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.

Playing some more catch-up

When we lived up North, one of things the boys enjoyed was to go to Lowe's and build something. Once a month Kirk would sign the boys up and then they would go and get to build things. It was free and the first time they went they would get an apron and safety glass. At each work shop after they passed off their project they would get a certificate and a patch to sew onto their apron. They always had a great time.

pucker up

The kids and I made lip sucker holders for their Valentines this year. So pucker up and kiss me now!

Chick Magnet

The kids had their Valentines party in school today. Tyler comes home with quite the loot. He seems to have a few girls that have decided that he is their valentine. He received a special gift from each of them.

The Saga continues

Well Derick has decided that Tuesday is the day to shave. So every Tuesday whether he needs it or not, Derick shaves.

Remembering GG pa Marchant

February 11 is always a day that I think of Grandpa Marchant. His Birthday was the first time that we met. Kirk and I were dating and we went to Grandma and Grandpa Marchant's house to celebrate. He always treated me special because we shared the same birthday.

I always liked it when Grandpa Marchant walked into the room because you could smell his cologne.

A funny story I remember about Grandpa was when he took me up to Salt Lake to meet Kirk one time and to take Kimmy home. He stayed in the passing lane the whole way up there and I remember people giving us dirty looks because he never moved over. Grandpa just said "I don't see why everyone doesn't drive on this side of the road, it's so much smoother"

I love and miss Grandpa Marchant. Happy Birthday to us.

Can I say that word?

We are reading the D&C for scripture study this year and tonight it's Kaitlin's turn to read her set of scriptures. She gets to a part in the scripture and stops on the word, hell, and asks us if it's o.k for her to say hell or if she should say heck? We tell her that if it's in the scriptures it is o.k. to say.

We have enjoyed studying the Doctrine & Covenants this year as a family. I have such a testimony of the prophet Joseph Smith and I'm so grateful for him and for the strength he had during the restoration of the gospel. It has also been great studying about him in Relief Society.

Aunt Terri's Picture Challenge

This is the 6th picture in the 6th folder of my computer. This is a picture that we took in May 2007. Such a cute picture of all of the Grandkids at the time (minus Jaron now). It was taken at a business park in Springville, Utah.

Kaitlin's 9

This year for Kaitlin's Birthday I decided to take her out of school and we went to St George for the day. She wanted to go to the mall and go shopping. She said that the first thing that she wanted to do when she got there was to ride the escalator. Too bad St George isn't big enough for and escalator. First thing we did when we got there was to have our pictures taken in one of those photo booths. Then we went to Dillards to look around. She put some lip gloss on at the makeup counter and some perfume. We looked at some clothes and she had to buy a Hannah Montana makeup set. She tried on some fancy Jewelry and decided that people who wear the underwear that goes up you bum (thongs) are just disgusting. We did a little more walking around the mall before she decided that she had had her fill of the whole mall thing.

We then decided that we needed to eat so we went to the Olive Garden for lunch. It was delicious and we both filled up on the yummy breadsticks.

Our final destination was to Target, thank goodness for Target, because that is where we did pretty much all of our shopping. Kaitlin picked out several different outfits. She modeled all the cute little hats for a photo shoot.

After we got home from shopping we got ready for her party. We decorated the basement with balloons a homemade disco ball, black lights and Tyler's lava lamp. She had four of the best come to "party" with her. They all had fun dancing, singing kareoke, telling jokes and eating munchies.

We are so glad to have Kaitlin in our family, she is such a delightful little girl. Happy Birthday Kaitlin!

Feeding the Horses

One of the kids favorite things to do while in Leamington is to feed the horses behind Grandma and Grandpa's house. The kids have named each of the horses I can't remember all of the names but I know that two of them are Harry and Ron from "Harry Potter".

A day in the life of being in Leamington

Thing to do while visiting Grandma and Grandpa Evers in Leamington.

• Got to the mines
• Touch a Mormon Cricket
• Throw rocks in the river
• Feed the horses
• Climb on the roof
• See a rainbow
• Drive Grandpa's Truck
• Go up the mountain
• Sew something
• .....and see the old trains
  

Playing Catch-up

I haven't taken any new pictures so I thought that I would try playing a little catch-up with my old pictures that I haven't scrapbooked.

These are pictures of a time when we were visiting Leamington and Sister Ballard (she is a southern belle) called and wanted to know if we wanted to go throw eggs at the bridge. We thought that it was kind of naughty, and she said not to worry that the birds would come and clean everything up, so we said what the heck, let's go have some fun. So we got a bunch of eggs and met her at the bridge. We started with egg and spoon races, toss the egg, and then we just had a blast splattering them on the wall of the bridge. What a fun memory that we will never forget.

Off to the MTC

This last Sunday was my parents mission farewell. What a beautiful meeting it was. My mom talked about the importance of keeping a history and doing genealogy and a little bit about what they would be doing on their mission. Derick and Shaylin along with my parents neighbor Nathan did a piano/violin duet to "Oh My Father" it was absolutely beautiful. I wish I could have brought a recorder into church to record it. Hopefully they will play it again soon so that I can record it then so that you can all hear it. My dad then concluded by talking about faith and the power of the priesthood.

They went into the MTC on Monday and are having a great time learing everything they need to know before they go out into the Mission Field. I am so glad that I still am able to hear from them by phone and not just two times a year like the young missionaries get to.

Color Country Cloggers

Kaitlin started clogging this fall, and has had a great time. She is in a group with about 12 including one boy. She caught on really quick. One day while I was in my craft room and she was in the bathroom taking a shower, I could hear her stomping, I asked her what she was doing and she said she was doing her clogging performance. She had a couple performances over the Christmas Holiday. One of these days I'll get a better camera so that I can capture her dancing better.

Red Noses

Thanks to my wonderful Sister-in-Law, Kollen, my kids went sledding. Kollen was here for the Christmas holiday and since I still had to work she took my kids to have some fun. Thanks Kollen!