Sand dunes

During spring break (at least I think it was then) we met up with the two teachers I taught with this year. We took our three families to the white sand dunes at Snow Canyon state park, which is about a 10 minute drive from our house. The kids had a great time and it was fun to chat with teacher Sara and teacher Toni!

Addison brought along her friend Jordyn. I was so glad Jordyns mom warned me before we went that Jordyns face gets bright red when she is hot, I was worried about a burn even though I reapplied sunscreen on her like every half hour! Her mom was right and it was just red from being out in the heat!

Arts festival

Brooke performed with her clogging group at the arts festival again this year. It was blazing hot and the sound system wasn't working properly but they did a great job! She performed her duet with Alissa. They took first place at competition with it!

Back up...we did celebrate Easter!

The Saturday before Easter we went to our friends, the Connors, and had an egg hunt with them and the Doty family. The kids had a great time. Behind the Connors house is this fabulous area for an egg hunt!

Addie hunting for eggs!

Brockton!

Sam (had to sneak any pictures of her)

Brooke and Sam supervising the egg hunt!

Miss Piper

Adds checking her loot!

Brooke helping Adilyn and Addison

Cam

Easton How did I miss getting pictures of Tyson and JD?

Dancing queen!

Addison loves to perform for the family. She will spend hours entertaining herself. She conned one of the big kids into putting up her curtain in the hallway and then created a performance. She proably worked on it for an hour! I love seeing how her little brain works!

The Smiths!

In June we went on a 10 day trip that started with a visit to one of our favorite families: the Smiths. The Smiths lived down the street from us but moved to Shelley Idaho so they could see their dad more often! We miss them like crazy! It was so fun visiting with them. Jackie entertained Addison like a pro babysitter! Garrett entertained the boys with the x box! I may have started a small fire in their oven with a pizza size cookie for Garrett (which the kids still ate anyway!) I made Garretts favorite bread and favorite syrup which he loves so much we have renamed Garretts Gold! We had a fabulous time with Janice and big Al. The only drawback is their amazing girl Brook wasn't there, she is serving a full time mission is Florida. We sure love the Smiths! (Oh and here are his stats, cause I know you are wondering: Garrett is going to be a senior and is 6 feet 8 inches. He weights in at 305 and wears a size 19 shoes...and yes he does play football and has already been offered a full ride scholarship!)

Catcher!

This game we played against our neighbor Colton!

Camden loved being catcher this year. He loves taunting the kids on base by making them think he is going to throw them out! When he wasn't catching he was pitching, which makes his mom a nervous wreck!

T Ball!

Our friend Wrigley played on the team with us and boy can he hit!

Addison played T Ball for the first time. Neil coached her team and boy did he have his work cut out for him. There were a few kids on the team with little no attention span! Addison loved playing and can't wait until next year to play again. Addie did really well and even hit off of her dad pitching a few times! My biggest complaint? With the batting helmet cute bows are just not an option!

National Junior Honors Society

This past school year Brooke was the Vice President of History for the National Junior Honors Society. They had an awards banquet in May and as part of her position as V.P. she congratulated everyone as they received their awards. That night Brooke was honored for Honors Society, Student Ambassador and Honor Armor. For Honor Armor the kids keep track of the different things they do to contribute to the school. Any service, clubs, grades etc. A committee then decides how many points each thing is worth. If you have enough points you get an award. Out of her whole school I believe it was about 20-25 people that got this award. We are so proud of Brooke and her dedication to school and her education! Next up? FRESHMAN! Luckily for me it is still at the middle school!

Derby time 2012

We had a great derby this year. The night before we were informed that the gym floors had been refinished so we relocated to Tuachan high. The boys had a great time and all of the kids were fabulous! No crazy boys running around causing trouble! My kind of derby night, not one dad even got upset! The boys worked a long time on their cars and had so many people asking how they made them. Camden helped cut half of his car but for safety his dad finished. They are already planning next years cars.
Neil's unofficial calling is pine wood derby man...we store the track at our house so he somehow ended up setting it up and running it for all the wards.

Someone is excited! Just weighed in and ready to turn in the car he has worked on for a month! Surprised he doesn't have blisters from all the sanding Neil made him do!







Camden came in first for the Webelos. Woo hoo, two years in a row!

Easton tied with Bear for 3rd overall. He gave the trophy up without being asked! What a nice boy. He was the fastest in the wolf den! On to Expo!

First, second and third overall!