Youth Tubing Trip!

What a fun activity! We had a great turn out and we didn't have any major injuries or lose anyone :) FUN FUN! I love my calling!

GREASE!

It was my friend Beckie's birthday and her husband got her tickets to GREASE! How lucky am I that they had 4 tickets! It was such a fun night. AND Taylor Hicks (of American Idol) was in it! Happy Birthday Beckie!

First day of school 2009!

Well here we go! The first day of school was great. Emma loved it and was so excited to just get started. Luke wasn't that nervous because it was his same teacher and pretty much the same class. The only worry was Gavin. He saw the kids with their backpacks and immediately got his out and wore it the WHOLE day! After we dropped off the kids he wanted to know where his class was. I took him to the gym and told him that was his "class". He bought it and went in with his backpack :)

Emma came home from school a little put out that she didn't LEARN anything and had no homework :) I hope she is always this eager to learn!

Short, sweet, to the point

The kids recently inherited our old computer after it crashed and Matt nearly threw it out the window. He got a new tower off Craigs list and now the kids think they are soooo cool to have their own computer. So this morning they were trying to figure out how they could keep the Sabbath Day holy and still be on their new found obsession. I suggested to Luke that he type a letter to the missionary that just left from our ward. So he went to work. I had to leave for meetings and so I had to wait until after church to see his master piece. Here it is...


Short, sweet, and to the point. Let's just say that I BETTER NOT be getting letters like this when Luke is a missionary. He has about 12 more years to improve his letter writing skills :) He wants me to white out the Believe part because he said he messed up and it was supposed to say I can't believe I will be nine when you get home. Very cute letter! :) Luke has continually been praying for Elder Raskey since even before he left. Such a great role model.

Slumber party!

Amy and John Lopez are celebrating 18 years of wedded bliss and so we got to have our own little celebration with Carver and Cooper. They have been sooooo great! This morning they all climbed into bed with each other and were so giggly :) Too cute!

Luke's last basketball game of the season....

These are Luke's buddies Kyle & Austin Stella (twins that go to his school) Their dad also helped Matt coach.

Today's cheering section!

This season was Luke's first time playing basketball and it was a great experience. It was made even better because Matt was his coach and he did a GREAT job! It was all the kids on our team first time playing and we were up against kids who have played 4 and 5 seasons together. So we definitely had our down moments (like when we lost 58 to 2, and no that was not a typo :) But I am soooooo impressed with how much the kids learned over the season. By the end they were quite the defensive players. At the beginning I was just going to be impressed if we scored any points because these poor little boys have to play on the 10 ft. baskets that the NBA plays on! At the beginning they couldn't even get it near the hoop and by the end they were able to make plenty of baskets. They all know to have their hands up when on defense, they all are dribbling much better. (The first game they were just running around the court holding the ball). And they all have mastered grabbing onto the ball when the opponent is in possession and the ref calls jump ball. I think we averaged about 30-40 jump balls per game :) What a great season...thanks Coach Matt!

Primary Summer Splash Bash 2009

The Primary always knows how to throw a great party!