Brian & Heidi walking out of the temple.
Taylee, Heidi, Brinley and Kenedee
Chris and his siblings, Laura, Heidi, Brian, Matt, and Michelle
Heidi and Brian with all the grandkids on our side. Heidi does not have any kids on her side, so we dominated on the kid side.
We had very nice weather! So nice that Brinley thought she had to take off her shoes and walk in the water on the boat ramp! I can't keep her out of the water, she is a little fish!
Chris did a little fly fishing the first day and he floated the Green in a kick boat the second day. He had a great time. Even though he did not catch a fish, he always had a smile on his face. He loves to be outside fishing.
Chris was showing Austin how to use his fishing pole and he caught a fish!. Tiny one, but they caught one!
The girls had a blast playing with the Earl girls, Cambrie and Caroline. They also had an older sister named, Chelsey. I hardly saw my girls, they played and played with each other. It actually was a little vacation for me. I got to sit on a lawn chair and read a book!
We had a great dinner, dutch oven, my favorite. The Earl family has 7 kids, all but one was there. ages 19, 18, 17, 15, 14, 12, & 11. So as you can see, I did not have to watch my kids very much, I had lots of babysitters!
When we packed up and headed home, they fell asleep 10 minutes down the road. They were so tuckered out. Playing hard, fishing hard, not sleeping so great and a lot of sun, that's what made them crash!
She was so excited that her bike said "Slumber Party" on it cause she was having a slumber party that night with her friends.
She had four friends sleep over. They played at the park for awhile. This is their sassy poses!
We made lipgloss, decorated little bags with fabric markers, sang on the ps2 "Disney sing it".
I painted everyones toes and fingers until one in the morning! I finally told them "We have to go to bed"
I let them sleep in the next morning until 8:30. We also made fuzzy flip flops. Look how cute they all are in the morning. It was fun and I think Taylee had fun. It was all of their first sleep over and I think it was a success!
Austin finished up his season of Comp. Soccer. Chris is the Coach, he loves it. Austin is usually the goalie, and he loves it, only when the defense is doing their job, otherwise, he doesn't like it so much.
Here is a picture of their team. Some very awesome boys, great kids!
Austin got to participate in the district pentathalon at Box Elder. He recieved second place in his school overall, so he was able to go to district. These were a couple of his friends from school that were in his group.
Here he is doing the high jump. This is his favorite thing to do. He did great, just not as great as all those SUPER athletes. No one in his school won anything, all brigham schools mostly. It was a fun day though to watch him compete. Some parents got so into it, more than the kids!
Austin had his science fair. He did a great job. Each class gets 6 blue ribbons and he got one of them. I am very proud of him for stickin to it and getting it done. Way to go Bud!
Taylee had her 2nd grade program about the wild west. She sang great and spoke her speaking part wonderful. Here she is with her best friend, Breely.
This is Taylee's other 2 friends that she made this year in her class, Kelsey & Kira. Cute girls!
Austin went on a field trip to the hogle zoo and utah natural history museum in Salt Lake. Chris went with him. They came back with tons of pictures of animals and none of them!!
Ok, there was one picture, at the museum. They had a fun time. Taylee also went on a field trip that day, but I worked so I could not go. She went to willow park and went bowling at Logan lanes.
Through all this busy schedule, we had my Grandpa Grover pass away. He has not been well this past month. He had heart surgery in March, was recovering ok then he fell and broke his hip. He went to the hospital to have a hip replacement and got and infection and it all went down hill from there. He was on a ventalater for a week with no response, before we took it off. He died instantly. My brothers & cousins were the pall bearers for the funeral. It was a great funeral. Very nice service from the military & search and rescue, and the speakers. Plus a very beautiful day!
I thought this was a great picture of Taylee hugging my Grandma Grover after the service.
I will miss his quick wits and loving hugs. Thank you gramps for always considering me as one of your "blood" granddaughters. I will always be greatful for your love and the oppurtunity you gave Chris and I to live in your house during one of your missions. That ment a lot to us. Love you!
Austin had a big month!! He got to graduate from Elementry School. I am very proud of him and all the things he has accomplished this year as the "big man" on campus. Now to the intermediate school for next year. I am a little nervous about that. He is growing up too fast.
This is Austin & Isabel. He has really liked the friendship they have had the past couple years. I think it is turning into a little crush, but I think it is great that he likes girls, instead of thinking they have cooties or be mean to them.
Well this last weekend, Austin & Chris went to the Air Show in Ogden. They had a blast!! I told them to not just take pics of planes, they needed to be in the pictures too! Well they came home with tons of pics, each of them standing by one, good job boys!
I am glad they had some man bonding. It is good for them!
This is the evening of mother's day. My kids gave me great little presents and cards. Those kind of gifts are the best ones. We always have a picture together before church, but we had all 4 of Natalie's boys that day, so a picture was forgotten until the evening. Even though we are in jammies, it still turned out cute.
Brinley finished up her preschool and had graduation. She talked about it for weeks. It was good to see her up there singing her heart out and saying her speaking part. "My favorite shape is a circle". It was not very loud, but I knew what she said. We had been practicing it for weeks.
These are her teachers. They are very nice and Brinley has learned to love school. At first, she wanted me to walk her to the door and not want to go to school, to "bye mom, I can go myself, you don't need to get out of the van". Wow, she is growing up so fast. Then, 2 days later, her class had a icecream party at the park. I forgot my camera that day, but she had a blast playing with all her "friends".
Austin had a big day on his last cub scout pack meeting. It was the pinewood derby, so we had spent a few days getting that car ready to race. We remembered a few days before, hence the busy month we have had. Austin's car recieved 2 place in the Weblos & her recieved his Arrow of Light award. I am very proud of him and always wanting to go to scouts every week. I did not help much in this project. His leaders did an amazing job in helping him get this award. He is now a 11 year old scout, working towards an Eagle scout one day. I know he can do it. He loves to be outdoors and loves to camp. he is looking forward to his campouts this summer.
We also had a few accomplishments at home. One being that Brinley made her bed, all by herself, with no help!!!! Amazing!! 
Austin's science fair is coming up, and Chris & I have been helping him with his project. He decided to do it on what things glow under a black light and why? We have had a fun time finding things around the house and seeing if they glow and what color. I suggest NOT to take a black light in your bathroom!!! If you think your bathroom is pretty clean, this little light will tell you otherwise! Wow, I have some deep, deep, deep cleaning to do in there.
The dance review is finally here. We spent the whole afternoon before at dress rehersal. Austin had a soccer game, so I did not get his picture with the girls before we left, but aren't they cute?
It was Jaycee's 19th birthday that day and she is such a sweet sister! She came over and fixed both of my girl's hair and came and watched them dance, all on her birthday!! Thanks sis for everything you do for me and my kids. You help me out a lot & I apprieciate it. I promise to return the favor when you have kids!
Brinley's first dance review. She did a fabulous job. They did ballet and tap. She likes to dance just like her sister.
Taylee performed ballet, tap, & jazz, then went and changed into cheerleading clothes and performed her cheers and did tumbling at the intermission. She loves to dance and cheer and tumble. She sounds like me when I was her age.
Austin made it back from his soccer game in time to perform his clogging routines. He has a new partner this year. Mackayla & Austin are a great little team. They are front and center and her mom and I, along with others, think they are the best ones out there, but we are the moms. 
The first celebration was at Chris's family's house. It was a couple days before, but also Laura's foster daughter, Bella, had her 1st birthday the day before. So it was a duel birthday party. Austin loves this little Bella. she is so adorable! The sad thing is that this was the last time we will see her. She got placed with her grandparents in Idaho, a few days after this.
Austin loved sharing this with Bella. He is so great with his little cousins!
Austin is really into these "Ology" books. He has 3 at home, so I think it is tradition, to give him one now. so he got Eygptology from his grandparents.
Well, when his birthday finally did come, I decided to get him Pirateology. So his collection is now at 5 books. I think 2 more to go. I also bought him some clothes and a psp game.
We let him pick where her wanted to go for dinner that night. He chose Texas Roadhouse in Ogden. It is so yummy!! We let him choose from the "big person" menu, and he wanted Chicken Fried Steak with 2 sides. His sides were, Baked potatoe & Steak Fries!!! Needless to say, he could not eat it all! Probably cause he ate all those peanuts before the dinner even came out! (look to the side of him on the table for all the shells!) We then went to the mall and watched the movie X-Men, orgin of Wolvarine. It was really good. We all liked it. We were prepared to see it though. We watched the 1st x-men movie a few days before.
Then came the third party. Mother's day was another combined birthday party. This time with his Uncle Lance, who's birthday was that day. Jaycee spoiled him with the only other thing he asked for, a nerf machine gun. I don't know who he is going to shoot at, but he was sooooo excited!
He wanted an X-man cake, with three slashes making an x. Well thank goodness for my awesome cake lady!! She knows how to make my kids imagination come to life on their cakes.
Lance & Austin each had their own cake. We had so much food that day!!
