The Graduates

Britain and Kalixta graduated from preschool today! They have learned so many things and have had such a great time. Miss Kara is wonderful. She loves the girls and the girls love her.

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They are so excited to now be kindergartners!!!
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Miss Kara made them each a scrapbook of the year. It has lots of pictures of all the things they have done. They have both grown two inches and Kalixta continues to be taller than Britt. Britain has looked at her book about 100 times. She remembers what she was doing that day, what was said and giggles at the pictures. It is fun to watch!

Congrats Girls!!

Our first fishing trip!

We went fishing tonight! Adam and a friend decided Nik needed to try out his new fishing pole so our two families went up into the mountains to fish and have dinner. The kids had a great time exploring and getting dirty! Ammon had a blast throwing rocks, twigs, branches - everything really – into the water. 

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Zoe and Hilary. These girls are two peas in a pod.
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The fish weren't biting, but Nik had a good time trying.
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Britain even got in on the action and gave fishing a try.
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Kalixta wants someone to catch a fish so bad, even after dinner she kept saying she was hungry for fish!
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12 Years Old

Since Nik turned 12 the Priesthood was conferred upon him today at church. He got a new suit for his birthday to go along with this special event.

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Father and son.
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Mother and son. And yes Nik is standing on his tippy-toes. He is not that tall!
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Nik with Jason and Jaime.
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 We celebrated Nik's birthday with all the family here.
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Happy Birthday Nik

Nik turned 12 today. It is so hard to believe my baby could be that old! He got a fishing pole and tackle box with everything so he can go fishing with Adam. He is soooo excited!

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Happy Birthday Nik!

Softball and Baseball

This week has been crazy with everything going on. Softball games, baseball games, practices, band concerts, sick-es on top of all the normal stuff. But I love watching my kids play ball so I'm not complaining! The sickness could leave though!

Zoe had two wins this week. One day she loves softball the next she is never playing again!  Can you tell this was a good day?! She loved the black smears and was mad when I made her take a shower and scrub it off her face!
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Nik had one win and one lose.
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 Ammon got his uniform. He is a cardinal! Pictures of that coming soon! He starts games next week! That will be fun! 

Zoe the Artist

Zoe wants to be an artist when she grows up. I think she is well on her way. She had another piece of art entered into a art exhibit at BYU featuring artists from Reagan Academy. The art teacher at our school is amazing. He teaches the kids about artisst, art history, and art concepts. He then picks the best art pieces to represent what the school has learned and displays them at BYU. We went tonight to check out Zoe' s art.

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Zoe's piece was Native American Pottery!
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Way to go Zoe!

First Foods

Tori is loving food! She eats cereal sooo good. She has had bananas this week and loves them too. I am excited to try more with her. 

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Ariana loves to help feed her. I love that Aria's mouth is open to show Tori how to do it!
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Tori even likes to feed herself!
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Baseball

Nikolas is playing baseball this year. Adam is coaching him again. This makes life crazy! He seems to be having a good year. He is pitching, catching and hitting the ball well. 

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He is a Brave again this year!
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Sonics

Zoe decided to play softball this year. She has never wanted to play before but after discovering how fun soccer was she thought she would try it. She is on the Sonics and had her first game yesterday. She had a good time. So far soccer is funner she says. I think soccer has more moving and that makes the difference. I think she will get more into it as she learns more.

She plays outfield which is a little boring right now, but she is always ready!

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Ariana enjoys bugging me while I watch the game. At least she is a cute bug!
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I brought gummy worms to get the kids happy. Marci was giving it to Tori and Tori was LOVING it! So funny I had to get it on video!

My Little Tori Model

Tori was a model for my friend Elizabeth (check out her blog on here). She had the cutest little hats for Tori to model. The pictures are stunning! 

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Check out her blog for more pictures and I will get the website for the hats because they are too cute!! Thank you my friend for using Tori! You did an amazing job!!