Haylie's Dance Recital

Haylie took a little dance class over the course of the school year. An old neighbor had a studio in her basement. She was so good with these young girls. Haylie was the youngest and by far the smallest. She was so adorable.

Tate's Kindergarten Graduation

Tate loved kindergarten. He was able to make a lot of new friends. I was one of the room moms and I helped once a week in his class. It was so fun to be so involved in his class because I knew all the kids and all his friends. I had so much fun watching him interact and seeing how he acts at school. He loves being at school but he hates homework! He just wants to come home and play with all his friends.

Bike Riding

I have loved riding my bike this spring/summer. We started riding Tate to school and then picking him up. I always throw the girls in the bike trailor and Tate would ride his bike. Tate is a maniac bike rider. He is always trying new tricks, he likes to go off jumps and pop wheelies, all sorts of stuff. His bike is hammered. But he spends a ton of time on it. This day we had gone to get Tate and then we rode an extra couple miles around the area. Poor Haylie, it's just so exhausting sitting in the trailor being pulled around that she fell asleep on her sister. This was so funny. Addison was rubbing her back and playing with her hair. They are such cute sisters. I hope this closeness never goes away and they will always remain best friends.

Kyli's Temple Walk

The young women in our new ward are amazing! I really feel that a big reason we felt we were supposed to move was so we could find this ward for Kyli. They have really reached out to her. They decided to do a temple walk. They started at our church and walked all the way to the Mt. Timpanogos Temple. It is about 9 1/2 miles. The whole young womens did it with their leaders. The leaders said that not one of them complained or wined the entire time. They did the walk on Tate's b-day, so we went to the park across from the temple and did the rest of Tate's party there so we could cheer the girls on as they arrived. They all came up the hill with huge smiles. I am so proud of Kyli for doing this.

Tate's 6th Birthday

Tate is 6! I really can't believe how fast the kids grow. Tate is such a good kid. Unfortunately we made him the same promise we made Haylie, that he could have a big party with old and new friends. Problem is that he is very much a social butterfly like his dad. He has so many friends it's crazy. He is a very social guy who makes friends easily, but he also is loyal and once you are friends with Tate you are always friends. So he literally wanted to invite the whole world. We finally had to get tough and narrow it down a bit. He still had a blast. The move has been hardest on Tate so it was good to have some old friends come to his party. Then we had a crazy night and ended up doing a picnic at a park with Mcdonald happy meals (his birthday dinner choice), and then family and more friends met us there and we had cake and ice cream. It was an insane day but we had so much fun.

Haylie's 4th Birthday

It's hard to believe she is 4 because she is so tiny. We threw her her first friend party. We promised the kids when we moved we'd let them have big birthday parties with old friends and new friends. Wow do we regret that! Just kidding, but seriously the party was a bit nuts. 12 3-5 year olds made for a crazy hour. But with musical colors, duck, duck, goose, and cupcake decorating we did survive. Haylie had so much fun. Then we had the traditionally family/best friend party that night. It was a very fun day.



Addison had a lot more fun with the cake and ice cream at Haylie's Party than she did at her own. She had double ear infections on her birthday and wouldn't even eat her cake, but she felt better here and loved Haylie's cake.

Easter Outfits

I loved the Easter outfits I found for the kids this year. The only problem was that we have 9 am church and Kalun, Kyli, and I were all speaking so we didn't have time in the morning to get pictures. By the time church got over and we were trying to take pictures the kids weren't very excited, they were just hungry. Addison was especially difficult. I have this dream of the perfect picture, it definitely did not happen this day, oh well. I did think we all did a good job on our talks and we did enjoy the rest of our day.

Easter 2011

We decorated eggs, had egg hunts, and then had lots of family night lessons on the real importance of Easter.



This is Addison with her little cousin Britney. They looked like little twins.

Soccer

Tate and Haylie are both playing soccer this spring. It has been a very cold season. This is the first time both of them have played. Tate has really caught on and is really doing good. He has learned that being faster than everybody is really cool. Haylie started out terrified and would only go on the field if the coach held her hand, now she is doing better and even kicked the ball in a game finally. Kalun is coaching Tate's team and they both love it. The only down side is that their games always overlap. So I only get to see a little of Tate's and then we leave and go to Haylie's. Then after Tate's, Kalun and Tate come and watch the last few minutes of Haylie's. It's been a little hectic, but the kids have had fun. Next comes swim lessons, T-ball, and gymnastics...I get tired just thinking about it! But the kids always have a blast so here we go...

Forts

When I was little we used to love to make forts. Well so did Kalun. Apparently the gene has been passed on...the kids always want to make forts. So Kalun finally made a huge one it was even fully equipped with a kitchen. The kids loved it, we left it up for quite a while. Finally I couldn't take the mess any longer and took it apart to clean and vacuum, there were some very unhappy kids that day. Now we always have blankets around the bunkbeds, that's a lot less messy version on a fort, it does not however come with a kitchen.