Arrow Of Light

Tyler and Craig- Good friends.

Everyone clapping for Tyler- he is really happy I promise!

Tyler getting all of his awards.

The Arrow of Light- which is the highest rank you can earn as a cub scout was presented to Tyler on July 22, 2009. He earned it, with a little help from his mother, by working real hard and accomplishing many tasks. His father and I told him many times how proud we are of him and all that he has done. He also earned his Webelo badge, religious knot and compass with arrow points.

He earned it with a good friend of his, Craig Jessop. When in school these two are joined at the hip. They even look like each other with a big freckle on opposite cheeks on their faces. His scout leaders are Norman Hansen (pictured above) and Kasey King( who loves to tease him). Now he moves on to Boy Scouts and I wash my hands of scouts and told Wayne it's his turn. Wayne just got a new calling to be the 11 year old scout leader. Because I am the primary president I may had a little something to do with his new calling. But anyway he will work with the boys to help them now earn their Eagle, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts. But for now GOOD JOB Tyler we are so proud.

Oquirrh Mountain Open House

On July 17, 2009 we received an opportunity to take our family to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House. We thought it was a great way to teach the boys about the temple and show them the special rooms in the temple. It was quite a drive for us to get there but well worth it. When we came around the corner it sat up on a hill and it was beautiful.

We asked the boys what their favorite part of the temple was when we were done. Tanner said the Celestial room, which had a beautiful chandelier. Tyler said the baptismal font carried by the 12 oxen. But he also said the cookies they served afterwards. Of course cause he loves SUGAR.

Look how cute the boys are. I love it so much when the get along. Do you wonder what I had to promise them to get them to hug each other?

It was a great day and I really enjoyed sharing it with my family.

Happy 4th of July

We had a great 4Th of July Week. We always love to attend the fireworks that USU puts on in Logan. It is a huge display and is set to music. This year we just watched from our car up in River Heights and drove home in 5 minutes. Usually we watch in North Logan and get home in 45 minutes. I think we found our new favorite way to watch them. The next day we went to West Point to visit our friends the Bingham's at their city fair. It was Karsyn's birthday the day before and we missed it so we wanted to see her. At the fair they had a huge snake, it gave me the willies just looking at it. They had a tractor display so I told the boys to pick their favorites and I would take a picture. That is when I found out my battery was dead and I only got I picture of Tanner. We later went to a BBQ and swimming. All in all a great day filled with tons of fun and family time.

5K Who Calls IT A FUN RUN???

On June 20, 2009 my family did a 5k fun run. It was for Nibley Heritage days. It started at 7:45am which made the weather cool and easy to run it. There was a huge crowd and we were all just trying to do our best. My brother Ryan walked away with a 3rd place ribbon in his age class and a gift card to Peterson's country store. My brother Weston won a gift card to Papa Murphy's take and bake pizza. Everyone else was just happy to be there. Tanner came in 1st of the family at 24 minutes.

Weston came in second with 25 minutes!
Not very far behind Weston was Ryan at 25 minutes

Heather did awesome. She told me she has only ran twice since her baby was born and she came it at 32 minutes!

Tyler did great as always at 36 minutes.

Christian and Alex came in at the same time but the camera didn't take both pictures. They came in at 39 minutes!

I came in at 40 minutes.

Mikey came in at 49 minutes!

Katie started off really fast and got burned out. She finished with her dad at 49 minutes.

We love our soldiers who shot of the cannon to announce the start of the race.

Here are the crazy boys. Tyler still has not washed his face since the children's play the night before.

This is Tanner and his good buddies Jaxon and Tyger. They are great kids.

Raiyah and I posing for the camera after the race. She has her numbers on and is ready to go race again.

This is all of us after the race. It was a lot of fun to do it together. When you come across the finish line and everybody is cheering for you it feels wonderful! Thanks to everyone who came.

Nibley's Children's Play

It's great to belong to a small city. Nibley has it's annual heritage days in June. This year Tyler decided to be in the children's play, or more likely his mom talked him into it. The play was called the Goose Girl, I was unfamiliar with this fairy tale but it turned out to be a great play. Tyler played a guard and a drummer. He did quite well and we are very proud of him. He performed the play twice, once in the church because of the rain, and the other outside. The second performance outside was by far the best. Way to go Tyler!

Happy 6th Birthday "Jamieson"

Saturday June 13,2009 was Jamieson's 6th birthday. It has gone by quickly. Since we were camping just up the canyon we just came down for a visit.
The day before Tyler and I went shopping for a few toys. Tyler picked the hot wheels and I picked the turtle squirt gun. We decorated the headstone before heading back up to camp. I will not lie this day was hard for me. Usually I keep this day very busy with things to do, but when you are just sitting around camping my mind seemed to think back to my precious little angel. I am so thankful to have a wonderful supporting husband who has helped me through all this. I could not have made it through without him. We miss our little guy and he is always in our thoughts.


"Happy Birthday Jamieson"

Camping and 4Wheeling in the Mud

Sometimes you just need to get away from it all. Well, we didn't really get away but it was nice to go somewhere. We are so blessed to live right next to the mountains and 15 minutes away was our camping sight. We went camping with Wayne's brothers, sister and mom and we got rained on. I don't mind because it just gives us time to relax in the trailer. But it sure makes a mess when the kids ride the 4-wheelers in the mud. Tanner and Tyler had so much fun. We could hardly get them to take a break. Tyler was the only one with an accident, minor, but a few scrapes. But it could not keep him down.

Here is Brighton and Ariel trying to feed our dog. She looks thrilled.
Tanner with all the mud on his face. This was after the 3rd time he washed it.

I wondered what I would have done if I would have had girls? Would they have been this dirty?

Tyler and his new found freedom. I just noticed the helmet is not very tight. What kind of parents are we?

This is a short video of the girls feeding the dog. I love how Ariel yells at Sprinkles while she is standing right over here.