Cousin's Camp #1

Brett, Kristi-Lynn, and Sadie arrived late Wednesday (May 25th) night at our house.  Thursday (May 26th), Brett helped me do some errands.  Brady had school and Logan had his last day of Pre-School.  Susie and her kids, and Becky and her kids arrived in the late afternoon.  We hung out at our house.  We ordered P.F. Chang's for dinner.  That night Becky's family, and Brett's family stayed at mom and dad's house, and Susie's family stayed at our house.
Friday, 5/27/2011  

 The kids played so well together.

 They did Art Projects.

 ...Ran through the Sprinklers

 Clark looked so cute in his swim outfit, but he did not want to get wet!

 ...Jumped on the Trampoline

...the older ones were so good to let the little ones have a turn.

Saturday, 5/28/2011

Angie, Darin, Gavin, and Ellie arrived late Friday night.  They picked Will up on the way to mom and dad's house.

 Eve organized a puppet show, circus, and light saber show at our house in the morning.

 Then we went to Logan's Pre-School Graduation Program, and then we went over to mom and dad's house to find that the flu epidemic had started.  Poor Breann and Sadie.  We hung out at mom and dad's house until it was time to go to the Skidmore's house to set up for the Barbeque.  Becky and her kids, and Susie and Bryce stayed back because the kids were sleeping.

We all had a fun time!

It was also fun to see Whitney, Chip, Abby, Quinn, and Madeline at the Barbeque!

Sunday, 5/29/2011

Becky picked Ben up at the airport this morning.

Angie and Family left after lunch.  Brady and I went to our 1:00 church, and Vance stayed home with Logan and Clark who had gotten sick.  Then we brought over dinner for everyone at mom and dad's house.  Angie brought Tortilla Soup that she didn't even get to enjoy, I put some beans in the crock pot, and Vance made a Berry Cobbler for dessert in the crock pot.

 ...More Trampoline Fun.

 We even managed to fit in a Talent Show--Eve is singing, Brady is doing a soccer skill, and Tessa sang some songs.

Brett, Kristi-Lynn, and Sadie took a late flight back to New York.  It was fun to see them--thanks for the making the effort to come to Las Vegas.

Monday, 5/30/2011

We had a second Barbeque and Swim Party at the Skidmore's house!  It was a fun time to be with everyone this weekend!  Susie and family left to go home after the barbeque.  Becky and her family stayed another day, and Brady and Logan loved to play with Tessa and Breann some more.  We had so much fun, and the boys are always excited to see their cousins.  Thanks everyone for a great weekend!

Logan's Pre-School Graduation

Logan has progressed so much this year, and he loved going to pre-school to see Miss Joy and his friends (Jack, Tenley, Dax, Lukas, Roman, Elliott, and Parker).  Miss Joy always gives a word that starts with the letter of their name that describes them.  Logan's was Laughable Logan because he always has a smile on his face and he is peasant to be around.  He sang the songs so well in his program!  It was a good year, and he is excited for another year of pre-school!

Last Soccer Game

 Brady has loved to play Soccer this season, and he has definately improved!  His last game was May 14th.  They had their end of the year party Thursday, May 26th at Chuck E. Cheese.  Vance took him, and they had a blast!  He was so excited to get his trophy!  It was a good season!

T-Ball

Logan has improved so much over this season!  This was his best game this season!  He started out the game with a good hit!  Usually when he is in the field, he throws his glove or hat up in the air or he plays in the dirt.  It is hard to keep his focus unless he is hitting the ball, but this game was different.  He played on the pitcher's mound, and he was stopping the balls, and then he would throw it to first base.  It was a great game!

Graduation Celebrations!

Stacey and Kiley graduated with their Masters Degree in Education, and Burke graduated with his Bachelor's Degree in Health Care Administration.  Grandma Skidmore and Tutu and Papasan came down from Logan, UT to attend the graduations.  Burke's ceremony was in the morning, and Stacey and Kiley's ceremony was in the afternoon, so it was an all day thing.  Germania's parents were here from Brazil so that they could go to Burke's graduation!  We celebrated with everyone, but we did not go to the ceremonies because it would have been too long for the kids to sit through!  We are very proud of them for all their hard work!

Happy Mothers Day!

 Logan was so excited when he made me a Mother's Day gift in Pre-School that he couldn't wait to give it to me!  He kept hiding it in different spots, and then he would tell me NOT to look where he hid it.  Then finally on Friday before Mother's Day, he told me to open it because he couldn't wait any longer!  He made me this pot of flowers made of lollipops, and each flower had a job on the back for him to do for me such as, set the table, fold laundry, clear the table, clean room, and take out the garbage.  After he does the chore for me, he gets to eat the lollipop.  He loves to help out!  I discovered that he will do anything for a sucker!

Brady was also so excited to give me my gift, but he was determined to wait until Mother's Day!  I think he might be maturing because he did not give me any hints as to what the gift was.  He brought it to me to open ON Mother's Day!  He made me a bowl, and he told me that he mixed colors to make pink.  He also said that he had to make it pink because girls like pink!  He also made me a card.  It is so fun to see the boys get into it this year, and show me how much they appreciate me!

I love being a Mom, and I have three loving boys that love me!  They might be rough, but in the end, they love what I do for them.  Vance made me breakfast, and dinner!  He made it a special day!  I want to thank them for all they did for me!  I love them so much!

Father and Sons Outing

 They went to the Boy Scout Camp up at Mount Potosi.  Brady and Logan had so much fun with their Dad!  They were talking about camping with Dad all week, and planning what to take!

 They had fun going on hikes, and climbing.

They loved the Smores!

They loved sleeping in the Tent!

The ward provided breakfast in the morning!  They had French Toast!

They had fun hanging out with Dad!  Too bad they didn't get a picture of the three of them!