Mega 12th Birthday Party!!

Brinley's Birthday Hurray! Brinley is turning 12 and she is beautiful! We had a very busy day celebrating her day. We woke up early and waited for Dad to get home from a bike ride to open presents. Then She and I went to get our toes done. Brinley got a pedicure to help out her poor feet and I just got my painted. It was fun. We came home and started doing some chores and doing things to get ready for the party tonight. We ran some errands and went out to lunch with Sam and Brinley. (Lyndsie was working at the Dental Office and Sydnie wasn't ready for the day yet) At 6:00 everyone started coming over for the party. 24 great kids showed up and we had a BBQ and then they played games like soccer and volleyball out in the backyard. We had a firepit for them and then Steve put a movie outside on the side of the house for them to watch. It was fun, I hope that Brin had a fun time.

Here are 12 things about Brinley on her Birthday:

1. She loves life and is always smiling and going 100 miles per hour.

2. She is a great soccer player and was the #1 scorer on her team for this last spring season.

3. She is organized and usually, her room is put together and things are in place.

4. She has great friends that are sweet and fun for her to be around.

5. She is a great student and works hard to get good grades. She pushes herself to do her best.

6. She has the longest legs imaginable (just like Grandpa Dale)

7. She is a great sister and Sam loves to be with her. She takes good care of him.

8. She gives 100% in everything she does.

9. She has a beautiful smile and a lot of freckles.

10. She is excited to be going into Young Womens.

11. She loves Roxy the most!

12. She is obedient and does things that she is asked to do. That makes me happy!

The Dodgers

Sam was on the Dodgers this year and had a great time. Every Wednesday and Friday, he couldn't wait for the game. He loved it! He was on a team with a lot of his buddies, which made it extra fun to go and play. He did a great job and during one game, he hit the ball out in mid field so hard that he made a home run. Awesome job Sam!

These two were best friends...Growing up together with Hannah is one of Lyndsies best memories. She will still say, "Aaahh, I miss Hannah!" I do too! I miss the whole family. Thayne just had his Missionary Farewell and he did such a good job at it. We all went up there to listen to him speak and to see him and it was so good to see everyone. I loved it. The Larsen's went and so did the Pratt's. Kim had a wonderful idea to take all of the kid's pictures because that is what we would do when they were little and we would all go camping together. Everyone is big now and it makes me sad to see everyone so big and Thayne leaving on a mission and Lyndsie being close to college. We were so lucky to have had such good neighbors for our kids to grow up with. There is nothing like the good old neigborhood kids. I love um!

Good luck Thayne on your mission to Brazil.

Cheer Sleep Over

Oh what a night...the cheerleaders went down to the gateway on the frontrunner for some shopping and dinner. Came home and had a sleepover at our house. They seemed to have a lot of fun and they stayed up really late. We were clear upstairs and they were clear downstairs and all would be quiet and then all of a sudden they would break into loud laughter. It was quite funny. They are a fun group of girls that seem to have a good time together.

Rocket Derby

The Rocket Derby was way exciting! Steve and Sam spent a lot of time crafting the rocket and then painting it. Then Steve got back into town just in time to go over to the church for Pack Meeting! It was a great event! Sam's rocket did great and he also recieved his Wolf! Way to work hard Sam...we are so proud of you. You're great!

Boating

Our first boating excursion was extra cold and we were crazy for going but we still had a good time. We got out the wet suits and laughed about how they fit everyone because they were so big. We didn't care...everyone would rather be warm than fashionable! Even in the cold weather there are bugs at Willard Bay. Sydnie wasn't feeling good and should have stayed home. The next day, I took her to the Dr. and she had a severe outer ear infection and strep throat. Darn it Syd...no wonder you weren't having fun.

Dare Lagoon Day

Brinley had everyone over for breakfast before Dare Lagoon Day. So we made french toast and bacon for about 15 kids. They all came over and ate and then we took them down to Lagoon. It was a cold day...darn it. They didn't know whether to wear long sleeves or short sleeves, take an umbrella or what. Dumb weather! Where is summer anyways?