Fun Days

Here are some of the things we have done over the past few weeks. Claire had her first soccer games. She may not have made the most goals, but she was the cutest!


Jonah came to play. We loved seeing the train and the depot and was even happier when someone gave him a balloon.


We tried to feed the ducks but everyone else did that day also and they weren't hungry so we went to feed the fish instead.

Blake was very excited to turn three years old.

Jonah and Lauren become "kissin Cousins"


All the grandkids had fun playing together.

Jonah got to feed some food to a goat. He thought it was a lot of fun.



Too bad he didn't have a fruit snack or he might have kissed the goat!


Fun at the zoo

(Somebody has to post other than April)

Hard Work Pays Off

This year was my TWENTIETH year anniversary for work. In the past they always had a nice awards dinner. This year they canceled it because of budget cuts. The school felt sorry for the five employees at our school that reached milestone years so they had a little get together with crackers and cheese and all the wine you could drink! This was the prize that I got. I'm not so sure I am going to work long enough to go for the 25 year prize. It did have some Hersheys kisses in it also. The first night Ben wanted some and I told him "no way" I worked way too hard for those. Later on I was nice and shared.

Our 5K date

April and I had a hot date on Saturday! April complained (jokingly) that I left her during the race though! We ran a 5K in Copperas Cove, Texas. The course was challenging with a big long hill. We both did great. April had been training since February and this was her second 5K this season. She ran the course in 30:57 and I ran it in 26:09. She got 7th in her age group and I got 6th. The race had about 600 people that ran it. We are now looking for more races for this summer and are excited to be doing this together. Now that the track season is over I am excited to have more time to train and hope to drop my time significantly. April is working to get her time under 30 minutes. She will get there. I am so proud of her doing this and wish that I would work as hard as she is. It is crazy that I complain about not having time to train but she is managing to get in her training while being such a good mom to Reagan and Benson in addition to taking care of our home and of course the biggest kid, ME!!

It's official...

My dad is getting married in June to Arlene Shaffer! I know that you guys grew up and went to Borah with her kids. We are happy for him and are excited that he is so happy! Here is what their announcement looks like.

Kickball

Some ladies and I started a kickball league with most of the children in the ward that are 3. We meet every Thursday at one of the elementary schools and let the kids play kickball. The kids all have a blast playing. It is quite hilarious watching them play. There is a huge range of skills. Some don't really get the game at all. No matter how many times you explain where to run they don't get it. Reagan is on the other spectrum. I wouldn't say he fully understands the game but he has a greater understanding than the other kids. He can also kick the ball pretty far. None of the kid have very long attention spans. After about 20 minutes there all playing in the dirt and picking dandelions. So we end the game and let the kids play at the playground.

Reagan getting ready to kick the ball.


Reagan big kick.


Running to first base.


Watching the kicker so he would know when to run to the next base.


He absolutely loves playing kickball and looks forward to playing every week.


The cutest kickball fan in my opinion.


Did you notice that Reagan has his tongue sticking out in almost all of the pictures?

splash pad

It been getting pretty hot here lately so we did play group at the splash pad on Thursday. Reagan has been wanting to go out and play in the water for a couple months now so he was pretty excited when I took. Benson discovered one of the sprayers and thought it was pretty fun sticking his hand in it. Here some pictures of the fun.

Primary Talk

Reagan is giving his first talk in primary on Sunday. He is pretty excited. He has been practicing all week. Here is a video of him practicing his talk. When I watched the video I could imagine what Abe must have looked like when he gave his primary talks. Sorry, I guess not holding still is genetic.