New Pics of the kids

Its that time again.
Time for family pictures.
We have been spending a lot of time
lately at the Salt Lake City Library.
It is a really amazing building.
The architecture is awesome and the facility is great.
The kids section has themed reading rooms;
one is a replica of the crystal cave in the Superman
movie and one is a replica of an attic
with lots of little reading nooks.

Anyway, outside there are lots of cool gardens and places so we took the kids there for family pictures this time.
Unfortunately,
Kaise wasn't feeling great that day (we found out later she had strep) so hers didn't turn out and we ended up taking some of her at the sheep dog trial the next week, which is why her picture doesn't really match.

International Sheep Dog Trials

Labor Day weekend there

was an international

sheep herding trial at

Soldier Hollow which is where

the cross-country ski and

biathalon events were held for the

Olympics. It was a really

pretty place. The kids were not as

entertained by the herding as

we were, but they were thrilled

with the Splash Dog

competition which is the

dock jumping competitions you see

on ESPN sometimes.

They got to stand right by the

pool and watch. Lots of

the dogs were jumping over

twenty feet! It was pretty impressive

and the kids got just

wet enough to cool down.

We didn't get very many pictures of

the herding because they cover

so much terrain that dogs and sheep were just

little black dots in the

distance a lot of the time.

Siri in her Blessing Dress

The day of
Siri's blessing we didn't
get a chance
to take some pictures
of just
her so I have
been meaning to since then and
thought I better hurry up and do
it before she couldn't fit in it
anymore,
which is now. So here
are a few.