OOOUCH!!

No! That's not nail polish. Although at a quick glance it could be mistaken for that.
Yesterday Keri jammed her finger in one of the Primary chairs at church. She was leaning over to fix the buckle on her shoe. She had one hand on the chair and one on her shoe. Then the chair buckled and she was stuck. She didn't yell.(I would have)She just quietly said, "Please help." Wow! Is that reverant or what?
I think she'll lose her nail. We'll have to see.
I guess there won't be any back handsprings or backtucks for a few days...

Scout Camp

My calling right now is Scout Leader of the Bear Den. So on Friday I had the awesome opportunity to head up to Scout Camp with my group. Here are some of my favorite moments with Carson that day! His favorite part was the BB gun activity...

Carson's Baseball Season

Wow! What a season! Carson's team did great this year! At the end of the season they were #2 in the league. Unfortunately, when they played their first game in the tournament they lost. Since it was a single elimination they are pretty much done for the year. Oh well! We are so proud of Carson and his team. His coach, Andy Larsen, was amazing with the boys. We are so grateful that Carson was able to be a part of his team! Go Astros!!

Kasara's Graduation

We can't believe that Kasara graduated from High School. Is life flying by or what? We are so proud of her.
Here's what Kasara did...


Here's what we did...

What's Your Adventure?

O.K. So, I'm not a die hard movie goer. I'd much rather read a book. But Keri REALLY wanted to go see the movie Up. Today. After much pleading I caved. And I'm really glad I did.
Up is a story about Carl's long anticipated adventure. It will make you laugh and cry. But more importantly, it will inspire you to think about what adventures you want to have in your life. Watch the preview on you tube...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkqzFUhGPJg

Or, better yet, go see the show...

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

Today was the last day of school for all the kids. I'm not sure I'm ready yet. But, oh well, here we go...
The kids only went to school today for a couple of hours. Mostly just to collect last minute papers and projects, get their grades, and say goodbye. My favorite thing they came home with was a DVD of pictures from the school year. I loved it!!!
What great teachers and volunteer moms there are at Freedom!!!
Here are some of the best ones...
Carson and Mrs. Stapley's class...






Keri and Mrs. Alston's class...

Utah Lake

Mark and I took our little puddle jumper out onto Utah Lake today to make sure everything was in good working order for the season. The kids weren't too happy with us though. While some of the kids in the neighborhood got to skip school today Mark and I shipped ours off so we could go spend some alone time together. I know, I'm not a very good parent. But it was so much fun. I think Florida fried our brain a little...

This is the small sign you need to look for to get to the lake...

I had Mark make sure the boat was properly equipped...

What a view!!!

What a champ!!! Mark drove the boat while I lounged around....
My cute toes after the pedicure I gave myself last week...

All in all our little puddle jumper did pretty well. We did have a few hiccups though...
1. If we got too close to the outside borders of the lake we started to get eaten by mosquitos.
2. We almost ran out of gas. It was on "E" for 5 minutes before we got to the landing dock. Utah Lake is a pretty big lake. We had rode around for hours...
3. Mark blew a fuse while trying to load the boat back onto the trailer. It took about 30 minutes to fix. Luckily we didn't get any dirty looks because there was hardly anyone around...