sadness

Dad and the boys on their boys trip to LA.

I am so very sad.Trevor's 16th birthday Party a few days before he left for Timpview.

My brother J took these pictures of our family just before Christmas.

M's Baptism

Saturday was M's baptism.She was so excited! Ever since September when she was told she'd be baptised on June 6th she's continually told us, "I get to be baptised on June 6! I just love her excitement, it's so contagious! Grandma and Grandpa gave the prayers, KC gave a talk, AC sang, "When I am baptised," and the Carson's and Collier's sang, "Teach me to Walk in the Light." Then her Dad baptized and confirmed her. She was so happy! Iam so thankful for the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

Dad's Here!

It is very nice to have my Dad visiting today. I really enjoy his company and so do my kids. He and JM were very cute sitting and playing cards tonight. Grandpa taught JM how to play solitare and he really liked it.
Tomorrow is M's baptism. She is really excited. She has everything ready. Her dress, shoes and hair clips all laid out, and her bags packed. She is a very cute girl!

A day on the Boat

We took the boat out for the first time this summer. We were out long enough for JM, M and BJ to ride the tube a few times and for JM to wakeboard. M was afraid of the tube for some reasons and it didn't help that the first time J started to pull the tube it started to go under and so did the kids! She didn't like that! All in all we had fun though!

We had a Strayer afternoon at the movies today. Our family and Js, SS, ES and K all went to see "Up." It was a very good movie. The character of the girl was so funny. Anyway, the movie was fun to see.
We had a fairly sane and enjoyable family night tonight. We talked about work and how important it is for each member of our family to work hard at what they do. We made a goal as a family to complete all of our chores for the next month. As a reward we decided we would go to Lagoon. Anyone who didn't complete their chores would either stay home or pay for themselves.
T seems to be working hard at Lightning Peak. I haven't spoken to his advocate Kelly, but He's been coming home with stories about the community service they've been doing. Today he said they went to a vegetarian Buddist Temple. He was quite excited about an old British woman who was in charge. He said he was sweeping and she asked for someone to help her with something. When no one else volunteered she demanded that he put down the broom and come help her. Later, after he finished helping her he picked up the broom to begin sweeping again. "Did I tell you to sweep again?" she asked. "No. Can I sweep again?" he responded. "Go ahead," she told him. He thought this was quite funny. So did BJ and JM.
BJ had his first day of soccer camp at BYU. He said his leader was the head guy. He said he really enjoyed it. He also ran into his old friend Josh who lives across the field from us. "I forgot about him," BJ said. He was very excited to make that contact again!
M and Addison started a new business a few days ago. They call it "Flower Power." They decided to take all the leftover flower parts from the party the other day and make more flower hair clips. They then went around the neighborhood selling them door to door. They have made about $34.00 so far selling them for $2 apiece. They are very cute about it.
Tonight the kids had a great time laughing at A. He was wandering around the kitchen saying "Okie dokie" except in baby talk, it was very cute. The other day we were at the rec center and he saw a Popsicle freezer, he immediately walked up and started counting the pictures of Popsicles on the freezer. There were 10 Popsicles and he counted all 10. Ben says he can count to 12. It's very cute!
I told T and JM I'd get them a book if they cleaned the game room tonight so I have to go.