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McVea 2016

Eagle Mtn Park

November 25, 2016

This year we decided to opt out of Black Friday shopping and spend it outdoors. Best decision ever!

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Halloween

October 31, 2016

Halloween Festivites Miss Shay got to dress up for Halloween at Preschool but the schools here don't allow costumes so the boys weren't able to wear there's to school but there was plenty of chances to at the ward trunk or treat and then Halloween. We were so excited to have Missy, Dave and the boys still here for Halloween. Some friend also came over and joined us for a fun night of trick or treating around the neighborhood!

California

January 01, 2017

What an AMAZING trip! We were fortunate to be able to hop on a plane just days after Christmas this year and take our kids to Southern California. While there we were so excited to be able to visit Mason's birth family. They were amazing tour guides and packed so much into our time there. We were able to have so many awesome experiences! Day 1, we had dinner on the pier and watched the sunset. It was magical. The kids were so excited. After the sun went down we hopped on the ferry and went over to Balboa Island and got Balboa ice cream bars. It was so fun! It was a long day and by the time we got in the car to make our way back to the hotel the kids were already out! Day 2, we took the kids to DISNEYLAND! It was so neat to watch the kids experience that atmosphere! They had so much fun and ran from one thing to another. Shay's only request was to meet a princess so after a few hours we sought out a princess line. Little did we know it was to meet 3 princesses! It...

Watched Over

February 17, 2016

With the month that we have had I knew that my family was being watched over... I didn't know just how watched over until we made the very, very, very dumb last minute decision to drive all night from Oregon to Utah instead of staying at a friend's house (as planned) and waking up early Saturday to start our journey out of Oregon. We were exhausted, we had been preparing our home and family to move halfway across the country. Friday the moving truck finished loading up our stuff, so we cleaned our entire home and decided to just get the drive over with and headed out of Oregon around 7:30 p.m. We thought it would be easier to get the drive over with, we thought it would be easier for kids to sleep through the drive. We thought it would be easier... We thought wrong. Seth fell asleep at the wheel around 5:30 a.m. just outside of Burley Idaho. He had his cruise control set and we struck a truck carrying a cattle trailer on my side and went spinning after what felt li...