Summer FUN!

The athletic supporters!
The racers!

Getting ready!
The proud mom!
I have so much to post, why am I always Behind! Well we started the summer off with a bang, on Memorial Weekend Samuel ran his first race! He was so determined, he begged me to run this race! He thought he would for sure do really well, maybe even win. I wasn't sure. I mean he is 6 and I know he runs everywhere but I just wasn't sure how he would do in a race setting. He was pumped and ready to go. I told him to pace himself and he kept saying "I just want to run my fastest mom". He lined up with about 150 kids( I'm unsure on the actual number this is just what I heard), he was near the front and I was praying he was not going to get hurt or trampled. I asked my brother Ken to run on the side and keep him on track, not knowing if he would know where to run to. The race was on and he was in the front, as they start to come around he is still in the front! I couldn't believe it! He crossed the finish line in 6 minutes and 44 sec's! He is so fast! I was amazed! He was so proud! He was loving his new air Pegasus that my dad had bought him the night before! We said they gave him wings! He came in 5th and their were 13 year olds running this race! I can't wait to see what the future holds for my little runner!

2011

Well I'm behind again, But I'll catch up! 2011 has been an adventure so far! New Years Eve was spent dancing to Just dance and playing guitar hero! I'll post a video of that later! In January, Jenna my 1st baby, turned 10!!! This was huge for us! She has grown so fast and become such a young lady! We had a great party at one of her favorite spots- The ice rink! Jay and I were also called as the nursery leaders! This is taking care of the 18 month to 3 year olds at church! It's a new adventure every week! In February, My niece Abby turned 3! More birthday fun! Then we took a memorable trip to Florida! In March, we celebrated 13 year together! WOW! The time has flown by! On March 1st Jay started his first engineer job at a place called plastic platers! My brother Ken got his residency in Las Vegas! Wahoo! Another excuse for trips out west! The month was also filled with many visits from the tooth fairy! Samuel lost 2 teeth and Jenna lost 2 as well! Also, we have lego mania over here! April has been filled with A LOT of rain, but we have enjoyed the occasional park day and we had a great Easter! This week has been spring break. When the kids go back to school there is only 4 weeks left! On to the summer Fun!

GRADUATION- May 15th, 2010

Here it is- the moment we waited for, graduation! It was a great day! A great time. Jay was so excited! A sigh of relief and a jump for joy from all of us! We have hope for the future. A time for a celebration!

Spring Soccer

Abby had fun picking grass and giving it to grandma
The athletic supporters

We love spring soccer. In our family we have a saying " If you don't play, then be an athletic supporter"! So we support these 2 every Saturday in the spring and fall! Jenna loved having Coach Hassler as her coach for the past several years. We missed him in the fall.

The Zoo

We love the giraffes
Our Friends the Oneils

We love the Zoo! I feel so blessed to live so close to so many great things for my kids to do. We are always busy going somewhere and learning something!

Order of the Engineer

The Guys- These guys have studied and worked on projects together for years! What fun to see them almost at the end!
Josh and Jake - Jake and Jay worked A Lot together this last year. We joke that he is jay's school wife, because he saw jay more than I did!

Jay had a special ring ceremony. It inducted him into the order of engineer's. It was a great night. He received a special ring and they had a light reception afterward. Only a few more weeks of school left at this point!

Spring Adventures

This is Hinckley Ledges. We walked around the whole lake. It's so fun to be outside again!

easter fun

Spring Break- Every year in the spring we visit Lake Farm Park to see the baby animals and look at the beautiful blossoms! Jenna has rode this horse sunshine since she was 2! We are loving that is was warm enough to wear short and t-shirts!




dyeing eggs- samuel's favorite is light blue, and jenna's purple
making Easter babies
Baskets from the Easter Bunny-The Easter Bunny brings baskets to our house on Saturday morning rather than on Sunday so we do not distract from the spirit on Easter morning. The kids don't care and then they can eat their treats while we make our Easter babies ( the bread) and color eggs.