Together We Make A Family

We love spending time together as a family, and we try to make the moments memorable as possible. We have taken family trips to both Disney theme parks. We've been to the Grand Canyon and driven from Mt. Rushmore to the coastal waters of the Pacific Northwest. But we also do many activities close to home.



We seem to be the 'outdoorsy' type. We go hiking, camping and boating in the summer.




We also spend time working in the yard; going for walks in the park; playing frisbee golf and reading on the swing in the backyard. During the summer, almost every meal is cooked on the grill and eaten outside on the deck. We enjoy eating dinner as a family and find that as the evening wears on, we are lingering around the table discussing the day. Sitting at the dinner table is a great place to discuss weekly events, happenings in our children's lives as well as sharing a joke or two.

Just because it's winter outside doesn't mean that we have to stay inside!! We live very close to a city park that has a fun hill for sledding.


We also live very close to the mountains where it's great for cross-country skiing and snow mobiling!! (We don't own machines, but we like to rent them each winter.)

Sometimes it is too cold to play outside, so we break out the board games. We (seriously) have played one game of Trouble for two hours straight. We love card games (Michelle and Aly play a very competitive game of Speed that is a blur for observers). We were finally able to obtain a Wii gaming system and we enjoy playing that together as well.

Our family motto is: "Making Memories"

Our family belongs to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (LDS or Mormon), and we strive to live it's teachings and values every day. That includes involvement in many activities as well as weekly Sunday attendance at church. Aly is active in the Young Women program which is for girls between the ages of 12 & 18. Michelle is also involved in that program and takes all the girls to a camp for a week each summer.

Adam loves attending his Primary class (Sunday School) and loves his teachers. Calvin teaches a Sunday School class for adults each Sunday.

We believe that families can live together for eternity and strive to be worthy of that blessing. We believe that worshipping in a temple is one of the ways that can happen. Michelle and Calvin have a goal of attending the temple at least once a month.