"God be with you 'till we meet again"

June 3rd my cute little brother left for the MTC. We had to say our goodbyes in the parking lot of the Marriot Center because of the whole "swine flu scare" It was a little wierd to watch him ride off in the car, knowing that was it until 2011. We've heard from him a few times in emails and letters and he seems to have already learned so much. I eam so proud of him. He will be an awesome missionary. He gets on the plain for Florida tommorrow. I'm a little nervous for him, but excited too. We'll all miss you baby brother....but two years will go quickly I hope..and "God be with you 'till we meet again"

{GIANT CATCH-UP}

WOW! What a crazy last month. I haven't updated in a long time! We have just run from one thing to the next...but it has been super fun. Here is a quick update of the last month or so.........

Last Day of school! I saw this cutest idea on Studio 5. The girls really loved thier teachers this year and wanted to do something special for them for the last day of school. So we made these cute aprons, stuffed full of markers. post-its, hand sanitizer and lots of little things that teachers need. The girls wore them to get on the bus so they would get smushed.

Kesli had to do a presentation for class as part of her grade. She had to pick something to teach that she had a passion for and knew something about. Of course she picked softball. She put together an awesome little power point presentation. Then she had the whole class go outside and play a little game of softball. Coach Rich (grandpa) came and helped. She even got Mrs. Irvine up to bat. Kesli doesn't love to speak in front of people (Primary talks are traumatic) but she did a very good job and I was so proud of her.

Kemri had "pet day" at school. She was so excited to bring her little Copper puppy. She always loves to show him off. He was a little naughty....but not as much as we thought, so over all it was a fun experience.

Kyson has always LOVED! uncle Taylor's drums. So just before he left on his mission he gave Kyson his practice pad and new drum sticks! Kyson was so excited! I thought it was so stinkin' cute that he wrote this message on the pad for him. What a cute uncle!

KYSON'S 4th BIRTHDAY! He has asked me every morning since June 1st if he is still four and not just "half and a 3" I love my little guy...happy birthday buddy!

Kesli's 5th grade program all about American History. (Don't ya love the powdered wig). She has loved this past school year with her teacher Mrs. Irvine! She was an incredible teacher.

PrEScHoOL gRaDuAtiOn! Kyson Loved Preschool this year. He loved his teachers and looked forward to going every time!

Memorial Day weekend we planned to hike Waterfall Canyon. We got there and saw that we had to park like a mile down the road! There were TONZ of people there, so we decided to go to Adams Canyon instead.....same thing. I guess everyone else had the idea to go hiking memorial day too. We ended up spening the rest of the afternoon at Beus Pond feeding the ducks and geese and then went for icecream. Even though it was not what we planned it was fun just to hang out with our little fam.

Happy Birthday DAD! My cute dad turned 51 May 22. I know that most people make a big deal of 50, but we really wanted to surprise him so we waited a year thinking that he would never suspect anything on his 51st birthday. We planned so carefully.......we thought. We told him we were getting together for my little niece Sidney's birthday and sent him to pick up my grandma while all the guests arrived. He just kept asking questions the nosey little butt. He did have an idea that something was up, but I don't think that he knew exactly what. I guess we surprised him a little, but it was still so fun. My cute little brother Taylor put together a video that was so awesome! My dad has several quotes that he says all the time so we hung them up all over the place, to name a few......."Lazy people have twice as much work"......"it takes no talent to hustle"...."Positive Attitude, Positive Attitude, Positive Attitude!" He has had a lot of influence on a lot of people. He has coached football & softball ever since I can remember. He coached every one of his kids. Both my sisters played comp softball and he put in so much time to help them and the team. I still hear from people all the time how much they loved him as a coach and how much he helped them. He now coaches my Kesli and her team. ( I guess he lost hope that I would ever play, I'm not so good with sports that have a ball) He really does care about all the girls and still puts in countless hours! It was fun to have a get together to tell him how much we appreciate all he has done......by the way check out that cake, I think I might be Betty Crocker...JK......oh and it's too bad who ever made that cute sign, doesn't know how to spell BIRTHDAY, wait that was me! You better believe I will never live that down!

Kyson has been dying to go to the airplane museum, so we called some friends and went. He loved being with his friends and seeing all the airplanes. He just kept asking afterward why he didn't get to fly one. Boys love anything with an engine. ( Bottom Pic left to right: Jake, Boston, Kyson, Cade, Kembree and Macey)

{CraZy WeeKeNd}

What a weekend! I bet you would never guess all three of these pictures were taken the same day! So I'll start at the beginning......Friday night Kesli had a tournament up in Logan. She played three games that night, they won them all! They played until about 10:40pm and we arrived home about 11:40 pm. During warm-ups before their first game Kesli pulled a muscle in her leg, but she stayed tough and played through it with lots of Icy Hot and Advil. So the next morning they started games again at 10:15, and of course coach (grandpa) needs them there an hour and a half early...so they had to be there at 9:15, so we left our house about 8:15. They played the first game that went into an extra inning and won. We had some lunch with some of her team mates and then booked it back down the canyon because she had a dance recital. Luckily Kyle's parents live close to Roy High ( dance rectial location) so we went there and we had both Kesli and Kemri ready in about 20 minutes. This really is an accomplishment! Kesli then danced beautifully in her recital ( so did Kems..but that's to come later) and as soon as she came off stage I grabbed her and we ran ( for real RAN) to the car and booked it back up the canyon, while changing yet again and trying wipe off all the recital make up.

( hello, you so can't have make-up on and play ball!) She did miss two games ( that never makes the coach happy), and she hates to miss anything, but we did get ther back for the Championship game! The girls who were a good two years younger thatn most the girls on the other team played great! However in the end we lost and took 2nd place in the tournament! GO THUNDER! They finished the game around 9:00pm, we ate dinner, picked up Kemri at Grandma's house and got home around midnight! Thank goodness for 1:00 church:)

I thought it was so cute that the team that won asked our team to come take pictures with them on home plate.....Both teams had great sportsmanship! Way to go girls
My little Kems was such a good sport throughout the whole wekend. She came and cheered her sister on and never complained! She stayed up late, got up early and was drug all over the place. She even came with mom and dad and helped us pick out a new bat for Kesli while she was warming up and never said "what do I get" or "it's not fair she gets something new" I was so proud of her. She danced great in her recital! After the recital she had a birthday party to go to, so Nama Nay ( my mom) took her to her party and picked her up and she got to hand out with grandma for the rest of the night. I do believe she deserves a surprise for being such a good kid! Way to go Kemri, what would we do with out you! And I sure can't forget Kyson. He was not quite as good, but cheered up when Dad got his bat and ball and he could "practice, cuz his coach said he had to!"

I Forgot to put this with the last post....here is my wonderful Mother's Day Stash!

WOW! It has been a crazy couple weeks! I forget how busy May is. I think it might be busier than December. Soccer games, softball games, D.A.R.E. graduation, dance competions, field trips, yard work and I'm sure a lot I can't or don't want to remember! I haven't posted in a while so I have some catching up to do........Mother's Day was definately one of the highlights for me. My cute little fam made me breakfast and had all kinds of cards, books and a Michael Buble' (LOVE HIM) CD sitting at the table. And the best part of all....nobody complained about what I made them wear to church or how I did their hair, that is a happy day!

Kemri & her cute friend Alli.......Last game of the season! GO RAPTORS!