4th of July

We had a great BBQ dinner with the family, our own little firework show and then walked just up the street a few houses to watch the fantastic Sugarhouse fireworks. Zander LOVED the fireworks, except the noisy screaming ones.

Dad and Z made a mess with the snakes

LuLu decided to try and go down the slide, Crazy LuLu

With an occasional need of a push, 

Zander has mastered his bike and wants to ride it daily

We hope you all had a great 4th

FiJi Vacation

Our scuba vacation this year was to Beqa Lagoon Resort in FiJi. All I can say is WoW, the diving was incredible, the island was very secluded with lots and lots of green, and our bure was beautiful. We had a beach front bure with its own little splash pool, and Zander loved it, when we arrived the guys were still bringing in our luggage and Zander was quickly undressed and in the pool.

Frank, Jaline, Jared, and Nicole joined us for our long travels to the little island, from LAX we had a 10 hour flight, a 2 hour bus ride, a 1 hour boat ride and then onto little rafts that took us into the island with no dock. Once again Zander was a great little traveler, slept on the planes and enjoyed every bit of the adventure.

As for the scuba diving it was some of the best diving Jake and I have done, the variety of coral and color was overwhelming, and the fish, there were A LOT of fish and so many that I had never seen in the wild only in the aquariums. The best part was I finally got to see the clown fish in there natural environment.

One thing that has been fun about this trip is that Zander is remembering it, since we have been home anytime Zander sees a plane, he says "Mom lets go to FiJi, NOW"

Best Cousins

A & Z, originally uploaded by The Zouns.

Antonio is great with Zander, they are all boy when they get together. Zander still calls him Bea, still not sure where that came from. My dads pond makes for some great photos.

A Day Off With the Boys

A Boy Never Out Grows His TOYS!, originally uploaded by The Zouns.

We finally had some nice enough weather to spend a little time out side. Jake needed to test out his new motor in the RC car. Zander wanted to swing, fast, fast, fast, and with his eyes closed, because it made it fun.

"Fast Mom Fast", originally uploaded by The Zouns.

A Great Day with My Boys, originally uploaded by The Zouns.

A Ride @ Sand Hollow

Jake made plans for us to go ride Sand Hollow on our way to Mesquite to watch a friend in a desert race for an early Valentines get-a-way. Opa and LuLu were going to watch Zander but decided they needed a get-a-way as well so we all headed down and had a great time. We ended up with a couple of hours of great weather in between the rain storms.

Frank even took a little spin

LuLu and Zander love their time together and both have withdrawals if they go a few days w/o seeing eachother

This is my action shot, I almost look like I know what I am doing

Jake on the old machine, because I get to ride the new one.

What a gentleman.