Happy Father's Day

Today is Father's Day and we are celebrating Fathers and Brinley's Birthday with Grandpa Dale. After church we went over to see Grandma and Grandpa and have dinner with them and visit them since we haven't seen them in quite some time. It is always so good to go over there and what is even better than that...is that everyone loves to go see Grandpa Dale. It makes me happy to know that my kids enjoy him so much. Dad has a new dog that Brinley fell in love with, his name is Hercules or in other words (as my dad calls him) Herc the Jerk. He was a very fun dog and he entertained us that's for sure.

I sure hope that Steve had a happy Father's Day. He is such a good Dad and our kids are lucky to have such a devoted dad. Steve would do anything for them. He supports them in everything they do, encourages them to do better, teaches them to do right, and loves them so much!

Herc the Jerk

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!