Frost Family Faces

We spent a week up in Sandy visiting Grandma and Grandpa Frost. It was very fun and relaxing and especially nice to have Charles be able to play with us instead of hiding in the basement doing homework. Have I mentioned yet how nice it is to have him done? It's VERY nice.

Get ready for a lot of pictures!

Whenever we go up, we always stay in Aunt Anita's room. This is Ethan and Ella getting ready for bed and jumping on the air mattress.



We also spent one night at the Frost/Jensen cabin. It's in Mount Pleasant (about 30 min. north of Manti) and was very nice. We just hung out, watched movies, went for walks, rode the ATV's and threw rocks in the river. Just some fun, much needed family time.


Ella had a lot of fun discovering new places at Grandma Frost's house. She figured out how to get under the table and played there for a little while. We had to rescue her though when she wanted to get out.


Charles has had this dump truck since he was about 4. They found it in the shed and decided to do to Ella what he did to his youngest sister, except, I wouldn't let him push Ella down the driveway.


Passing on his expertise to the next generation

NOW TO THE ZOO!!!
We went to the Hogle Zoo. Thanks to Baby Einstien's Baby Noah, Ethan knew what most of the animals were. He loved it! His eyes got really big when I asked him if he wanted to see the Elephants. What a cute kid. We also took Charles' nephew Alex with us. He had a lot of fun too.


Here is Ethan and Charles as we watched the penguins. We were in a really good spot. They kept swimming right over to us, probably expecting us to give them food. It was so cool! Ethan loved it.


This is in front of the giraffe (well, obviously)


Ethan and Alex measuring up the the gorilla.


This is on the elephant that blows air and hums "Pop Goes the Weasel" with his trunk. So cute!


And the last stop was a train ride. It was a lot of fun. We saw a lot of extra animals. The ones that stuck out to me were the turkey vultures and bald eagles.
What a fun day.



This huge ball floats and rotates on water. It's at the entrance to the zoo. We hit it last becuase it was zooed (ha ha, nice pun) when we got there. It was less crowded now, so we let the kids play with it. Water and Ethan just go together.


After the zoo, we met up with a couple of Charles' friends that he hasn't seen for a while and went out to dinner. I think Texas Roadhouse is one of my favorite places to eat. YUUUMMY!

Ok, so clever me, we went to Marissa's baby blessing and party and I didn't get a single picture of Marissa. Yay me! We sure had a lot of fun there, the kids included. Ethan had a great time playing with his cousin Tyson, and I know Charles had a very good time catching up with relatives, not that I would know, becuase I was chasing Ethan and Ella and trying to keep them from getting into everything. I had a fun time anyway though.


Here is Ella with Great Grandma Lane. She sat on her lap and was perfectly happy, as long as the walker was there. She was fascinated by it. Look how well they match!


Ethan had a lot of fun playing in the backyard. Here he is on his very first teeter-totter ride with his cousing Tyson.


This is so funny to me. Ella has been grabbing hands and trying to walk, but I didn't think she was so serious about it until she grabbed on to this walker thing-y and took off. I had to hang on to it becuase she would push it so hard, she would always face plant, but she's walking! I got her on video too, which I love becuase her bum waddles as she walks.






And of course, as time wore on, Ella got more and more cranky, so along comes Daddy who cuddles her for a second, and poof! she's out.

It was a lot of fun to get together with Charles' family and catch up!

Two down, one to go! That's what I was thinking most of the way through Anita's (Charles' youngest sister) graduation. She graduated from SUU with a BS in accounting.
This graduation was a stop-off on our way up to Salt Lake. We were excited to be able to support her.
Way to go ANITA!!


We didn't get any really good pictures of her actually getting her diploma, but here are three of her professors doing the final musical number called "Business School Blues". It was very funny, sounded really good, and was the perfect ending!


And....here is graduate number two! She graduated Magna Cum Laude. (and she made the dress she's wearing too! It looked really cute. Too bad the black gown covers it!)

The proud parents with Grad # 2!



All three Grads! I love silly pictures!



And of course, Aunt Anita with her cutest Niece and Nephew ever!!


Way to go Anita! We love you!

Ahhhhh! the day I have been waiting for for four years! Charles' Graduation!!! What a wonderful day!
The only thing missing were my parents. They went up to Ogden for my brother's graduation, which happened on the same day.

First, We went out to dinner at Golden Coral, then it was off to the graduation!
Doesn't he look good!


This is just before he got his diploma.


Waiting at the commencement. I love her eyes! Isn't this a cute graduation outfit! Aunt Becky is holding her.


At last, walking through the "D"!



A big happy GRADUATED Family!



Future Graduate!!


What a cute couple of kids, and look at those cute outfits!!


A Very happy couple!





Mom and Dad Frost. Proud Parents!



Charles' sisters, Anita and Becky. All three graduated within a week of each other. More pictures to come because we went to the other two!

Because of school, Charles hasn't been able to spend a lot of time with us. But, he's done now!!! Here are a few pictures of what we did the two or three days after final projects were in, and before graduation, when he actually had TIME!!

Let's go fly a kite!!


We went to the park and flew kites. We've wanted to do this ever since we got married, but haven't been able to for one reason or another. Grandma Frost gave Ethan a kite for Easter, so we took it for a test drive. Ethan loved it, and so did Mommy and Daddy. It was a lot of fun.



That evening, we decided to go check out the Washington Rec Center. Wow! very cool pool. We only went for a half an hour, right before closing ($2 off the last hour of open swim) but it was sure fun. Ethan was freezing but didn't want to stop. Ella wasn't quite sure what to make of it and clung to me every time the big bucket of water would spill.
I love Ella's look in this picture. It's like she's saying "what's wrong with you?"



Now that Ella is more mobile and rolls over now (finally) we catch her in the funniest sleeping positions. I'm sure there will be more to come. Here she is after a hard day of playing.

It's sure good to have you back Daddy!

We had Easter twice this year. The first time... well, check out the April 13 post and you'll see the first time. The second time was up at Grandma Frost's house. We rarely get to celebrate with them, so it was fun to be able to be up there for their celebration. Everyone had plans for Easter Sunday, so Grandma Frost decided to have it a couple of weeks later. I was up there because my aunt was retiring from the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and they had a cool ceremony and everything, so it worked out really well to have this party the same weekend. Sadly, Charles isn't there becuase he had a lot of final projects to catch up on. But we sure had fun!



This is Tyson, Ethan's cousin that is a year older than him. They are anticipating the hunt! It was a very wet hunt.


It didn't take Ethan long to remember what it was all about. He found a lot of eggs. All of them filled with JUNK!!!!



Grandpa Frost is helping Ella with her hunt. She had fun too!


Enjoying their spoils! Don't they look so cute!

Now, the choir retirement. If I get the pictures e-mailed to me, I'll post them, but I haven't gotten them yet. They have this ceremony at the end of the season, which is the end of April, after Music and the Spoken Word. Very cool to go and see that by the way. If anyone get's a chance, GO!
Aunt Miriam has been in the choir 20 years, and she turned 60 the same year. The rules are that you can be in the choir for 20 years, or until you turn 60, whichever comes first. I think the coolest part though was that President Monson was there!! We asked Miriam after and she said there hasn't ever been a prophet come, so this was really special. He even went and played on the organ. No, he can't play! That's what was so funny! Anyway, it was a very special time. I really wish I would have been smart and brought my camera.

Happy Easter everyone! We sure had a fun day. It was by no means a quiet Easter, but it was sure fun! We started out our Easter day with by going to church (of course) and having a wonderful Fast and Testimony Meeting (yes, we had fast Sunday) Then, we went home and had a turkey dinner for lunch (After naps. We have 9 am church). No it didn't have all the trimmings, but it was sure a good turkey. The rest of they day will be described by pictures and captions. Having fun scrolling, there are A LOT of pictures.



Ethan and Ella before church in their cute Easter outfits. Ella got a new dress, but I had a very hard time finding anything cute for Ethan, so we mixed and matched with things he already had and just bought him new church shoes, which, incidentally, you can't see, but they're sure snazzy.

After dinner, we went to Grandma Gough's house and had a family home evening lesson, and then of course, an Easter egg hunt. This is Ethan with his find.

Here is Ella at her first attempt at an Easter Egg hunt. As you can see, she got the idea. Daddy was her mobility


Here's one of her finds. She loved grabbing them, and sucking on them, and better yet, they rattle!

All the grandkids. This was the best shot we got. Most of the kids wouldn't sit still long enough. Yes, if you look closely, Elora has a pumpkin as her Easter Basket.

And then the big boys had their Easter Egg hunt. We started this tradition last year. I think it's a fun, one and one we will continue. The "sister-en" hide the eggs for the boys. We actually do a really good job.

Ahhh....Daddy on the hunt

Grandma is holding Ella and Jaci. Ella and Jaci are six weeks apart.
Ella sure had fun with Daddy's find. She loved smashing the eggs together. I'm sure glad we hardboil Easter Eggs. This would have been very messy otherwise.



The boys enjoying their finds.

Ella discovered that the eggs can be peeled. She meticulously peeled, and then ate the shells. I hope I got most of them out if not, I'm sure I'll get them soon enough.


Then, Jason ran in the house and brought out swords. (Plastic pipe, wrapped with Styrofoam and duct tape) and all the brothers had a gigantic sword fight. Dan got a black eye. Here are Dustin and Daniel dueling. After the boys had done it for a while, the girls did it. We mostly ended up rolling on the grass laughing so hard.

Like I said, we had a fun Easter!