Bradan and the bear

Bradan turned 10 this summer! That's right double digits. It is weird that he is getting so old, don't worry he doesn't act like it. He earned his Bear in scouts before he went to KY for the summer, but he didn't get his recognition until last week. He fought the bear. He came out bloody, but still in one piece.
Bradan pinning me

Happy Campers

Nathan and Tate got to go to Scout camp this year. Our stake held a priesthood encampment, so it was full of spiritual activities along with scouting activities. Jon went up for a couple of days and these are the only pictures he took. I am hoping to get some copies of pictures the leaders took. They had a really good time and hopefully some experiences they won't forget. Tate was just called to be the Deacon's quorum president in our ward. We have 20 Deacons so it is a big deal. I am super proud of him! Last Sunday he was in his church clothes from 8am-9pm. He had church, meetings, and a fireside. Jon told him he was in training to be an apostle, and I thought Tate was going to have a heart attack. He did not think it was funny.

Summertime in the AZ

I am so far behind, I don't even know where to start. But I am semi caught up on my homework and the laundry so I decided I would try. We had a pretty quiet summer as usual all the big boys were gone for most of it. We spent most of the summer at the pool. We swam ALOT! It was awesome! I had a tan again for the first time in years. The babies love to go swimming. They dive all over the place. We have a pool at the YMCA right down the street so on good days Jon and I, or just me if Jon was at work, and the babies would go to the gym in the morning. They like to play in the childcare center they have there, and we would work out. Then we would go home for lunch and come back and swim. On not so productive days we would just go swimming. We also hit McDonald's playland a few times, an indoor bouncey place, to see Toy Story 3, to the mall with grandma, and hung out with Aunt Jenifer and Trevor while they were here.




Our 4th of July celebration was pretty lame this year. It was on Sunday so I made this cake, which was yummy, and we just went to church and hung out at home. Nothing too exciting.

Girl's Camp...SO Much Fun!!

This was at our PJ fashion show and we played a little prank on the girls and hung these pictures all over their cabin. I totally rocked these pajamas(I look like humpty dumpty), of course. Jon gave them to me 2 Christmas ago. I had never worn them, but pulled them out for camp. You can only get away with this stuff at Girl's Camp, that is why I love it!


I seriously LOVE my calling! It is so much fun! I feel so blessed to have the opportunity to work with the Young Women in my ward. They are awesome! We had a blast at camp! No drama-AT ALL! Our girls were perfect. They have such strong testimonies and are such an example to me. I also love the other leaders I get to work with. They are so talented and amazing! I left camp completely uplifted, wanting to be better and try harder to do better. It was a great week!

SAD!!

So our computer had some kind of major malfunction and wouldn't work at all. It was so convenient because it happened the same week that I was supposed to turn in a 1000 word essay and take my final, Bradan's science project board was due, and Nathan had a report and a poster he was supposed to make. Awesome! Finally on Monday this guy came over to fix it. It took him 3 hours. Monday night we were finishing up Bradan's science project and I was looking for the pictures we had taken of him doing the experiment a week or so before. This is the SAD part. No pictures! Not only did we not have those pictures we couldn't find any pictures at all from 2010. Somehow those must have been saved somewhere different and didn't get saved before everything was cleared off. SAD...SAD...SAD I am still trying to get over it.

Mom's Day

I had a great Mother's Day. Jon and the kids really came through this year. They made me breakfast in bed, made lunch and dinner, got the babies all ready for church, and let me take a nap. It was an awesome day! I am thankful to be a mom. It is seriously hard, but my kids help me want to be a better person and the mom that they deserve.Nothing better than starting Sunday off with a stiff drink. Okay it was just juice, but it did have a little kick.

So Shy

Addison was supposed to give her first talk in Primary on Sunday. It didn't quite go as planned. She was totally excited and all ready to go until she got up to the podium and then she froze. Hand went in the mouth and not a sound came out. So I ended up giving a fabulous talk on how getting baptized is making a covenant with Heavenly Father and how excited Addison is to be baptized when she turns 8. Addison is often too "shy" to talk, participate in class at preschool, sing, say hi to her friends etc. She has NO problem speaking her mind at home. Maybe next time.