Alli gets her YW in Excellence Award

Alli is a sweet girl.  She has worked hard for her YW in Excellence Award.  She is a remarkable girl with a strong sense of right and wrong.  And she has the courage to stand up for what is right.  We are so proud of her.  Good job Alli!

Love from Dad

Alli, Lindsay Hales and Megan Lindsay all earned their medallion tonight!

Bridals

Lauren was so excited to capture Pierce's reaction to her big reveal... It was so sweet!

Lauren's getting MARRIED!!!!!

Well, we couldn't be happier.  Lauren and Pierce are engaged!  They are really cute together and we all love him, though Lauren seems to love him the most--so we are thrilled :)  Here are some pictures of the engagement and the aftermath... including some of their favorite engagement photos.  Cute kids!

School Days 2014

Lindsay on her first day of 3rd Grade.  Mrs. McAfee is her teacher. This girl LOVES school!

Lindsay's 8!!!

Lindsay got a bike for her Birthday.  She is so much fun!
We are glad she's a part of our family!

We sure love our Lindsay Lou!  She had a really nice baptism.

Grandpa and Grandma Clarke were there.

And Grandma and Grandpa Barrett.

What a great family day.  

Disney Cruise!!!!

For Christmas last year, Grandpa and Grandma Barrett surprised the entire Barrett family with a gift of a Disney Cruise!  Yahoo!  We were pretty excited!!!  We've been looking forward to it all winter and now the day had finally come!!!! Yippee!!  THANKS GRANDMA AND GRANDPA!

At the airport ready to head to Florida!

Lauren and Pierce lucked out!  Grandpa bought an extra ticket and Pierce was able to come along!   They were thrilled and Alli, Calvin and Lindsay also thought it was a great deal--Pierce is super fun to play with :)

Getting ready to get on the ship!

On the upper deck as we begin to disembark.

The other direction--it was so windy!

Alli on her balcony.

At dinner the first night--Artist's Pallet

Lindsay and Pierce cheesing it up for the picture.

It was a fun dinner--Disney does it up right.  Us old folks were trying hard not to pay attention to the motion of the boat that first night--that was the only time I could feel it.

These two had some fun!!!

The animal towels were so much fun to discover each day :)

Disney's private island was a ton a fun!  The whole family relaxed and enjoyed a beautiful day.

Heaven

Heading back to the boat after a long day of fun in the sun :)

Love this guy. We had so much fun together on the cruise--the kids just took care of themselves for the most part--one benefit of having older kids.

At Downtown Disney's Lego Land killing time until the flight home.

Toy Story :)

The Hulk!!!

Spring Break in Moab

This year we wanted to go somewhere for Spring Break.  We don't always get to do that.  It seems like with Dad's work schedule or other things, we sometimes have to stay around home and look for something fun to do.  This year we headed out to Moab and it was so fun! 

Dead Horse Point

Gorgeous!

Corona Arch--this was a fun hike the first evening we were there.  

The kids all wanted to strike a yoga pose for some reason.  Maybe they were connecting with nature?

Delicate Arch 

Calvin enjoying the breeze and the break--it was a bit of a hike to get there.

Glad we are together on this journey.

Alli with a "selfie" 

Landscape arch was cool!

It almost felt like it would fall at any minute... 

Fun vacation :)