Bode's field trip

Bode's 2nd grade class got to go to CREST Museum in Richland, WA. They had a great time at the museum learning about alot of different things and then we ate lunch and played in Howard Amom park. Could you image just playing for 2 hours without your mom saying, "it's time to go" a 1000 times. They were so hot and sweaty and had a great time. Then on the way home, one of the 2 buses broke down so they packed as many kids as is legal on 1 bus and a bunch of the moms with kiddos got off by Easterday's shop in Pasco. We called Julie Reed (a mom who took her kid after they were done playing) and hijacked an Easterday rig to get us all home. It was a fun way to end the fieldtrip.

How I love BB and VB!!

Basketball and volleyball have started. Lexi and Summer are both going to basketball camp for 6 more days and Lexi starts volleyball tonight with her first practice and then first game on Monday which is also Summer's last music concert. It's a busy time of year!!

I will remember you...

I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
Remember all the good times that we had
We let them slip away from us when things got bad
Clearly I first saw you, smiling in the sun
I want to feel your warmth upon me, I want to be the one
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so tired,I can't sleep
Standin' on the edge of something much too deep
It's funny how we feel so much but we cannot say a word
We are screaming inside, we can't be heard
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I'm so afraid to love you, but more afraid to lose
Clinging to a past that doesn't let me choose
Once there was a darkness, deep and endless night
You Gave me everything you had, oh you gave me life
And I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories
I will remember you
Will you remember me?
Don't let your life pass you by
Weep not for the memories

First Pack Meeting

Bode had his first pack meeting tonight. It went much better than his first den meeting. Thank goodness. I'm not even going to tell you what happened at den meeting but it was BAD!! For pack meeting we had a very fun bike rodeo. The boys had a great time. I didn't see a ton of wrecks but Bode's handlebars were totally bent twice. These pictures load up so weird that I don't know if I can example them. Bode was branded into our pack as a cub. He received his Bobcat. And he did the sprinkler applause. I think that might explain all the pictures.

New York

Lexi and I are getting to go to New York next June with the choir. Lexi will be turning 16 on the trip. Maybe her first date will to the Phantom of the Opera!! Also she won't be able to get her license on her birthday!! New York-drivers license- New York-driver license, hummm tough choice, not!! New York!! All the way baby!!

Wicked

Lexi got to go to Spokane INB to watch WICKED. She went with the CHS Chamber and Ensemble choirs. She loved it!! It was a very enriching experience. She can't wait to go The Phantom of the Opera in New York. So exciting!! I'm really excited too!! Can't wait for New York!!

Here are pictures from Bode's baptism. He only had to be dunked once. He practiced alot with Eric to make sure that he did it right. Brek wanted to be in all the pictures and nobody else hence the pushing everyone around. One funny that happened on Sunday. He got to sit on the stand and at first his suit jacket came off then his tie. I started to panic, then a necklace that he got from Gma Freeman came off. All that was left were his shirt and pants. I guess he didn't take off his shoe either which he usually does. The ward got a get laugh out of it.

The other gift!!

We have a fun motorcycle with training wheels. As soon as we get a helmet we will take them off. The boys and the girls have enjoyed it. The girls can't ride it anymore because of weight issues. It has been great time!!

Happy Birthday Bode

Here's my million dollar baby. For some reason I can't find any digital ictures of Bode as an infant. I might have still been using film back then. Bode was born at 10:02 pm May 12, 2003. He came to a very excited and grateful house full of girls (and a dad). I layed on my back for 5 months, 5 weeks of that were in the hospital. We moved our house to a different location in the time also so my kiddos and Eric lived with my parents while I lived at the hospital. It was a hard time to be apart. I remember Danell Naef would bring me contraband from Wendy's so I wouldn't have to eat hospital food all the time. Kris, my sis, kept me well stocked in reading material. Rhinda Davidson came and gave me a mani. Lots of people visited and showed their love for our family. Every Thursday, dinner was brought-can you believe that for 5 months. That's true dedication by great ward members. I'm sure I don't know half of the events and blessing that my family received from our ward and community family. My mom was incredible and in fact even noticed the way Eric liked his shirts hung and hung them that way just for him. We were truly blessed. And then this fun boy we had been waiting for for so long came into our lives. His delivery was the most peaceful and quiet and spiritual delivery of my baby bearing events. For a week, he didn't cry until his "boy" procedure was done and then he didn't stop crying. He started walking while Eric was on a trip to John Deere in Iowa. He is busy, busy, busy and has a tough time sitting still. He is so excited to be a cub scout. Finally I have a child in cub scouts. I'll probably get released!! He's a great big brother. He takes care of Brek very well and when Brek hits Bode, Bode doesn't hit back. He will hit the girls but not his lil brother. Here are some pictures I found of him. Enjoy

A super hero

A princess finder

Opening presents on his birthday this morning.

A swimmer

A lego builder

A scripture reader

We love you Bode!

Planting our big neon beacon to the stars

What a weird title I know but when we have corn around our house that's all I can think of is Signs and crop circles and aliens. I told Lex she should have a party in the corn field. She's too freaked out. Here is pictures of the boys counting how many seeds are being planted by the planter. The company brought out the tractor and planter and Eric planted with Bode's help. Yeh, it's done and yes here we go into a scary summer and fall!!

He Lives!!

The girls and Eric were involved a ward cantata, He Lives! It was an incredible experience. Both girls had speaking parts (all the youth did) and Lexi was asked to sing a solo. She did a wonderful job. All of the youth did a wonderful job. I spent alot of the time fighting tears because I was in charge of the art work that was shown during the presentation. It was a just wonderful. I hope that my girls felt the Spirit as much as I did. It truly was a great experience. And I do know that my Savior lives.