Halle's Visit

We were lucky enough to be able to have Halle stay an extra 5 days with us after everyone else left. The girls have been looking forward to it for months!!!!! We had a blast and tried to do lots of things together!

We took her to the Walking Mall. They made a stop at the candy shop. They played a little chess. They ate some ice cream. And our car rides were hilarious! They made up songs everytime we went somewhere! Our favorite was a rap from Halle. "There's a tree by the road, there's a tree by the house, there's a tree over there... There's a blue sign!!!" We almost peed our pants!

We made T-Shirts one day to commemorate Halle's visit to Helena.

There was a lot of "Dabbing" going on!

They did some work for me so we took them to get a treat!

We went to the new Jungle Book movie one day.

We rode the Great Northern Carousel.

And visited Brett's work.

Halle came with us to drop the older kids at Karate.

On the way to the airport, we made a quick stop at the Capitol Building so Halle could say that she's been there!

The little girls got to come to the airport to see her off. It was super sad to say goodbye! Their only consolation is that my girls are heading that way at the end of July for Jake's Wedding. Thanks for coming Halle! We loved having you!!! XO

Sprinklers at the Weavers

The kids got invited over to the neighbors today to run through their new sprinkler that their Grandpa made them. Fun!!!

Our time over there ended with a huge Thunder Storm. It was way exciting! ;)

Family Visit

We had lots of fun with our extended family this week. We can't tell them how much we appreciated them coming up to visit! We love visitors!

We made cupcakes for the baptism, ate lost of food and occasionally took a nap. ;)

We took a couple walks. On the walk with Grammy, we got up close and personal with our neighbors horse. The kids loved it!

We enjoyed another walk with ball throwing, trash collecting and seeing George! Liberty LOVES having her picture taken! ;) Can you tell? Silly girl!

The boys all went out shooting one afternoon.

We took everyone over to the little gas station for some Huckleberry Soda! Yum!

And of course, we had to make a midnight run for some Diet Coke for Cheri & Shauna! ;)

We played games...

and basketball...

and trac ball...

We got to show off Shauna, Halle, Grandma Karla & Ryler at Church. Aunt Shauna ran into her old missionary companion, Sister Nelson (now that she's married). They haven't seen each other for like 25 years! How fun is that????

Missionary Companions:

We spent an afternoon at Spring Meadow Lake using the kayaks. The weather was perfect!

Love you all! Thanks for coming up to Montana! XO

Glory was Baptized!

Glory had quite the special day!!! Brett was able to baptize her today!

Here's the men that were able to stand in the circle when she received the Holy Ghost and got confirmed a member for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

 She was blessed to have quite a few friends support her in her decision today. Here's their group hug!

Here's all the youth that came. Thanks so much for supporting us today!

Here's all of Glory's extended family that came up for this special weekend. 

Glory was so excited to have them all here!!!!!

What a lucky family we are to be a part of Glory's life.

Afterwards- we had a bunch of people over for dinner. So glad to have a place to host all these wonderful people.

Last Day of MCS 2016

The 3 younger kids finished out the school year today. I do like having them all in the same school. Justice has one more year and then heads to high school. How do they keep growing so fast!!!?

Liberty had finals all the next week so she didn't finish until June 8th. Of course, she makes it alot harder to catch a picture of her these days. So here's the school sign to commemorate her finishing her Freshman year! ;)

Victoria's Lewis & Clark Play

The 4th Grade at MCS put on a play about the Lewis & Clark Expedition. It was full of music and historical info. They all sounded great!

Victoria played Napoleon Bonaparte. She only had a tiny speaking part but she did sing a solo. We were so impressed!

Here's the beginning of Victoria's solo:

And because it was too long- here's the end of her solo: She did an AMAZING job! What a brave kid!

Voted Citizen of the Year

Victoria had an assembly today at school. She was voted Citizen of the Year in her class. They only pick one girl & one boy from each class in their 4th grade year so it was quote the honor.

Here's what her classmates said about her:

She also received an award for participating in the Dear Author Contest. (That's the one that she won $150 for her school library and a Kindle Fire. See the post here and here) Super Proud of her!

Spiderella Starring Glory

Glory's class put on a little play today. Glory was one of the Narrators along with Evey. They all did a great job! It was extra special since it was her birthday.

Great to be Eight!!!!

Glory had a very special birthday! She's turning EIGHT! She has been so excited! She asked for a special breakfast that HAD to include strawberries! They are her favorite!!!

She danced with excitement for all her presents!

For dinner, she had chicken, corn on cob, potatoes & gravy, and margaritas (virgin-style!) and .... strawberries!!!!

We made her cupcakes and sang to her.

One of her presents, was face paint! They had a grand time painting everyone's faces for our movie night! She loves the movie- The Book of Life!

During the day, she took cookies to her class and performed in her class play! Fun day for sure! Here's her with Shannon & Kovi.

Remembering When I was seven...

When I was seven....
I loved Friends
My favorite color is Purple
I love Playing
I love Swimming
I learned to ride a bike
I rode my 1st plane
I went to Hawaii
I swam in the Ocean
I joined Activity Days a few days early
I had a pet bunny (but he was dead)
I learned to Ski
I adore Cricket (Davis' dog)
I visited Fairmont
I participated in VBS
I love our cotton candy machine
I visited the Seattle Gum Wall
I like to be Silly!

Love you, Baby! XOXO Glad you're a part of our family!