Kindergarten Graduation

Tyler had his Kindergarten graduation yesturday. They did a very cute "Little Red Hen" play and then the teacher called there names for their diploma. Tyler is so excited for first grade next year.

Jacob, Tyler

Hiking Battle Creek Falls on Memorial Day

We went hiking with Mike's sister, Amy and her family. We hiked to Battle Creek Falls in American Fork Canyon.

Ashlee, Tyler, Mike, Emily, Brittany, Amy, Sydney, Lauryn, Corey, Jack (Amber, Kimmie, and I went too)

Tyler got a ride the whole way up and Mike got a great workout!! Round trip it was just under 2 miles, but that's a long way to carry a 6 year old.

The kids found a little cave on the way up.

Sydney, Lauryn, Emily, Brittany, Jack

At the bottom of the falls, Emily got wet!

We made it to the top!

Jack, Brittany, Sydney, Emily, and Amy

After the hike we went to a park in Pleasant Grove. Tyler didn't let his crutches and cast slow him down too much! He was all over the playground!

This is a short little video that shows how well Tyler is managing his crutches.

Ashlee's Venturing experiences

Ashlee has had so much fun and many great opportunities with her Venture crew. Last night I went backpacking with them. We hiked up the mountain for about 3 hours and then camped and hiked back down this morning. It was so much fun and so beautiful. The last bit of our hike was on snow! We had planned to camp where there was a lot of snow (not knowing that there was snow on the ridge), but decided to come down the mountain a little to get out of the snow before puting up camp. I'll post a few pictures from that later. Here are a few pictures of some previous activities that they did last summer.

Rock climbing. Ashlee is center, slightly left.
Kayaking, Ashlee is left

Backpacking in American Fork Canyon, Ashlee center

Spelunking (caving). She was a little nervous that she would feel claustrophobic, but she loved it!

Ashlee, center, top row.

Crutches

A neighbor brought Tyler over some crutches to try. He was able to use them right away. I thought it would be harder for him than it was.

Tyler has not complained at all. He has just been sitting on the couch doing puzzles, watching tv, playing games with someone, or reading. Today was the first day he's gotten up. I have been carrying him everywhere, but today he even went into the bathroom by himself.

Another broken bone!

Last night we were visiting at Mike's sisters house and we thought the kids were just out front playing. They were at first, but then they got a scooter and took it across the street and were taking turns going down a hill. When it was Tyler's turn, the scooter got going really fast, swerved and he fell off. We'll have a talk about safety soon. I guess his cousins were using the break, but Tyler just went down full speed with no helmet. I'm just glad it wasn't his head that got injured. We took him in for an X-ray this morning after a restless and painful night and it showed a pretty big brake. It didn't swell and so they casted it today. He couldn't decide between green and blue and so they used both colors.

Brittany stopped by Tyler's class this morning to tell his teacher. She came home with cards from his teacher and all of his class mates.

Prom

Last month when Ashlee got home from a stag, school dance, she found a whole bunch of really large rocks on our front porch. There was a note that said, "Ashlee, you rock! Will you go to prom with me? (Look for my name on the rocks)." It took her a little while to find the name hiding under one of the rocks. It was Evan Braithwaite.

Amber did Ashlee's hair!

Evan and Ashlee ready to head off to the dance!

Our 21st Anniversary

On April 29, 2009, Michael and I celebrated our 21st anniversary. When I woke up the morning of our anniversary, I found a large heart with a nice message on it. All throughout the day I found loving messages on hearts. It was so fun to find the different messages showing love and thanks throughout the day. I actually haven't found them all yet. He told me there were 21. I've found 18 and so the fun continues. That night we went on a picnic and to a play. When we got home the kids had put candles all over our room. They had goblets, grape juice and chocolate dipped strawberries on our dresser. (Mike had arranged for this to be done.) He is so romantic and it was a fun evening. Tyler was still up when we got home. The first thing he said to me was, "Mom, after you and dad see your room, will you come read me some books!"