April Fools Day

I tricked the kids by making them sundaes.  I told them they could have dessert before dinner so they were really excited.  The sundae was mashed potatoes with gravy.  Sounds good but it was cold.  It looked just like a hot fudge sundae so they were very sad.  Talmage started crying!
They had fun the whole day playing tricks on each other.

Spring Break

We went to Moab for Spring Break.  It was fun to get away for a few days, especially since the weather was cold.  We invaded Chad and Margaret for four days!  They were very nice and we had a great time.  We visited Arches National Park several times and hiked around and I even went mountain biking.  The kids loved riding Chad's chopper and playing with Wred.

Riding the Chopper

Delicate Arch

Easter Fun

We had a fun Easter this year.  We had a big Easter egg hunt at Grandpa & Grandma Stoker's house with the cousins.  Grandpa caught one baby bunny in a trap and the grandkids caught three more.  We took home two bunnies, Peter and Cottontail.  Peter is black and Cottontail is brown. They have been fun to hold and fun for the kids to take care of.   We haven't had any pets for a long time so this is heaven for them.
We were also able to spend some time with the Harris Family at Wred's birthday party at Draper City Park.  We had fun playing kickball and eating cake with them.  Grandma Harris came up to visit on Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful day outside so we roasted hot dogs and had a picnic.

Darren has a 3rd degree A-C Separation

 Darren was riding his bike in Snow Basin and crashed.  He has a 3rd degree A-C separation.  It has been very painful and has forced him to stay home and not do much for a few weeks.  He is doing much better now that  it has been 5 weeks since the accident. He is gaining mobility but still  can't lift his arm very high and the bone is very prominent.

Learning to Sew

Shanee has been learning to sew this summer.  She learned how to cut out a pattern, cut the material and sew up a  pair of shorts with her friend Mariah and her cousins. It took almost an entire day to finish the project but she did a great job.  They even have pleats!  She says they are pajama shorts but I think they are cute enough to wear to school.  I was very impressed!
Last night at Young Womens we learned how to sew a pillow case.  She sewed this cute Halloween pillowcase.  Her brothers are begging her to make one for them.

We are the Champions!

Winners of the Perry 4th of July 5K race.

Kaden won first place for his age group and 4th or 5th place over all

Shanee  won first place for her age group 

Kyler won 2nd place for the mile race for his age group.

And Talmage completed the mile race!! He worked really hard to finish and ran/walked it all.

Tina and Margaret ran the 5K as well.

Here are the winners!

Kindergarten Graduate

Kyler Graduated from kindergarten!  (Just a little behind on the posts!)  The photos I took on my phone will not open up anymore so I had to re-take some photos of him in his graduation cap because it is so cute.  He had a fun year in Mrs. Espinoza's class at the new charter school, Promentory School of Expiditionary Learning.  School starts again in only 20 days!