Raging Waters 2009

Happy 5th Birthday Madsion!

Dave and Annie

Bradley

Grandma

Grandpa and the triplets

Madison and Maelle

Melissa and Grace

Once again we had a great time at Raging Waters celebrating Madison's birthday.

Sydney's baptism and pool party!

What a speacial day we had! Sydney's baptism was awesome. There were so many family and friends there to support her. She was pretty nervous but did a great job. Sunday she even bore her testimony in Sacrament meeting. Speaking in front of a lot of people makes her very nervous so that took a lot of courage. Dave and I are very proud of her. She is a wonderful daughter of our Heavenly Father. After the baptism we headed over to the Clearfield Aquatic Center. We rented the pool for just our party so it was tons of fun. The food was yummy and the so was the cake. Thank you to everyone who came to the party. Thanks for all of the fun birthday gifts. Sydney loves them!

Sunday, when we were in Idaho, we were rebels and decided to skip my parents Stake Conference and take a jaunt over to Shoshone Falls in Twin Falls, It was so beatiful and the water was very high and raging. They say it's the Niagra Falls of the west. If you ever get a chance go and check it out. Make sure to go in the spring and by 10 am or else you will be waiting for hours to get into the park. We had a great time and enjoyed the beauty of the earth that God has given us.

Maelle's first lost tooth!

Maelle was so excited when she lost her first tooth. She was tough and pulled it out herself.

Her first lost tooth.

. The special Tooth Fairy bag that holds the tooth under her pillow.

Since it's spring break me and a friend took our kids to the Utah Museum of Natural History. It was a lot of fun. They had a cool frog exhibit and a creepy bug exhibit. Sydney really enjoyed the rock exhibit and Maelle just had a good time period. It was a great day! After the museum we went and had lunch at The Pie. What great pizza.

Leo- Our best pet yet!

Our sweet, sweet kitty Leo passed away about a month ago. He was such a good cat. We loved him so much. According to the vet he had been sick for quite awhile but we never knew it. She said that cats are really good at hiding illnesses due to their nature of having to not show weakness in the wild. One night he was drooling everywhere, which is unusual, and he was not himself at all. I took him to the emergency vet at midnight. He was going downhill fast so they did some bloodwork. They told me that he was diabetic and had some kind of pancreatic problem. Even if we kept him alive he would have had to be hospitalized for who knows how long with no garauntee of getting better. If he did get well he would have had to be on numerous meds. I knew we had to put him to sleep. We miss him a lot. He brought a lot of joy into our home. We know we will see him again. The other day I was talking with Sydney about him. I said "Syd this might sound a little crazy but we know we will see him again when we die and what if he can talk to us or we can understand animals in some way." She said to me "Mom you really are going to the nut house!" We will see. I don't doubt that I am on my way to the nut house some days but I do hope we will be able to understand animals better there than we understand them here on earth. Call me crazy!