Our First Garden

This year Theron attempted a garden.  We harvested corn, tomatoes, lettuce, and two pumpkins....go Theron!

Dance Fever!

Another year at Dance Fever!  Bella had tons of fun learning hip-hop, ballet, jazz, and lyrical dances from famous choreographers.  Her favorite part, though, was staying overnight at the hotel with her buddy Marlee:)   Sadly, shortly after Dance Fever in August she quit  Mini-Company in order to stay on her competitive soccer team.  She dances now at a new studio that is very good, but they don't go to competitions, which is actually better on the pocketbook. It was hard for Bella to choose between soccer and dance, but we are proud of her and feel she made an awesome choice!

One Sunday Afternoon

Theron's mom came to visit last month and after church on Sunday we decided to go for a picnic in the mountains.  We found a great spot and ate and relaxed.  The kids, and Rex had so much fun playing in the water.  It is always nice to get out in nature for awhile and just chill:)

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First Day of School 2009

Wow, I can't believe I have a fourth and fifth grader!  I'm so glad they love school:) They started school in August...I'm just a little behind.

Victory at the Raingutter Regada

Drake takes first at the Raingutter Regada (thanks in part to his smart mom who looked up info on the internet on how make a good one, and his Dad who helped him make it:))  I wasn't there (Bella had a soccer game), but heard it was a lot of fun for everyone!  Drake came right from football, thus the nice outfit with the farmers tan:)   Good job Drake!

Survivor Party

It started out like any typical birthday party with pizza.....

and presents.....

But then we started the games:) The Lime Green Team (minus Brynlee Barker...not there yet)

The Aqua Blue Team (minus Erica Barker....not there yet)

The girls competed doing challenges for about two hours; some of the favorites were the egg toss, eating challenge, sack race, water bucket race, and the obstacle course....they were worn out by the end!

Kaylin loses during the egg toss

Kaitlyn and Olivia trying to keep their water from spilling

Waiting for the next challenge

The Eating challenge had to be the most entertaining. They ate lemons, spinach, radishes, sour gummy worms, mushrooms, and black licorice to name a few. I can't believe what troupers they were!

Bella...not liking the tomato

Emmy smoked Kaitlyn with the gummy worms (to be fair Emmy had less)

Abby and Brynlee racing with radishes

Abby lost a tooth during this challenge

Bella's about to loose it!

Eden had no problem with the lemon:)

Cheering teammates on at the obstacle course.
Bella and Erica on the balance beam nearing the end of the obstacle course.

In the end the shy Aqua Blue team beat out the loud and energetic Lime Green team, by just a few points, but everyone had a blast! It was a ton of work to put together, but so much fun!

Happy 9th Birthday Isabella! We love you:)

Fun Random Pictures

Drake and cousin Kyle at P.F. Chang's
Grant poured a whole bottle of Shampoo in the tub...he wanted bubbles!

Bella's new haircut:)

Rex, Rex, Rex...the joy of dogs!

Theron went to teach Emmy how to ride her bike, but she didn't want any help:)

Bella and Kaitlyn's face painting business...they've made some good money off the neighborhood kids.

Bella and grant worn out.

What cute boys???? Bella and her cousins in some of Drake's clothes:)

My baby turned Three!

Giving Hugs

Grandma Morrison

Grandma and Grandpa Rutledge

My little sweetheart turned three on June 30th. I can't believe how time flies! We had a fun little family birthday party and he loved it:)

Four wheeling in the backyard

The kids love riding the four wheeler. Sometimes we just ride it around our small backyard:)

Spring Dance Recital 2009

Bella had so much fun in dance the past year! Her team was a lot of fun:) She performed in three dances; Jazz, Lyrical, and Ballet. Bella did awesome, we are so proud of her. She also had tryouts in June and made Mini Company this year! She is very excited to be able to grow more in dance. She also made it onto a competitive soccer team this year...we told her she's going to have to choose next year because she's breaking the bank:)

Wicked!

I'm playing catch up here! In April we took Drake and Bella to see Wicked with Theron's sister Whitne and her kids. Amazing Musical, so glad we went!