The Twerp turns 9!

It was a party today. Of course it was Sunday so we kept it in the spirit of birthdays! I usually make special cakes for my kids bdays. This one's request was for an ice cream cake. I think he had in mind Dairy Queen. I tried my hand at it. I think it turned out good. It got gobbled up!

In honor of the birthday boy here are 9 things we love about him:

He's a great athlete.

He's a great pianist (though he doesn't appreciate practicing).

He's pretty smart.

He a good big brother and sometimes a good little brother (Sheila would add).

He's a good helper.

He can be pretty darn funny at times.

He likes to play and play hard.

He is sweet. Today he let me hold him like a baby!

He is super cute!

Has it really been 9 years?

For his birthday he got Rock Band. This his how he spent his birthday.

He did get a turn eventually!

The "Whole" Family Vacation

We did it. We actually went on vacation as a family. It always seems that we go to visit and Thomas isn't able to go with us. Not this time. Of course the fact that we went to Lake Powell might have something to so with it. We had a great time. The kids had a blast. They all jumped off the top of the houseboat! Even Benjamin and Eli. I didn't even want to do it!

We spent 4 days at Powell then had to rush home. We did make a couple pit stops on the way. On our way back through Provo we stopped so our kids could make the pilgrimage. It's only right. We all treked up to the Y! It was a lot of fun. It's a good thing I have four kids...it took all of them to pull me to the top. Oh to be young again.

We also were able to stop in at the Twin Falls Id temple open house. It is a pretty temple. The mural that was painted is amazing. We went with Thomas' parents.

These are a few photos. I want to do a little collage but again my computer is dead. Can I tell you I don't think I'll buy another Dell. We've had a lot of problems with this one. We think it's the motherboard. EEK. I could go on but that's for another blog site!

It's About Time

I figured it out. I can actually blog on my own computer now. Thanks for all the advice. What it actually took was to intall a new virus protection software. We had Mcaffee but I wasn't impressed. So I downloaded and installed (all by myself mind you) the new pc-cillan. According to consumer reports is the best. After all was said and done...I can now blog!



Summer is finally here. We've been enjoying the heat. It's gotten pretty hot...but I've said I will be the last to complain. After the winter we had!



We spent the last few weeks finishing baseball. Twerp was playing little league. His team took second place in the finals. Of course he sat on the bench during the last two games. He had a game on Friday and then two on Saturday. He played Friday then woke up Saturday feeling sick. (Sidebar: he had strep throat about 3 weeks earlier...medicated him...all was well.) He sounded horrible, I knew it was strep again. I convinced him to go to the game and cheer on his team anyway. Needless to say, the second game, after a trip to Quickcare, he still wasn't feeling good. He went and cheered them on all the same. He's a trooper. They sure missed him on 2nd!

I was looking for pictures to post and realized I don't take enough pictures. Hopefully I will do that. We've had some fun but I don't have anything to show for it...oops! That's my goal!