Strawberry Days!!

Strawberry Days is the annual city celebration for Pleasant Grove City. We have fun activities, the rodeo (although we couldn't go this year), the carnival and a big parade. We all love Strawberry Days. The carnival is always a big hit. We invited Summer, Caleb and Cassie to come with us. We had a blast. Austin and Katelyn were tall enough to do some of the big rides this year, and Kyle cried and cried when he wasn't tall enough. But he quickly got over it and had fun riding the rides he could ride. Austin was a little gun shy at first but when he saw Katelyn having fun he didn't want to miss out.

This year all four girls were in the parade this year. Kelsie and Rachel danced, Brinlee passed out flyers for the dance studio and Katelyn rode the float and just looked cute.

Happy Father's Day!!

We had a good Father's Day, well after we got our talks out of the way. Kelsie, Jason and I all had to talk in our sacrament meeting in church. We were told we did a great job, but we were just glad to get it over with. Kelsie did an excellent job, and wrote most of her talk all by herself. We helped when she got stuck but she did a great job on her own.

After church we drove to the cabin to see what progress has been made. It was a fun outing. They are making slow progress on the cabin, but they haven't been able to get machines up before now because there has been so much snow. Then we had a big dinner at my mom's for all the dads.

The Summer Buzz

We are ready for summer!! The boys have their annual buzz. They love getting their head buzzed. And they look so handsome. Katelyn didn't want to be left out, but a buzz wouldn't look so good on her. So Aunt Jamie gave her a cute new haircut.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!!

We are having crazy birthday week at our house!! The big celebration ends with Jason on the 7th. Thirteen years ago he got to bring his first daughter home for his greatest birthday present and he has been a wonderful father ever since. To celebrate his birthday we both got to work. I think it says a lot about the wonderful man I married who even on his birthday didn't want any of his employees to have to work on a Saturday so he got up at 5 a.m. and went and filled a swimming pool up with water. He then helped me in the office for a while and then went to the new house to fix a footing that had been done wrong.

We were able to really surprise him that evening with a Ronnie Lott jersey that he had been wanting. He didn't suspect it at all. Which made it so much fun for me and the kids. Then we went to the Parade of Homes for a few hours. Overall I think he had a great day.

Happy Birthday, Honey!!

Happy Birthday, Kelsie!!

On June 6, 1995 we had our first child, a daughter and we were so happy. What were we thinking, just kidding!! We love being parents and Kelsie is such a wonderful daughter, I am surprised I can say that after dealing with tween hormones and now having a teenager, I hope I survive. We have a great relationship with Kelsie, sure she gets on our nerves and sometimes does stupid things, but that is what being a teenager is all about. I was taking her to girls camp and her friend told us that we were fighting like sisters, after thinking about it for a while I think it really was a compliment. I hope we can continue to work at our relationship and that we can continue to communicate. I know the teenager years can be hard, but I am going to look at it as an adventure.

For her birthday she did the four things she loves the very most!! Getting her hair cut, shopping, eating out (Los Hermanos, one of her very favorite restaurants) and hanging out with friends. We had 15 teenagers here for the evening and we survived so I think that is a good sign for what is yet to come.

Happy Birthday, Kelsie!! You are a beautiful daughter of God.

Happy Birthday, Rachel!!

11 years ago, June 2, 1997 our family was blessed with a very special spirit. Rachel was our little bald baby (since all five of her siblings were born with tons of black hair, she has stood out from the beginning.) Now she is growing into a beautiful young women. She is a wonderful student and loves school (all A's on her report card). She absolutely loves dance and dances 24/7 in class and all over the house. We were wondering why it took her so long to do her chores, but doing a dance move in between everything kind of slows you down. She is a great friend and had lots of good friends. She is a hard worker and loves to come to the office to do the filing.

We celebrated her birthday with her friends at Jump On It (a place with lots of trampolines, some on the wall). We had 21 kids in all, 14 of her girl friends from school. They had a blast and she got spoiled from all of her friends.

Happy Birthday, Rachel!! We love you.

School is Out!!

School is out for the summer!! I love getting to sleep in, well a little bit, not having homework, and having the kids home. (I won't be saying that in a few weeks, but for now I'm loving them at home.) Although the first morning of summer Kyle and Austin woke up at 6:45 a.m., I was not a happy camper. We are starting dance this week and will soon be starting a summer reading program.



Brinlee loved her teacher Mrs. Everett!



Mrs. Scoville is the best 5th grade teacher, ever!! Kelsie and Rachel have both had her and have both loved her. Rachel and all her friends dressed up in 80's outfits for the last day of school, they had so much fun.



Kelsie didn't want me coming to the junior high to take pictures, imagine that!! But she did take the camera to the party they had in the park afterwards, at least I got some pictures.