Too much to fit in title...

I think soccer is David's favorite sport. He isn't even playing baseball this year because it conflicts with soccer. We have fun watching him race around the field and he plays goalie, too.
This represents years of practicing and performances. Way to go David!
He earned his 15 point solo and duet gold cups this year for piano festival.
His favorite thing to play lately is the Pink Panther.

We finally have a finished space in the basement! Our remodel started ...when was it..I can't remember now it's been so long. We finished half of the basement as a storage room and the other half as a big kid "playroom". We have foosball and darts down there and Caroline had a sleepover with a friend down there last weekend. She said it was the best place for a sleepover!

Dying Easter eggs

I'll take some ham with that cheese...

...there we go, that's better!

David earned his tenderfoot rank in the boy scouts on April 12, 2009. He is excited about scouts. Michael even came in full uniform to support his little brother - you rock, Michael!


Over Spring Break this year we went to Zion's National Park and St. George. All of us except Michael. You will notice he is not in any pictures. He stayed home and earned his lifegaurd certification. Now let's hope he can find a job.

It was cold ( that's snow you see in the air). But not as cold as they had it at home. Orem had 13 inches while we were gone. Michael said it took him a long time to make it up the hill to sleep over at Aunt Lisa's house. The next day he drove my 4WD and we have since bought new tires for the kid car.

Hey, look who joined the kids for a hike in the snow, it's Ted Kaczynski!

The hiking was beautiful even if it was cold. This is below the waterfall on the Emerald Pools hike. The water has frozen on the tree below the falls.

Sad faces because this is the Weeping Rock hike.

We went for a trail ride ,too. Katie wasn't too sure about this but after a little bit she decided it wasn't that bad. I think she was bucked off a horse once, maybe that was Michael, well anyway. The scenery was beautiful, what else is there to say?

We found some rocks to hike in St. George. The wind was so strong this day and Nelson said he has never been so nervous on top of a rock in his life. This is saying a lot from the guy who likes to pretend to fall into the Grand Canyon to scare me.

The desert was in bloom!

I now have 4 children who need glasses. Michael has contacts and does need them to drive and see in general. The others just need help seeing the board and movies, etc. I took the boys to the eye doctor and they both had their eyes dilated. When we got home they wanted to see what it looked like but of course you can't see very well with dilated eyes so I took a picture of them with Katie's normal pupils to compare how huge theirs were. kinda freaky huh?

Katie has been on the Junior High track team but this year she hasn't been because she was the student director of the 9th grade play at school and rehearsal conflicted with track. Well, now the play is over and even though there was only one week left in the season, she joined. They were grateful because none of the 9th grade girls on the team ran distance and she does. They also needed a 4th runner for the 4x100 relay. Go Katie!

Michael took Kara Oviatt to Junior Prom on Saturday. Do I really have a child old enough to be taking a girl to prom? I swear I went to Junior Prom , like, last month. They sure look great!

I will try to keep up with my posts a little better so we can avoid epics like this one.