Arrow of Light and Boy Scouts

Last Wednesday Billy earned his Arrow of Light and graduated into Boy Scouts. We are so proud of all his hard work and dedication to Scouts. We know that he will have lots of fun in Boy Scouts. We love you Billy! Good Job!


They have to hang upside down to pin on the Mother's Pin

Idaho, Wrestling & Haircuts...oh my

As I said in my last post, Dean took Billy to Idaho for a week for the U.S. Regional Wrestling Championships. Apparently they had some real male bonding time that us females will never understand. First off, I want to say how much I do love my husband. I wanted to make that clear, because by the end of this post you may not think that. When they got to Idaho, Billy had to weigh in and he was signed up to wrestle the 65 lb. weight class. Well he was a couple of pounds over that so Dean made him run around the track for a couple of hours to break a sweat and lose some lbs. He only had 10 minutes left until weigh-ins closed and Billy was still a couple of ounces off where he needed to be. So, my brilliant husband and my equally brilliant son had the great idea to start cutting Billy's hair to lose a couple of ounces. I now have a child that came home looking like this:



Dean and Billy think it looks great because this is after Dean took the clippers to it and cleaned it up. For a few hours, my child apparently looked like a 2 year old gave him a haircut, which makes me so glad I don't live in Idaho and don't know anybody that witnessed their finest hour. Billy is adament that he loves his new look and wants to keep it. Being the meanest mom ever, I told him that he will NOT go to church tomorrow looking like that. He insists that now he is over the age of 8 he can make his own good choices. Go figure. So, we will see if I will have a non -active 10 year old or if I can buzz his hair tonight while he is sleeping. Wish me luck.

P.S. By the way, Billy did quite well in his Free-Style class. He tied for 9th out of about 40 kids. Good Job Kojak!!

Happy Father's Day

Just wanted to tell Dean how much I love him and what a great dad he is. I didn't get to spend Father's Day with him because he is in Idaho with Billy for a week long wrestling tournament. That is a great example of the things Dean does for his kids. He always has time for them and for the things they want to experience. We love you Dean!!

A Day At the Zoo with Nate

Yesterday I met Nate's Kindergarten class at the Zoo. Their class left early to go back to school and I was able to spend the day with just Nate. It rained most of the time, but we had a blast! It was so much fun to have one on one time with just one of the kids. I think it is easy to forget to do that sometimes. I can't believe my baby is going into 1st Grade at the end of next month! They grow up way too fast. I love you Nate!!

Happy Birthday to my Sista!!

Happy Birthday Jodi. I love you lots. Hope you have a great day. I am so glad you will always be older than me! hee hee

How do I Love Thee?...Let Me Count The Ways

Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband. It has been 14 great years. Thank you babe for everything you do for me and for our children. I love you!!!

Easter Weekend

We went to Leeds (by St. George) for the Easter weekend. We had a lot of fun, even though the kids were sick some of the days. We stayed at Grandma Hall's house and we had our annual dodge ball game in the church gym. Let me tell you, there is no need for family therapy when you do this. It really gets the aggression out! :) We all went to church together Easter morning and then met as a family that afternoon. We had an Easter egg hunt for the kids and lunch together. During the weekend, the kids were able to ride their 4-wheelers, Billy was able to shoot the 22 he got for Christmas and the kids got to see all their cousins (we missed you Kim's family). I really think it was a great weekend overall.


Danielle riding the 4-wheeler

Billy shooting his 22

Me with my niece Ashton - Love her!!

WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT'S FAST SUNDAY!!!

Coloring Easter eggs with cousins