Tree Trimmin

Every year the city comes and picks up any of our yard clean up materials. So we put them to work this year. We trimmed our tree in front and filled the entire road in front of our house. Thank goodness we didn't have to haul it off.

Tyler's 16th Great Grandpa

Come listen to the Prophets voice.

I always look forward to General Conference every six months. This year I did a page with some of the thoughts and quotes that I enjoyed and wanted to remember. I think that one of my favorites from the Sunday session was given by Brother Gary E. Stevenson of the quorum of the Seventy.

Really Rosie

Kaitlin has been working for months on the play "Really Rosie". She played Dolly's Mom and did such a terrific job. Really Rosie, is about a girl who loves to act and is trying to find a cast to put on her next play. Kaitlin loves to perform and I'm sure that this won't be the last we will see of her.

and the winner is...

Kaitlin had clogging practice today and guess what we found out? Kaitlin's clogging team took first place on both of their clogging dances. I guess if we would have hung around we would have found out. We are so proud of her for her hard work, she did such a great job. The main thing that the judges said that they lacked were SMILES! It's hard to smile when you are scared to death.

When I can get a picture with Kaitlin and the group trophy I will update.

Tyler Circut City

Tyler's fifth grade class decided to to a group science fair project this year. This is the way I wish they would do it every year, way easy for me! Each of the kids made their own circut city with boxes, paint, papeclips, batteries, brads, and Christmas lights. Good job Tyler!

How adorable

My sister did this layout of my brother Greg and nephew Jaron. I just love it and had to steal it from her blog to put it on mine. Thanks Lori.

Down the drain...or up?

We sure have had our share of plumbing problems. This last time it came up in Tyler's room and the Family room. Thank goodness for insurance! We are in the process of replacing carpet in both rooms and walls in Tyler's. Luckily these were two of the rooms on the remodel list, which just ended up at the top.

The double double with fries

Yesterday while we were in St. George for Kaitlin's competition, we introduced our family to the In-N-Out Burger joint. When they say in n out, that's what they mean. We were hesitant to go because there were cars pulled all around the building for the drive through and lines coming out the door. Once we got in line to the time we received our food took less than 10 minutes, pretty quick service I would say.

Kaitlin had her first clogging competition today and did such a great job. She nominated me to be the group "mom in charge" so I got to make sure that the kids practiced and made sure they were in their places and ready to perform. She has really enjoyed clogging and I like it because they can be modest and have fun. The first dance was to "Walkin on Sunshine" and the second one was called "Slam".

Derick and Tyler's new assignment

Derick and Tyler got the task of hanging lights this year. They were quite excited that they got picked to do this, little do they know that from now on it will be their job and it won't be quite as exciting.

Kaitlin's Christmas Concert

Kaitlin has really enjoyed being in the Choir at school. The clip below is my favorite song that they sing, "Hot cup of Cocoa"

Friends

We made some great friends during our married college days. The Manley's and the Vorkinks. We all started our families around the same time and did everything together and also all moved away around the same time. We have some great memories with these families. Just before we moved back to Cedar City I remember telling Kirk that the only thing that would make it better would be if our friends were back there. A few days later we received an email from the Manleys saying that they were back in Cedar City. During the summer of 2006 we received a call from the Vorkinks telling us that they were in town and wanted to get together. So we all got together, had a BBQ and took the kids to the park. What a great day.

Derick's Violin Concert 2006

Derick is a wonderful violin player. We have always enjoyed attending his concerts and listening to him play. Derick has always loved music and has such a good ear. My earliest memories of Derick and music is when he used to sit in Grandma and Grandpa Marchants front room in front of their big speakers and wave his arms back and forth to the music. He wasn't even a year old.

Evers Family Photos 2006

It's amazing how quickly all of our little ones change.

A Christmas Carol

In looking back at my picture files, I had misssed some great ones.

For Derick's last year of Play makers they performed "A Christmas Carol" Derick played multiple parts, Mr. Fizziwig, a pirate, a man on the street and dead scrooge. Playmakers has been such a great experience for Derick and he has had a blast and made some great friends through it.

Weekend with the Fam

When my parents left on their mission we promised them that we would do things together while they are gone. So we planned a get together for this last weekend. The kids and I went up on Friday night and stayed until Sunday. On Saturday, Lori scheduled for us girls to go get a pedicure. This was the first time for me and I enjoyed every minute of it. Kaitlin got her toe nails and fingernails done, but before we did anything she had to go into the bathroom and wash her feet because she was embarrassed that her feet would stink. Afterwards we played Apples to Apples and had a fabulous spaghetti dinner and I ate way to much baguette bread, but it was just to yummy to pass up. We had a great time reminiscing about growing up. The next day we went to church ate dinner and reluctantly came home.

Lori and the boys are talking about coming down here for spring break and then our next big get together will be sometime in June.

Happy St Patties Day!

This picture was taken on St Patrick's day in 2006. I always have the best intentions to be creative on holidays. I have a gal that I work with that loves St Patricks day and goes all out with dinner, decorating her car, dressing up, watching an Irish movie, the works. So yesterday I was telling her that I was going to surprise my kids and at least have green food for dinner. Here is what I did, I made tacos and said "look kids, our lettuce is green just for St. Patricks day!" I know, LAME. Maybe next year.

Souper Elders Quorum Activity

Kirk is now the new Elders Quorum President in our church and to start things off with a bang he planned a Family Elders Quorum party. It was a blast! It was a potluck soup dinner with rolls and then Kirk had some fun activities planned. We did a contest to see who could wrap the best TP mummy in a certain amount of time, and then all of the men and boys, tried to see who could hold a baby, talk on the phone and hang up the laundry the best in one minute. The women had a great time watching this. It was a great turnout which is always what you would like. We have so many young and new couples in the ward that it's always nice to get to know them and for them to meet others in the ward.

Happy Birthday Tyler!

Tyler turned 11 this year and had a very nice birthday. He go plenty of presents including a "Ugly Stick" fishing pole and tackle box so that when the weather warms up a bit we can go fishing. We are all looking forward to next year when Tyler will receive the Preisthood.

Eleven things about Tyler:

1. If you need a hug, Tyler is who to go to.
2. Tyler likes to look nice and comb his hair (most of the time)
   
3. He likes to eat chicken legs
4. He likes animals
5. He is a good friend
6. He is respectful of his teachers
7. He is not to old for kisses
8. He likes to play basketball
9. He has eaten baby octopus' and liked it
10. Tyler is a good singer
    
11. Tyler tells me he loves me
    

Ice Fishing...NOT!

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For Tyler's birthday this year he decided that he wanted to go icefishing. So we packed everything up and headed to the lake with our neighbors the Makun's. Once we drove up to the water we then realized that the ice had pretty much melted. So we just fished instead. Luckily we packed normal fishing poles to use or else we would have looked quite funny fishing with the little ice fishing poles. We didn't have any luck with catching but we had fun trying and enjoyed Taco soup and hot dogs.

Quote of the day

This is a quote that my parents sent from their mission that they found while working with their documents.

"A life that is not documented, is a life that within a generation or two will largely be lost to memory."

I really like it and it makes me remember that the time I spend doing my blog is documenting our history.

Building a fort for Grandma 2006

For Mothers day we usually see what Grandma would like done around the house. She buys everything and then we do the labor, a good deal for everyone. Kirk designed the play fort and then we set to work building. It's always a good experience for us and the kids to help build something.

We called this house home for a while while were looking for a house to buy. I quite enjoyed living here despite the house was tilting, you could put a can on the floor in the kitchen and it would roll fast to the other side. The kids all had their own room which was quite nice for them except Tyler would have rather slept somewhere else because he could see the kitchen downstairs through his bedroom floor. He was always afraid his bed would fall through the floor. I learned how to hang my laundry out to dry outside. It was a fun house during the spring and summer because it had a great yard.

Spring Photos 2006

We went over to the University to take these pictures of the kids. There are lots of fun places to take pictures.

Home-made sled hill 2006

We made this sled hill in front of our old house after we had a big snow storm in March. The kids had a blast with it and it lasted for quite a while because it was on the North side of the house. If you look close you will see that I joined in the on fun, I am the big blur at the bottom of the page.

Discovery Park in Cedar City March 2006

Boys and their Toys 2006

Tyler's Baptism 2006

It's fun to look back and remember these great times. Tyler will be celebrating his 11th birthday on the 24th of this month and next year he will be getting the Priesthood. I can'[t believe how fast time flies.

x-games 2006

Those of you who know Tyler, know that he is quite adventurous. For his eighth birthday we had and X-game party. We gave Tyler a skateboarding ramp for his birthday this year and set it up at the church the kids all brought their scooters and skateboards. We had different courses and games for them to play. Afterwords we ate pizza and cake. It was a blast.

one, two, three, jump

Having fun with cousins!

Easter Sunday best

Happy Easter 2003

Easter is always such a fun time. We color our eggs and then at night the Easter bunny comes and hides our decorated eggs so that we can find them.