End of School Year Craziness!!

I haven't posted forever....but that doesn't mean we haven't been BUSY!! BUSY!!

 Oakley had a 6th grade track meet a couple weeks ago.  (Oakley is on the left end) They bring all the 6th graders together from all the different schools that will go to the middle school next year and have a track meet.  They practiced for several weeks trying to get ready and we came home with the 1st place award! Go Ucon Wildcats!!

 Oakley's teacher told her she was going to run the 100 meter and do the Frisbee throw.  *They have a few interesting events at the 6th grade track meet! Ha, ha!* Anyway...we marked off the 100 meter on the road infront of our house and Oakley ran it over and over.  The morning of the track meet Oakley's teacher decided to have her run the 200 meter instead.  AH!! I told her she had to pace it out a little better than the 100 or she would DIE at the end.  She did so good for not having practiced it.  She is the pink with white shorts here in 4th place.  She actually pulled ahead of the girl in blue infront of her and got 3rd in her heat!  Way to run your guts out Oakley!!

 Oakley also had an end of the year band concert.  She is front and center in the white shirt and purple headband around her head.  They were suppose to dress-up as cops and robbers. :) She has become a good little clarinet player and at one point during the end of the year was 1st chair!!

 We have also had a few warm days when the swimsuits and hose came out! SOOOO FUN!!

 Who needs to buy expensive swimming pools or water slides when you can pull out a pair of dad's watering boots and be entertained all afternoon?  They seriously filled these up....climbed in....emptied them and then filled them up again.  OVER and OVER!

 Also....as I was uploading pictures from Oakley's camera I found atleast 50+ pictures of these 2 naughty little girls that were taken AFTER they were suppose to be tucked  in and asleep one night.  NAUGHTIES!! They just got CAUGHT!!  I laughed so hard at several of the pictures.  They had alot of these sleepy eyes ones, several tongues out pics and some noses in armpit pics.  :) Silly Sisters!

This one was my favorite because of my baby girls peace sign. Ha, ha!!

We ran to my parents and got Rhett a new to us (gram murdocks old one) queen bed for his room.  He and Dallin have tried sleeping together the past few nights in it.  They LOVE it.  Me....not so much! I have had to haul Dallin's bum to his own bed more of the few nights than not. They are 2 naughty little boys too! :) I see where they get it from. *Notice the above picture! :) 

Today was the LAST DAY OF SCHOOL FINALLY!!! We have been counting down for MONTHS!! We are over ready for a break!! I went to the kids award ceremony...without camera or cell phone...so no pictures.  They all received the Presidential Physical Fitness award.  Both boys got Super Attendance awards and Oakley got one for Outstanding Achievements for her good grades! I am so proud of them!!  We have got some big plans already for the summer we are looking forward to - Swim team, girls camp, scout day camp, family vacation, Rhett is going to keep doing gymnastics, etc.  SUMMER HERE WE COME!!

CLOGGING NATIONALS 2012

New year.....same competition!  I know every year we have the same Lagoon post, but WE LOVE IT!!

 This is Brooklyn and Oakley lining up to do their duet.  Oakley came home with 8 FIRST PLACES!!  She got one in each of her 5 solos, her duet and their 2 team dances.  They were AMAZING!!  It was new this year that we had to dance both friday and saturday.  Oakley, Laiklie and I headed down friday morning and she danced her duet and solos that day.  That night Ryan's mom Linn and the boys came down and we swam at the hotel and then got up early to be at Lagoon to dance by 9 am.  Oakley's team dance saturday morning was the 1st one on the stage.  They were the PERFECT start for the day! They are such good dancers!!  We were done by 9:30 and rides opened at 10.  PERFECT!!!

 This is the corner of Oakley's face, the back of Dallin, and Rhett and Laiklie.

 I know I look confused in this picture! :)  It is the only one with me and kids in it that got taken that day and I was hurrying to try and get it taken and camera away before the seat belt checker lady came by and told me to put it away. Ha, ha!

 This is the girls getting off the airplane ride.  Oakley and I didn't love these airplanes.  We rode some INSANE rides that day...funny that the dumb airplanes about made us sick and the big rides didn't bother us!

This is Linn and the boys on the SPACE SCRAMBLER.  The space scrambler is SERIOUSLY my FAVORITE ride.  I could ride it over and over ALL DAY LONG!!

We had a blast and it was even better that Oakley and her team did so well at Nationals.  I am so proud of her.  She has worked VERY HARD this year.  Her teacher told me the other day that the improvement that she made in the two weeks between the 1st competition and the 2nd competition was INCREDIBLE.  Her teacher commented on what a great little dancer she has become.  Sure love you Oakley! So proud of all your hard work!! Once again IT PAID OFF!!

All About D

Dallin got asked to be a Conflict Manager for next years school year.  Our school has a conflict manager program where they train students to help take care of issues on the school grounds during recess.  My little Dallin is SO friendly and gets along so well with almost everyone.  He has a tender heart that has been hurt once by a little bully at scouts and so he knows how it feels to be the little guy in a situation.  He did his conflict manager training these past two weeks and

 today he graduated! Congratulations D! You are going to be a great Conflict Manager!

Then.....it was off to branding.  He knew that branding was going on today at our house and he was NOT ABOUT to stay at school.  So I checked him out and brought him home.  Ryan says ALL THE TIME that we can't let our kids schooling stand in the way of their education!:)

 This is D in the corner just taking it all in.  The red cooler is my seat! Right in the middle of that cow skin burning smell.  The NASTIEST smell you've ever smelt.  It is also right in the line of the flying cow fur they shave off.  :( Very much a cheap seat!!

Little Boy HEAVEN!! 

 I sure love Dallin.  He is growing so fast.  His feet have now passed up not only big sis, but his mommy too!  He is GREAT help to Ryan on the farm and has become his dad's right hand man.  He loves digging in and working, he loves scouts and his big cousins Kaden and Jake, he hates school and homework (totally normal for a little boy right?!) and he can't get ENOUGH of being outside on days like today!

I Am Going There Someday

For FHE last week since Ryan was in the tractor I took the four loves of my life to walk around the temple and see the waterfalls.  We haven't been down by the river in years.  Sad to say! They LOVED chasing the ducks. (I think the people around thought we were cruel.  I was thinking ATLEAST THEY DIDN'T BRING THIER BB GUNS!:) Ha, ha! I love this picture with the temple in the background.  I am SO VERY GRATEFUL to a loving Heavenly Father that made ETERNAL FAMILIES part of the plan!