School Pictures!

I decided I didn't like regular school pictures or their price. So I decided to take my own pictures of the girls this year. I took Alexys and her friend Alyssa down to the river bottoms by the railroad bridge to do their pictures and then I just took Katie into our back yard and the field behind our house. I think they turned out good. It helps to have girls that take good pictures.

Katie is almost impossible to get a good picture of. She never stops moving so most of her pictures are a big blur. So I am happy with the ones I got of her.

Here are three of each of them.

These were my favorites out of all the many I took.

First Day of School

Well it's here. The first day of school. I'm less excited about it than the girls. Katie could hardly wait for the bus to come. Before she went to bed last night we told her it would be here today and she went crazy! She ran in circles for a second then took off to find her back pack and shoes. We had to disappoint her by telling her she had to sleep first before the bus would come. She was so happy to see it pull up that she ran to get on while yelling over her shoulder at me, "BYE!!" Not even a hug!! Oh well, I forgive her.

Alexys seemed a little nervous but she wouldn't admit it. Her first day in High School!! I am nervous even if she isn't. I just can't figure out how she went from being in kindergarten not that long ago to being in High School!! How and why does this always seem to happen to parents? Kids need to stop growing up so fast!! Anyway here are some pictures from this morning.

I love you girls!!! I hope your day is wonderful!

Giving her best toothless smile even with the sun in her face!

Off she goes!!!

A freshman!!

Beautiful, inside and out. Look at those eyes!

Craig's Latest Triathlon!!

Craig did the Rush Triathlon again. He beat is time from last year by more than a half hour. He also placed 2nd in the Clydesdale! (Men over 200 lb.) :)

Here are some pictures!

Enjoy!!!

I'm lucky I was able to get this picture. There are so many people in the water and they all look the same. I just took a bunch of pictures of different groups and then zoomed into see if I got him in there. I never did see him till he got out of the water.

Look at that guy go! Solid muscle!! He does look a little angry.

(That guy behind him got in his way I think.)

The biking took them out to the dry farms above Rexburg.

Lots of hills!
I had to pass him to get a picture. He didn't look to happy about the distraction. Or he could just be really tired after riding up the hill by the Temple. :)

This is the transition to start the run.

Love the backdrop of this picture!!

Here he comes around the track for the final part of the run!

This is a video of him running across the finish line.

The People saying names were a little slow and couldn't find his name at first.

This is his medal. He took second in the Clydesdale!!!

Congrats Craig!! I love you and am so proud of you!!!

Just the big girls at Lagoon!

Alexys and I went to Utah and spent two days at Lagoon. We are thinking that we might make this into an annual thing. (Craig doesn't know that yet!) It was good to be able to get connected again without all the disruptions of everyday life.

The weather was perfect. The hottest it got was 75 and there was a nice cool breeze both days.

Perfect!

We of course went and had our picture taken in Pioneer Village.




Alexys rode the rooster on the merry go round. I was on the zebra if anyone cares.

Our first and last ride of our two days of Lagoon of course was Wicked.

Great ride!!!

(I take that back we did the White Roller coaster first. That is a tradition. Always ride the white coaster first!)

We are on the back of the train in this picture.

The Wild Mouse is another of our favorites!

Alexys loves the swings.

Merry Go Round !!

We had a great time!!!!

Our July!!

July always goes by way to fast. Every year it gets even worse. But I do love the holidays that cause this rushed feeling. The 4th & the 24th!!!! What great holidays to get to celebrate. I love this country and I love my religion!!!!! Here are some pictures to show how we spent our July.

On July 3rd we went to Todd & Jenns house to watch the fireworks show that Rigby puts on. They were very good but not as good as Todd's show with the gas can and pile of dead trees.
We love ya Todd!!! You always keep us on our toes! (or running for our lives) :)

I of course forgot our camera on the 4th of July but we had a full day. We went to the parade in I.F. again and had a great barbecue at Mom & Dad's house. They always have a lot of yummy food! After that we went to Craig's cousins house and visited with all his cousins that we haven't had a chance to see in 4 years. The grand finale of course of our fourth was the Melalueca fireworks show. Always amazing!!!!
I have now been in charge of our ward float for the 24th of July for three years. Our theme this year was 100 years of history because our court house turned 100. So we did 100 years of music. Here are a few pictures of the building of the float that we started on July 8th.

We had a gramophone, standing radio, Juke box, transistor radio, boom box, & an Ipod.

The idea of course showing the different ways of listening to music over 100 years.

Alexys was in the 24th of July play "Seusical" She worked a lot of hours preparing for this. They started in June and by the middle of July they were practicing for 3-4 hours a day to be ready for the week of the 24th. They had 5 shows in one week. What a great job everyone did. so many songs and dance moves to memorize! She was a bird girl. Alexys is the blue one.

Here are some pictures from the actual shows.

Katie and I went to every show and therefore Katie knows every dance move. She has great rhythm and wishes so much for the ability to sing her heart out. She doesn't keep that from stopping her from performing for anyone that will watch.

We can't get a picture of her because it's just a big blur.

Craig played on the ward baseball team. He tore his ACL last year so he tried to do it only when they needed him but they did win the championship game on Sat. He played that game so he felt he deserved to get a shirt.

I failed once again to have my camera handy.

We won first place for our float. I was so excited because we have not place at all the last two years. Then to top that off the Rexburg Dance Festival came to us and are going to use it for their parade on Aug. 3. I'm glad it will get used a few times before we have to take it all apart. I'll get some pictures of it then.
Here are the only pictures we got from our parade.
Dad was nice enough to let me use his truck again this year. We started with three girls in the back of the truck. By the end of the parade we had 5 in the back and one more up front with me. Good Times!!!

The next day was Sunday and my parents were in charge of keeping watch at Darby Girls camp in Driggs. So we went up there for the afternoon to play on the slide that is more than fifty feet long and comes down the side of the mountain. Katie loved it!!!!

On July 28 I cut off my hair to give to Locks of Love. If you have been blessed with hair please consider doing this. Kids with cancer or other problems get these wigs made for them for free. I started getting my hair ready last fall and it was finally ready. I took off 12 inches.

I had saved my hair from when I was nine and had cut it for the first time. It was also 12 inched long. I sent both of them in. This picture I am holding both of them.

Alexys went to her 3rd year of girls camp. She left the 28th and came home on the 31st. They went on a big hike on Wed. up to Sheep Falls. She took some great pictures!

We love this girl!!!!!

Katie missed her as much as me so we drove up for a few minutes one night.

We had the kids next door come over and play so Katie wouldn't miss Alexys so much. She had a good time! Katie

Kolby
Max

Well we had many more things to share but I can only handle sitting at this computer for so long! Thanks for stopping in!!

Have a great August!!!