kids

this last month of school has been jammed packed with lots of
concerts, track meets and reports. this is by no means the end
to the end of school activities for the year.
i am being sarcastic but i really do enjoy supporting my kids in all that they are
involved in.
i think i have some of the coolest kids around.
yeah, i'm braggin a lil but hey
that's my job.


aubs choir concert
totally rad bunch of singers

bridger's orchestra concert

1st chair viola

way to go!!!

mckray's hershey track meet

didn't get any pictures of him running

super cool kid

journey's australia report

best report EVA

thanks to grandpa and grandma palfreyman for loaning us

the didgeridoo, it was a major hit with the kids and the teacher.

make over

before

after

isn't she cute?

i bought her for $8.00 at d.i

paint was $3.00

material was $4.00 (i bought lots for another project)

$15.00 total

Virginia is for lovers

.............

Nephew Neil just received his call to serve in the Richmond Virginia Mission for the

Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

Virginia is near and dear to my families heart

Both my parents were born and raised there

they also raised most of us kids in Va. as well.

My daddy, two brothers and many many aunts, uncles and cousins still live there.

I moved to Utah when i was 8 but still think of Virginia as home and where my roots are.

OOBER COOL!!!!!

good luck Neil

we love you lots and lotsa

LAST PROM = LOTS O' PICTURES

aubs went to her LAST prom with her friend brandon whom she has know since 3rd grade.

the gang went skating

ate at teppanyaki for dinner

the dance was at noahs

after the dance they went swimming

Aubrey you are a beautiful girl inside and out!!!

your dad and i love you more than anything.

thanks for being a fantastic kid

and for giving us very lil trouble.

enjoy your last month of school

before you graduate!!!

............................

SSkating

the pick up

very proud daddy

the girls

casey, aubs, sierra

the whole crazy gang

Farm

Field Trip

and

what i learned:

................

1. that i really, really want to live on a small farm and have chickens, goats, pigs, cows and have a huge garden and lots of fruit trees.

2. that journey really could have cared less that i was even on this field trip. she just wanted to be with her friends and didn't even notice i was there. all my other kids LOVED to have me come and wanted to sit by me and eat lunch with me.....not this lil firecracker.

(yeah it broke my heart just a lil)

3. i saw my good friend julie, she talked to the kids about cows.

julie is someone who i really like and admire. she just seems to have the important things in life figured out. she is down to earth, kind and sweet. i am kinda mad at myself for not telling her how cool i think she is.

i want to get better at letting my friends know what they mean to me.

if you haven't told someone how cool you think they are and that you admire them

i would suggest doing it today!!!!!

........

WAH WA WAH WAH WA WA

aubrey played peppermint patty in the musical "your a good man charlie brown."
the entire cast worked hard and put on a fantastic play.
i am always amazed at how good these kids are and how i wished i would have not tried to be "SO COOL" in high school and really went after the things that i really wanted to do ( i was a real block head tee hee ). i am a proud momma and think that my kids are some of the RAD-est peeps i know and for the record peppermint patty was my favorite.

SUNSHINE

all the kids were pawned off else where and that left reg and i alone

( this rarely happens)

so we hopped in the truck and headed out for our first quick hike of the season to

look out point.

it was so nice to get out in the sunshine and clear the mechanism.

nice to be able to talk..... just the two of us without kids interrupting

nice to be alone

you see marriage is

HARD

i am a huge fan of kids and of marriage

but still hard at times.

...............

we both have been pretty unplugged as of late

and have let

work, kids, crazy schedules and stress

take over.

...........................

we both need to work harder at staying plugged in.

that's life.......

we stumble

we fall

we get up

and

we keep going

and we try and find

joy in the journey.

might sound a lil Corny but it's true.

...............

and

wouldn't you know

it

as soon as we were really enjoying hanging out together

the phone rang and it was one of the kids

that needed a ride home.

tee hee