The Linthorst Family: 2009

The girls had their faces painted for the Fairy Fair.

As many of you know- Spence has quite a
Bakugan Collection!

Aunt Jane gave Spence a new bakugan case
for singing a solo in the Primary Program last week.
He was so brave, we were so
proud of him!

Our good friend Jonathon got baptized last week. We
were so excited for Jon and Holly and little Linc.
What a happy, cute family!

Frank and I took a weekend and went to Zions. It
was a real backpacking adventure. We went with 6
people who were practically expert backpackers and knew
Zions park like the back of their hand.
We slept in our tent in the
middle of nowhere and "roughed it" for a few days. We went
on a hike called Fat Man's Misery and for the first
time went through some amazing slot canyons.
It was so beautiful and we had such a
great time. Frank loved it, and I never
knew I would of enjoyed it that much.

Nothing like wearing wetsuits!

A delicious "Dry Packed" Dinner.

I'll be honest- I was a bit nervous to the rappels.

Filtering the water. The crazy guy in the background
is Aaron, the friend who invited us.

Frank and Owen doing some
" dirt bike jumps."

Tank is way into biking. He loved doing
these dirt jumps in
park city. Frank is so proud!

Who is this scary monster . . . Sophie!
Thanks to Amanda.

Owen, Tank, and Lincoln- what darling faces!

Tank on the first day of Rainbow Connection Preschool!
He is ready and excited.

As all the uncle's know- Spence loves a
good NOOGIE.

A little visit from Uncle Trev and Miles. Always
having a good time on the tramp.

My cute friend Anna surprised me and had all my
close friends out to dinner for my birthday.
What a fun night.
We even went to a late movie after.

My old high school friends- literally 10 years since we've all
been together. How times change- I love that we have so
many little people in the picture.

For all my friends who have heard so much
about my wonderful
birthday gift from Frank- here it is.
I love my massage table!
Another great birthday surprise.

First day of school for the girls.

My cute friend Ang.

Jane made me this amazing cross stitch
wall hanging for my birthday.
I love it.

Of course we went camping as a family this summer . . .
in our backyard.

Frank rode in one of the hardest bike race's in the country-
the 1,000 warriors. We were so proud of him.

He had just rode up Little Cottonwood
Canyon. What a tough climb.
GO DADDY!

Nana Katie's Teddy Bear Picnic

Frank's Saturday activity-climbing
the ladder and then rapelling
in the backard.

Owen was the most brave of all. Yes, this is little Owen
up in the air, not scared at all- asking Frank to go higher.

Frank is convinced Owen will be
a little rock climber one day.

Uncle D visits Salt Lake for a day! Asian Star
here we come.

Enjoying Bear Lake with the Ivins Family

Do these two not look like they are ready to get married!

What would summer be without a little trip to Lagoon!

Frank got brave and did the Sky Coaster!

Our good friends- Todd and Anna Larson, and their son Spencer

Frank did the Tour de Park City. Just 170 miles is all. He finished in
10 hours. We were so happy to see him at the finish line!

The kids patiently waiting.

Tank started soccer this summer. He was a good little player and
was player of the week. This was his first coach from England-
Spence really liked the way he talked.

Crazy day at soccer!

Tank was loving the hair!

Nothing could make Tank more happy than a Firework stand.
Check out the size of this one! He really begged to by it-
too bad it was $49.99.

Owen in Heaven on a concrete truck in the driveway.
We were finishing up a little project and Owen got to help
pour the concrete.

Walking in the Pioneer Parade on the 24th of July.

Cowabunga Bay. Definitely made my kids scared to death of
water slides. I'll be honest, all the slides were a bit fast. Maybe we're
all just whimps.

Cousin Mary Kate taking the girls out for their birthday's.

Park City slides and coaster. What a blast!

Too bad Owen wasn't big enough to go alone. He sure
loved it. The whole time he wanted to go faster.

Visiting Jeff Flamm's farm. It's like going to the petting zoo.

Lu and Soph - so cute in the dresses from Mexico.

Tank's big FIREWORK Party on the 4th of July.
A birthday I don't think he will forget. Just look at the size
of his sparkler.

Frank thought he would make some entertainment
for the party- a marshmallow shooter. It started
with marshmallows, and then they got real creative-
as you can imagine.