Fourth of July in Willard, UT

We visited our friends, the Roses, in Willard for the 4th this year. We enjoyed all the small town fun. Here Wendy and I are watching the parade

Mitch liked the candy!

Mitch tried to win the foot race, but was more about the smiling

Trent tried some archery

Trent and Aubrey gave it a good shot

Trenton's Baseball 2008, The Dodgers

Here are a few pictures of Trent in action. It is his last year of machine pitch.
Next year we are hitting the big league. He did really well.

Family Pictures

In May, before she was married, Aunt Emily took some family pictures for us. A FEW of the pictures turned out OK.
My children were pretty wild and uncooperative. I just hope that we haven't filled her with fear about child raising.

Trent's Raingutter Race

Trenton just had his official Raingutter Regatta this week. He made a cool pirate boat that won the "Black Pearl" award. Here are a few pictures of Trent in captaining action and in the painting phase. We also included a picture of supportive Mitch. Trenton was awarded his Bear and a gold arrow. Go Trent!

Mitchell is ready for Summer

Mitchell has been in a speech class called Talking Time this year. On the last session day, they had a pirate party. Mitch was in heaven.

Mitch and Mom had a picnic at a new park by our house. It was one of the last days before Trent and Aubrey were out of school so we had to enjoy the moment!

Aubrey's Achievements

Aubrey has done really well in school this year. She was picked to speak to the school board abour her experiences in choir. It was a neat experience. She got a special award and shook all the school board member's hands. We were really proud of her.

Aubrey also did a great job in the choir concert. She had a special solo part and sang it perfect. Everyone was congratulating her and giving her high fives. It is nice that at least one of us can carry a tune.

Just when you thought we had forgotten....

I have been given much grief from various sources concerning my poor blogging habits. I did warn all of you about my laziness. Here are a couple of things we have done over the past few months.

Zion's

We went to St. George this past weekend with Bret and his family. We had a swell time. The kids really enjoyed Zion's and the hike to Emerald Falls.

Hogle Zoo

During spring break we went to the Hogle Zoo. Of course, it was freezing and rainy, but we had a good time. We made it on the last train ride of the day before it closed due to rain (Good thing because Mitch would have been really upset). Zack Shattuck went with us. They liked all of the animals, but the white alligator had to be the boys' favorite. They went to see the "Ghost of the Bayou" several times.