Addy and Maddison Dancing

The girls helped me clean and then we had a dance party. They were so cute!

Memorial Day 2009

Its a Hogan Family tradition to go to Idaho for Memorial Day weekend. This year the weather was crazy. One second it was sunny, the next rainy. We had a lot of fun though. Our trip starts out in Twin Falls and then we take a trip across the state to eastern Idaho and hit Bancroft, Chesterfield, Lund and Soda Springs (not in that order). In Soda we always have dinner at the Geyser View Restaurant with Niel and Diane, who I think are Grandma Hogan's cousins but I could be completely wrong. lol. Here are some of the hundreds of pictures I took of the weekend. Enjoy.

Mom looks like she's gonna attack someone with those stakes. Ack!

Smelling the lilacs. Grandma has the most beautiful lilac bushes in her yard. I love lilacs so that makes me happy.

Stinker face Kyle wouldn't let me get a good picture. Grr!

Kyle took my camera away!!

Outside Geyser View Restaurant

Cute Maddison at dinner

She was sad cause we took the butterknife away. Poor girl!

Maddison's 1st Birthday

Our little miss Maddison turned ONE!! Yay! We love her so much. Here are some pictures from her special day.

Mmmm yummy present!

Playing Outside

We had fun playing outside today. :)

Daniel's Homecoming

My cousin Daniel got home from his mission. These are from the BBQ after his homecoming talk.

Easter and Dad's Birthday

We celebrated Easter with Kyle's family. His Grandma Linnea was able to come to town. It was a lot of fun. We also celebrated my father in law, Josh's birthday.

Addy was grumpy. lol.

Kyle, Maddison and I took a trip to New York with Kyle's parents and grandma last week. We went to meet his sister Tara there on her way home from being an exchange student in Italy. We spent three days in Manhattan, then drove up to Palmyra, New York and spent that night in a little town called Victor. The next day we went up Niagara Falls and spent that night in Erie, Pennsylvania. Then we went to Kirtland and Newark, Ohio to see the church historical sites and a "basket building" that grandma wanted to see. The next day, after much complication and flight changes due to weather, we flew home. Here are just a few of the hundred of pictures I took.

Our plane waiting for take off to New York

Clouds from the plane

St. Patrick's Cathedral

Tara and Maddison at the Rock Cafe. During the winter, the cafe closes and is turned into an ice rink. Pretty cool.

This is traffic in New York Time's Square. I dont think this is even the worst. So if you ever complain about traffic again... lol.

Kyle and mom in front of the M&M Elvis in M&m's World

Tara and Maddison in Central Park and the Bathesda Fountain

These two guys put on a show in Central Park. It was a lot of fun. They were hilarious.

Maddison just chilling.

One of two original Subway stations still being used.

Statue of Liberty

Tara and Mom on the Staten Island Ferry that we rode on to see the Statue.

Monument on the Hill Cumorah in Pamyra

The Sacred Grove

Niagara Falls

Grandma at the Basket Building

The whole family inside the basket building.