Lake Powell Fishing

Ted just returned home from 8 days in Lake Powell on their annual fishing trip. He had a ton of fun and is now darker than dark from the sun. He truly looks like he should in September after being outside all summer long and it's only May.

The Big Night

Kinley had her dance review with Dance Factory last night. I know that I am a little biased, but I do believe that she stole the show. I was so proud of her. She danced so well and was full of smiles during both dances. We left the camera home, so while we don't have any pics of her during the dance review, we did get it recorded.

Those of you who know Kinley know that she likes to do her own posing for pictures. I guess she has seen her dad take a few pictures.

Also, thanks to Nikki for doing her hair. It lasted all night. Kinley even had silver sparkles in her hair. She couldn't stop looking at herself in the mirror after Nikki finished her hair. She doesn't look very happy in the picture, but that is because she is getting anxious for Nikki to finish and get the sparkles in her hair.

Update

We had another great weekend of baseball. Holden's team won both of their games on Saturday. They called the first game because they were ahead by so far in the 5th inning and I believe they won the second game 16-2. I'm finally posting a couple of pics from his game. As you can see, he loves to slide.

Easton had a monumental weekend. He did fast offerings for his first time on Sunday and also passed the sacrament along side his dad. It made me a little sad to realize that he was old enough to be doing that. But, he was so excited (and a little nervous). He did a great job and looked so handsome.

BASEBALL, BASEBALL, BASEBALL

I do believe that this is strictly what our life consists of right now. Between three practices a week and double headers on Saturday, it is all that we do. Holden is loving his traveling team. Brad and Goose are doing an amazing job with these boys. They've won 3 of their last 4 games. Holden told me last night that he almost likes baseball as much as football. If you know Holden, you know that means alot. He lives for football.

Easton just turned 12 last week and on Sunday was ordained a deacon. I can't believe how fast the time flies by. It wasn't that long ago he was going into the nursery at church and next week he will be collect fast offerings and passing the sacrament. He gets to go to Young Men's tomorrow night. The only downside is that I lose my babysitter on Tuesday nights while I am at Young Women's. It's just a small sacrafice though. He is also the official Guitar Hero champ at our house after this weekend.

Kinley is still just Kinley. Her life revolves around dressing up, making up dances and cheers and playing make-believe. After spending an hour curling her hair for church yesterday I had to turn around and spend 5 minutes curling her "best friend" Cee-Cee's hair.

When I get my pics downloaded this week, I'll add some pics of Holden's baseball.

Life on a Farm

The boys and Ted helped with the cows on Saturday. The boys' job was to make sure the calves were in the shoot at all times and to keep pushing them through to get branded, shots and castrated. Kinley and I went down in the afternoon to see the cows but Kinney was not impressed with the noise or the smell. Here are a couple of pics of the boys with their "scrotees". That night for dinner they ate rocky mountain oysters (Ted breaded them and fried them up). Kinley and I ate something else for dinner.

Quiet Time

We've had a pretty quiet couple of weeks. It's actually been nice. Holden ended up getting sick at the end of spring break and missed a whole week of school, but he's up and going and doing fine now. We are still just doing baseball practice and dancing. Kinley did tell me last night that she was going to go and live with Tyson and Caylee and be Padyn's big sister. She is convinced that Padyn is her sister and Crew is her cousin. Go figure. She will be sleeping in one of their rooms in their basement. Oh well!!

HAPPY EASTER!!

I hope everyone had a great Easter weekend. We spent a couple of hours at Joan's on Saturday for the Easter egg hunt and lunch and then Ted and Tyson went for a 4-wheeler ride. We spent the rest of the day watching movies and snuggling with Kin since she still didn't feel really good. She's done pretty well with having her tonsils out, but still likes to milk it.