Congrats to the Royals and Lighting!!!

Congrats to Brady on the great season with both the Royals in Minor League and the Lighting in the AAU league. The Royals finished 3rd during the regular season and won the Tournament. Brady pitched an excellent game Saturday night and made the 9 yr old All-Star team. The lighting placed 3rd in the Tournament on Sunday during an excellent game. I've posted a couple of the pictures from both games, the one where he is in Purple is the AAU team and the Blue is the Indianola league. Notice the big smile when he found out he made All-Stars (Leslie, Eric & I knew, but it was a total shock to him).

Happy Anniversy Grandma and Grandpa a little late

Sorry I'm posting a little late I came down with strep last week and spent the entire weekend in bed while Chris took care of Skyler. I'm getting anxious about graduation, it's getting so close, August 6th will be here before I know it. Skyler is really starting to walk on his own now and always on the move. I will try and get some pictures tonight so I can post them tomorrow. I have to get started on school work now. I hope you guys had a great anniversary and thank you for everything ! Wish we weren't so far apart. We miss all of you.

More Pics!

Jon asked me to try to post a few more photos from their great dinosaur adventure. Hannah really enjoyed spending the day with the gang. She was exhausted last night, probably from learning all about dinosaurs from Sam!

P.S. It was totally an accident that I uploaded a photo of The Sibs here, but really pretty hilarious given the subject is dinosaurs, don't you think? Ha ha ha, I couldn't bring myself to delete it. OK, you can forgive me now.

T-Rexes, Sharks, and Turtles ... oh my!!!!

I would generally start out a post like this saying "Well, we decided to take Hannah and the kids on a little excursion to the Dinosaur Museum." Sadly, I can't say that. Oh, the tragedy of working for a year-round school.

So here's the accurate start:

"Emilee and the kids took Hannah for a fun day at the Dinosaur Museum while Jon got to go to school and try to keep some semblance of order in his classroom full of rowdy, ready-for-summer kids."

It looks like they all had a good time. According to Kimber, they got to see dinosaur bones, but not dinosaurs because "those dinosaurs aren't real." Patrick also had fun, and was really excited to show off a green rubber seaweed thingey he bought for $2.50. He says it's really a centipede, but my first guess was seaweed.

There was also apparently a big group of kids who were there together. It was obvious that they were a big group because they were all about the same age (7-9) and all wore matching bright green shirts that happened to look exactly like the shirt Patrick wore. So the leaders of the group kept calling Patrick, chastising him for wandering off, and admonishing him to "please, stay with the group."

Sam kept telling me, in excited tones and with some vocal nuances that implied I should be stunned by the news ... even after being told several times repeatedly — that Hannah came along too. Sam enjoyed telling me, over and over, all the cool things he showed Hannah—and that he helped her learn what a dinosaur was.

I guess she didn't know beforehand. What do they teach in schools these days?

So it all looked like a blast. But it's okay that I missed it, because I got to laugh at a student who thought Tremonton, Utah was the ideal vacation spot (5th graders are putting together a PowerPoint on their dream vacation, and that's what he chose—seriously come on ... everyone in the universe knows that Kaysville, Utah's the greatest place in the world to visit). So it all evens out in the end.

Happy Anniversary

Happy 61st anniversary grandma and grandpa. And may there be many more happy years together. :)

Happy 61st anniversary grandma and grandpa Midget. love ya Rocky

Happy Anniversary!

Happy anniversary Grandma and Grandpa, hope everything's well back in Quincy and you get to have plenty more to celebrate.

Happy anniversary

Happy anniversary!

I'm so happy for you. You have done so well and raised such a wonderful family. 61 years sounds like a nice number to spend with the person you love.

Happy Anniversary Grandma & Grandpa

I just wanted to wish you both a Happy Anniversary and say Thank you for everything you've taught us over the years.

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Lucky me! I've celebrated 60 anniversaries with you...of course, I don't remember the first ones but I do remember some of the earliest. When I was little, I can remember the few times that Dad and Mom would actually get dressed up and go out to dinner together. It was a luxury that they could only afford on special occasions since they both were quite busy trying to raise, at that time, three young, energetic children at the time. I can remember Mom putting on her pretty black pleated dress, Dad putting on his tie and jacket and off they'd go to Club 21 on the edge of Sparta for a dinner together. I can't tell you what the Club was like. I don't think I ever was in it. Later on when we grew to be five, those special "dates" would continue even though the expense of raising five children was tremendous and required Mom going to work and Dad getting a second job.
One thing I know for certain is that over the past 61 years Mom and Dad have shown the rest of us what love and devotion to each other should be. I can close my eyes and see Dad very carefully lifting Mom up and carrying her outside to set in her lounge chair to get the sun when she was bedridden with arthritis. I remember Mom standing over a hot iron in a hot house pressing Dad's shirts and pants so that he looked his best when he went off to work, cooking a beautiful lattice cherry pie or making some divinity or fudge for him. I also remember how BOTH of them were always there to take care of us when we came down with the measle, or chicken pox, or mumps, or whatever else we seemed to get into. And I also know how important it was to them that we saw how God was very much a partner in their marriage and how they turned to their faith during bad times (Dad I even remember when you and Carolyn went to classes together to join the church.) I also remember the lessons learned about forgiving when you disagree, learning that its all right to disagree and have your own opinion and that you would always be there for your family no matter what the problem might be.
Sixty one years of lessons learned through fights and tears, love and laughter are ones that I hope the rest of us can pass on to each other. It should be easy, we were blessed to be given parents who loved each other so much that they showed us the way to do it!!!!
Happy 61st anniverysary Mom and Dad!!!

Ok, I'm gonna be a day early, but I don't wanna forget!!! (and I figure it's late enough this won't be read til tomorrow :-) ) BUT Happy Anniversary Grandma & Grandpa!!! I thought that Aunt Chrissy must have had a typo when I read 61st wedding anniversary, I was SURE my grandparents couldn't be old enough to have been married 61 years! But then I realized I've got you stuck in time at like the age you were when I was 15 soooo....hehe. Congratulations on 61 years!!! You definitely have a marriage to look up to and are a great role model for all of us to look up to. I can't imagine what it's like to have been blessed enough to spend 61 years with the person I love and raise a family as you two have, but I can only hope to one day be standing in those shoes looking back at a lifetime filled with love. Love you both!!
Jess