Memorial Day!

Bryan signed Dylan up with the Scout troop in town (that makes me sound so small town!) because he can start earlier than they can in the church troop so his now a Tiger Cub!  He has to go to 3 of the summer activities to get a summer participation patch and his first scout activity was being in a little Memorial Day Parade!  He looks so dang cute in his little scout shirt!  We waited at the cemetary which is where the were ending up to do a little service.  There is a horseshoe shape road through the cemetary and they line the whole thing with these huge flags.  It looks so awesome!

 Lacey kept wanting a picture of herself and the flags so thats the above pic and this next one is this little old lady, she was so sweet and I loved that her shirt matched the flags perfectly!!  Lacey asked if she could go talk to her so I said sure and that was it Lacey found herself a new friend!!

 

Later this where they put a wreath during the ceremony.  The white crosses that are there have the names of those buried here that were in the Military.

 

 Dylan peeking out from the crowd!

 The high school band was there and the sounded pretty good-I just love when bands play patriatic songs!

 The also did a gun salute and the cub scouts get to go clean up all the bullet caseings, Dylan found one, he was so excited!!

 It was really fun to do something like this on Memorial Day!  I didn't even know that the did this till this year.  I miss being surrounded by military stuff and the patriotic feel of it all.  Its just not the same in civillian areas!!  I dont think they "get it" as much as those who are serving, have family serving or who grew up in the military!!

So thanks to all the service men and women who serve or given thier lives for our freedom.  and a special thanks to my dad, granpa, brother-in-law and cousins!

Happy belated b-day Dylan!

So super slacker blogger that  I have been as I was beginning to catch up I realized that I didnt even do Dylan's Birthday blog post! Geez I'm a bad mom!  Dylan turned 6 this year!  I cant believe that he is 6 already!  It is just crazy!

He wanted a lego party and while I had grand plans for lots of fun things when it came down to getting the things I needed to make the things I wanted to I could find anything!!  So that was super frustrating!  But of course Dylan didnt care about my grand lego plans so he had a great time anyway!  Here is my attempt at legos for his cake-would have been better if I had used fondant but that stuff scares me so I used good old fashion homemade frosting!  and it tasted good!

Picking flowers

Lacey had to stop and pick some "flowers" on her way from the car to the front door when we got home from dance class.  I knew she would be awhile so I ran inside and grabbed my camera!  The black and white one is my total fav!

Abby's Field Day

Abby had a field day too of course!  And she also had a great time.  I talked Bryan into coming with me for hers because his Mom usually comes with me and I usually drop Lacey and Colby off at a friends house but Jenny couldnt come and my friend was busy plus I think it is a right of passage as a parent to have to experiance at least one field day!

 Abby class joined with about 2 other class for a huge game of duck duck goose, her teacher was playing and all the kids kept picking her-it was way funny!

 Tug of War!!!

I love watching the kids in school and interacting with people other that family and church stuff and while I had a great time I think Bryan was glad when it was over and probably made a silent vow to try to get out of ever going again-but I know he will go if I ask him too.  Abby had a great time so thats all that really matters!

Dylan's Field Day!

Dylan loved field day!  They did a beanbag toss, long jump, hurdles, 100 yard dash, water relay and a tug of war.

Most of the pics are from the tug of war because honestly it was the most fun!

they had some free time while they were waiting for all the classes to get done before they did the tug of war so the played duck duck goose-doesnt Dylan look like he is way into it?!!

Spring Concerts

Alright so I finally have time to post stuff-so here is the first of a couple! 

So my parents lucked out this year and spring music concerts we the same time they were out here for Abby's baptism!  They only got to go to Dylan's because they left the next day before Abby's but it was still fun for them to go to one along with Bryan and I and Bill and Jenny(who always get to experiance the funness that is an elementary school music concert! hehehe!!)  Dylan spent most of the whole think like this, trying to find us in the audience.

If he wasnt looking then he was actually paying attention or........

trying to keep himself awake since the concert starts at the time he normally goes to bed! He was so funny! 

I asked him what song he wanted me to take a video of, so he picked one and then barely sung or did any of the actions on that song!  I asked why he wasnt doing anything and he told me he was too tired to sing!

Abby got to be a "dancer" this year-she was so excited!  Both hers and Dylans concerts had to do with Old McDonalds Farm so she had to dress "country".  She loved it!

Abigail's Baptism

So I wanted to do something fun for Abby for her baptism and sort of wanted to get some pictures done but didnt want them with her in just a white dress because that seemed kinda weird to me and then I found this blog (http://www.71toes.com/2012/02/claires-baptism.html)and I was like this is it! So thanks to our second family over at Butler Photography Abby has some beautiful pictures!

We had Abby's baptism on saturday and it was was a beautiful day! I was super frazzled trying to get everything ready for it and for her birthday party we were having after. It was pretty crazy around here! I was a little worried for Abby, she was so beyond excited friday night she was crying. I was like oh man hopefully it isnt anticlimactic for her and she is just like that was it?! My mom and Jenny and I made a bazillion cake pops, which turned out super cute and I got some of the pictures developed to put together a little tablescape for the refreshments!

Abby decided that she wanted my mom to give the talk on baptism. It was wonderful! She talked about what baptism was (of course!) and then gave her a towel and talked about how she is clean like the towel and the towel will get dirty but it can be made clean again just like she can if she sins-my mom gave her a poem to go with it. Then she got to use it after she was baptism-Abby loved it!

I made a video to show while Abby and Bryan were changing-I just love the way it turned out! And Abby wrote her own testimony at the end-she is just so amazing to me!

Abby asked Jenny to give the talk on the Holy Ghost and it was amazing! Jenny is so awesome she has such a gift at talking and telling stories. She gave Abby a traffic light bookmark and talked about how the Holy Ghost is like a traffic light, it gives you lights and signals to help you choose the right. Sometimes you get a green signal and you know you are clear to do what you want but sometime you might get a red light and you need to stop and think about what you want to do. It was really cool.

both the talks were just perfect and Abby just loved it!

I tried to get pics of Abby with everyone there but she was nowhere to be found so I went to go just snap pics of people talking and Natalie was like "I am going to be in every picture you take!" and well she pretty much was! It was hilarious to see the look on peoples faces when she would just go stand by them while I took a pic!! She is so dang funny!

So I am totally not ok with this pic but I figured I would put it on-it will make my mom happy-I was so stressed and just glad that everything went well and Abby wasnt disappointed and well with how busy we were I didnt have time to do my hair the way I wanted it!

Abby and our Branch President.

It was a wonderfully peaceful exciting day. I think Abby was very pleased with all of it. The cake pops were yummy, the spirit was warm and strong, and Abby surrounded by friends and family who love her makes for an amazing day for my sweet little girl! I am so proud of Abby and the person she is becoming. I just love her so much!

Colby......

Seriously?!