Camping Adventures.....June 2010

Here are some photos of our 1st camping trip in 10 years. Now I know why.

End of School and Memorial Day

We have been very busy the past few months. School is now out for the Summer and we have had really awful weather in Idaho. We went to put flowers on the graves over Memorial Weekend. Joseph participated in a fun school dance program, he is also taking Summer school for additional help with his reading. Sarah is being her wonderful tween self and loves to talk and spend lots of time with her best friend Melissa. C.J. is doing his Cub Scouts and is almost finished with his Wolf. Matthew is starting to progress with his speech and is a lot of fun. I am getting ready for Girls Camp, we are going to freeze. Luckily they shortened it by a day and night so I will only be gone for 2 1/2 days. Casey and I just spoke in Sacrament Meeting over Memorial Weekend our topic was about Faith and Tribulation. The bishopric thought we were very experienced with this topic because of the past few years. Things are better and we are all doing fine.

More pictures of the family........

Christian needs to learn not to be so weird in front of the camera. Matthew being adorable. Sarah has her new kitten Jasmine and Joseph and Aunt Marcia together. You've got to love family.

Life is good.....

Things are so much better for me right now. I am really focusing on my weight loss and have found that I am not as depressed and stressed out as much as I used to be. I have really been suprised that I am enjoying exercise. It came as a huge shocker to me. I am really excited also because I was just called to be the Ward Girl's Camp Director. I am going to Darby again in June. The kids are all doing well. Christian (he says that is his name now that he is baptised) had his first Pinewood Derby the night of Joseph's birthday. Christian was so happy he took 2nd place (1st place for our ward). He said "This is the best day of my life". I was very glad that we went as a family to see him achieve this. It isn't a major thing but to him it was amazing. Joseph had now been graduated from Speech and Reading special ed classes and is doing fairly well as long as he takes some time and concentrates. Sarah is becoming an amazing young lady. She is a truly caring, compassionate girl. I hope that life doesn't disappoint her. She also just had her Maturation movie for school. When did I get old enough to have a daughter that has to know all this stuff??? Scary! Matthew is definately 3, and very good at it. He spends all day either getting into the movies and cds, torturing the cat (Jasmine), and making me want to pull my hair out, after of course he dumps all his toy bins and destroys books and takes down his curtain. He also goes to preschool 2 days a week and speech one day a week. So I guess he is doing his job,which is keeping me busy. Casey is still enjoying basketball 3 times a week and we are slowly getting all the excess stuff out of the house. Life is getting easier and much better for me and my family. I do think about my mom but now I am thinking she is the luckiest person ever. She doesn't have to be here to witness the demise of the best country on earth by the world stupidest president Obama, and to witness the speeding up of the Lord returning. Earthquakes, wars, tornados yada, yada, yada. Man some days I wish I lived in the City of Enoch. Wishful thinking. All in all I am learning to be content again.

Joseph's 7th Birthday...

Joseph had a great birthday. He got a new bike, a Wii (lego Batman game), and a new Doodleboard, and money. His friend got him a ball, a pair of pinchers, and candy. He was very happy.

Sarah's Birthday

Here are some pictures (finally) from Sarah's 11th Birthday. She was so excited this year to get a new kitten.

My baby is 3.....

Matthew is now officially 3. Isn't he adorable. He starts school tomorrow. Where did the time go?