Wheeler Farm

My sister in law Rebecca was here with her two kids for a few weeks. It is her husband that is my brother Randall that is in Iraq. It was so fun to have her here. We went up to Wheeler Farm one day and the kids really had fun. We have been to Thanksgiving point farm but this was much better. It has a lot more animals and you can get really close to them and pet them. They even let you milk a cow. Best of all it was free.

This is my mom with Karson, Rylie and Rebecca.

This is Brinley looking at the ducks. They were walking all around us and I think she got a little scared.

This was all of the kids. Ian, Rylie, Ryder, Karson, Kate and Brinley.

Karson wasnt sure about this cow. He thought he wanted to milk it but when he sat down and they were showing him what to do he said no way.

Cousins Birthday party

This was on Karsons cousins birthday on July 3rd. They had the cake and presents with about 6 of Jacksons friends and then they went to the pool and then after Karson played with their new puppies. They were so cute.

This is Karson with his cousins Haley, Kristin and Rylie.

This is Karson and his cousin the birthday boy Jackson.

Tennis

Karson expressed an interest in wanting to go and play tennis. I played tennis in High School but I have not played in a long time. So we have been going over to the High School by us and I have been hitting balls to Karson. He isnt all that great but he loves it. Brinley just runs around. We have to make sure we go when there are not a ton of people there so we can have a few courts in between us and others because Brinley would really get in other peoples way. It is a fun little activity to keep the kids busy.

Pool party

This was actually from the first of the summer. This was the first time they got into the water for the summer. Karson and Brinley love playing with their cousins Rylie and Ryder. They only live a couple blocks from my parents house so they get to play together at my parents house quite a bit. Brinley just loves the water. I think this was the very first time she got in water besides the tub. The water was freezing cold and no one would get in besides her. She just hopped in as happy as could be. I had to carry out pitchers full of hot water to get the water a little warmer for the other 3 to get in.

This just so sums up Brinleys attitude. She is so full of it.

My brother the soldier

This is my brother Randy (he is the far right one, the tall one). He looks so tough. He is over in Kuwait right now and will be leaving for Iraq tomorrow. He is an Optomatrist so I hope he will be a little safer. I am so proud of him. He will be there a year. I cant imagine how hard it is going to be. I hope this next year goes fast. My prayers are with you and I hope you have a great experience. Love you!!

Hail to the King

I was very sad to hear the news of Michael Jacksons death. I have always been a huge fan and I have been listening to his music for the past few days. I was raised with it from my older brothers, but it has been great to listen to his stuff again and to introduce Karson to his music. I just bought one of his greatest hits CD's a couple months ago. He is amazing. He was such a talented person. He was truly the King of Pop. It is a very sad loss.

The two hottest men

I just found this picture when I was going thru some old files. These are the two hottest men in my eyes. Isn't it great!!

(David Beckam and my husband in case you didnt know)

Memorial Day

For memorial day we went up to Brigham City to spend it with Jasons family. Jasons mom has had a really hard recovery from a knee surgery so his two sisters did so much work to make it so we could all get together and not put any burden on Jasons mom. They did a great job. It was a lot of fun. Brinley spent hours just playing with water in a cup and a bowl. She was so entertained. I also got to go to the cemetary where all 4 of my grandparents are buried and put flowers on their graves. It meant a lot to me. This picture was taken yesterday by Jasons sister Cindy. She is an amazing photographer.

Busy May

We had a very busy and very exciting May. All of my family came in town so we all got to hang out quite a bit. It was so fun to see every body. It is good to have the cousins play with each other. Rhett and Camie live in Baltimore and Randall and Rebecca live in Colorado Springs so we only get to see them about twice a year. My brother Randall is going to be going to Iraq next month so it was especially great to see him. We got family pictures with all of us and we just hung out. It was a great week. The kids had a blast playing with everyone.

Karson had his Preschool program. I was amazed at how good they all did. I guess I wasnt really expecting much and I was really blown away at what these little 5 year olds could do.

Karson had his last soccer game. There wasnt much talent there but they all had a lot of fun. Karson just loved to play with the other kids. For the season he had 2 goals for his team and 2 goals for other teams. They just kick it where ever they are and dont really pay attention to where it is going. Thats ok, just as long as they have fun.

Karson had his last day of preschool yesterday. I couldnt believe how emotional I was. I saw one of the teachers start to cry and that just turned on my waterworks. I cant believe that he is going to be going into Kintergarten in a few months. My baby boy is getting so big.