Moving On

Sorting. Boxing. Packing. Loading. Throwing away. Crying. This isn't my idea of a good time. Hitting the road in just a couple of days. Wish me luck!

Chase's QB camp

We took Carter down to Utah for EFY and Corbin and Chase were able to attend a one day football camp put on by former BYU players. They had a lot of fun. My mom, who is an amazing digital scrapbooker, put this page and the page of Corbin together with some of the pictures I took of the boys. It's awesome having these keepsakes for them to remember their experience. Thanks, mom.

Corbin at NXT LEVEL

10 Favorite Americans

Today's 10 on Tuesday.
I asked each member of my family to participate in this and the following is a spontaneous list of our who and why.

Definition of American from 1941 immigration text:
What is an American? An American is a man who is greater in his soul than in his class, creed, political party, or the section in which he lives. To be an American, a man must have an American soul and believe in the spiritual realities upon which America rests and out of which America was born. America was created to unite mankind by those passions which lift and not by the passions which spearate and debase...The man sho seeks to divide men from men, group from group, and interest from interest in this great Union is striking at its very heart.

Katie said,
1. Gordon B. Hinckley for being an inspirational leader full of optimism, hope, and encouragement.

2. Condoleezza Rice for her example of dedication and hard work. She rose from poverty and challenging circumstances to become accomplished-- and for being resilient and strong.

Larry said,

3. George Washington for being an amazing military leader, farmer, humble, first president of the United States, and an all around good guy.

4. Marcus Lutrell because he fought for freedom and kicked butt.

Chloe said,

5. Walt Disney for bringing princesses to her life.

Carter said,
6. Joseph Smith because he was very brave and obedient.

Chase said,
7. John Naismith the guy who invented basketball because he was so awesome.

Corbin said,

8. Ronald Reagan because he was the President of United States. He was an actor. He was an athlete. I did a history report on him and he stood for freedom.

Caleb said,
9. George W. Bush because he was a really good President.

10. Pat Tillman because he gave up his NFL career to fight in the war for freedom.

There you have it. It was fun having the brainstorming session with my family.

My Country 'Tis of Thee

Today I was at the bookstore and bought the dvd of Saints at War for Caleb because he is always interested in things about WWI and WWII. Tonight we watched it together. It was so good and inspiring. While I wasn't making a connection with this weekend being Independence Day when I bought it, I am so glad we watched it because it makes me think deeper about the sacrifices that have been made. I feel a renewed sense of patriotism and a gratitude to Heavenly Father for the blessing of freedom. I recommend this movie.

What's Larry doing?

I am frequently asked this question. Here's the answer with pictures to illustrate. This is the machine that Larry bought and has been using to spray farm fields to prevent unwanted things from infesting the crops. The above picture is of him pulling up to where we were parked as he was finishing spraying.

Here are the kids with the sprayer. He pulls it on a trailer behind a large water truck.

The tires are bigger than the kids.

We went up to visit Larry over Father's Day weekend. I love these pictures of Chloe and Larry.

Carter had been there all week attending football camp with Royal High School in Cheney, WA at EWU. Here he is with his cousin, Kent. Carter is #80. He really enjoyed the camp.

Our family went to Spokane and stayed a few nights there, picking Carter up from camp and getting some much needed time together.

This big wagon was in the Riverfront park in downtown Spokane. The wheels look about the same size as the ones on Larry's sprayer. Don't you think he should pull the sprayer in this? Chloe is at the bottom left of the picture in full temper tantrum mode about us saying it was time to leave.

We walked over and looked at the falls. Pretty spectacular.

There was also an antique carousel in the Riverfront Park that the little ones rode on.

Staying in a hotel with a pool, and basketball courts, not to mention all the ESPN, & Discovery channel was a definite highlight. While the guys were out shooting hoops, I even managed to squeeze in a few episodes on HGTV. When you don't have cable, it's such a luxury.

We headed back to Royal City and hung out with family at Mark and Marcies. This was a typical shot of the guys out on the front lawn.

Caleb and Ryker spent a lot of time together. Caleb was loving it!

Mark and Marcie's little girl, Madison, let Chloe borrow a princess dress.

She was in HEAVEN, and can't wait to see Madison again soon.

10 things I do in a day

1. I do multiple loads of this--each and every day.

2. This is how I try to make sure we end each day. 3. I go out in the morning before the kids are awake, in my pjs, to water these.

4. I spend too much time on this and my computer.

5. I am providing things (like pictured below) all throughout the day for my growing kids with endless appetites.

6. Since its summer, we seem to go here a lot.

7. I spend a lot of time trying to make expressions like these not appear (see #4 & #5).

8. I spend a lot of time looking at, coordinating, and talking to people about things like this.

9. I spend a lot of time chasing, dressing, laughing at, feeding, & entertaining this little someone.

10. I drive to alot of athletic events and lessons. Currently it is tennis lessons for Corbin and Caleb.