Amy and the Kids

HUNTINGTON BEACH VACATION

2011-05-17T19:32:00.000-07:00

Images from the California shores.......

Ethan inherited the "Crazy Leavitt hair"

Gregg and Ethan with the west coast attitude!

Emily loved the sand!
Isaac and Emily acting cool!
Rough life in Huntington Beach:)
Ethan after a long day of surfing lessons. He and Isaac seemed to take to it quite well.
Looking for sea shells by the sea shore.

We took the kids to Huntington Beach, CA for a short beach vacation. We loved lounging on the beach, taking surfing lessons, picking up sea shells, learning to skim board and sampling the local fare.

Happy 16th Birthday Ethan!

2010-12-17T06:01:00.000-08:00

Ethan turned 16 this past summer. I'm honestly not sure how that happened. Just yesterday he was a three year old creating paper star wars characters.

The cutest 16 year old boy ever...and still manages to be a great kid. Quite impressive!!

I commission the T Shirt quilt a year before this day. We all loved how it turned out. Save your old T Shirts and sports jersey's!!

Amy spend most of the day making this cake. It turned out delicious...really delicious!

Ethan has always been the favorite oldest cousin.

2010-12-16T14:37:00.001-08:00

My grandmother, Mary Ellen, undertook the gigantic task of making a quilt for each grandchild. She successfully completed the task and passed out the quilts to each of the grandchildren at a family reunion this past July 2010. We gathered together and watched as grandmother told about the history of the quilt and why she choose the design and fabric with that grandchild in mind. In return, the grandchild was requested to sing a song that had something to do with that quilt. We loved seeing all of the quilts hanging one by one - quite majestic really.

My quilt. As the oldest grandchild my quilt was completed first :)

This is one of my favorite quilts. It went to my youngest cousin. Love the sailboats!

This is our family accepting my quilt. I don't remember what song we attempted to sing.

My lovely Grandmother, Mary Ellen with Emily.

The gym was lined with beautiful quilts.

Mother's Day

2010-05-15T08:02:00.000-07:00

Hanging out with the kids last Sunday. We all went on a bike ride and enjoyed the day! I'm enjoying spending more time with the kids now that the semester is over.

Happy Mother's Day!

Winter 2010

2010-05-13T15:37:00.000-07:00

Me having fun in my favorite element

Even though my mom said we were back to blogging, obviously that hasn't been entirely true. But just to make my mom not a liar I will post some random pictures from this winter. Hopefully this will give my mom some momentum so she will start blogging again. -Ethan

We're BACK!

2010-03-24T06:55:00.000-07:00

After years of being absent from posting on our blog, we finally figured out how to log in again. Yeah! Watch for upcoming posts :)

2008 In Review

2009-01-03T11:43:00.000-08:00

Life has been so busy this past year, that blogging has not kept pace with our activities! As a year end wrap-up I've grabbed some of the photos that have not made it onto these pages! Best wishes to all for a great 2009!

Fall Harvest

2008-12-03T20:03:00.000-08:00

Apricots, Apricots, Plums and Apples.

Snowboarding in September!

2008-09-28T18:12:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of a snowboard competition that I was in a few weeks ago. There wasn't very many people there so I had to go up against other snowboarders 2 years and older than me, therefore I didn't place. I had fun anyway. I feel accomplished because I learned what the judges are looking for and got a little out of my comfort zone and now know what I must do to win next year.

Seattle Slide Show

2008-09-18T20:24:00.002-07:00

I had so many pictures of the Seattle trip that I decided to compose a slide show for the rest. Some of these photos are of family members and the rest are scenery & nature. I hope you enjoy!

Seattle Trip

2008-09-18T20:24:00.001-07:00

In August our family joined Grandma & Grandpa Leavitt, Josh & Leslie, Gerald & Val, Sarah and Jesse at Laramie's home in Seattle. We spent several days at Pacific Beach, playing in the water & sand, hiking in the green rainforests and enjoying eachother's company.

My brother, Josh, taking a "different path" during our hike in the rain forest.

Emily plays against a tree with very cool pink polka dots.

Sister Sarah and SIL Leslie enjoying the hike with their two daughters, Ellie & Sydney.

Amy & Ethan

Ethan dares to grab a Star Fish. I'm not sure why he didn't hold it closer :)

Isaac was King on top of the driftwood stack that we claimed for an afternoon. The large pile of weathered logs blocked the breeze perfectly!

Ellie looks very sophisticated playing in the sand. Gotta love the sunglasses!

We HAD to get up early one morning and visit the beach during low tide. Needless to say it was very chilly out and we didn't spend much time combing the sand for treasures.

Sarah flew into Seattle from Arizona to join the family vacation. It was so much fun having her there! I love this picture of Sarah.

I also love this photo of my brother Jesse. He got himself sunburned early in the vacation and so he tried to avoid the sun from then on. I'm not sure how long he was able to hold this particular pose.

The Porcupine & The Bear

2008-08-03T17:51:00.000-07:00

Finally the post everyone has been asking about. The first day we were at the cabin we encountered two wild animals - a porcupine and a bear. On our way down from the spanish gold mine, Ethan and Mclaine, spotting a porcupine hiding in the trees. We bothered the poor animal for a good half hour, taking pictures, petting it, yes you read right... petting it! It was actually kind of cute, let us know what you think.

We did not however, pet the bear. We spotted our bear walking across the road and saw mill area while we were roasting marshmallows around the campfire. I said, in a very calm voice, "there's the bear" Grandpa thought I was joking until the others chimed in and ran for the cabin. If you want to know the rest of the story...you'll have to wait for the official version to be released.

July 24th Weekend

2008-08-03T17:28:00.000-07:00

The kids and I spent several days enjoying one of our favorite places - grandpa's cabin. Ethan and his friend Mclaine Free spent hours heating up the hot tub so that it would meet mom's expectations. They did a great job. I think they were able to get it up to 110.

And then they convinced Grandpa Jim and Uncle Gerald to build a rope swing. They searched for the perfect tree and within an hour we were all swinging.

Ethan, Mclaine, Isaac, Grandpa and Amy hiked up to the spanish gold mine. Ethan and Isaac hated it when grandpa turned off all of the flashlights when we were deep in the cave. I chose to go in and out quickly and then photograph wildflowers...see the slide show below.

One of our favorite places to visit on "our mountain" is Joe Jarit's cabin. This time, Amy got the coveted four wheeler ride to the fallen down cabin. By the way, if you don't know the story of Joe Jerit and his gold, be sure and ask, it's a classic.

Cabin Scenery Slide Show

2008-08-03T09:46:00.001-07:00

Ross Park

2008-08-03T09:17:00.000-07:00

The summer has gone by so quickly! We haven't gotten all of our list done, but we did go to Ross Park this summer with our good friends, the Free's.

Good Bye Chris!

2008-08-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

Our exchange student, Christopher, went home in June. We were invited to his farewell party. However, I am not sure if he was the life of the party or if it was the bearded dragon!

Memorial Day Continued

2008-06-29T22:27:00.000-07:00

I must apologize for the photo dump. I haven't posted for sometime and have some great photos to share from our weekend in Annabella. (The previous photos were too small - if anyone knows how to enlarge them, let me know. I'm still getting this blog stuff figured out.)

On our way down we stopped and met Mylee Leavitt - gorgeous daughter of Josh & Leslie.

Ethan and Mclaine are taking a break inside the cabin. I think those two could snowboard forever and you wouldn't hear a complaint. We hope Mclaine enjoyed his first visit to our mountain.

Isaac had a blast skating and hanging out with his cousin, Noah.

Grandpa Leavitt treated Emily and Ellie to strawberries in his green house. They loved eating every juicy red berry they could find.

On Sunday we tried to take family pictures after church. Jim's idea, I'm sure. I don't know what we were laughing at, maybe we were all just happy to be together!

Memorial Day Weekend

2008-06-29T21:05:00.000-07:00

We spent Memorial Day in Annabella, Utah and had so much fun playing in the SNOW at the cabin. Gerald, Jesse, Grandpa and Amy hiked and snowmobiled to the top of the mountain above the cabin. The view was magnificent! Ethan and Mclaine spent the day snowboarding. I'm pretty sure they were in heaven. Emily and Isaac hung out with Grandma, Sarah and Maria at the Fremont Indian Museum.

Our Week!

2008-05-17T20:38:00.000-07:00

This sums up our week. Basketball. Skateboarding. That's it. Ethan made his free throw shot. Emily thought she was part of the team...treats and all.

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T22:22:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day. I wish I could say that I had the perfect day today, but if I did, that wouldn't be honest, really. I think we expect too much sometimes, so today I expected nothing, and that was OK. We tried, Ethan made me pancakes for breakfast, but they fell apart. After church we devoured an entire loaf of fresh bread and then ate ham and bean soup from a can. We lounged, napped, had fhe and then went to bed. At least we made it through the day and next year will be better. I hope your Mother's Day was wonderful or not. :)

Ethan at the Canyons Ski Resort

2008-05-06T19:25:00.000-07:00

This is Ethan at the Canyons Ski Resort, with his friend Mclaine Free. They switched off filming each other hitting jumps and boxes. We were tryng to make a movies out of all our clips that we made but no one has a movie maker that works with the camera and video player we used.

First Tracks

2008-05-06T16:04:00.000-07:00

This is Ethan at Grandpa's Cabin. The snow had a layer of crust so you fell every time you turned to sharply. This shot was taken on the road below the cabin. Val was also snowboarding on this spot, but luckily Ethan was able to go down first. This awesome picture was taken by Jim Leavitt. If you would like, this photo is on SkiUtah.com in their photo contest, it is around page 41-50 also there is a picture right next to it with me jumping off the big cabin, here is the URL http://www.skiutah.com/photocontest08/vote.php it was on page 41 when i last looked thanks for voting.

Hello World!

2008-05-04T20:53:00.000-07:00

We decided after looking at blogs of other family members that we need to jump in and create our blog. So here we go. We think this is a great idea, especially because our family is a little spread out right now. So welcome! We hope to share some of ourselves with you through these pages...