Want some rocks?

We have some ROCK issues at our house. We have prepped the one side of the yard for bark chips, which made me never want to touch another rock. Alas, we still have this side to do so I am throwing rocks into piles again. We are taking off all of the rocks, putting down new weed barrier, and making a border of the BIG rocks. Then, we'll put down bark chips in the middle. There is a huge pile of small rocks in the gutter by the house. Feel free to take them! PLEASE!

I will post pics of the finished product....when it's done. UGGGG!

I love rocks....I love rocks.....I love rocks....positive thinking right?

Swimming lessons 2010

Swimming Lessons are now over for the summer. We have done Seven Peaks waterpark swim lessons in the past but tried something new this year. A lady who lives within a few blocks of us has her own indoor pool and does swimming lessons year round. I think we will do a winter session too...it's so hard to progress when we only do lessons once a year. The boys got used to the pool and enjoyed their time in the water!

Snowflake AZ EFY

Especially for Youth, EFY, is a youth religious camp for high school age kids. Allen has been teaching at EFY for a few years, but this is our first year to session direct. It is kind of like being the mom and dad of the session. It was AWESOME!

We got assigned to Snowflake AZ, which is truly in the middle of nowhere, but that made it great too. We truly lived at the camp and got to know quite a few of the 700 youth there! We taught, bore testimony, and had tons of fun with the youth, youth that truly amazed me. They are so strong and it was awesome to see EFY change some of their lives.

What a cute dad!!

Gorgeous Snowflake AZ temple

Here is our wonderful staff for the week. They were so fun to work with and each had strengths that truly made the team work so well together.

38 Fantastic Counselors...

they truly worked the hardest of anyone there!

We listened to lessons...

played games....

We even found wives for our boys....one slipped away before I could get her picture. For future EFY people...be careful who you sit with at lunch...you might be called up in front of 700 youth to share your testimony! The girls only have to wait about 15 years...LOL I told them to get a lot of education :)

This is me with my fellow NM buddies! I could actually tell the identical twins apart by the end of the week!

I am sure glad Allen got these last 2 shots.

We met Steven when he first arrived at the camp. He had earphones in with nothing playing...he just wanted everyone to leave him alone.

Here he is the last night of EFY. EFY truly changed him for the better.

We feel truly blessed to have had this wonderful experience. The youth are learning to have courage to stand strong in this sometimes crazy world we live in. I am so proud of them. They are strong and AMAZING! We are looking forward to next year....already!

A SPECIAL THANKS TO GRANDPAS AND GRANDMAS WHO SPENT A WEEK WITH OUR ACTIVE BOYS! :) WE DID NOT WORRY ABOUT THEM ONE BIT! THEY TRULY DIDN'T WANT US TO COME HOME!!

THE LOADER!!!

I finally have a tractor boy. Porter LOVES Tractors. He loves to pull over at a construction site and watch the "excavators" and "loaders" and "dump trucks"...oh yeah and "mighty mixers" (cement trucks). We had a HUGE memorial weekend project in our yard and our wonderful neighbor said he would haul away rocks with a loader from work. Porter was in heaven!

He sees the loader coming...

And even got to ride it. His comments were "we went on the bumpy road" "I pushed the buttons" and such. He LOVED it!

Of course, all of the boys wanted to try. Our fabulous neighbor let Miles actually drive it. Talk about a bumpy ride. :)

Quincy honked that horn as soon as he was close enough to reach. His comment was "we need to get one of those..."

Here is a video to show our project. I didn't get a before shot so if you've never been to our house this won't mean much. Let's just say...our hands were raw and I never want to lift another rock in my whole life. BUT we still have another side to do later in the year. Now, we just need to lay the bark chips. Oh yeah, and Allen has been interior painting too! It looks awesome! Thanks hubby for starting the tradition of house projects for memorial day weekend! They always turn out so well.

Hey, Dad, don't I totally sound like Grandpa when I described the project in the video? It totally cracked me up when I watched it.

Summertime???? What to do?

We are still trying to come up with wonderful summertime adventures...

And I think the neighbors would like us to figure out something too....

We love feeding the ducks....

The superheroes have emerged....maybe I need to get some ideas from them...

HAPPY SUMMER Y'ALL!

Quincy's Gymnastics class

Quincy has been taking a gymnastics class these past few months and has really enjoyed it, especially the month of May. May was exciting because he got a "daddy" teacher. A boy teacher. So FUN! His teacher said that Quincy is very good about following directions. Good job Quincy. We are so proud of you! I don't even know what his favorite part of the class was. He just really enjoyed having a class that was just for him. We are usually going to sports events for Miles. So this was a special treat for him.

WE LOVE YOU KIKI!