The Cornell Family: March 2008

A RECAP OF 2007

Tad, Ethan and Wendy went to
Yellowstone National Park with Grandpa and Grandma Richards. This is one of the most awesome places on Earth, from the animals to the land, to the water there are so many sight to see and question. We have hundereds of amazing photos.

We went to Laguna Beach to
Visit our Aunt Charisma and
Uncle Eric who just had their
first baby Makenna. She is
so cute!

Captial Reef National Parks is one of our favorite
places to visit. Even the kids comment on how amazing the scenery is. It is so relaxing. The perfect place to spend the whole day doing nothing or simply reflecting on how amazing life and the earth are.

The older boys have their bb guns and the two younger ones have their air soft guns. Watching them aim and shoot is so entertaining. Don't they look cute!

These are photos from U-Dig Fossils in Delta, Utah about 5 hours from us. You can dig all day for fossils. We found a bucket full of trilobytes. It was such a neat experience for the kids.

In the summer we go to downtown Salt Lake and play in a large foutain at the mall. The foutain sprays out in time with the music. The kids love to cool off this way and mom gets to shop. No wonder everyone is so happy.

These are some of our favorite photos from 2007! The Adventure Continues!

We went to Logan and Bear Lake in March. We found this park along the way that was so amazing. It was a thick forest with trees covered in shimmering snow, something you would see in a movie.

The kids had a great time climbing the trees and collecting sticks.

It was a

wonderful winter day!

School Spelling Bee

Troy and Ethan's school had their annual spelling bee last week.
What a surpsise it was when we where told Troy was a finalist in

his class spelling bee and going on to the school spelling bee. We are so proud of Troy! He missed the word "where" forgetting to put in the "h", but he made it through multiple rounds with
words like "orange" and "like".

Ethan won not only his class spelling bee, but also the school spelling bee, taking first place! His list had beginner words such as millionaire, then intermediate words like "farcically"...(yeah I couldn't pronounce it or tell you the meaning), and also had spanish words (they are learning Spanish at school). We are so proud of Ethan. He told me he was confident he would win and he did!