Our Baby Boy

Parties Parties Parties

Ali had a birthday party with her friends on Monday & I'm just barely getting around to posting some pictures from it. I'm a little slow. They all went bowling & had a ton of fun. She had a blast & she's so excited that today she's finally 5!!

Gymnastic's Program

After they performance they received metals.

I was the proud Mama that just about started to cry.
Lance and I are so proud of her, it was a big step for her to go in all by herself. She is such a Mama's girl, that she really had a hard time at first.
Lance gave her flowers,, these were her FIRST flowers and she is so proud of them.
My Sweet girl that never looks at me!! LOL

School Program

Gage had an end of the year program today. The 2nd grade sang songs & recited poems. Then Gage received a Math award for passing off his addition & subtraction facts this year. Way to go Gage!!! We're so proud of you!

GYMNASTICS

Ali had her last day at gymnastics today. She has loved it and really improved a lot this year. She will continue some gymnastics through the summer at the gym Gage goes to but then I think I will put her back in at this gym come this Fall. Here are a few pictures from her program she did on parent day.

Cabin weekend

We worked hard this weekend at the cabin. We stained the outside, got a load of firewood, got all the pipes & water pump ready to go & hauled water. Garrett got to try out his chainsaw he got for Christmas.

A 3 year olds dream!!

We have had a few rain storm lately and Abby doesn't wait long after it stops to start begging me to go ride through the puddles. It's so fun to watch her, she gets so excited. I was going to make a collage out of all the pictures but I haven't had time so a slide show it is......

Last day of preschool

Yesterday was Ali's last day of preschool. They had a program for the parents. They sang songs & received their certificates of graduation.

Ali with her friends Brynn & Baylee

Miss Carma & Ali

Mother's Day is the BEST!!!

I love all of the handmade cards, flower arrangements, tiny flowers grown in a pot & cookbooks. Gage's school class put together a cookbook of their favorite recipes. It is definitely creative & good entertainment. Kids are so cute!!! Thank you Gage & Ali for making my day GREAT!!! I love being a Mom.

Funny things kids say.....

Oh my Abby.....
Last night she was full of it. She was doing all kinds of things for the video camera, saying she was on TV. I'll have to figure out how to post a clip from my camera. Anyhow, I set the video camera down and grabbed my digital camera and she went to take a picture, Abby immediately posed!!!! Giving me the look above! I snapped it and said to her "what was that look?" She came right back with "SEXY"!!! I sat on the floor laughing so hard!! The way she said it was hilarious. Then she laughed and proceeded to give me all her different looks. I'm going to have to do somethings with all her looks. Lance and I were laughing so hard looking at them last night. Man, she makes us happy!!!

Thank you Sheena babe for teaching my babes SEXY!!! LOL

Abby loves Spaghetti

After Abby got done playing in the rain. I made her come in to finish her dinner. I look over at her and she's eating all right.........
I had to get a closer look.................
What a cutie, but you would think her Mama would have at least cute her spaghetti!!!
That's ok, it make it fun for her to eat and very entertaining for me!!

Popping Balls!!!!

The view as it just started falling popping balls!!
That's the lid to a gallon of milk. They were melting fast so we were in a hurry. A coin would have worked a lot better...
It covered the ground quick, then started raining very hard so they melted fast.

We have had a lot of storm the last few days and a long with that comes hail. Which sometimes is VERY large. Our poor truck got a few dents. I laughed so hard at Abby, it started to hail and it's really loud and she starts screaming "Mama, Mama come look at all these popping balls". I thought that was cute because yes, they do look like balls and yes they make a popping sound as thousands of them are landing and bouncing back up. Note: don't be outside when it's falling it can really hurt!!

Volleyball

Our coed volleyball team took second this year. We had a lot of fun playing together. Here's our team....

Gage attended his first Scout-Extravaganza for the Fish Lake district saturday. Garrett, Gage & I worked at the booth our troop had set up. Gage & Ali had a great time walking around to all the booths, playing games & doing experiements.

And the Jazz move on to the next round

Yea!! The Jazz beat the Rockets. Bring on the Lakers!

More Turkey

Garrett has been in Colorado hunting turkey's for a couple days & here's the story. He & a friend left home about 9:30 Tuesday night & headed to Green River. They went to bed there at almost midnight & then got up the next morning at 3 to go to Colorado to find the turkey's. When they were about to Moab Garrett's friend says "I forgot the tent". (I asked why they didn't take the trailer or stay at a hotel but I guess the terrain was too rough for the trailer & there weren't any hotels nearby). Once they got into Colorado they started hunting & Garrett got his turkey right off. Then when bed time rolls around they just made their beds on their cots & slept under the stars. (never mind the part about that they'd seen a bear earlier in the day). Well, about 2 am Bret wakes up & tells Garrett he's getting really cold & that he's going to get in the truck. About a half hour later Garrett wakes up to pull his sleeping bag over him a little better because he's starting to feel pretty cold too & he reaches out of it & puts his hand into an inch of snow on top of his bag. So needless to say he crawled in the truck too & they spent the rest of the night turning the truck on & off trying to stay warm. They hunted the next morning & then the wind came up so they decided to hit the road & head for home. (In my opinion, I don't think they wanted to spend another night under the stars & in the snow). Now, could this really provide so much fun that you'd want to experience sleeping in the snow with bears?????? Silly boys!!!

Ekker Biggest loser Challenge!!

Hi Family!!
We are inviting anyone who want to participate in our Ekker Biggest Loser Challenge! Today is the start day (May 1st) and we are going 7 weeks, Which is June 19th. (right before the family reunion) You have to lose a minimum of 10 pounds by that date. You need to lose 1.5 pounds each week to make it. Weigh In's are Thursdays!! Please help each other out and stay positive.
Shoot me an email if you would like to join us. Prizes are yet to be determined. If you have any idea's let me know.
Good Luck!!