Happy Birthday Grandma Gai!

Happy Birthday Grandma Gai! 63 and still lookin' good! We love you. 

Memorial Day 2010

In the afternoon on Memorial Day I decided to take the kids to the cemetery and explain to them why we have Memorial Day. They loved that we flew our American Flag and that there were Flags lining the streets, but they didn't understand why. As we pulled into the Cemetery with our flowers they were a little confused. We found Grandma Shelton's grave and I explained that Memorial Day was the special day given to us to remember those that have passed on. It was also to remember all the soldiers that lost their lives so we can live in such a beautiful safe place. They liked looking at Grandma Shelton's headstone, and putting the flowers by it. Then Preston found my Great Grandma Lilla right next to her, completely by accident. It was neat that both Grandma's headstones were right next to each other. It is a small world we live in somedays.

 I think I will make visiting the cemetery on Memorial Day a new tradition for our family. Knowing where we came from always helps us remember who we are.

Zion's

On the Saturday morning of Memorial Day Weekend, I woke up and realized we had nothing on the schedule to do. That was amazing.. Gavin was out moving cattle with his dad, so we hadn't planned anything. I happened to call Katie (Gavin's mom) and she was headed to Zion's for the weekend with Bradi and her family. She invited us to come along for the day, so we loaded up and headed to Zion. It was a fun day all on the spur of the moment! We hike to the Lower Emerald Pool which turned out to be a puddle, so we kept going to the Middle Emerald Pool and that turned out to be water running over rocks. The kids got all wet which was fun until they slipped... then we hiked back. I had never taken my kids to Zion, and after being there for the day I know I need to take them back. It was a great day filled with the beauty of the earth, exercise, not to much fighting or crying, and lots of smiles.  

Welcome Summer!

It is here! We can hardly believe it, summer break has arrived. Excited doesn't even begin to explain how we feel. Bring on the sun and fun! 

This is how we welcomed in the break, picture taken at 9:30 am on 5/28/2010

He did it!

He did it! Preston made it through Kindergarten! It wasn't easy, but he completed it. Reading, writing and concentrating are not his favorite things. He likes to write his numbers backwards and flip d's for b's, but on his end of the year test he wrote ALL his numbers correctly and read his book like a champ. It was a huge accomplishment. I was so proud of him. We both know that 1st Grade isn't going to be easy, but with a little extra effort he can do it!

Happy Birthday Landon!

Landon is 8! I can't believe it. He had a super day filled with a donut for breakfast, a huge blowup water slide, cake, friends, family, gifts and at least 4 hours spent at the park. It was lots of fun, I hope he remembers it for a long time.

 I am so proud of the boy he is growing up to be. Just the other day he spent all his "Cougar Bucks" on a little toy purse for his sister. I couldn't believe it when he got in the car after school, he had been saving those "Bucks" since January. (It is the way his teacher rewards her students.) It took all 100 that he had. When he gave it to his sister, she was so happy and I was so proud. I love you Landon, Happy 8th Birthday!

Newest Player for the Sliderzz

A few weeks ago the Sliderzz played in the Super League. Right at the start of the second game Josh got beaned in the eye by a pitch. It created the biggest goose egg right over his left eye. Needless to say he was in no form to finish playing the rest of the game. They only had 9 players so if someone wasn't there to fill in quick they would have to take an automatic out, and there would be a hole in the outfield. So... guess who was called up from the sand box?! Preston! He wasn't to sure if he even wanted to play after looking at Josh's eye, but he ran like a champ to the outfield in his shorts and tennis shoes. He stayed into the game out there, to bad nothing was hit to him. He got up to hit twice and struck out both times, but I have to say he didn't seem intimidated. I think I would have been if I was him, the Sliderzz were playing 9 year olds and he is only 6 (and I might add not a real big 6 year old either! :)) The Sliderzz did lose the game, but Preston didn't care he was just excited to be apart of the team. Way to go Petey, you were awesome!