Dallon Update

Dallon received the priesthood on September 21, 2008. He loves passing the sacrament, being in young men's, and his scout leaders! He is so happy to be out of primary singing time!! He is such a good example to Mylee and Ally. They look up to him so much!

Dallon played on a Fall baseball league and had a great time! We had to drive to sandy twice a week for games but it was worth it! After his last game (on his birthday) we celebrated with his team! We took a cake and Dallon was "caked" by all his team mates! They had a blast!We celebrated more with family at home and also...



with friends! I can't believe Dallon will be a teenager next year! YIKES!

Life after Vacation

This is what we have been up to since we got back from Europe! We have been sooooo busy thus the infrequent posting!!

First Day of School 2008-2009

Dallon 6th Grade**Ally 3rd Grade

Mylee mom's best buddy!

Kevin and his good friend Dave were able to climb Mt. Olympus! Kevin has tried to do it every year and he finally found the time!!

We were able to squeeze in one last Bear Lake weekend with good friends and family!Kevin and I were able to spend a long, glorious weekend in San Diego to celebrate our 15 year wedding anniversary! Thanks MOM for tending our kids!

We enjoyed warm weather, the beach and hanging out at the pool with no interruptions! I was able to read 2 books and enjoy some time with Kevin!! Kev thinks we should spend a long weekend in San Diego every other month!! Wouldn't that be a dream!!

This is it!!!

Well almost 3 months after ariving home from our trip I am finally doing the last post!! I know I am slow and crazy but here it is....FINALLY>>>>

We ended our trip in the Algarve, which was Kevin's first area he served his mission in! This picture below is the first place he lived, in Quarteria, just steps away from the beach! Things have changed a lot in 19 years-it has become more commercialized. His old "home" is now a store! But the city and its beaches are still beautiful! We stayed in a resort town called Vilamoura, we walked every day over to Quarteria to buy groceries, do our laundry and shoe shop!

The marina was very close to our hotel and each night we would walk down and try one of the many restaurants that surrounded the marina. We loved eating the fresh fish and trying a new place each night! The Algarve was very family friendly place to vacation. There were lots of families on vacation. Everyone had kids and we met some really neat families!

We spent most of our days on the beach enjoying the sunshine and waves! The water was colder than I thought it would be! It guess it is to close to the Atlantic Ocean to be warm. My kids didn't mind. Dallon and Ally spent hours on the beach and in the water!

It was nice after all of the go-go-go to relax and enjoy the beach. But it made us wish we could stay longer!

Mylee enjoyed the sand--eating it and playing in it!

We headed to the Gypsy market and Ally got her hair braided! We found some great buys on famous Portugal Pottery, shoes, linens and much more!

Kevin also wanted to take us to the fish market where he use to buy his food on his mission! It was very interesting, educational and STINKY!!

We even attended church in an inland town called Faro! Kev did some of his baptisms here! The people were so amazing! It was fast Sunday and Kevin bore the most amazing testimony in Portuguese! Everyone was very touched! The church had no air conditioning! It was a hot 98 degree day! After church everyone wanted to meet us, they were inviting us to lunch, and even arranging marriage for Dallon!! It was so touching and a great testimony builder for our family! We hopped in our nice air conditioned car and felt guilty as some hoped in non air conditioned cars, and some headed for the trains! We are truly blessed!We saved the amazing part of the Algarve for last! We visited the Ponta da Piedade! We rode a boat out in the ocean to see these amazing rock formations! Pictures can't do justice!

This was our nice little boat driver who told us about the many formations in Portuguese as Kevin translated it to English!
I was glad my kids know how to swim and Kevin was holding on tight to Mylee because they offered no life jackets! Ally was very worried about Mylee. It was an extraordinary view and we are so glad we did it!

We saw so much and did so much. But there is so much more we want to see and do! Our trip was amazing to say the least! We are so grateful for the opportunity that we had to visit Europe, see Grandma and Grandpa Yeager serving in England, and to visit the areas Kevin served in Portugal! It was the experience of a lifetime! We are so blessed to have had this opportunity! We can't wait to go back again! Start saving now and we will take all of you with us!!

Mylee turns 2!

Today our little Mylee turned 2 years old! WOW! Where has the time gone? She is growing up fast! She has been begging me for weeks to go swimming. So I took her swimming at the gym for her birthday! We had a blast! She didn't want to stop swimming! She loves the water and doesn't have a lot of fear! She kept running to the water slides but she was to small to go down!

We came home and sang her Happy Birthday--she couldn't wait to dig into her Dora Cake!
She is so full of energy and spunk. I have to keep her very busy or she won't even take a nap. She is in gymnastics once a week and now I think we need to add swimming to her schedule as well! She is so much fun! We love our Mylee and all the laughs she brings to our family!

Happy Birthday little Mylee. We love you!

Sintra

While we were in Portugal we rented a car and a GPS...The car was tiny! We are use to our nice mini van and they Audi Wagon was very scrunched with 2 adults, 3 three kids, 4 suitcases, a baby backpack, and a stroller! Lets just say we filled every INCH of the car!! But we survived! This is a picture of our car! Oh yeah everyone we met thought we had a Large car!! It was very hard to manuver this car in the parking garages in Lisbon! (sorry it is side ways??)

We took our car and our GPS and spent a day in SINTRA! We used our GPS to guide us to the Palace De Pena. Instead we ended up at some old, run down, practically abandoned church with no one around but a scary man carrying a big bag of something into the church! Well Kevin parked on the other side of the church and then decided to go see if he could get some help to find out how to get to the Palace De Penna. So we waited in the car, and waited and no Kevin!! I started to panic!! So I drove the car around to the front of the church! NO Kevin! Then I really PANICKED!! I thought the scary man probably got him!! I had my kids scared too! I thought what I am going to do in this foreign country to get help! We stated praying and praying! Just as we were finishing Kevin came out of the church! Alive!! We were so relived!! He had been inside talking to the caretakers of the church! A "hippie couple" that lived in this old church, on a hill, with no one around!! Well the woman was giving him directions and drawing him a map! The adventure was just beginning!!

They told us we could leave our car there and take a walk (short cut) to the Palace! Luckily I could decipher the woman's map! Kev was taking pictures along the way so we could find our way back! It was and adventurous walk through a beautiful forest, as you can see above! We only made a wrong turn twice!! When we arrived at the Palace De Penna there was a major traffic jam! Cars had parked on the narrow road and the buses couldn't fit to get by! So in the end our little jaunt through the forest paid off! This is the fairy tale Palace we were searching for...

and the amazing view from inside! It was gorgeous. We could see the ocean and an amazing view of the valley of Sintra. Then we headed to the Castle of the Moors, walls built in the 8th century! We hiked and hiked all over the walls. Enjoying the view and the beauty of these walls built thousands of years ago. The only thing that remains inside the fortress is the Keep (remains of the chapel) It was very romantic and a bit exhilarating as we walked these thin, steep walls!




This is a view of the castle walls from Sintra!



It was a beautiful, adventure we feel blessed to have had!

Dallon Turns 12!!

Today my "little" Dallon turned 12!! Dallon is such a GREAT Kid!! He is very smart in school, athletic, funny, hard working and very, very helpful to his mother!! Happy Birthday Dallon.

Dallon is good big brother to his two little sisters! They adore him and look up to him so much!

Dallon is always so positive about everything and is such a good friend to everyone!!

Dallon enjoyed the food on our trip. He loved trying new things. Here he is eating a "fish canoe". It was so yummy made from the fresh fish in Portugal.

Dallon enjoyed our trip so much. He was a great help!! We all love you!

12 is such a special birthday because you receive the Priesthood! You will be a great Deacon!

Happy Birthday Dallon!!!

Lisbon, Portugal

What an amazing city! I have always wanted to visit because I have listened to Kevin's stories! It was beautiful--just like he described it! I am so thankful we were able to go there! They have large Plazas or squares with huge statues all over the city. But there are also very narrow, cobble stone streets. Some are so narrow you can only walk down them.

We rode the trolley in this picture up the very steep hill. Because of the way the trolley is made you stay level the whole time. From the top you can look down on the beautiful view of the city.This is a view of the city with St. Georges Castle on the mountain above.

We have very few pictures of all of us together! Here were are in front of the Triumphal Arch!!

The Cristo Rei Statue that looks over the entire city of Lisbon, on the south side of the Tagus River.

The view of the beautiful bridge with the weird name--The April 25 Bridge! It looks a lot like the the Golden Gate Bridge! Kevin with the Monument of the Discoveries and the bridge in the back ground. Kev loved being back in Portugal. He was so excited to show us everything and share his love for the city and the people. He remembered his Portuguese so GOOD, even though he hasn't been back since he finished his mission 17 years ago!! Everywhere we went people complimented him on how good his Portuguese was!! I felt so safe because he knew the language!
This is the Tower of Belem (English Translation--The Bethlehem Tower) It was in a very beautiful, upscale area of Portugal. The mission home is in this area and we were able to visit it.


Lisbon, Portugal is so beautiful, romantic, historic, friendly and full of life! I can't wait to go back!! Travel has expanded my mind so much!! I have 2 more posts that I want to share from our trip!