Family Night

I realized that we haven't posted pictures in a while, so I looked on the camera to see if there was anything worth blogging. All I found were a few pictures of our Family Night last week. (I guess I haven't been my "camera-happy" self lately.) The lesson was "I am a child of God" and afterward, the kids decorated crowns while Scott and I dished up the yummy treat.

HAIL NO!!!

A big storm hit last night. Here is a sample of the hail that hit our house. A tornado touched down just northwest of our house as the storm approached. We waited it out in the kids bathroom with our emergency supplies.

Here are some othere links to storm pictures from friends in the area:

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Take Me Out To The Ball Game!

Saturday was Dallin's first baseball game (his Thursday game was cancelled due to a really bad storm). It was a great first game!! And they even won!! I love how nice and encouraging everyone was-- the coaches (who were pitching) would even take the time to help the batter with his stance if needed, and everyone cheered the teams on. When it was Dallin's turn to bat, he hit the ball right down the middle on the first pitch!! We were very excited about that! Look how cute he is out there in the outfield!

My little boy is growing up.

"Mom, enough pictures already!"

Girls Camp Fundraiser

We had our ward Girls Camp Fundraiser this weekend and it went REALLY well. We have the BEST young women around!! We combined our fundraiser (an Auction) with a ward activity-- a chili cookoff (which was WAY easier for me since I'm Activities Chair and Ward Girls camp director). We had a Western theme, and unfortunately, I didn't take many pictures, but it turned out pretty cute. The girls used my camera to take pictures of ward members Wednesday night and then I turned them into "wanted" posters which we nailed to an old fence as decorations. I thought it turned out nice.

Sierra

I've noticed that lately I have posted a lot of pictures of Dallin and Grant. Here are some quick facts about our little girl: She LOVES anything pink. She loves pigs, tacos, and dancing. While she's pretty girly, she doesn't let her brothers get away with anything, and has been known to say "Come on, Dallin, lets box!" (while running after him and "putting up her dukes") She loves to do crafts and make cards and write letters. She has a great imagination and SEVERAL imaginary friends. While she likes to spend alone time with mommy, she ADORES her daddy.

The next few pictures and captions are all about our sweet Sierra:

Here is a picture of our dinner last night: Chicken, rice, carrot sticks and ranch.

And here is how Sierra designed her food before she would eat any. She responded to my encouragement to just eat her dinner by saying, "But ,Mom, I need to make it look beautiful." She even borrowed one of the tomatoes from my salad to top it off (she doesn't even like tomatoes).

Apparently Sierra thought Deacon was chilly. After finding him tucked in for a nap in the livingroom, I went to check the thermostat. It read 79 degrees.

This is quite possibly my favorite picture I've ever taken of Sierra. It perfectly depicts her personality. I think I'll title it: "Princess gets down and dirty"

Hat

When I came outside this afternoon to see what the kids were up to, I noticed Dallin was wearing a strange red hat. I soon realized that is was not a hat at all, it was our old deflated kickball. Where does he get these ideas?