Dads 40th Birthday

We held off celebrating Kevin's birthday for a few days so that Nana and Grandpa could be here to celebrate with us. Kevin turned 40 on the 29th. It is hard to believe that he is 40. It still feels like we are in our 20s like when we were first married. We had a fun day together. The girls got to play with Lexi and Kylie while we hung out with Nana and Grandpa. We took them by the house that we would like to build. We celebrated with dinner at Olive Garden and then went home for some cake.

It was a great day. We are so blessed to have Kevin as a father and husband in our home. It was fun to celebrate his birthday today.

Summer Basketball

It is hard to believe that it is time for summer basketball. Summer league at the high school was a lot of fun last year but it sure is a fast two weeks of games every night. These next couple weeks should be a lot of fun.

They are doing things differently then they did last year. Madison got a lot of playing time today. It will be fun to see what comes over these next two weeks.

Allison last concert of the year

Allison had enjoyed band this year. She is really enjoying playing the clarinet. At first she wasn't sure that she wanted to continue with band but she has decided that she will at least for one more year. I am so happy that she decided to because she sure has a talent for it. Tonight was the last band concert of the year. I can not believe how much they have improved since the first band concert. I look forward to what the next few years will bring. It has been fun watching my girls learn to play an instrument. I wish that I would have learned something when I was younger but at the time it didn't seem important.

Memorial Day

We were invited to attend a picnic with several people from our ward for Memorial Day. After we ate a softball game was organized. Ashley was super excited to try softball and she even convinced Dad to come play with everyone too. It wasn't a serious game by any means. Everyone played no matter what age and everyone got a hit to encourage everyone to have a great time.

I wasn't sure how Ashley would do but I should have known that she would be a natural at it since every other sport has come so naturally to her. Her first time up to bat she amazed us all and hit it on her first try.

She always amazes me. I love her zest for life and can do attitude about everything. Kevin also surprised us. I thought he was going to play out field the whole time but he ended up taking a turn at bat. He also hit it on his first try.

Which was quite a impressive since the pitch was so low. It was a fun night and I hope we do it again soon.

FHE

Ashley was very excited to turn eight first because she was able to baptized and then second she gets to attend Activity Days. Her best friend has been attending for about 6 months and everything that they have been doing sounded so cool to her. The first activity they prepared a family home evening lesson about the First Vision. She was so excited to come home and give us her lesson. She worked very hard coloring and cutting everything out and making it just perfect. Tonight she gave us her lesson. It was cute watching her be in charge of everything for Family Home Evening.

She was very animated when she told the stories that went along with her visual aids. We all had a great time watching her.

She even decided to make her audience bigger. She had all of her dolls set up watching her on the couch.

It was a great Family Home Evening. I love her excitement for life.

Table Rock

Every year the youth of our ward hike Tablerock. Madison has only done it once before today and she didn't enjoy herself that much so she wasn't excited about going. Allison also wasn't excited either but they both came home super excited. They want to do it again as a family. It is an up hill hike. Kevin and I told them that we would need to work up to it.

I think it helped that they hiked with good friends.

Madison's last band concert

Tonight Madison participated in her last band concert tonight. She hasn't enjoyed band as much in high school so she has decided to be done. She has done a great job playing the saxophone. She picked it up quick and really enjoyed it. High school just has been as much fun and now she has decided to focus more on Basketball and juggling both has become difficult. Tonight was this school years last concert of and the teacher recognized all the kids for their hard work.

She did a great job and it is sad to see her moving on but it was fun watching her learn and it will be fun watching whatever she does next.