Oregon Trip Continued

There are some things about our trips to Oregon that are predictable. We always manage to enjoy the limited time we spend together with the Bennett family. They are gracious hosts and always work hard to accommodate us.

Besides swimming every day in the pool that is next to the Bennett's home (which is a huge blessing because the kids are worn out and tired at the end of the day) the things that are recurring when we visit the Bennett's are first that we visit the Portland Zoo. Can you ever get too much of the zoo in your families lives? Second, we always manage to make it to the Oregon coast. This year was no exception, we made it out to Cannon Beach. I have a not so secret desire to find a agate on the beach each time we visit. Third, we always manage to make it to the Hillsboro Farmers Market.

This year we did these three activities as well as many others. We tried some new things on this trip... We had a picnic at the Rose Gardens in Portland, we went to the cleanest, best maintained Chuck E Cheese I've ever been to, we saw the Oregon International Air Show (hosted out of the Hillsboro airport), attending a Summer Series Concert (where a band from the 80s played, Quarterflash, i.e. Harden My Heart fame) and the girls did a lot of shopping.

Most all 14 of us are in this picture, Ali and Sydney are stylin' on the beach.

It's that the coolest beach kite the Bennett's have?! The boys shovel's are loaded and ready to fire.

Haystack rock, is a very popular icon...And McKay playing let's go fly a kite.

Here's a couple of pictures of the fun activities at Chuck E Cheese.

Here's a couple of pictures of the Mall we went to in Portland, I think it's called Washington Square.

Here's a snapshot of the concert in the park and next to it on the right is our picnic at the Rose Gardens.

Here's another picture from the Rose Gardens on the left, and one from the Portland Zoo on the right.

Hannah, Nathan and McKay are enjoying the fix and Sydney's trying to drive the tractor away.

Julie took this snap of me by the elephant, can you tell by the ear what continent it is from. Also, we always take this picture in the barn at the Portland zoo.

Here's a couple of pictures from the Hillsboro Farmer's market check out those fresh berries.

Look how excited Cassie is at the pool and then the kids are playing hands up stand up.

Raccoon's In Our Backyard

On Tuesday, I got a call from one of my daughters, they said that they had just caught a raccoon in our back yard. Immediately I thought, I hope you didn't get bitten. The neighbor had been taking their irrigation turn and when the water went through our back yard it washed up two raccoon. Cassie had been finding signs of raccoon activity in our backyard. She found a print of a raccoon in our sandbox, a print on our trampoline and then a long raccoon hair on our trampoline as well. Cassie called the raccoon Bob Marley, I called him Rocky. Rocky's sibling didn't fair too well. We called animal control and they came and picked up the raccoons.

Here are two videos taken of Rocky.

Family Gathering - Sanders in Lehi

Last Sunday we met as an extended family since my parents were in town and others for the two weddings that were in our extended family last week. Here's many of the family sitting around taking it easy.


Notice the material tied around the heads of Ashlyn and Sydney, the older girls were inside doing a fashion shoot most of the time. Then there's a picture of my father and my Uncle Brent.

Here's a picture of Dallin and I when we were playing SPUD. In the background is my brother Scott and my daughter Cassie.

Here's a picture of my cousin Ben and my cousin Steve running past my niece Madison. We were playing bomb.


I got a picture of my niece Meikela and there's a picture of me holding McKay. McKay got hit in the face with the ball. Behind McKay and I is my brother Scott.



Here's a picture of my cousin Mike. We were playing BOMB and while he was going for the ball he re-twisted his ankle. It's an old injury. I took a picture of my cousin Mike's ankle as well it looks pretty bad.


Next door to my brother's house the family is raising some frogs. Lots of frogs....

Here's some of the tadpoles that are turning into frogs. Then there's a picture of Hannah with here cousin Madison making some entertaining faces.