Cub Scout Space Derby

Tyler couldn't wait for his first official cub scout derby.

This year it happened to be a space derby. He was so proud of his BYU spaceship that he designed and painted all by himself. Go Cougars!
First you had to wind and wind and wind (like 150 times) the propeller and then load it on the flying mechanism.
Then each boy would stand back and "pray" that theirs would go the fastest and the farthest.
All the boys did such a great job with their spaceships and had a lot of fun.

Dad's Day

I just wanted to wish Happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. I'm so grateful for all the wonderful men that I have in my life.

Our Little "Web-Man"

For those of you that don't know, our little Austin was born with a webbed finger on his left hand. The doctor suggested that we wait until he was at least 6 months old and then have surgery to seperate it. So on May 14th, 2008 we took him up to Primary Children's Hospital where he had plastic surgery and a small skin graft to fix it. He did amazingly well for such a little guy (except for having to deal with a huge cast for 3 weeks just as he was learning to roll over). And now he's doing well and everything looks good.

"Look at my cool webbed finger! My daddy says it will make me a fast swimmer!"

Austin all dressed up in his hospital duds. Daddy giving him a kiss for luck.

Just coming out of surgery. "Maybe I can bite this thing off!"

"I guess I'm just a one-armed baby now." "What the heck is this thing anyway!"

Off comes the cast, finally! All better now.

Congratulations, Clark!!

I just wanted to congratulate Clark on qualifying to play in the Utah State Amateur Golf Tournament. I think this is a pretty big deal for anyone who is a golfer in Utah. For those of you who know my husband, saying that golf is a pretty big deal to him would be an understatement!! When he's not playing golf, he is probably watching it on TV. So when all that "practice" pays off, it makes it all worth it. I do have to say, it's been really fun to watch as he starts to teach each of our boys how to play. They often go down to the driving range at Thanksgiving Point to hit balls, which gives me a little break every once in a while. Anyway, I just wanted to let him know that although I'm not always happy about how much he golfs, I think he's great! Love ya babe!

Memorial Weekend at Bear Lake!

We always have a family reunion of sorts at Bear Lake each year over Memorial Weekend. It's a great place for the kids to just run wild and play to their hearts content.Each day we had a different theme. Howdy Ya'll!But the biggest attraction this year was the remote control cars that my dad and my brothers all brought. They spent hours driving those things! Everyone had a lot of fun watching and helping to see just how high of a jump they could build. Of course, a lot of time was also spent repairing them each time they crashed!It was pretty darn cold a lot of the time, but a few brave souls, like my Cooper here, decided to test the waters anyway. I just wish he would have changed into his swimming suit first!Overall, it was fun weekend.

Spring Soccer

We are definitely a soccer family! I think I am officially a "soccer mom".

With hree soccer games every Saturday and practices during the week, we just about didn't survive. But the boys love playing and we just love watching them.

I just can't wait until we have all four boys playing in a few years! J/KCooper had been watching his older brothers play for years on the sideline and he couldn't wait to finally get in there and play himself! No one ever had to tell him what to do because he already knew. But of course he thinks he know everything already! That's our little Coop for ya!
Zach had a lot of fun playing with all his buddies from the neighborhood.

He's a great little player! And quite the scorer!

Tyler, of course, has been playing the longest. He's so fun to watch. His coach gave him the "Leader Award" because he always knew where everyone should be and he was the only one who could run the entire game without ever getting tired!

Happy Mom's Day!

Wicked in L.A.

Some friends and I went to L.A. for a quick girls weekend. It was so much fun! for a A big part of our trip was going to see the show "Wicked". It was so amazing! I loved it!
We also did a little shopping and took a stroll down the "walk of fame".
Elicia's hooked up with a high school friend that took us on a backstage tour of Universal Studios. Way cool! This wreckage is from the movie "War of the Worlds".
But mostly we had a ton of fun just hanging out with the girls!

Spring Break!

Arizona, here we come!!! We couldn't wait to get out of cold and snowy Utah and head to some place warmer. We stayed a few days in Phoenix at Clark's dad's condo and then drove to Tucson to stay with his sister, Stephanie. The kids had a blast and Clark and I had a little fun too!

Austin's First Time Swimming

Look at those beautiful palm trees

The kids had a fun sleepover in a big tent in the backyard.

They went lizard hunting,

had a picnic at the park,

played football for hours,

had a race to the finish,

and finally got to relax in the hot tub.

Man being a kid is hard work! But they sure have fun doing it!

Austin is 6 months old!!

Isn't he just the cutest thing ever??