Some of June and cousin camp

I'm having issues with blogger, yeah, go figure. I'm doing quick updates because I haven't been home longer than 4 days! Our family trip to Yosemite was awesome. Will post for that later. Got home and left again for cousin camp at grandma's. So nice to relax and not worry for the week. Leave again on Tuesday for Spokane for Jerek's sister's wedding. Since we will be up there, we decided to do the Hiawatha bike trail and Silverwood Amusement park. Also my sister is blessing her baby on Sunday. Good busy times. Can't wait to be home though.

enjoy.....

Last school assembly of the year.
I also got an award. Missed it though cause Addi was finished. But I got a certificate, bag, and chocolates. You know, for being a GREAT vollunteer. Yeah for me! :)

Getting ready to pose for the wedding.

Newest niece: Valerie Holiday
(So if they call her Vallie for short, shouldn't they also include Holly for short??)

Jumping through the air at cousin camp.

Seriously, spiderman. (I called him that the whole time he wore his pajamas. He really liked it)

All the craziness that attended this years cousin camp (Actually only missing 4)

getting ready to ride

We really had a good time. Grandma/pa always have such fun things to do out on the farm. My nephews and nieces are hilarious! The things that they come up with! (especially that spiderman!) My kids LOVE their cousins....so much. They would trade out their siblings in a heart beat. Until next year. . .

graduation

A wickedly good time

Summer time is here! And that means vacation time! YEAH!
We just got back from our family trip of 2011 and had a lot of memorable experiences.
And now we are heading off to cousin camp. A week of playing with cousins. Which means a week of relaxation and fun for mom & her sisters.
Before I take a break, I wanted to share picts of our night of Wicked. I had seen it at girls weekend in Seattle 2 years ago and absolutely LOVED it. So when I found out it was coming to Boise, Jerek said he would be more than happy to take his wife a second time and TRY to enjoy the show as much as her. (He's favorite is Les Miserables and "nothing can compare" to it.) Happy to say, he was not disappointed. I only need to see it one more time. . .on broadway. . along with a bunch of others. Someday NYC....







And grandpa was more than happy to babysit for us (while grandma attended the show with us). We got home around 11:30 to this:



And this:



The kids also had a great night!

picture update

Here's my soccer star. Getting ready for a great season.

Easter Egg hunt

Sleeping Beauty

The weekend. By: Emmalee

(written Easter weekend in her journal at school)

This weekend I thought it was wild!

So, on Saturday morning I went to Blake's soccer practice and had to play on a dumb playground. Then at 1:00 I went to a 100 Easter egg hunt. But I didn't get the golden egg. But at 2:00 I went to my grandma's house for a Easter egg hunt. But I mostly got toys. I got a couple eggs, a stuffed animal, a bag with erasers, a golf course, some candy, bubbles, a little back-flip bunny, and that's pretty much all. I got bored on Sunday so I made a boring course. So you start on the table, jump onto the chairs, jump onto the cabinet, then run on the couch over Addi and her barbie dolls, jumped onto the next couch, jumped onto the tredmal, and onto TV to the table. (illustration below)

(It's interesting to see your kids' perspective of things. I loved that she HAD to play on the dumb playground and was so bored on Sunday that she had a boring course. :) She failed to mention a special treat of lunch out with the family at Carl's Jr. where they have a fun playground. And my wonderful Easter dinner that I prepared so willingly for my family. Weird that she could forget THAT but name every single thing that she found in her Easter eggs! (total sarcasm there)  Also love that Addi is a part of the course. So glad that they make her a part of their activities.)



Here's the next weekend:

By: Emmalee

This weekend got my bike fixed. But the brake is still hard to pull. On Sunday I went outside. When dad was looking at a place I call the spider pit. Dad saw some legs of a spider. He wanted to show me and Addi the spider. So he got a stick and moved the spider. But then dad noticed that that spider was not like any other. It was a huge female black widow!! Mom took some pictures of it. Then I so wanted to kill it once we were done.
Then we went into the car. When we were at the church Blake had forgotten his shoes. And so dad had to take him back. As dad was leaving he almost ran over a goose.
At primary we got a bag of some treats because we filled the jar with marbles. On Fri. I went to the library. I got 26 books. Oh, and on Sat. was good. I didn't have to go on the dumb playground while Blake was playing soccer.

Emmalee's performance

Emmalee performed at the Golden Girls spring dance performance. The Girls did a dance clinic for younger girls. Em really enjoyed it but was SUPER nervous to perform. She did great! This is for you grandma!!

Family Pictures

 

I really wanted a picture of the temple with our family in it. These are both close ups of just the fam. These were done by my FAVORITE photography and dearest friend: Emily Hoge. SHE is the best!

These are some of my favorites that she did for me a couple years back. LOVE THEM!

 

Thanks EM for being a great friend, photographer, running buddy, biking pal, and my go-to-gal. Sure gonna miss you!

a creepy surprise

Found a creepy surprise hiding outside our house on our way out to church. I grabbed my camera and had a fun time taking pictures. (until I could no longer see the image in my camera! JEREK! DO NOT DARE PUT THAT THING CLOSE TO ME!!) He wanted to make sure I zoomed in real close. Rachel, you will appreciate this the most. (and no we did not keep it to fight in the arena although that would have been fun)

an exciting day

He is growing up too fast!! Lost his first tooth today after being hit in the mouth with a ball (a foam ball), then turning the corner and running into the wall. He immediately put it under his pillow for the toothfairy to find. Then he had to bring it out and show everyone. (including our wonderful neighbor) So he ended up losing it outside. He was so concerned that he wouldn't get his money. Emmalee suggested writing a note so the toothfairy would know what happened to it. That makes me happy because I can treasure his sweet note instead of his bloody tooth.

Easter dinner

So I like to make a big deal for my Easter dinner. I think it is because (a) it's the only holiday dinner that I make and (b) it's the only thing I do for my family for Easter. We have a neighborhood egg hunt on Sat. and grandma makes them an Easter basket. So that leaves a yummy feast for me to prepare followed by an Easter lesson given by whoever wants to. So we sat down to this feast on Sunday:

and here's a snippet of our Easter conversation:

"open the gate. . ..(you know, open the hands). . .who do you hate. . . . .that is your date!"
"open my mouth. . . ..growl!!"
 "open my nose. . . ..a-choo!"
"open the diaper. . . ." and that is when we ended it.