Are you game?

Please don't quit your day job...........Just teasin'! Josh did a great job umpiring this year for Joshalyn's softball team. I think he enjoyed it too. He probably would have liked it better if I wouldn't have given him such a hard time. He knows I just like to tease him. He was awesome and very much appreciated!! I am proud of he and the kids. It was a fun season! Go Hyrum!!! Go Joshalyn!!! Go Ump!!!


Throw it! Hit it!



Hit it! Catch it! Run!

Voila!..........Grass!

Voila! we have grass. One minute we were raking dirt, the next minute we were watering grass. Well.........it wasn't quite like that, but we do have grass and are happy to have it. Thanks to Rich and Travis and a good friend Ken Wood for helping Josh out over memorial day weekend. We couldn't have done it without them. I suppose that will be the last time Rich and Travis come to visit................. I'm just kidding. They said they didn't mind, but we did work them hard. Hopefully the good food and company was a bit of compensation. It's amazing how nice it makes the front of our yard look. We have had so many compliments from our neighbors. I know they were thinking.... "it's about time." Little by little it is coming. Now to the plants and flowers.

Singin' in the Rain

I guess we're walkin' in the rain not singin' in the rain, but it was fun and I thought it was so cute with the kids and their umbrella's. And yes we are in the Wal-Mart parking lot. Good thing I carry the camera with me. You never know when you're going to capture a cute moment.

Reading the Book of Mormon: A Challenge!

About 6 months ago I was looking online for a reading schedule to help me get the Book of Mormon read by this last General Conference. In my search I found this challenge where you read the Book of Mormon 3 times over a three month period each time paying attention to different themes.

I have been doing this for 1 week now and I have found so far that my experience has been very rewarding. I have always liked to read but have never been able to read the Book of Mormon in the same way that I read a novel. So this is a new experience for me (especially since I am going to read it like that 3 times in a row).

You can read about the challenge by clicking here.

Now in this document that describes the challenge (if you read it) you will see that he wants you to send him a detailed letter describing your experiences for his website. I would rather you send them to me so that I can add them either here on my blog or else on Geni.com. I think it would be neat to see the different experiences that everyone has as they complete this challenge. It should be very fun and rewarding. Please let me know if you are taking the challenge also as I would love to include you in my prayers and keep in touch with you on the challenge. And we can of course encourage eachother as we go.

Easter

Coloring eggs, hiding eggs and hunting for eggs is something I think our children want to do year round not just on Easter. We had a wonderful Easter and hope you did as well.

Kids Fair- Got Milk?

We're a little slow posting this, but we went to the Kids Fair here in Boise on February 28th and had a great time. There were many activities for the children to do. There was a petting zoo and lots of entertainment And as you can see the kids got to meet Dora the Explorer.

McCall Idaho Winter Carnival

We had a wonderful time at the Winter Carnival in McCall as you can see. For those who may not know, this is an annual event where they have ice sculptures people have hand made all around downtown for people to come and see. McCall is a little tourist town 100 miles directly north of us. The kids enjoyed seeing all of the ice sculptures. When we asked them what their favorites were they had a hard time deciding as they liked so many. Scooby Doo and gang in the boat was definitely a favorite as was the castle with the trees all around it. We saw the fire hydrant on our way home and thought of Grampa Harris. The kids also got to sled down into Payette lake right there in McCall. We all made snow angels out on the frozen lake. It was a fun day!! We may have to make this a family tradition we enjoyed it so much. We may go up in the summertime and do some camping and go out on the lake as well. It's beautiful country!