Happy Birthday Talbie - #18!

Talbie is 18!

Talbie is such a joy to our family!  She is so brilliant, beautiful, and hilarious.

Just last night she said to me, "I'm 18 tomorrow!  That means I

can order stuff off of an infomercial if I want!"

I didn't know that was such a big dream of hers ;)

I will post more pictures after all the festivities have ended!

We love you Talbie!!

Spanish Fork Rodeo

My family went to the Spanish Fork rodeo this week and had so much fun!

 Emmie all dolled up and ready to go!

This girl is getting so big!

 We were sad Maddie and Logan couldn't come but they are

in Lake Powell with his family this week.

 I think Bronson's favorite part of the rodeo was all the concessions stands :)

Notice how long his hair is getting.  

We made a deal that if he got a 4.0 last year,  I would let his grow

his hair out over the summer.  It was a fair trade :)

 Logan brought his friend, Blake.  These 3 have been friends forever!

 Me and my buddy - Boston

 Talbie also got to bring 2 friends - Kayla and Sam.  

My dad ended up with a lot of extra tickets because Bret and Cody's

families couldn't come

 Thanks mom and dad for a great time!!

Emmie Goes to Camp

My baby went to Girl's Camp this morning!

It's so weird to have her gone.  She is lucky though because she has

her Aunt (Brittany) up there for the first 2 days and her dad will be up there

the entire time!

Dave won't be hanging around camp the whole time.  He and his business

partner, Jerry Swiss (who is the bishop of a ward in our Stake) went up to

help get water, cut firewood, and shoot their guns in their spare time.

Here she is yesterday as we dropped off her stuff to load into the trailer...

 Then I found this nice note on my bed after she had left.

She is so sweet!

I'm so glad I get to go up on Friday night for Bishopric night and

see her a day before she comes home!!

Here are some fun pictures from the past...

Talbie and Maddie in 2010.  This is the year I went with them and it was so fun!

 2008 - Talbie's first year and Maddie's 4th

Talbie's High School Graduation

Talbie is officially graduated!

It happened last Friday, May 30, 2014.

The commencement was held at UVU. 

 She and some of her friends, met at the high school before graduation for pictures.

This was such a great idea and it was so great to get pictures of them at the school one last time!

 Talbie walking through the "O".  We were sitting on the opposite side so

I had to get the picture from the Jumbo Tron :(

 Talbie and Gretta.  They were in every elementary school class together and

have been friends since the first day of kindergarten :)

 Talbie and Kayla - Talbie met Kayla when Talbie was still in my belly

and it was Kayla's first day at church - when she was a month old.  

They have been in the same ward ever since and best friends!

 

Emmie's 6th Grade Graduation

This is a crazy time of year!  Emmie had her 6th grade graduation last week.

The last 2 weeks of school have also been filled with field trips, award ceremonies, final projects,

class parties, graduation, etc.

I can't believe my baby just finished elementary school.  As Dave and I were walking

down the hall to the gym for graduation, we said to ourselves, "This is the last

time we will walk these halls."  It felt weird!  I'm sure we will be in the school again

with Brittany's kids, or maybe even grand kids some day, but it was the last

for one of our own kid's events!

Here's our baby the morning before school :)

 Walking into graduation

 I had to get one of Emmie and Logan.  I need to compare this picture to

their first day of kindergarten :)

 Here they are with the fabulous teacher Miss Crockett!

She is - hands down - the best teacher ANY of my kids have ever had.

We will be so sad to not have her anymore :(

Here is the first day of kindergarten picture :)