Summer Fun!

We've had an eventul summer so far. Here are some of the activities we have been doing.

Clayton and Carson dropping off their hunting application in Pine-Top.

Clayton played majors baseball, Carson played minors baseball,

Harly played coach pitch softball

and Daycee played T-ball.

The regular season is finally over and All-Stars is just now beginning.

Clayton played first base and pitched a few games. Carson played short stop and he also pitched. Harly played short stop and she was the star of her team with the most pop-flies caught. Daycee stood in the outfield and watched the other kids chase the ball. She's a little shy when it comes to playing t-ball, but give her a cheerleading outfit and she is ready to go.

Clayton batting

Carson batting


Harly batting and coming home. She hit a home run her first time up to bat.



Aarron and MacKenzie playing "Clue" on a Sunday afternoon.







MacKenzie lost her first tooth at 4 years old and received a dollar from the tooth fairy.








"Hanging" out at Ramsey Park with our cousins.




Harly

Aarron




Adam








A few weeks ago the kids helped me plant our garden and we are already seeing the plants grow. We planted peas, bell peppers, radishes, squash, cucumbers, lettuce and corn. So far everything is growing except for the peppers. Pretty soon we'll be getting some chickens of our own so we can start collecting eggs too. I can't wait!

Rain, Rain GO AWAY.....

....come again another day!!

For the last two weeks we have had afternoon thunderstorms that just won't quit. That's great for my new garden I just planted, but it's not so great when the kids can't go out to play. This past weekend we had a visitor, Andrew Williams, Dayson's friend from the police academy. He came just in time to watch Clayton's baseball game. It was a long game and it was a really cold night. The next morning Dayson, Andrew and the boys went fishing at Becker Lake. They didn't catch anything and had to leave early to be back for Clayton's game at 10:30. We then headed up to Big Lake for an afternoon drive and of course it was raining. There were even some snow flurries falling our windshield. I wished I would have taken some pictures of our day trip. Later that evening we went out to dinner with my sister Rita and her husband John and their daughters Cammie and Christie. Chritie's boyfriend Paul was also there. It was fun being with just the adults, and again I wished I would have taken a picture of our dinner date.

Thanks Andrew for coming and staying with us. Our family had a lot of fun and can't wait for you to visit again.

What Time Is It?

SUMMERTIME!!

Thursday was a cold and rainy day, but that didn't stop the fire department from hosing down the sixth and seventh graders at the middle school. It's a tradition for their school to have sprinklers, squirt guns and the fire truck on the second to last day of school. The kids didn't seem to mind. Clayton, his cousin Ryan and their friend Blue were totally wet from head to toe. The boys were so cold when I picked them up from school that they even wrapped up in baby blankets to get warm.

Later that evening was Christie's high school graduation at the dome.

She looked gorgeous on her special night.

(Christie is second on the right in the row standing)

After the ceremony we went to Rita & John's for dinner.

Christie with her boyfriend Paul

Rulon and his goofy friends

Cammie and her friends from Phoenix

The last day of school was only an hour and a half long. Clayton had his award ceremonies so I hung around to take pictures.

Clayton received two awards: one for being apart of student council (treasurer) and the other for always using his school agenda. He got a candy bar and a soda.

Clayton and his cousin Ryan (Secretary) with their student council teacher, Mrs. Matthews


Carson received the Presidents Education Award for Outstanding Academic Achievement. It is signed by President Obama. This is Carson with his teacher Mr. Sassarini. He was an excellent teacher for Carson.



Harly with her teacher Mrs. Hogle. Harly got all A's and one B on her report card.

Good job Harly!

Daycee with her teacher Mrs. Larson. We are going to miss Mrs. Larson, she is taking a break to be a stay at home mom with her kids. She is a wonderful teacher.

Grandma & Grandpa Wellman were in town this weekend for the graduation. After school on Friday we decided to take a drive to Alpine where the old candy shoppe just re-opened. Anyone who comes up to visit us will have to go there. It was a child's dream.

Grandma Wellman with some of her granddaughters:

Cammie,Daycee, Kate, MacKenzie and Christie

Inside the Lollipop Shoppe!

MacKenzie, Kate and Daycee were too excited to pick out their candy!

MacKenzie with her lollipop

Daycee with her lipstick candy

Kate with her lollipop

After our lollipop adventure we went to the Udall's for stew and cornbread. It was the perfect ending to a cold and rainy day.

Cammie and Adam

Dayson waiting patiently for his food!

Mom with her two prettiest daughters!

(Oh well, It's not my fault you live in Utah and Idaho.

Maybe if you were prettier mom would visit you too!)

My First Hair Cut!

Aunt Kristie was nice enough to cut my kid's hair and this was Adam's first hair cut. He did okay at first but decided he didn't like it one bit. Thank you Kristie for putting up with my family on that very hot day.

"This isn't so bad"

"I don't think I like this too much"

"Yep, I hate it"

"It's getting better"

"Dang, I'm cute"

End of the school year!

You can always tell when school is almost out. There are so many last minute activities to attend. We went to the science fair to see Carson's project. He did such a good job on it. He scored 21 points out of 30.

After that we dropped Carson off at his baseball game we than headed to MacKenzie's preschool graduation ceremony. She did such a good job on performing her songs. When asked what she wanted to be when she grew up she said a "cop". I thought that was pretty cute. Dayson is a proud papa.

MacKenzie receiving her diploma

MacKenzie with her teachers Carolynne and Susan

Once the ceremony was over we went back to Carson's game that ended in a tie after 9:00 pm. Clayton and Harly stayed home with the little kids and that was a lifesaver. After we got home Dayson went back to work for two hours to do a little DUI task force. Well that's just a typical night for our family, lately!

Carson playing short stop

First couple of days on the job!

Dayson heading out to his first day on the job

Dayson's first day at work was pretty normal. He started at 9:00 am and it was pretty laid back. He came home for lunch and had tostados. I think they had one call to Greer for shots being fired, but they couldn't find anyone or anything. He was able to get off at 5:00 for baseball games and didn't go back to work. His partner said they could make up the last two hours on Tuesday. Their plan was to meet up at 8:00 am. But the phone rang at 6:50 and they were called on a search and rescue. Than they had to serve a warrant and search a house, mission accomplished. Than at 2:30 a brush fire starts between here and St. Johns., so they went and worked a road block and evacuated some houses. He didn't get home until after 9:30pm. He made up his two hours from the day before and had a couple extra. This morning, again at 6:50 he gets called out to an alarm going off. He's been staying really busy and loves getting called out.