The Lanier Family

Saturday, June 18, 2011

Manti Pageant and Camping

We went to the Manti Pageant this year with Trine and Larry Krueger
We didn't get any pictures before the sun went down,
so this is the best picture of our family that we got.

The beautiful Manti temple!

Alex being silly.

We camped at the fair grounds in Manti and
we all went fishing at Palisade State Park in Sterling.
Alex and Caleb couldn't get enough of the sticks laying around.
Leah, Leyna, and Kayla were more interested in fishing than the boys were.

Here Leyna is getting a lesson in how to cast the fishing pole.

Alex

Larry teaching Landon how to fish!

Caleb and mom

After a few hours of fishing we stopped by our old stomping ground for a picnic lunch.
A lot has changed round Snow College campus since Jon and I were there 11 years ago!

We had a fun weekend and enjoyed our little getaway

Friday, June 10, 2011

Cake Decorating Contests

After I won the Art City Days Cake Decorating Contest my kids really wanted to decorate their own cakes. So, we decided to have a cake decorating contest of our own! They used the left over cake, frosting, decorations, and fondant from the Art City Days contest and came up with their own creations.

Here is the front of Leah's cake

A picture of the back

Leah posing with her cake

This is Caleb's "Beat Box" cake

Caleb with his cake

Alex went with a volcano and dinosaur design

Alex with his cake
(I like how the little orange sign says "RUN!")

The cakes on display for judging

Waiting patiently for the results!

Nanny and Papa were the judges for the contest.
Caleb won the "most creative award"
for having the most creative way to stack and decorate a cake.
He won a box of play dough!

Alex won the "best theme" award
for having the best use of a prehistoric theme.
He won a dinosaur set!

Leah won the "most colorful award"
for using the most colors to decorate a cake.
She won a box of crayons!

They all had a lot of fun.
I'm a little caked-out for now...

Saturday, April 2, 2011

Out with the old...in with the new

Fluffy-head, the rabbit, has been a good pet for Leah for the past year or so...

But, he's just not as friendly with her as she would like.

She likes to love her pets and hold them.
Fluffy-head would rather be left alone.
So, we sold Fluffy-head so she could buy a new bunny.

Meet "Fuzzy"

Fuzzy is 3 weeks old and Leah LOVES him!
He is a special needs rabbit.
His mommy chewed on his ear when he was born,
leaving him with only half of an ear on one side.
Leah knew she could give this special bunny the love he needed,
so she chose him out of 10 other baby bunnies (who were not deformed)

Since we will be raising Fuzzy from a baby, he will be more used to being held and played with than Fluffy-head was. I think Leah will like this bunny a lot more.