first day of school 2013 (I know it is late--we've been busy)

Allison--11th grade
Jason --8th grade
Ashley--5th grade with her smiley face back pack and her new "perfect for me" tennis shoes.

Ashley got her braces on today.

She got the traditional milkshake.  She is definitely the smiliest one of my kids to get braces.  We shall see how she feels tomorrow.

Bear Lake

 These are the pictures from my camera.  I have some on my phone and I am hoping to maybe "swipe" some from other sources because I really did not take that many photos.  This was the year of the "sickness".  The stomach flu swept through the family throughout the week.  It only hit Allison hard in our family.  She missed out on an entire day of fun. 

 The famous trip to get Bear Lake raspberry shakes in our family reunion T's.  How many people actually get raspberry shakes?  My family never does.

Hopefully more to come later.

Jason's Bear Lake Aquatic camp

Jason went to his first week long scout camp without James.  He came home as high as a kite he had had sooooo much fun.  He also came home with the worst sunburn I have ever seen. The funny thing was that his sunscreen bottle was completely empty.

Dance Pictures 2013/2014

 

Fables, Fairytales and Folklore.

 

 Allison is a leprechaun.

 Ashley danced to Puss-n-boots--"These boots were made for walking"

 This was a tap dance.    They were the little engine that could.

This was her Frog Prince dance.  It was AMAZING!!  It gave me the chills and won the people's choice award.  So good:)

summer solstice

 Ashley read a book where the girl made a big deal of watching the sun rise on the winter solstice so she wanted to watch the sun rise for the summer solstice.  So we all got up at 5:30 and headed to the baseball park to watch the sunrise.  It was a lot of fun, a beautiful day and a beautiful sunrise.

James took us to Village Inn for breakfast after.  Then we all came home and took a nap.(Except Ashley)

dance rehearsal

 Someone took some pictures at the dance rehearsal and posted them on face book so I snatched them.  This  is Ashley in her ballet ending pose.   They danced to the frog prince.  It is such a cute, amazing dance.  They got a lot of applause.

This is Allison.  They are leprechauns.  The theme of the recital is Fables, Folklore, and Fairytales.

The last day we saw Jarin

He is doing great.  We got to talk to him for over an hour last night while he was waiting for his flight to Washington DC.  His mission president called us today and said that he arrived.  They ate breakfast at Ihop then all went back to the mission home for a nap(their flight left at midnight).  He was then going to meet his new companion and get to work.  His first P-day is tomorrow.