June
Well let me start by saying we have been really busy. I haven't posted since April. Pretty sad. Anyway, here are the latest pictures and news to catch you up.

Carter is still involved in the Mountain Strings Program. They had a great concert this week. We attended as a family and friends Torie and Tara were able to come also.
Carter did great.

Carter also had a big State Float parade this week. All the fifth graders created a rolling float and traveled around the playground with them. Carter had Michigan and did a great job both on his written report and his float. They had an all American picnic lunch after the parade.

Last week the fifth graders went to Riley Farms with a Revolutionary war theme and had a full day field trip. Grandma Judy made Carter the perfect costume. Here he is with his friend Ethan.

Carter and Erick

Emily's favorite past time is changing her clothes. She changes into different clothes or dress up outfits at least 5 times a day. I just laugh and appreciate that it has encouraged her to get herself dressed without any help.
Pretty Sunday Dress From Grandma

We call this one "Shakey-Shakey". The boots really top this outfit off!

When she wears this she is Dora. Dora dress-Dora glasses-Dora hat.

This outfit was number 6 for the day I took it.

Davin was in Track again this year. He really enjoys it. He loves the high jump. His best events are the long jump and the discus toss.

His top discus throw was 31 feet!

Happy Mother's Day

We participated in a stake wide service day. There were different service projects all over the San Bernardino valley that day. We painted this whole wall. It was fun to work together.

Spring Fun

Spring is here!
Well hopefully it is here soon. We are still waiting for the warm weather.
We woke up to snow two days ago and just want to be able to play outside!
Here is Emily's newest dress up fun. She got it from Grandma and has been wearing it each night over her jammies.

SPRING BREAK
We had a great visit to Utah. We enjoyed seeing everyone. Here are the pictures from Antelope Island and our BBQ dinner.

Mmmmm.... Marshmallows

We made it to the top of the very big hill. Woo hoo!

Here is the newest addition to out family. Such a cute little guy. It was so nice to get to play with him.

San Jaun Capistrano

We used our midweek no school day to it's fullest.
We started the day in San Juan Capistrano touring the beautiful mission.

The mission provides little listening devices that tell the story of the mission as you walk around. The kids enjoyed the story.

On of the favorite parts of the mission is the beautiful koi filled fountains.

The gardens here are so beautiful. It is like walking through the Secret Garden. We can see why this Mission is called the Jewel of the Missions.

Dana Point

Dana Point Tide PoolsWe had the beach all to our selves for awhile it was wonderful.

Torie and Tara brought kites for everyone to fly. It was just the right amount of wind for great kite flying.

The water was COLD but that didn't stop the kids from playing around in the surf.

We found such cool stuff in the tide pools. They found sea anemones, hermit crabs, and even a couple of star fish.

Tanner and Emily had fun filling and dumping the buckets and throwing rocks.

We found this beautiful star fish about the size of a dinner plate.

Emily Runs!

Emily is getting so much better. She improves every day. She moved from crawling to cruising to walking in about two weeks. She has had a limp for the week after that but now seems to be even losing that. She is now running and trying to go fast! She will say "Look, I running!"

Emily and the boys running!

March Fun

March FunThis is how we get Emily and Davin to clean their ears. We make it a silly game.

Just when we thought we were getting to spring it snowed again. No one else went outside today but since Emily is finally feeling herself again she asked to go out and play in the snow. She only lasted a few minutes before it started to hail but she had fun.

The boys have really enjoyed the warm sunny days. They were outside playing with friends from the neighborhood every day this week. Carter and friends dress up and pretend to sword fight. Davin and friends built a catapult with wood and rocks. They launched pinecones as high as the phone lines. It was semi dangerous and really cool!

Hey-Do you know why I am smiling so big?

I got my cast off . Hooray!!!Grandma had the idea to make my cast into a center piece on the table.

I had a busy first day without my cast on. I sat on the kitchen stool and kicked my feet as I ate. Grandma and Mom kept noticing all the little things Emily was doing today that she hasn't done in so long. It was like having a little baby and noting all the milestones.

Emily had a plan for her first day without her cast. She wanted to have pink cupcakes with pink frosting and a cherry on top. So here we are frosting the cupcakes. They were yummy!

We had a small party with a few friends and even got balloons to celebrate.

The first thing people are asking is if Emily is walking. No, not for awhile. She just doesn't have the strength yet. She was able to stand for a couple of minutes on the couch with Grandma's support. Grandma has been so wonderful to stay with us for so long and help take care of Emily. We could not have done the last several weeks without her.

The boys and Grandpa had fun moving the snow on the back deck and making it into an igloo.

It has been such a happy weekend for all of us. Thank you for everyone that has expressed concern for us and helped us out in lots of little ways.