Thursday, July 10, 2008

Memories

I got this from a friend's blog. I thought this would be fun. I hope you will play along.


Here are the directions:



1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!



2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Happy 4th of July


























We spent the Fourth of July in the beautiful mountains of Greer Arizona. Tyson's parents have a cabin and a few times a year we meet up there for a couple of days. It is always such a fun place to go and especially now that all of our kids are getting older and they play outside nonstop. We went up on Thursday night and came home Saturday night, it was a really quick trip for us, but it was well worth spending time with family. We went into town for the Fourth of July Parade in Springerville and Porter told me that was the first parade he has ever been to (so sad). My favorite part were the Apache helicopters that flew over head, and on one of the helicopters you could see one of the soldiers leaning out waving. It was such a sense of pride that ran through me for our country.

























We also went on Memorial Day weekend and for those of you that remember it was a very cold weekend. We drove almost the whole way up in a snow storm. The snow started just outside of Globe and it continued until we reached the cabin three hours later. It was falling so thickly that we couldn't see 100 yards in front of us. It was beautiful the flakes were huge and I could see the detail as they were falling on our windshield. We ended up having a foot and a half snow at the cabin. That is seriously crazy, that area doesn't get that much very often in the winter time, let alone the very end of May beginning of June. We had such a great time, the kids loved playing in the snow, they needed boots, hats, and gloves the whole shabang. We took the kids sledding, and had snow ball fights. It was so beautiful. The snow only lasted about three days but we were sure excited to experience the miracle of the weather.

Happy 11th Birthday Connor!





Connor turned 11 last Wednesday! Wow what a fast eleven years, and don't get me started on how fast the next eleven is going to go, not to mention the next 8 before he goes on a mission....sigh. On the Saturday before his birthday we took Connor and a few of his friends to a "clean" comedy club~Jesterz. These boys laughed and laughed, it was really fun. On his actual birthday he received a new camera, to enhance his picture taking abilities. We are so glad Connor is in our family there are so many great things about him here are just a few.....
1. Connor tries so hard to make righteous choices. (there has already been opportunities for him to practice his free agency at school and he has always made right decisions).
2. He is a hard worker and wants to help others.
3. He is a natural at playing the piano.
4. He is great at soccer and football.
5. He tries really hard to be a good big brother.
6. He has a strong testimony of the love of our Savior, the Priesthood, and the Gospel.
7. He loves Scouts.
8. and even though it is hard sometimes he always obeys his parents.
We love you Connor thanks for being so great!

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