Fishing with Grandpa

Fishing With Grandpa

Here is one I got on my phone of them carrying the fish back to the truck. 25lbs of catfish!!



End of May

We've been busy busy here wrapping up the end of the school year. We also have started the summer off with a few fun activities. The weekend after Austin's Graduation my Dad came for a visit. We took him fishing where we caught around 20 catfish!! We kept about 8 good ones and had a wonderful catfish dinner, yum!! My dad was very happy and had  a smile on his face the whole visit, which was wonderful to see! So glad we were able to catch some catfish. (They were also the biggest we've seen too. My dad caught an 8 pounder!!)

Madison's last week was busy. She had a dance festival where she learned and performed the Electric Slide. She also had a fun filled field day. She said she had a blast, but is super sad to see first grade be over. It doesn't help that her teacher won't be at her school next year.

Last Friday we went to the local Demolition Derby that Eagle Mountain hosts. It was a blast!! We had such an amazing time and will defiantly have to go back! The kids liked watching all the crashes and had a blast with Bryce and Jen who came with us.

Saturday morning was the annual parade. The kids had fun waving for candy and Frisbees. Austin even blew kisses to the princess!! Parades are so fun for me and remind me of my childhood. I'm glad I can share them with my kids and hopefully they will with theirs.

Next on our list is getting ready for Cancun!! Only 15 days and we are headed to Colorado. I'm very excited, but nervous. They are getting pounded with rain right now with a chance of a tropical storm! But we wait and watch and hopefully it will clear out before we go.

I do have pictures but they are not uploaded to our new computer yet. Soon though, just have to figure it all out!!

Preschool Graduation

 

Austin's graduation from the 3 year old preschool was last night. We are so proud of him!! He sang all his songs and was great on stage. He will be in preschool next year as well. I'm glad he gets an extra year before kindergarten. I'm not ready for him to grow up just yet ;)

Loving the Purple Flowers!

 

Took a little drive down the road to the field of flowers and took some pictures. The wind was terrible for our hair, but we rolled with it anyways. We had tons of fun and I even got the kids in on setting up posses and taking some pictures. 

Madison's 7th Birthday

 

 

We went bowling for Madison's 7th birthday......gotta say I LOVED not having to throw a party. There were no invitations, no decorations, no party favors, or games. Simple and easy!! She got to invite two friends for bowling. They all had a blast. Then it was back to our house for presents and brownies! 

Elko April Trip

 Playing Tag

 Cousin's New Puppy!!

 Dallas and Lucas

 Big Sister Loves!!

 

Had an amazing visit in Elko. Started the weekend at Aunt Traci and Uncle Philips house. Went out to eat at Dos Amigos (yum) and back to her house for some games! New game I like, Farkle. Way fun! Wednesday and Thursday Morning was spent with Grandma and Grandpa Grider and Aunt Michelle and Uncle Kevin and the girls!! The kids LOVED all of it and played, and played, and played til they crashed on their floor :) Went and saw two cute little puppies. One of them ended up going home with our nieces. He's super cute and ALMOST makes me want one! (This event actually opened up alot of conversation about us getting our own. I'm really glad it did because we learned that the kids aren't quite ready for a new puppy. There is still a lot of talk about Charlie and a few sad moments when they tell us that they miss him. And we learned that Austin doesn't want a brown dog like Grandma's Bailee, but a grey one like his Charlie. It was good to hear because we had it wrong. I'm sure glad that our children can open up and talk to us like they are!) Thursday afternoon we were able to go see the babies and Leena!! I'm sure glad we got to squeeze that in because I sure needed those loveies that we got from them. What beautiful kids my sister has!! Thursday night and Friday morning we got to see my dad. We had a wonderful visit with him, yummy breakfast, and a chance for Him and Madison to have a one on one talk about everything!! She sure talked his ear off and Papa enjoyed every minute of it!! Thank you everyone for making our trip a really good one, one that I will remember for a long time!! I sure miss everyone when we are apart, but with my 100+ pictures, skype, and our memories of the trip we will always remember!