Homecoming Prince

Alex was crowned Homecoming Prince at the football game Saturday night. His beautiful girlfriend was crowned princess. Alex's cousin Matt was crowned prince for the sophomore class. Phillip says the genetically good looks come from his side of the family. :)

It was drizzling rain the whole time, but it was a lot of fun to see the kids getting so excited about football! I've included a couple pictures of the evening. The evening made me think back to my high school days and the fun we had around homecoming time. Maybe I'll get back to one of those in the future. Go Pioneers!! :) Class of '84 ROCKS! Hee.Hee.

Family Weekend

My family spent the weekend at a beautiful lake outside our county. We arrived on Saturday and spent the day. I don't want to disclose the location for fear everybody will want to go! It was an amazing place, and just a short drive from our home. The kids had a great day; fishing, swimming, hiking, canoeing, etc. We even roasted chestnuts! It was especially nice because my grandparents were there; fishing as well. The food was really yummy! My mom spent the day making sure we were well fed; and it was amazing! Donovan and MK ended up staying the night there with Uncle Todd and his family and they saw a snake this morning on their hike around the lake. They said it had a triangular head.....sounds poisonous to me.

Here are pictures from our day. I also am including pictures of our grape stomp! Donovan and MK stomped on the grapes and we canned juice. The first part was great until the acids from the grapes started burning their legs! We had to keep putting them in the tub, rubbing their legs with Aloe, and putting them back in the tub. My grandpa said to use butter and that would take the burn out. We'll try that next year.

Where Has The Time Gone?

It's been such a long time since I've posted! Our children are just growing before our eyes! Alex has to be at least 1 1/2 inches taller than Phillip now. MK just turned 7 at the beginning of the month, Donovan's feet look like ski-boats all of the sudden and Quinn has started pre-school! It has been sooo very busy, and I guess that's good in a way, because they're not sitting around saying, "I'm bored!!!"

Last weekend Quinn finally started sleeping in her own bed! I am so thankful for that. She really enjoys having her big girl room that she shares with her sister. I'm sure they will have lots of stories to share with each other at bedtime in the years to come. I wanted to share some photos that my friend Vicki took of our family. Her website is http://www.wallenvy.com/. She has some fantastic art and photos.

Life is good and I'm so thankful for every day I have with my children. We are blessed.