden!

Legacy of Dick McKay

 I know there are pictures of Dad reading to us or the grandchildren. But I couldn't find them tonight. So instead I put up the pictures I could find of reading as a child. Tonight on the 5th anniversary of his leaving, I have been reflecting on many of the legacies of Dick McKay. But this one is tender for me. Each night I read to my children, a bedtime ritual we rarely stray from. I may have done this anyway because there's tons of research about how good it is for children. But I cannot deny Dick McKay's influence in my love for children's books. Although the photo of my kids is from 2009, it still applies. They love to read. They love to read with their parents. And this nightly ritual is Dick McKay's legacy.
And Becky, the photo of Rosalie is for you :)

We were thrilled to have Cath, Don, Nick, and Elizabeth join us for a few days.  It was a whirlwind visit and we had a fantastic time.  We were able to introduce them to some of our favorite (para)sites.  

Our kids have avoided entering the ocean at all costs for the past year ever since their run-in with a riptide.  But with Elizabeth here they miraculously were cured of their fear.  Sometimes peer-pressure is a good thing.

Maggie found a quiet moment to meditate on the day.

Don and Nick helped Abe achieve momentary inverted flight.

We spent a day hiking a volcano.  This is the view standing on one volcano looking at the other.

Dave, Nick, Abe, and Blue on top of the volcano.

Lunch and a view.

Maggie turned 7 yesterday.  She had a party and a pinata.  The poor thing learned the hard way what six years of built up aggression can cause.

Maggie in her birthday dress from Grandma.