Hilton Head, Charleston South Carolina

 Hilton Head Island.  A room with a view!

 A seafood shack in Bluffton.

 Look at that pile of oyster shells!

 The drive up to Boone Hall plantation.  The oak trees are covered in spanish moss.
It is the oldest working plantation in South Carolina.

 A re-inactment at the slave quarters.

 This oak tree is 1,000 years old.  The oak tree, not the woman.

 A sunflower in the garden at the plantation.

 A slave shack in the fields.

 We went on a carriage tour of Charleston.

 Charleston, South Carolina

 Sweet grass baskets are handmade and they are everywhere.

 A typical home in Charleston.  The porches face the water and are generally on the side of the house.

 There is a lot of iron work, especially in the french quarter.

 A 25,000 square foot home built by a carpet bagger after the Civil War.

 This home was a wedding present to the daughter of a wealthy Charlestonian.

 The fashion district.

 A performing arts theatre.

 Churches everywhere.  In this churches grave yard you must be a true Charlestonian to be buried there.

Fort Sumpter, where the first shots were fired in the Civil War and a working fort through World War II.

Derek's Berkeley MBA graduation

 The Happy Graduate!

 The Simmons boys ready to shake the Deans hand

 So proud of Derek's accomplishment

 A team effort

Dallin and Kayla ready for the procession to begin

Tyson's BYU MBA Graduation

 Celebration Dinner

 The girls.

 Family supporters.

 We are so proud of you Tyson and all that you have accomplished!

Kathy and Tyson, doing this together.

CHRISTMAS 2011

Making and decorating sugar cookies with Jack, Landon and Oliver.

All eight grandchildren visit Santa! Ho! Ho! Ho!
Christmas Eve dance party in Christmas Jammies.
The Nativity Play.
It all started with a perfect wedding. Dallin and Kayla Bills