All City Swim Meet

We have been so busy lately, that it's hard for me to keep up with blogging much about all that's going on. I'm a little late in posting these pictures, but the boys did really well in their All City Swim Meet. They all placed in several events swimming against the whole city!!! Perhaps part of it is all that swimming they did while living in AZ. Above is Cameron starting one of his events (black and orange suit).


Joshua starting one of his events (black and orange suit).

Friend, William, Zachary, and cousin, Tyler.

Madeline wanted her picture taken with Cameron's purple ribbon!

Zachary with his 2nd place medal in All City!

Cousin Makena and Cameron before competing.

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Joshua with one of his 3rd place All City Medals!

Cameron, Joshua, and Zachary with their medals and ribbons! They tried their best, had a blast, and did great! What a fun day it was!

Happy Birthday Zachary!

OK, so I'm a little late in posting this, but Zachary turned 10 on July 30th! Whoo Hoo! He really wanted to have his party at his Uncle David and Aunt Joni's house.

He got some great gifts!

.....more gifts....



For some reason, Zachary picked out a giant bird as his pinata. We think it was a Parrot, but we weren't exactly sure. Whatever it was, the kids had a grand time hitting it and finally Cameron broke it and the kids got all the candy!!! I think some adults got candy too, I guess they thought they were some of the kids....don't know.

I made a bunch of pan pizza's from scratch (took me a whole day) a few days before the party, froze them, and reheated them on the grill. They actually turned out really well! They were some of the best pan pizza's I've ever tasted.

Some of the kids enjoying a pizza break.

More kids eating pizza. YUM!

WAR! Zachary wanted to have a war for his party. All I have to say is the kids had a great war. My brother has a pretty large and secluded yard, so yelling, screaming, squirting, running, acting like crazy people, and whatever else suits your fancy works in his yard. I don't know his neighbors either, so that's a PLUS!!!

More squirting and running around getting dirty. What a great party for mostly boys.

We are so so so glad that Zachary is a part of our family. Zachary's the one who tends to remain calm, cool, and collected, under times of stress. Zachary is the child with the good head on his shoulders. He's the kid that you go to when you need good advice, when you need a true friend. Zachary is the middle boy, the peacemaker, the child that puts you in your place when you're being irrational. He's the child that see's the true potential in everyone. Happy 10th Birthday Zachary! We love you! What would we ever do without you!?

Happy 4th!

These were our celebrations of the 4th. We all had a wonderful time swiming, splashing, socializing, laughing, canoeing, fishing, creating our very own fireworks show, eating, and then laughing some more!

New Glasses

Joshua went on his first temple trip here

with the youth from his ward.

He's sporting his cool new glasses here too!

Here is Joshua on a scout campout here.
He has a phenomenal scout troop here too, by the way!

Feliz Cumpleaños!

Little Owen celebrated his first birthday with a giant pinata that Joni's sister made for him. Once he figured out that we all wanted him to hit it with his little stick, he looked at us all as if we were a bit ridiculous, but it didn't take him long to think hitting the pinata made for a riotous event.

After all the candy was gone, this is the only little sweet that Madeline ended up with. She didn't really care, though. She just thought everyone was acting a bit preposterous.

Just a random picture of us miniature golfing with Tyler and Makena. Fun times!




More birthday fun! We went to Rachel's house to celebrate her 10th birthday!

Prima Ballerina

I made these Tutus for Madeline and she is crazy about them. This photo session was such a cinch and at the same time completely delightful and entertaining. Madeline was adorable, acting as if she were Little Miss Prima Ballerina.

Cousin Fun!

The kids have thoroughly enjoyed spending time daily with their cousins. We have been so busy having fun, that I hardly even took any pictures. This is just a glimpse of what we've been doing.


All the boys are already on swim team. Cameron just finished his swim practice and I found him playing D.S. at the pool with his cousin. Boys, you can do that at home. The pool is for swimming.

Madeline, having no sisters, is having a great time with her girl cousins. Makena swam with Madeline while the other boys were having swim team practice.

We got to see Fro's family before they went off to England and this is the only picture I got! I think I need someone to send me some pics:)

Madeline ran off to play at her Uncle Paul and Aunt Jennifer's house. It's nice that they have such a big yard to run around in!