Hay

I was out in the hay field last week while it was being cut and I thought it looked so pretty with the blue sky behind it.  It didn't seem to look quiet so fabulous after it was all cut and there were roughly 1600 bales that needed to be hauled and stacked into the barn.

Manner Fail

While eating breakfast this Father's Day morning Briley let out a loud burp.  Here is the conversation that followed.
Me:  What do you say?
Briley:  Thank you
Me:  No, say excuse me.
Briley:  Excuse you.
Me:  No, excuse ME.
Briley:  Excuse YOU.

This went on for much longer and I was never successful at getting her to say "excuse me."  Whatcha gonna do?

Payton's Baptism Day

Today Payton entered into a covenant with his Father in Heaven to take upon him the name of Jesus Christ and to keep his commandments.  He followed in the steps of his Savior, Jesus Christ by entering into the waters of baptism.  It is a very important first step in his life.  Barry and I are so proud of his desire to follow the commandments and step onto the strait and narrow path and hold tight to the rod of iron.  (To understand more of our beliefs in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints go to www.mormon.org)

Dad and Payton before the baptism in their white clothes.

 Mom and Dad with Payton before the baptism.

 Payton after the baptism all clean and pure and the newest member of the church.

Grandma and Grandpa Clark traveled all the way from Oregon to support Payton on his special day!

Recent events

 Fun with the sprinkler under the trampoline

Liza lost her first tooth, while still 4 mind you! 

 Liza turned 5 on May 3rd and had a surprise birthday party with her besties.

 Mmm, birthday cake!

 Payton turned 8 on May 14th.

 Jared at Odyssey Elem. field day.

 Payton at Odyssey Elem. field day.

 Jared made the school track team and particpated in the long jump and 800 meter.  He jumped 11'5" and won 3rd place.  He got 7th in the 800m.

 Liza's very last day of preschool was a field trip to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.

  Sienna

 Liza

Briley

 Some cute girls in the tub.

Picture update

I figured that I better take a minute and put up some new pictures. Life is busy! Basketball is sort of over. Barry has begun spring league and they are kickin' butt! Liza is playing soccer at the YMCA. The twins are still cute. I just finished my science fair project, er Jared just finished his science fair project. Payton is awesome. We enjoy backyard roasted mallows every once in a while and some Rockies baseball.

Winter

It's been a while...I know. I'm just so busy it seems and now is 2012 and I've realized that I have allowed much of my kids life go without documentation this past year. It's embarrassing. However I think it should be acceptable to blame my camera for not taking good pictures. Yeah, I'm gonna stick with that. So with that being said, here are a few pictures of the past few months.

The twins turned 3 in November. It's cliche but it really does go fast!

Payton at his YMCA game and Jared as the ballboy for the Kadets, who went 4-6 this year!

Payton had no desire to walk back down the 20 yards he had already painstakingly endured only to walk it one more time. We had quite an adventure getting our Christmas tree this year. It was cold that as you can see there was a lot of snow. There were also alot of tears and frozen digits.