Lucy's Baptism

Lucy was baptized yesterday.  It was a great day!  She was so excited to be baptized!  She is such a sweet girl!  We sure love her!  We loved having family come over for lunch afterwards.  

Happy Birthday America!

We celebrated the 4th of July at the cabin and St. John's.    The weather was so beautiful!  Nice and cool!  We had a great time with family!  Clint didn't come so I had to drive.  That is always scary because I have a hard time staying awake.  But we made it!

The kids always look forward to the races and eating snow cones.  It was fun to talk to cousins and friends that we hadn't seen in a long time.

The next day we went to Snowflake for a family reunion with the other side of the family.  The kids loved riding in the little pony cart.

Juliette loved hanging out with her cousins.

Major was busy playing with cousins, but I did get one picture of him.  He wasn't too thrilled with the horses.  He liked the creek better.

Lucy loved the horses and playing with cousins.  The Ballard's were so patient walking the kids on the horses for hours!  They are the best!

Juliette loved the horses and took lots of rides until the horse stumbled and scared her to death!  We had to force her to get on again, but she did.  She can be brave when she wants to.  Now if she could just be brave at night and sleep in her own bed!

Bermuda Cruise

We had a great time on our cruise to Bermuda.  It was for seven nights and left from Boston.  

We had one day at sea and then arrived about noon the next day in St. George.  We did a self walking tour and saw the town square, two fortresses and stopped at a little beach.

 

Every night we had great entertainment.  This is Clint with the Black Street Boyz.    They were so hilarious.  We bought their DVD if anyone wants to watch it.    The dance company was really good too.  They had an adaudge (I don't know how to spell it and couldn't find it in the dictionary, but that is what they called it.  If anyone knows about this please let me know!) couple that was unbelievable.    They did contortion and stunts like that.   


The beaches were beautiful and the kids really enjoyed them.  We had two full days at the beach.  Clint and I found an overhang and  we enjoyed the shade and I got a lot of reading in.  It was great!  Clint, Carol and Major even did a little snorkeling. 

Juliette got freaked out when I pointed out the little fish to her.  They were clear and almost invisible.  I shouldn't have done that.  She wouldn't go near the water after that.

We left around noon the next day.  We enjoyed watching the ship sail away.  We had very calm water and beautiful weather the whole time and no one got seasick.
Everyone had all the ice cream they could eat.  Juliette ordered chicken nuggets and French fries everyday.  She wouldn't order anything else.  Major had made to order pasta everyday and loved that!  


I enjoyed eating four course meals with no children and great views.  We did eat with the kids sometimes and we always got compliments on how good they were.  They really enjoyed the Kid's Club.  We had a little trouble getting home, but we sure appreciate our wonderful benefits!

Dance Recital

Lucy and Juliette had their dance recital.  Lucy was in three dances.  She loves to dance!  She made the dance company for next year and is really excited.  

Juliette surprised us all by loving to be on the stage.  All year she told me she didn't want to go on the stage, but after the recital she said she wants to do it again - not take dance, just perform.  When Juliette saw herself with make-up on she said she looked "scary!"  They love their teacher Ms. Tricia and are sad that she is moving.

May Madness 2008

May is always a busy month!  Carol and Major had their final orchestra concert.  Major received the award for the outstanding beginning student.  Carol also had her final Symphony concert.  I could tell a big improvement from the beginning of the year.  They did an excellent job.

Major won 1st place in the original poetry contest for 4th grade.  

Here are the frozen girls at the school swim party.  The weather has been very cool.  It's a party every night!  We are tired!

Juliette's Birthday

On Saturday we celebrated Juliette's 6th Birthday.  She wanted a pizza party.  All the children made their own pizza.  I think everyone had fun.  About 16 children came.  I got worried after I invited everyone with how it was going to work.  But the kids were great and didn't really need help. What a relief!  It was a fun party!

LuLu our rabbit likes to babysit the kittens when Cookie, the mother, takes a break.  Lulu is so sweet and the two kittens are so cute and getting big.

April 2008

This is Lulu the "Easter Bunny".  Carol made the outfit and put together the shot.  I never know what pictures are going to show up on my camera when I down load.  It's always a surprise.

            Cookie (our cat) had two kittens.  We were all very surprised.  The kids are having such a good time with them.  Carol especially loves all her animals and takes very good care of them.  I never have to remind her to feed them.  Good thing, because I wouldn’t remember!  She loves animals.  She and I have been walking most mornings at 5:30am.  I have been wanting to exercise and she always reminds me to go, so that helps.  It also gives us a chance to talk, so I really enjoy it.  

            Major is busy with cub scouts and flag football.  He caught two interceptions last game and make a touch down both times.  It was their teams first win!  He is such a responsible boy!  I just tell him what to do and he gets it done!  He is getting really good on the piano.  He makes up stories, poems and songs all the time.  He reads constantly and always tells us something interesting that he learned.  He loves “Popular Science” magazine and “National Geographic Kids”.  He reads “The Friend”, “The New Era”, and “Guideposts Magazine” cover to cover the day we get them!   His sisters are also very proud of him and love him very much!

            Lucy loves to dance!  Almost everyday she turns on the ipod and makes up dances for hours.  They are actually really good.  She is getting a little better about keeping her room clean and getting ready in the morning.  She is looking forward to getting baptized.  She is a very loving and sweet girl.

            Juliette is as funny as ever.  The other day she sang to the fireplace (she could see her reflection) for about an hour, all the “Hairspray” songs, with actions.  She didn’t know most of the words so she just made up stuff, but she definitely had the melodies down.  It was so funny watching her.  She is so dramatic and quite the performer!  She makes us laugh all the time!  She is doing better in school and is really sweet.