Summer Swimming Lessons

My Aunt Linda teaches Bryant and Tyler and my cousin, Derek, teaches Abby.
The kids LOVE swimming lessons. Linda and Derek are so great!!
There are even those occasional kisses that only an aunt can pull off!!
Derek threatens the occasional throw you in the water (which Abby thinks is great).
They have so much fun!!

First Day of School

Another school year under way!!
My two grown-up kids.
Abby, off to her first day of 4th grade (her teacher loves pirates, can you tell???)


Bryant, off to 3rd grade! He looks so grown-up!


Next year Ty will go to kindergarten. In a few short weeks he will be off to preschool. Oh, what to do with only 2 kids at home. I guess it will only last for a little while!

Happy Birthday Grayce and Emma!!

I finally got the pictures downloaded and up for all to enjoy!

They weren't quite sure how to handle being handed a box-like object with paper and a bow. It didn't take them long though!

They both have a love of Sesame Street characters. Thus, the cakes...

Of course, we can't just eat like dainty little girls.

It is much easier and faster to dive in mouth first!! (notice - they were provided with the proper utensils!!)

Needless to say they enjoyed their cakes!

We aren't sure, but it may have just been a ploy to get a bath??


It was such a fun day with the new 2-year-olds! They enjoyed it about as much as we enjoyed watching them enjoy it.
It is hard to believe that they are 2! We made it!!!
We love you Grayce and Emma!!!!

Amazing Resemblance

I was looking at some old pictures and found two of Abby that look just like....

Emma



AND

Grayce



Isn't that amazing??
And, in case you can't tell, the first picture is of Abby. The one below each of Abby's pictures are of Emma and Grayce.

The Basement

Here is the majority of the progress on the basement. We are almost ready for the final reveal....stay tuned.

Happy 7th!!

Wow - my little boy is 7. I can't believe how fast that has gone.
We spent some of the morning talking about the day he was born. What fun memories (all but the labor part anyway).
Bryant is such a great kid. He is full of life and loves to learn. What an incredible boy!
WE LOVE YOU BRY - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

3rd Place - Utah State Softball

We were so proud of Abby. Her softball team took 3rd place in the state tournament. They took first in the tournament here, locally.
This was Abby's first year in fast-pitch. She is an awesome hitter and is getting better and better at fielding. She played 1st base most of the season with some little bits at pitcher and at 3rd. She was definitely one of the best on her team (unbiased opinon, of course). Anyway, we spent many days out in the hot sun watching games, but it was worth it and so fun to see them do so well.
GOOD JOB ABBY!!!

Daddy/Daughter

Recently Nick and Abby went together to the Activity Days Daddy/Daughter Activity. They had a lot of fun even though they had to leave a little early so Abby could get to her softball practice. They had a hotdog roast, played games, and listened to a nice talk by the Bishop. What a great dad and a great daughter!!!

4th of July

We continued our fun family tradition this year for the 4th of July.
We got some pizza
Staked out our spot
Ate pizza and homemade brownies
Set up in our chairs
and
Watched the fireworks
(almost from ground zero).
Everyone had a great time. The twins were so cute. Grayce would watch with her eyes and mouth wide open. Emma would scream in delight each time one would shoot off. Grayce finally figured out how to see them light off from the ground and she would give us a "here it comes!" right before we would see it. They were so cute. We were wishing we would have had our video camera that night.
All of the kids (and us) had so much fun. It is such a payoff for us as parents to see them so excited and enjoy something so much. FUN, FUN, FUN!!!

Lehi Round-up Float

I was the lucky one that was put in charge of the float for our ward this year. It was SO MUCH WORK. We were fortunate to get the Activity Days girls to come and help for an hour one day (the perks of being over Activity Days, I guess). But, it is finally done and the parade is over. We actually enjoyed working together on the float (Nick and I). It was a lot of late nights after the kids were in bed. For a first time float builder, it turned out okay. However, we will happily hand the job over to the next victim next year.