Kindergarten Field Trip

We were able to join Logan on his kindergarten field trip to the zoo. We met him with all the other kindergarteners at a park and then went over to the zoo! We made it into a double field trip by taking the joy school girls too! It was fun! Here's the Joy School girlies - Ashlynn, Nicole, Alyssa, Nikelle (actually in kindergarten), Brenly, and Macielyn (also in kindergarten)

Logan and his friend Neil

I should have taken more pictures, but my hands were full - I forgot to bring a stroller for Lincoln! Luckily he did walk most of the way!

Mother's Day

I really enjoy Mother's Day! I think one of the funnest parts is so sit on the couch and watch Greg be the Mom! Some of his comments were hilarious! Like "Is anyone going to help, or do I have to do this all by myself?" Now, that sounded familiar! Greg was so sweet to make breakfast (cold cereal) and do lunch and part of the family dinner - good thing we had Rhodes rolls! The kids were so cute when they gave me my gifts! It was so fun. They were so excited! Being a mom is hard work, but I wouldn't trade it for the world! We had a fun dinner with Doug, Lynae, Stacie, and Jeff and ShaRee's family!

I love my kiddos!

I love these pictures of all (well, most of them) the Grandkids with Lynae - boy do they love her - and so do I!!

Soccer!

Adam LOVES soccer! This was his first season playing outdoor soccer, and he absolutely loved it! He did really well too (we'd like to say the coach (Greg) had a big impact!) Actually, most of his practice has been every day during school recess. Usually when I pick him up from school, the first report is of the soccer games that went on that day, and what the scores were! He ended up scoring most of the points for the team! It was fun to watch him!

Kindergarten Rodeo

Logan was in his first rodeo! It was a fun show! The kindergarteners did all sorts of fun events. Our favorite was watching Logan do barrel racing! He was riding his horse like lightning! Adam even commented, "I think Logan was the fastest!" They sang some fun songs - Logan's favorite was the "Idaho" song, sung to the tune of "Bingo". He was quite the cowboy!

Spring Yard Work

After 2 1/2 years of being in our home, we finally got around to fixing up the front yard with some bark! It was actually a really fun project! All the kids had fun shoveling (or playing in the water and squirting each other!) It's still so fun to look out the window and see the front yard without seeing weeds all over!! Thank you Greg!

Hard at work and at play

Lincoln was one of the best workers of them all! He had his own little shovel and certainly did his part!

We're in the Army!

So with Greg being a Chaplain Candidate, the program was recently changed to where you are put in the Reserves - which means you get to drill with the army once a month. Greg's first drill came this April. He was a little nervous, since he hadn't been to Basic Training yet, so wasn't familiar with all the army lingo and such. But he quickly learned, as he walked into his first meeting with snickers pointed at him since his badges were in the wrong places! Overall, he had a great experience, and really loved being amongst the soldiers and learning about them and their stories. One funny thing though, was that his Chaplain Assistant (basically his body guard) was a girl! It was a little different having a girl always at your command and trying to get your door for you! Our kids thought it was cool that Dad was in the army, and kept asking or saying things like, "I hope Dad comes back" and "Is Dad going to fight?" or "Is Dad shooting right now?" They don't quite understand that Dad is actually the only one without a gun! But boy, it was like Christmas when he came home with all that cool army gear! The boys loved it all!
Lincoln has been so funny since Greg came home. He has learned to salute, and even walks like a soldier!

Yes, sir!

Brenly is a little too cute to be in the army!

Fun army gear!

Our Army Dad!

Here's the soldier all decked out in his gear!

Easter!

Easter is so fun! We had a busy weekend with General Conference and Adam's soccer game, but we managed to wake up early, do our Easter egg hunt, eat a quick egg breakfast, then head out to Adam's soccer game, which we quickly left to be able to make it home for General Conference to start! After the second session, we packed up again and headed for Grandma's to spend the night and watch the Sunday sessions there! Fun, fun, fun!Easter is "egg"cellent!

Lincoln certainly loved it too!

Adam and Logan were thrilled to find Lego guys in many of the eggs - Brenly found a few too!