John's Derby Race.

John made a Joker car this year and won second place. Way to go, John! I also included a video of one of the races. so you could see what they look like. John's car is in there if you can spot it. It is purple and green, and has a joker sticker on the front. Oh, and a video of John when he won a race. You can only see him for a second, but it is too good.

Things have been a little crazy for us around here, since I have been working more, but I wanted to give everyone an update on Chirs, for those who don't know. He is on the boat right now for a work up. It was suppost to be for two weeks, but got extended to three. He will be back for about a month and a half and then will be off for a four month cruise. He hopes to be back sooner than last time, but we will see. They are now talking about making him go to Japan, when he gets back, until his enlistment is over. They wont send us all down there, so it would just be him for about 9 months or so. We will see what happens, but we are all a little sad. Doesn't give us much time together in the next year. He hopes to come down to Utah in the next month and a half to talk to a recrutier, since this may be the only oppurtunity he will have to do that. Hope all is well with everyone, especially the ones that will be having babies soon.

Going to Cousin Becca's Wild Birthday Party

We went to their cousin Becca 7th birthday party today at a place called wild kingdom. It had a jungle theme (I am sure you can tell that by the pictures) and had a hole bunch of jumpers. The kids had a lot of fun. Greg was obsessed with that car, and would of still been there, if that were possible. They also had some party games, and I was able to take a movie of them doing the limbo. If you keep on eye on Haley, she always goes to do it, and then back out at the last minute. She really just didn't think her body was suppost to, or capable of doing that.

Sliding through life........and loving it!

The kids had some much fun on this slide. Some of the kids were going down it backwards, and Haley was going to try it, but keep backing out at the last minute. when she finally did try it, she loved it, and was so proud of herself. You can totally see that in the video. She loved it so much that she had to have mom try it too. John tried rolling down, which I think made him a little dizzy. Watch the video and see what you think.

John got Student of the month!

John was awarded student of the month on friday, and we are so proud of him. Way to go John!! I have been working a lot, so unfortunately I was unable to go, but Grandma came and cheered John on and took some pics for us. She also bought John some balloons. John also got a batmitten set and a new bat (soft one). This all was a last minute thing, so we were up late the night before so I could run him to the store and get it for him. I love that I am working more, but this is definately the hardest part about it for me. I really wish I could of been there. Dad is gone on the boat for two weeks, but when he gets back he will take John and Ben to the nickle arcade for both getting student of the month. We love you John, and way to go!

Ben is Student of the Month

This is Ben at the award ceremony today where he got student of the month. He is so excited. He says it means that he is the smartest and bestest kid in the class. You gotta love the confidence. My mom bought him the balloons, and then we took him to buy a new backpack, and then out to lunch. Way to go Ben! We are so proud of you!!!!

Haley's Boat Fieldtrip

On Friday I volunteered to help out with Haley's class fieldtrip. We got to ride on a board that was called a floating labatory. We put out a net, and all the kids helped pull it up. Haley was the "stuffer", so she stuffed the net into a container (which was not as easy as it sounds). Then the kids got to be scientist and investigate what they caught. They actually pulled up a huge sting ray, and it was a big drama there was a little bit. until they threw it overboard. The sting ray killed most of the stuff they caught, but not the lobster. That thing was pretty big and I told Haley I would give her a quarter if she touched it. She waited until they lady pulled it out and then touched it's antanea, which I think is cheating, but I gave her the quarter anyway.

A Night at the Roxbury (Nelson style)

No children were harmed in the making of this video