May 2013

At the park by the baseball fields at Fort Utah

Joshua is a great umpire!

Zachary has fun playing baseball with Eddie as his coach

Enjoying a nice walk and stopping to play by the Provo River

Fun swing by the river trail

Touring the new Provo Rec Center - then we got a membership

 With Braces...

Without braces!

Megan sure changed a lot in two years, and so did her teeth:)

MORP!

 Happy Mother's Day!

 Mother's Day gift from Eddie and the kids -

the jars had "Thank Yous," "Compliments," and "Memories" -

The Best Gift Ever!

We visited Eddie's mom's grave

We spent the afternoon at the cabin by Park City and had a fun campfire.

Kimberly's Birthday

Memorial Day Weekend at Bear Lake

Fun bike ride with all the cousins in Eddie's family

We found a fun park with bouncy toys

We had a great time at Bear Lake - the shallow water wasn't too cold

We had fun taking turns in Pop-Pop's blow-up kayak

Then we swam in the cold pool by our cabin

And we crashed the indoor pool and hot tub for the condos close by

The tabernacle in Paris, Idaho

The Logan Temple

Playing at a park on Memorial Day after a picnic on our way home

No More School!

Teacher gifts for Zachary's teachers - apple bookmarks, apple
post-its, and apple dishes with hugs and kisses

These are labels I cut out and glued on the bottoms of hugs and kisses

Gifts for Zachary's friends in his class

On May 31 Zachary passed the Purple Belt test in karate and 

went on the Father and Son Campout with Eddie and Joshua

April 2013

Spring Break

I took the kids on a fun walk to Bridal Veil Falls while
Joshua tried a fun mountain biking trail on his bike.  We enjoyed some nice Spring weather
and went to parks, rode our bikes to Utah Lake, and Joshua and Eddie went skiing, too,
when Eddie didn't have to teach.

At Utah Lake

Megan and I took a quick train ride to Thanksgiving Point and back
on a new Front Runner train

Uncle Scott's 40th Birthday - a fun surprise celebration set up by Jen.
The cousins had a fun sleepover after this party - thanks, Steph!

General Conference

On a break during General Conference we went to a park in
Springville to swing and slide and play frisbee - we'll have
to go back in the summer when their new water
splash-and-play river is open - it looks like it will be fun!
We really enjoyed watching General Conference at home - Megan
especially took great notes and we all learned a lot!

Eddie and Joshua enjoyed the Priesthood session
of General Conference in Salt Lake

We enjoyed seeing Zachary's friend's baptism, and joined them
for a small brunch afterwards.  Emma loves her friend who she plays
with every week - the friend is a year older, but they have fun together.

Emma loves her alphabet games on Starfall.com - she's great
at using the mouse now. 
Emma is always wanting to be doing something or be "on the go" - she's so cute and fun, but knows what she wants.  She can't wait to pick up Zachary at school lately, and walks the whole way now.  She loves to see puppies along the way, but not too close!  She loves to help me clean or organize and do whatever I'm doing.  She seems to be growing up so fast, but we all love her!

We had a fun family walk up Rock Canyon

Here's a small cave along the way



Zachary got his Orange Belt in karate

Zachary did a Tiger Test and got his Tiger Patch

Zachary had a fun Primary Missionary Activity

Zachary is a great guy who is a favorite of Emma's at home and is great at 

doing chores and homework.  He is excelling at karate and learning 

amazing things online - we've found some fun educational websites.  He 

has learned all the Articles of Faith and is reviewing them every night as

well as reading long chapter books.  He's a great guy and we love him!

 First Date - Prom

Joshua and his friend are ready to pick up their Prom dates for dinner, then dancing
after they'd already had fun bowling and playing frisbee with their group of 10.
Aren't they GQ?

At Joshua's date's house - how did he get so handsome?!

Joshua and his date going down the Provo Library steps for "Promenade"
where parents and friends were watching Prom dates descend the steps

Joshua and his group came over to play games after Prom

They celebrated Kenzie's 16th birthday at midnight

Joshua got asked to MORP by another friend after Prom weekend ended - it was
kind of funny with 2 dogs in a bin and this note underneath -
all in our house, with the dogs jumping out and running all over:)
She said she'd wanted to say "It would be the cat's meow...", but
didn't know anyone who had cats to use as props.

So this was his response (with no real cats involved:))

Joshua and Eddie enjoyed a hike to Squaw Peak with the Young Men

 This has been a big month for Joshua - he had his first date (Prom), got his driver's license, got a job umpiring for Provo City baseball, starting helping chauffer or go to the store for Mom, started blessing the Sacrament, got his Patriarchal Blessing, etc.  He's such an amazing son, brother, friend, etc.!  I am so proud of him and how wonderful he's turning out!  It's so fun to celebrate this time with him and
enjoy these teenage years:)

Megan went to a fun YW "Spa Party" with a friend and one
of the leaders did Megan's hair really cute

 Megan is such a sweet teenage daughter - fun and feisty, too:)  She is a great help

at home and is getting straight A's at school.  She plays basketball with the Young Women and got to teach a lesson in Young Women on Sunday and loved it.  She is so organized and has a great sense of style.  She is also great at babysitting Zachary and Emma (when she's not in a crazy teasing mood:)).  She's growing up so beautifully inside and out.  She is awesome!

Eddie enjoyed touring the Air Force Academy in Colorado.

Eddie is always serving others and busy with everything, but he's made
some nice time lately for me - we had a fun getaway to a local hotel with a pool
and he set up a romantic candlelight dinner inside.  He's also been giving me flowers,
notes, and even the "A,B,C's" of why he loves me.  He's amazing & I love him!

Our "getaway" hotel - nice pool is behind the windows on the right