Cedar City / Bryce Canyon

One of the reasons we went to Utah when we did was so we could catch our family reunion on the way back home. We had such a great time....we went to Cedar City and stayed at a KOA campground for a couple of days. We went to Bryce Canyon and hiked around and hung out at the visitor's center together with grandma Debbie & grandpa Phil and aunts, uncles & cousins. The kids had a great time and were all such troopers. We had quite a hike and no one complained...as far as I know....the entire time. Avery was a real trooper because I forgot her backpack so we could carry her on the hike so we borrowed a little baby carrier hoping she wouldn't be too big for it, which she was, but we used it anyway. It must have been pretty uncomfortable for her, but she didn't say a word. Way to go, Mom! Another one of those "Mother of the Year" moments. I don't think I'll forget the backpack again. :)

I love the colors of the canyon. I think these all blend together....there were so many pictures, I couldn't choose so I just kept adding. We had such a gret time and it was great to spend time with our family!

My dad, brothers and sister all have trailers....well, we don't anymore, so they reserved us a cute little cabin to stay in. I took pictures of their houses and then our little house. It was just perfect....it had bunk beds and a queen bed and Debbie is always prepared and packed a twin blow-up mattress so we used that and every one slept comfortably and we had just what we needed. The campground was great...it had a swimming pool so the kids loved that, they had a movie theater downstairs that you could choose your movie and rent the room, which we didn't get a chance to use, hard ice cream in the office to purchase, a little store with fountain drinks :) and these cute little bikes that you could rent for 1/2 hour at a time. We had such a great time on them and the kids didn't stop the whole time they had them. We bought a fun bean bag toss game and played that and just hung out and visited. It was such a great time and we all enjoyed the extra few days that we had with our family. It was so hard to leave....it always is and we all had red eyes when we left that morning. Carson and Ty are such good little buddies and I have so many cute pictures of them but they made me cry just listening to their conversations about how they're going to keep in touch and how they wished they lived closer together. They hugged so tight before we left and that just tugs at the heart strings. We sure love our family and are so grateful for the times we're able to spend together. Thanks for putting up with us! We love you!!

Birthdays

It's fun to be able to celebrate Brit's and my dad's birthdays together while we're there. They share the same birthday....that's one present I'll never be able to top for my dad. :) We had a fun party down at Joe & Jessica's house and we all had a great time. They have a pool so the kids stayed in there for most of the evening. My dad chauffeured Brit down on his motorcycle and also took her back home...that was what we asked for. We have a pretty big family with our 5 kids and Debbie's 6 kids and we have a lot of fun together. I'm so glad Joe & Jessica have a big house. It was quite a night....my stepbrother also got engaged so that was fun too. Thanks for the party and I know Brit had a great birthday because this is what she asks for every year now....a trip to Utah.
For Brit's actual birthday, she wanted to go bowling. We got the cousins together and went down to the bowling alley and had a great time. She was able to visit with her good friend, Lauren also which made it fun for her too. She had a really fun day and we ended up at one of her favorite restaurants for dinner with her grandpa and grandma's....Casa Del Rey. What a fun day!!

Brittany, it's hard for me to believe you're 12. This was a really special birthday for you and I know how excited you were to go into Young Womens. You have been such a sweet girl from day 1 and I don't know what we'd do without you. I'm having a hard time watching you grow up so quickly. I know it was bound to happen, but I thought I could drag it out a little. I can't believe 12 years has passed by.....what a joy it is to be your mom and what a sweet girl you are and a special friend to me. Thank you for taking such good care of me and your brother and sisters and for being such a good kid! I hope we'll be able to get through the next few years and stay just as close as we are now. Thanks for asking to spend a day with me for your birthday....that was such a special thing and you really made my day! I'm glad you had such a wonderful birthday and thanks for being who you are....I wouldn't change a thing! Love you!! Mom

Utah Visit (cont)

This is kind of a straggler....it should've been with the first post. The kids loved my dad's motorcycle....and so did Cody. :) We had such a fun Sunday afternoon.....the kids just played with their cousins and we just relaxed and visited. It was so nice to be able to enjoy the beautiful weather while we were there. After coming from 115, we loved every minute!! :)

4th of July

We had so much fun on the 4th of July this year. When we got into town, we ran into one of our friends from the Fire Department and he told Cody to bring the kids up for the parade and they could ride on the fire truck. When we lived there, Cody was a member of the Fire Department and he loved it. The kids loved riding on the fire trucks and hanging out at the fire station. This was so fun for the kids to be in the parade and have a whole fire truck to themselves. Avery fell asleep halfway through so the parade wasn't that exciting but that was fun for all of them. My brother, Justin, and I ran the 5k together and that was a lot of fun. We'll get Mandy back next year after she has their new little one. :) We went to the park and talked to a lot of our friends and that was fun to catch up a little with so many people all at once. We spent a large part of the day with our family and that was so much fun! Scott & Patti have such a fun family and we had such a great time with them and we got to spend a lot of time with Cody's grandma and grandpa. Avery fell asleep there too....I guess you can see how much we ran while we were there....she was worn out. :) Carson won a fish at the park...Cody gave him a dollar to play this ping pong ball game and he won with the first throw. We ended up bringing that fish home because he couldn't part with it and it is still our little pet.
We have a fun tradition of spending the night of the 4th with my aunt Judy and her family. She makes sloppy joes every year, thanks to Cody, and we all bring something to contribute and then we sit and visit and wait for the fireworks which are right in her backyard. I love my cousins so much....we grew up with them and we don't get the chance to see each other much anymore. This whole CA/UT thing makes it difficult. :) We all look forward to this every year and thanks, Judy for getting us all together! We love you!

Avery's 1st Haircut!!

While we were in Utah, we made appointments with my cousin Kim and all got haircuts....including Avery. Her hair was getting so long and cute but there comes a time when you have to even everything out and make it a little more presentable. Kim did just that and Avery was so good.....she loved sitting there with her cape on and she looked so darling when Kim was done. She looked so old; I wasn't really ready for that, but I guess it's bound to happen. Thanks, Kim! We're almost ready for another one! :)

Utah Trip

We had such a great trip to Utah this summer. This is the first post but there's more to come. I'm way behind and I have a million pictures, so just be prepared. I'm trying to catch up so bear with me. We went for a week in July and tried to fit as much as we could into the week. We still ended up with too much to do and not enough time but we really enjoyed the time that we had. We love and miss our friends and family so much and we look forward to spending time with everyone. It's always hard to leave but that will just make us look forward to another visit very soon.


We stayed at my dad & Debbie's and the kids love walking down the alley to visit all of the animals. My dad always has a steer that he feeds and loves during the summer and then ships him off to the "bad place" so they can have meat for the winter. It's amazing how when we come in the summer, he still has the same cow but he always changes slightly in color. :) It's nice that the small kids can't tell the difference. The kids affectionately call him Moo-Moo. There were horses down the alley and down a little further, my friend has horses and they happened to be down there when the kids were with their grandma Leslie and they got to go for a little ride. The animals are always a highlight. It's funny how they think I grew up on a farm. One of the favorite places was the hammock on the deck and I love the picture with all of the kids piled on Cody. The kids and their cousins are inseparable while we're there....love those pictures.

Our little Monkey's

My dad has owned property in a small little town outside of our hometown for quite a while. He decided this summer to make it their vacation spot....it's perfect because it's about 20 minutes away from home, he left his trailer up there so they could just drive up and stay and they made several other spots for my brothers and sister's trailers as well. He poured a cement pad for a shed, laid sod for a grassy play area, ran gas lines for a barbecue, brought power & water hookups for the trailers and even brought up some sand for a sandpile for the kids. It's so beautiful up there and the kids had a great time.....even though we were only up there for a couple of hours. What a fun place this is going to be for next summer.

We had a fun family party at Grandma Leslie & Grandpa Mark's house. They have a large, beautiful backyard and it was so nice just to hang out on their deck for those beautiful, cool Utah evenings. They always have fun games to play and we ended up playing water kick ball with Andrew & Angie and it was so fun. The kids loved it and were soaked by the end. We love being so close to everyone while we're in town. We rode scooters over from my dad's and the kids love that.....I wish we could do more of that where we live now! Oh well...we enjoyed it while we were there.

San Francisco 2009

We had a great opportunity for a fun weekend....Cody's uncle Scott sent us an invitation for a Family Reunion in San Francisco. They own an apartment on a ship called The World and it was docking in San Francisco in June and he wanted us all to come for lunch on the ship and spend the afternoon together. We decided we were going to do whatever we could to make it and I'm so glad we did! We had such a fantastic time! San Francisco has never been on my short list of "Places to Go" but it was so much more fun than I ever thought it would be. Cody's mom was so sweet to watch our kids for us so it gave me and Cody some time away, just the two of us! It had been a while and we needed it! Not to say that we don't like spending time with our kids....but it's nice to get some time together too. We went with Cody's sister Polly and his brother Bryce & Lisa and their twins. We all stayed in the same hotel and had a great time together. We stayed down by Fisherman's Wharf so we walked everywhere and took in as much as we could. We could've used an extra day, so much to do and we ran out of time, but that will just give us an incentive to go back soon.

Polly, Cody & I took the Alcatraz night tour. It was so much fun.....I watched Escape from Alcatraz with Clint Eastwood every year when I was little so I was really looking forward to it. It was so fun to take the boat over in the evening and hang out over there as the sun went down. We didn't get very many great pictures of the city, but it was amazing and what a view! Loved the tour....it was really an amazing place and it was fun to learn the history and we got to see some of the areas that the people in the daytime hadn't been able to see. Great experience and now I can say I've been to Alcatraz.

We spent Saturday afternoon on "The World" with our family. It was so fun to see everyone and what an amazing ship! We took a tour and then had a wonderful steak and lobster lunch that still makes my mouth water. The whole reunion was to get the family together and Cody's grandma and grandpa were the guests of honor. They were really looking forward to going but the week before the reunion, Cody's grandpa started having some medical problems and ended up in the hospital. They weren't able to make it and that was disappointing for everyone. Cody's aunt and his dad also decided to stay home to care for his grandpa so we missed them as well. It was a fun afternoon and so very generous of Scott to share this incredible experience with his family. We loved it and hope to see everyone again very soon!

My cousin Erika & her husband Jensen live in San Francisco so we were able to spend some time with them while we were there. It was so much fun! I wasn't prepared for the cold nights and Erika shared her warm gear with all of us Southern Californian's. It came in handy on our Alcatraz excursion because the trip over was a little chilly. They picked up me and Cody one of the nights there and took us around the city. We went to dinner and then went to this fun ice cream shop that people stand in line for every night. We then went down the "Crookedest" (is that a word?) Street because you have to do that if you go to San Francisco. Glad we got to do that and our picture is horrible, but it was fun. We also went across the Golden Gate Bridge and they took us up to a look-out place so we could see it from above and it was really amazing. Our pictures didn't turn out very good there either....I guess I need some lessons, but that was really cool. They also had us over for dinner the day we left. They have an amazing apartment on the top floor and the view was incredible. They took such good care of us and we loved every minute of it. Thanks guys!

Father's Day 2009 (Long Post)

I can't let this one slide by.....I'll kind of include this as our Anniversary post too because I, of course, missed it. It was our 14th anniversary in March and we've been together for 16 years. I didn't actually miss our anniversary, just the post. :) He's a wonderful husband and he's the best father to our kids. I've loved him since he kissed me on our 2nd date (don't judge me...have you seen him?) :) I had dated a lot up at school and had just decided that I was going to take the summer off. I was tired of trying to figure out "where things were headed" because that's what the guys kept asking me. I was going to relax and hang out with my friends and regroup. That summer I went home to start my fun, free, no commitment summer and we found out my mom had cancer. I was devastated and we were getting ready for her to come home from the hospital after major surgery when Cody called. It was completely out of the blue and he told me that he had heard about my mom and was sorry and wanted to let me know that he would be around and would like to take me out when I was feeling better.

We were friends all through high school but had never dated. He was one of the nicest guys I knew and I always thought he was pretty hot but we never really had the opportunity to date back then because of other relationships. I was really impressed by that phone call and his grandpa had died of colon cancer so he knew a thing or two about what we would be going through. My aunt Judy happened to be at our house that night and said I should get out....I had been back and forth to the hospital and she said I should take her convertible Mustang and go for a ride.....OKAY! My friend and I hopped in her car and went to drag main for a while. Anyone from a small town will understand....you start at McDonald's and cruise down through town and turn around at 7-11 and go back up. Everyone used to hang out on main street so when we saw anyone that looked interesting, we stopped and visited. My mom hated the whole concept, but it was a lot of fun. :) That night we pulled over to talk to Cody and his group of friends and we took him for a ride and that was pretty much it. I know....hanging on main street, picking him up, you're wondering what kind of a girl I was, but it was the best thing I ever did. We saw each other a couple of nights later and he asked me out for the 4th of July and that pretty much sealed the deal. We saw each other every night after that and the rest is history. The best thing about it is we started as friends and every day we spent together, it grew into something really amazing.....it still is amazing!

He was so sweet to my family and took very good care of my mom. She absolutely loved him....I hadn't chosen very few "acceptable" boyfriends in the past, so she was ecstatic. We dated for quite a while and I have to say, it was probably very challenging for him. I wanted to spend as much as I could at home with my mom and he was completely okay with that. He knew that it was important to me and I was so grateful to have him there. I remember one night that I was cleaning up dinner and hadn't seen him for a while and I walked upstairs to my mom's room and he was laying on the bed with her just talking. I can't tell you how much it meant to have him in my life....he is the same way with me and has taken good care of me. We've been through a lot together and I know that his call was something I'll always be grateful for because I don't think I could've made it without him. Okay, got a little deep, but I hope my kids will always know how much I love their dad. He is so much fun....we've needed a lot of laughter in our home and he's always there to provide it. My brothers and sisters love having him around because he always comes up with something funny to do or say. I love that about him.....okay, okay, I just love him!

Watching him with our kids is so much fun! They absolutely adore him and they all run to the door when he walks through it. They all come to his side of the bed if there's a problem in the middle of the night because they know he won't kick them out and he'll snuggle them up next to him and put them back to sleep. He has always been a huge help to me....if there's something that needs to be done; he does it. He is there for everything that they do. He also loves his family and extended family and would do anything for them. I have always appreciated the close family that he came from because we've had so much fun with both of our families and we know that family is the most important thing. I could go on and on, but just know that your family loves you, Cody! We think the world of you and hope you know how much you mean to all of us. Thanks for always being there and for taking such good care of all of us. We love you!

Fathers Day 2009
This was so cute...they were laying on the trampoline and she must have been very tired. She has always loved to snuggle with her dad.

Carson is his dad's boy! He has looked like him from the day he was born and he loves spending any time with him he can get. Cody takes him to work with him every once in a while and it's a highlight for Carson. Anytime with dad is good time!

I love this picture!! He looks like SuperDad! We were at the softball park on closing day and I went over to get the girls where they needed to be and he cleaned up everything and headed over.....with chairs slung over his back, the diaper bag, the stroller, Avery and of course the cotton candy....and he looks great doing it! :)

Memorial Day - Still Catchin' Up

We had such a fun Memorial Day with our family! Cody's mom and Jack have the best barbeques and are always trying something new and different. This time, they smoked a ham and we barbecued hamburgers and hot dogs. No one left hungry....that's for sure! Brittany loved helping Grandma in the kitchen and then everyone got in the pool and it was such a fun day! We love these beautiful, spring days and I love that we have the chance to remember those who are protecting our country and those who have died doing so.

I remember growing up...we always got up really early and drove up to the cemetary for a special ceremony that they had for the veterans and to honor those who had died for our country. My brother, Jeff, plays the trumpet and he was asked several times to play Taps! There's nothing like standing there with the soldiers and looking at all of the flags that were flying for those who had passed on and listening to my brother play that song to honor them. I remember getting mums and walking all over the cemetary to our family members graves and delivering flowers and how pretty the cemetary looked. It seemed like we were there for hours while my mom and dad visited with everyone. Definitely small town feel and I really do love those memories and hope I can instill this same sense of patriotism in mychildren, although we're not off to a very good start. We just need to start getting out and finding opportunities here too. It was a really great day and what a fun day with our family!

Carson or Zac??

We've had so much fun with this.....Carson has a small, okay, rather large, innocent obsession with Zac Efron. Quite a while ago, he asked us to call him Zac. He started writing his name Zac on his pre-school papers, he watched High School Musical over and over, which accounts for why Cody knows all of the lines throughout the movie (maybe he has a small crush as well, I don't know) :) and we have a Disney Sing-a-long thing with a microphone and watching him belt out Zac's songs is so fun! He even has his dance moves down from the movie. We haven't been sure who he is exactly on any given day. He even tells us things that happen to him and Gabriella, in the first person. If you haven't seen High School Musical, you're lost right now, but he comes up with all sorts of things about Zac like they are one and the same. We've laughed so hard. We have a High School Musical game with the characters pictures as the game pieces. He came up to Cody before we left for Utah and told him he had his ID in case he needed to show it to anyone.....he had Zac's game piece and kept it in his pocket (until I washed it accidentally) so that he could show people who he was. He's such a fun kid!

He started to grow his hair out because he wanted it to "shake" like Zac's so he has refused to let me cut it. When we went to Utah in July, my cousin cut all of our hair, EXCEPT Carson's. He would only let her cut a little over his ears. I personally think Zac is pretty cute, but I'll have to stick with Carson! That smile with the one dimple gets me every time! You bring a lot of laughter into our home and we love you, Zac, I mean Carson! :)

Zac...I mean Carson
Carson....or is it Zac? I get so confused

Zac/Carson's "hair cut"

The real Zac.....I think :)

My Potty Princess!

It's been a really good week! As you can tell from her chart.....SHE had a fantastic week because with each of those stickers came a Starburst or a Hershey's Kiss (and also a kiss from whoever took her to the potty)! She's been dry every morning and runs right to the bathroom in the mornings and stays dry all day. She has had accidents here and there, but for the most part, she has been amazing! She has had 5 people in her cheering section and you should hear everyone when she goes....her face just lights up and her smile is a mile wide. She's so proud of herself and we're all very proud of her too. Way to go, Avery! Now on to putting her to bed by herself.....well, maybe next year. :) That's one thing I don't mind at all!

It's Potty Time!!

So, you can probably guess what's going on at our house! I have so much blogging to catch up on, but I'm so happy about this. We finally decided to tackle potty training after putting it off, mostly because I wasn't sure I was ready, but I can honestly say that she was totally ready for this! I put it off because of trips and work schedules and I wanted to have a few consecutive days to devote to the process. We decided to start on Friday and after a couple of accidents, she kind of got the hang of it. Cody and I went to a movie with Mattsson's and left her with Brit in charge. She was up to the task and went and got her this little potty seat and she sat on it all night in the family room. I'm surprised she doesn't still have a red ring around her little bum. :) She loves it and none of our other kids would even sit on one of these. She did really well yesterday, stayed dry last night and has been dry all day, until just a few minutes ago. I don't want to jinx it but so far, so good! She's so proud of herself and we made her a little chart that she can put stickers on when she goes and it looks pretty good! I'm so proud of her and I can hardly wait to start throwing away the Costco diaper coupons. :)

Mother's Day

I had a really wonderful Mother's Day this year although it probably sounds a little sad after reading this but I really do love this special day. It started out with breakfast in bed, which I love. The kids and Cody made me french toast and they took care of everything all day long. They are so good to me and I wonder what I did to deserve them. I'm also surrounded by such wonderful women and mothers and I'm very blessed to be a mom to some pretty wonderful kids. What a great day and I usually really try to focus on the terrific women and mothers in my life and as me as the mom, but I had a pretty hard time this year with missing my mom. I think of her every day but some days it hurts a little more. I have some pretty great friends who were there during church and I appreciate them being there with their arms open. There are just times in life when you need a mom and I miss that. I've learned to live with it, but it'll never get better. I'm very blessed to have so many wonderful women in my life who take such good care of us. I know Heavenly Father watches out for me through others and I know there are people in my life who help to fill this void. My mom was such an incredible mom and I wonder what my life would be like with her still here. I've learned not to dwell on these things because it makes me crazy but sometimes I can't help but wonder. I'm so blessed to have had her for my mom! What an example and what a sweet, caring and loving person she was to everyone. I hope that I can be like her "when I grow up." :) Thanks, mom! I love you!

Grandpa Smart

My Grandpa Smart passed away in May. He was almost 90 years old and he had a wonderful life. I stole this cute collage and picture from my cousins because it says so much about him. My grandma has Alzheimer's and he took care of her right up until he passed away at their house. They were the sweetest couple and you never saw one without the other. My grandma is lost without him and still believes he's just "away at meetings" and she's waiting for him to come back. They raised 8 wonderful children in a small, 3 bedroom house that they built together and there was so much love inside that tiny house. We all felt it growing up and we all felt special even though there were 36 of us grandchildren. We had many fun times with them bowling, which they loved, playing with our cousins at their house for family parties and eventually at the church because there were so many of us and especially at our annual Family Camp in Fairview Canyon. Those are probably the best memories for me because we had grandma and grandpa all week to ride horses with, share dinner with and eat grandma's cookies and pancakes. What fun memories for me as both a child and as an adult....they were a big part of my life and to have them for so long was a blessing for not only me, but for my kids as we spent time with them. He only seemed to age the last couple of years and I'll always be grateful for the example he was for me and for the testimony that he shared with all of us. I was able to fly home for his funeral and 34 of our 36 cousins were there as well as many of their children which says a lot about him and my grandma. What a wonderful life and a wonderful legacy he left for all of us! I love you, Grandpa!

Elmer B. Smart
Elmer B. Smart "A True Gentleman" Elmer B. Smart, beloved husband, father, grandfather and friend, passed away at his home May 11, 2009 after overseeing the planting of his vegetable garden; his last labor of love for his family.Born November 24, 1919 in Union, Utah to Franklin Arley and Harriett Flowers Smart. He grew up on the family farm where he learned the principle of hard work and his love for the creations of his Heavenly Father. He graduated from Jordan High School in 1937. He served an LDS mission to the Eastern States, and later with his wife in the Riverside, California mission. He married his childhood sweetheart Marian Holt on June 16, 1941 in the Salt Lake Temple. He served faithfully in the LDS church his entire life. He held many callings including Bishop. He especially enjoyed 15 wonderful years serving with his wife as ordinance workers at the Jordan River Temple. He loved farming, gardening and was an expert horseman, riding his horses well into his 80's. He enjoyed bowling in his later years and was adored as the permanent substitute on an all-women's bowling league. We will truly miss his kind disposition and his thoughtful words of wisdom. He is survived by his loving wife of 67 years; his eight children and spouses, Phil (Debbie), Glen (Carol), Neil (Shawna), Gloria (Steve) Allen, Ray (Sherri), Eileen (Mikel) Christensen, David (Brenda), Susan (Mike) Whittenburg; 38 grandchildren, 73 great-grandchildren, one great- great-granddaughter. Preceded in death by his parents; his brothers, Frank, Ralph and Irvin Smart; his sisters, Ethel Simmons, and Martha Sheppick; daughter-in-law, Janis Smart; and grandson, Glen Weston Smart. Funeral services will be held Friday, May 15, 2009 at 12 Noon, at the Sandy Utah Midvalley Stake Center, 1106 East 8055 South, Sandy. Friends may call at Goff Mortuary, 8090 South State, Midvale from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, May 14, 2009 or Friday at the Church from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Interment at Larkin's Sunset Gardens. The family would like to thank all those who have helped with the tender care of our dear father and mother.

Closing Day - Softball 2009

They had such a fun closing day for softball. They ended the way they began, with a lot of fun blow-up waterslides and games and entertainment. Bailey's team actually took 1st in their division, which was awesome. They had the best little pitcher who trained with a pitching coach and was absolutely amazing. She had a few no-hitters and at 10 years old, she has a very bright future. She loved her team, her coaches were great and it was so fun to have Danielle on her team as well. She had quite a few good hits and walked quite a bit because the pitcher had a hard time finding her strike zone (go figure) :) We all had a great time and what a way to end the season.

Brittany had such a cute team. They combined the 11-14 year olds because they didn't have enough girls so there was a huge range for the girls. She was one of the youngest and smallest but was able to hold her own. Her team did great and they all got along wonderfully and they didn't win a game all season. :) I take that back, one night the team they were supposed to play didn't show up so they played the parents and they did win that game. :) It was really great to watch them all progress though and they improved so much from their first game to their last and they almost beat the best team in their division which was a really fun game. Winning or losing, they both had a great time and that's what was important. Brit had a team party and they gave out their statistics...she had 23walks (same goes for her with the strike zone), she scored 17 times and got 7 hits that put her on base. The parents called her "wheels" because she was so fast and could steal so quickly. She was 1st on her team for walks and 2nd for scores so that was great! It'll be fun to see how she does in her own age division next year.

Carson took such good care of Avery that I had to include these pictures....I love what cute little friends these two are and how loving and caring he is with her. We had fun from start to finish and I really appreciate the people who take so much time out of their lives to help these kids learn and play the game. We were really lucky to have the coaches that we did and they really made it fun for all the girls! I'm already looking forward to next year!!

Softball 2009

The girl's both had really wonderful coaches who helped them have a wonderful season with softball this year! We're so glad we were able to get them back into it and watch them progress and improve every game. We spent a lot of time at the softball park but I loved every minute! I think Carson and Avery did too...you can't believe how many times I told them to get off the bars, but you can see how effective that was. I think we made a lot of people nervous, but we made it! No more teeth knocked out, very few bumps and bruises and no one fell off backwards, which was my fear. I hope next year they forget the bars and will sit on their cute little chairs that we brought to every single game and I ended up sitting in....I can hope right?