Sadie Hawkins Dance 2012

Justice asked Paycen Rasmussen to the Sadie Hawkins Dance.  They went to Ijump for thier day date and ate at Pizza Pie Cafe.  They took some really fun pictures and then headed to the dance.  Fun days of dating and dancing!!

Spring time!!

We have had a very mild winter and we got a pretty early Spring....it was hit or miss on some days.  Layton and Kason enjoyed going to the park and playing.  Ryley and Kason have both learned to ride two wheelers and love it!!  It is going to be a great summer with lots of family bike rides and being outside enjoying the sunshine!!  Here are some pics of the kids just enjoying the outdoors!!

Derby Time!!

Ethan did a GREAT job on his Pine Wood Derby car!!  It was pretty much built the day of the derby!!  Yes, we are so good at procratination!!  Well it totally paid off, because Ethan won FIRST PLACE every time!!  It was a fun evening to watch all the cars made by the scouts.  There were alot of cars and it was a long evening, but well worth it!  Especially since Ethan WON!!!  Big shout out to Ethan!!!  Good Job!!

Talented Austin

                                    
Austin has always been great at art, drawing and creative.  He has taken art classes at school and has been told he is very good.  He was in a art contest at school and entered the following project, and won first place.  He has entered other contests and also won first place.  Austin loves to do creative things and has a talent at drawing and painting!  We are proud of him, and hope he continues developing his talents!! 

State Cheer!!!

Headed to Boise for state cheer was a very exciting and stressful!!! The cheerleaders left early in the morning to get to Boise....and the mall!!Travis ended up taking the car in to have tires checked, since they were getting pretty worn and just wanted to make sure it would be safe. Come to find out, the bar that holds the tires on, was in fact broken and they could have come off at any time. So we had to pay $300 dollars to have that fixed, plus new tires put on. Travis and I got the kids settled and then took off to meet Justice. Just as we came off the exit in Boise, our car broke down. A fellow driver, saw we needed to have help pushing our car off the side of the road and so he got out to help Travis, while I steered us over. We ended up calling a tow truck to take us to a Dodge dealership, to find out what now!!! We got a ride to our hotel from another cheerleader's mom. At that point, everyone had eaten already, and we really wanted to go to the Cheesecake Factory, a must when in Boise. So we walked to the restuarant, it was about 2 miles or so. My feet hurt, being I was in heels, so it was nice to sit and relax and eat a wonderful meal. There happen to be another friend eating there and she kindly gave us a ride back to our hotel, thus saving us another long walk.

The next morning was an early one, and time for the competitions to start. We got a ride with more friends to the competitions, and we had a great time!! The girls and boys were amazing and did a great job!! In fact, they were so good.....they won first place and are STATE CHAMPIONS!!!! Wahoo!! It was so wonderful to hear the announcer tell everyone that Sugar-Salem Diggers were 2012 STATE CHAMPIONS!!!! Lots of pictures were taken and lots of cheering!!

As all of this going on, we were keeping tabs on the status of our car. Come to find out the water pump went out, which broke a clutch plate and serpintine belt. It was just a mere $1000 dollar repair!! We just spent the last week repairing things at home, and spent and unexpected $1000. So we were broke!! Had no clue how we were going to pay for repairs, which also we had to stay another night in Boise until the part would arrive from Oregon!!! I called home to my wonderful parents, and they bailed us out and paid for our car!! We had taxes coming back in just a few weeks, and of course these things couldn't wait till then to break!! We had a nice time in Boise, all though some things we would have rather not had happen!! We made it back home to the kiddos!!

I have such wonderful friends, and Chelsey & Ryan Erickson were watching my kids!! They were great, and so willing to have to stay an extra night with them!! Nantalie was great, she watched Kason and Layton and checked in on kids!! Thanks to them for all thier help!!

Happy Birthday, Austin!!!

Yippee!! It's official Austin is a teenager!! The big 13 this year and he is excited!! Austin lucked out and there was no school on his birthday, due to Teacher Inservice Day! So he slept in!! Of course what else do teenagers do! Not a lot happened on his birthday, he did have a friend, Michael come over and spend the night and we did the usual presents and cake.....well he did request Blackberry Crumble. It is sorta like a cobbler, he loves cobblers! The big event was the next day, Austin, Michael and Ethan went snowboarding in the big mountains of Grand Targhee!! They loved it so much, and can't wait to go back!! Travis dropped them off, and then headed to Broulims to work. When they were done he headed back up to get them and they came home. No big accidents, other than Ethan did run into a tree!! Darn those trees!! Happy Birthday to Austin!! We love you and are so glad to have you in our family!!