D.A.R.E. Graduation

I attended Dawson's DARE graduation today. They had several speakers then honored the kids whose essays were chosen as best. The mayor, the chief of police, their DARE officer, Miss Rodeo Ogden and the principal, Dr. Pead all spoke. The kids ended by singing a song - Hot to Not- before receiving their diplomas. Each of them earned their DARE shirt!

Dawson gets his Arrow of Light!

Dawson received his Arrow of Light with two other cub scouts.
Will, Dawson and Candice.
Dawson loves cub scouts and received his Webelo as well as several other pins at the pack meeting last night. It was a nice program and we are very proud of our cub scout!
(Not sure who the little girl is in the picture - she was bouncing around through the program.)

Handcart Days Half Marathon

No, I didn't run a half marathon, Cory did! He trained for a couple of months and ran in Bountiful's Handcart Days Half Marathon. Here are pictures . . .








Cory's the one with the long curly locks and moustache. I thought he would be more aerodynamic with short hair, but my opinion doesn't count much. He came in 4th place for his age which, I thought, was pretty good for his first time in a race that long. He ran with one of his friends, Caitlin Duncan.

Brynlee Blessing Day

Stephanie decided to have Brynlee blessed at the sacrament meeting where Cammie reported her mission. Cammie returned from Croatia the evening of July 4th and we had a great airport reunion. Lots of family came to hear Cammie and it seemed a good time to have Brynlee blessed while so many family members were in attendance. Terry gave Brynlee a beautiful blessing and even got the name right - Brynlee Ava Carter lol! We were able to have Terry's niece, Erin, and her family come as well. What a fun day!

That beautiful dress was made by my aunt Shayla. She is an amazing seamstress!!! We are so lucky!

More pictures of Brynlee

Brynlee Ava Carter

This little girl tried to share a birthday with me, but didn't quite make it. She was born April 16th at 1:04 a.m. The big surprise was that she weighed 10 lb. 6 oz. and measure 21 3/4 inches long. Stephanie had to undergo a C-section to give birth to this sweetheart. Brynlee was in the NICU for several days to watch her lungs and blood sugar as well as making sure there was no infection. Stephanie had to stay in the hospital for a few days because of the surgery so it worked out that they both came home the same day! Here are some pictures:

New Doors and Flooring

Here are pictures of our wood floor, the new french doors and some of the carpet.
We have slowly started moving furniture back in. Terry is enjoying the openness of little or no furniture, but definitely wants the cable hooked back in to his big t.v.! Love the looks of the wood flooring and the carpet is a nice espresso color. Better than the taupe that looked more pink than tan carpet we had previously!

One thing after another!

So Stephanie is expecting a baby girl in April. Candice and I are throwing her a shower this Saturday. That wouldn't be such a big deal, but we decided a few months ago to replace our linoleum and some of the carpet. When we finally found someone to do the work and decided on the flooring we wanted, we put down a deposit and waited for a phone call saying the wood and carpet were in. When that call came, we scheduled the flooring guys to come. They pulled out the linoleum and could see water damage by the french doors and would not lay the wood until that was fixed. Which meant getting a new patio door! Nothing like unexpected expenditures. So on Valentine's evening we were at Home Depot looking for doors. We ended up using the local guys to install the door which took place the following Wednesday. Terry sanded and painted over the weekend and the guys were back today to work on the floor. The guy said it would probably be finished by Wednesday and we can have the carpet done as soon as they are finished. (Cross your fingers!)

Back to the baby shower. It's this Saturday! If any of you have done remodeling you will understand that we are in a state of messiness! Sheets covering everything we don't want covered in dust from the work and lots of other things in every single ounce of space not being remodeled! Hopefully it can all be done before Saturday and we can put a few of the things back in place.

I'll post some pictures when we get back to normal!