Baseball Season Starts

Miles is playing fall baseball this year. He is LOVING it! He plays for the Maple Mountain Warriors. Double headers on Saturdays for us. Sure love to watch him play!

It's nice. they are still young enough that the coaches don't have them locked in a position. Miles has been catching, pitching, and playing 1st base mainly.

GOOOOOO WARRIORS!!

Quincy Starts Kindergarten

Ahhhh....our little ninja...is he ready for Kindergarten??

Oh YES, he is ready. At least he took off the mask...we'll have to deal with the Bruce Lee tee (notice the t shirt "he" is wearing in the picture)

Here is his "About Me" sheet....don't worry Grandmas and Grandpas...I am sure it will make it to his wall so you can see it closer!

Porter is going to miss him...A LOT

Porter was feeling left out!

Quincy and his buddy Kyle. They are in the same class.

THE THREE STOOGES! Quincy gets to be with his 2 best buddies...good luck to his teacher! LOL

We love you Quincy! Congrats on your first day of Kindergarten. You are such a big boy!

Miles Starts 3rd Grade

Miles started 3rd grade this week. I love this kid and miss him when he's gone all day. sniff sniff...

but one silver lining to this IS...

My Batman and Robin get along so well!!!

They get to fight crime for another week....then Quincy gets to go to Kindergarten and they'll have to cut down on their "superhero" time! Porter is going to be so sad. At least K is only half day.

Miles' "3 in 2" Birthday Trip

If you don't know Miles very well, let me clue you in. He loves THE ROCKIES!!

I don't know if it's in his blood because he was born in Colorado, or if it's just because we get a TV station that televises all of their games, but he is hooked!

We told him we'd try to get him out to CO this summer for a game, as part of his birthday gift!

We ended up sending him and Dad alone. Do you think he is happy to be there?

Here comes the part where we will never be able to top this birthday present:

Here is foul ball #1

Amazing right? I told Miles to not expect to get a ball....there are so many people there buddy...silly mom!

How about Foul ball #2

Foul ball #3...are you serious?

3 Foul Balls in 2 Games...

What are the chances? Happy Birthday buddy boy!

EFY 2011

We had the opportunity to be session directors at 2 different EFYs this summer. Thank you thank you to both sets of grandparents for holding down the fort while we were working with 300+ amazing youth! What a blessing to be able to teach, feel the Spirit, and learn with amazing youth at EFY! We love it! It's hard work and not the "vacation" everyone thinks it is, but it is worth it! (Now, the week after EFY is brutal...back to routine...you know!)

BYU EFY

The U EFY

The slideshow Guru this session, Katie, insisted on "creative" pics of each of us for the slideshow at the end of the week. Hence, the goofy shot! Good thing she took it though. We were busy and I forgot to take pics this session.

WE LOVE EFY!

Miles commented the other day that he can't wait to go to EFY. Only 6 more years buddy! We can't wait to go together. He'll probably want to attend a session where his parents aren't there though! LOL

Miles' Baptism

Miles was baptized on July 9, 2011.

It was a wonderful day. We had a lot of family and friends there to support Miles. Miles was so excited and it was so fun for us to see him ready for this important milestone in his life. We are so proud of the young man he is becoming. He finished reading the Book of Mormon before his baptism. He also memorized 11 of the 13 Articles of Faith. (we are still working on 2 of them).

We had a anti picture Porter that day. Too bad!

Here is the crew. We had Grandpa and Grandma Matthews, Grandpa and Grandma Hansen, Grandpa Bradford, Uncle Hugh, Aunt Brenda, and Cousin Paige there for the special day.

"Aunt" Andrea came too!

We had a BBQ at our home afterwards.

Our good friends, Lupida and Allison, made Miles a chocolate cake that he loves.

We are so proud of you Miles. Baptism is the first step in your journey back to your heavenly home. We love you.

Yellowstone/Matthews reunion

Matthews Reunion 2011:

Allen's brother Jeff and his family hosted the family reunion this year. They live in Powell Wy, so we had a long car ride to get there so we decided to stop at a few stops in Yellowstone on the way there.

Our family at Old Faithful

The boys at Fishing Bridge store. This store is FULL of fun treats!

The boys got to do sparklers for the first time.

We went to the Cody Wyoming 4th of July parade. We were too busy melting during the parade to take pics. Here are the boys relaxing in the shade after the parade ended.

Jeff and Mel had a pool party in their backyard! All of the cousins had so much fun.

Thanks Jeff and Mel for hosting the wonderful reunion this year. We had so much fun! Can't wait for next year!