Fourth of July

We had a great Fourth of July. We had Lacy and Ben over on Friday for a little Pizza on the BBQ... yummy!!



Played some kickball

Slept out in the backyard...







Had a little fun on the slip'n slide...

There is Katie with her tongue sticking out again...


Played some games




On Sunday we went to Grandma and Grandpa's house, had a BBQ, roasted some marshmallows, had some fireworks and rediscovered that my girls don't like the loud noises. They loved the smores though.



Notice William's shoes. He couldn't fine matches, so this is what he wore all day.


Then we slept out in the tent again in their backyard and woke up to Grandma's famous pancakes.
We had a great weekend!!



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June

What have we been up too?


Swimming lessons with cousins. All the kids did such a great job, and it was nice to get it done at the beginning of the summer so the kids can use their skills for the rest of the summer.





William learned to ride a bike and loves to ride his tiny bike. We did get a bigger bike, but got the wrong size. He can't even get on his new bike by himself. So I help him on, he rides around for a little bit and then when he decides he wants to get off, he just heads for the grass and dives off.

Katie is such a cutie. She loves to stick out her tongue. In fact, she sticks it out and can't get it back in again, without gagging. It has been out for hours at a time. It's a pretty long tongue. One day we were outside and she stuck her tongue out and wouldn't put it back in again. Pretty soon it was all dried out.
She had gotten better at controlling her tongue.



Ragnar 2011
Jake and I were able to run the Wasatch back Ragnar race again this year with some friends from St. George. We had such a blast. Our team name was "Couples Therapy" #888. and our slogan... "Why pay for therapy when we have Ragnar... This is our couples therapy"
It is great therapy... but I did decide that running a ragnar is a lot like having a baby. While you are in the moment of it all you are thinking to yourself, "why in the world am I doing this. This is crazy... I am so tired and in so much pain." After it is all done you think, oh, that wasn't so bad... lets sign up for next year. We did have a great time!!




While we were running we saw this team running. They were a company team and while there were running they were advertising for their company which was backcountry.com. When each member of the team would run they would carry or use a piece of outdoor equipment. This guy ran up the summit at Jordanelle Reservoir, which is long and steep, while carrying a surf board!! Crazy!! Some would carry a big backpack while running, and one guy even carried a small tent, that was all put together, while running. But the craziest thing was when a guy went uphill about 7 or 8 miles on asphalt in cross country skies. We overheard him say that by the end of the run/ski his feet were burning because of the friction against the road. It is people like this that make running this race so much fun.







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my kids

Thanks to Martha for taking the picture and grandma for making the dresses. They were so cute I just had to get a picture of them.

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End of school

Hannah sure was busy with all of the end of year programs and projects going on. We went to the first grade program where they sang songs, recited poetry and did a little dancing. They were all so cute.


It is so much fun having Hannah's cousin in the same class as her.

We then went to her first grade plays. She was the narrator for the 3 Billy Goats Gruff play. She did such a great job.



Hannah with cousin Heber and friend Chelsea.

The last thing we went to was the dance festival. That morning Brooklyn woke up with the flu so I almost did not go, but I am so glad I did. Brooklyn was so sweet, I stuck her in the back of the stroller so she could lay down and she enjoyed the ride and the music. Hannah did awesome. She loves dancing and she did such a great job as she sang along with the music. It was to a High School Musical song, and every since then she runs around the house dancing and singing to the song. I should really get her into a dance class. She would love it!


Hannah is in the middle.
I am so excited summer is here and I get to keep my Hannah home!!

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Memorial day

For Memorial day this year we went out to Nevada to visit family and to help Micah and Christiann finish building their deck. I would love to have the view from my deck that they do from theirs. I don't have a picture of the finished product, but it looks nice.


The kids went for a walk with Grandma and Pearl the Pony.

Katie with great great grandma Hendrix.




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May Part 1

Hannah is 7!!!! I can't believe it. Seven seems so much older than six, and I am not sure I am ready to have my little girl grow up. Hannah is lucky enough to have her birthday the same day as her Grandpa so we had a double birthday party.

(I love this picture)


She wanted Rapunzel's tower for a cake and it was a lot of fun to make. But by the time we were ready to blow out the candles it was about ready to fall over. I should have asked Jake to Structurally design it since that is right up his alley. And since it was Grandpa's birthday too I had heard him mention that he wanted a William Tyndale cake, so in the field next to the tower is a plow for his prophesy of a "plowboy".


I love having family birthday parties.

Things I love about Hannah...
She love to learning at school and reading.
She is such a great help with the other kids.
I love it when she surprises me and cleans up all the toys.
She loves to dress herself and I love her sense of style. Most of the time in coordinates, but occasionally it doesn't, and that is the best.
She is such a good eater, always trying new things and liking most all fruits and veggies.
I love it when she tells me I can have a day off and she will do everything for me.
She loves to ride her bike and scooter and she is doing a great mob with her violin and piano.
She is the greatest little Hannah ever!!!!

For Hannah's birthday I told her that she could get her hair cut. So we went to our favorite beauty salon (aunt Laura) and all of us girls got our hair cut. I told Hannah that she could get her hair cut how ever she wanted. Hannah told us she wanted bangs and her hair up to her mouth. So Laura took off 10" plus some. This was the end result, and Hannah loves it.



Here is the before and after of Brooklyn.





We had a great time getting our hair cut. Thanks Laura!!





My little Brooklyn is potty trained!!!

April part 2

We had a great Easter Weekend, and were able to celebrate Easter twice. On Saturday we had a Easter lunch and egg hunt at my Grandma Hendrix's house, with my side of the family who had come in for the weekend from Nevada. My Grandparent's and great Grandma were also there.






Then we had Easter Sunday dinner with Jake's side of the family and more eggs and candy.


The next week was our cousin's spring break so they stayed for a few extra days. While they were here we had a fun party for Hannah's early birthday with presents, cake, games, and new clothes.






I love seeing cousin Kaylee and Katie so close in age growing up together.

My little poser.
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