Brooke's softball season

Brooke played softball again this summer and did a GREAT job!

She is determined to try and be a pitcher and worked hard on and off the field trying to do that.

She spent most of her time at 3rd base, left center-field, and catcher.

She is the cheerleader of the team as well. You could hear her doing many different cheers like, "Morgan is her number, 12 is her name, even though we're mixed up, WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS GAME!"

Too cute!

Great job Brooke!

Camping with Dad...Lucky Easton!

This last weekend was Easton's 11 Yr-Old Scout camp!

Two days with his dad to get dirty, pass off some merit badge requirements, eat food right off the fire, and so much more!

They spent the day before packing everything they needed to have a great time, loaded the car, and were ready first thing in the morning.

Do you think Easton is happy? Look at the smile for the answer!

THIS IS WHAT THEY SHOWED UP WITH 36 HOURS LATER...

YES...A 21-inch trout caught with his bare hands! He was beaming!

They found a large lure in his throat from the unsuccessful try of probably an experienced fisherman, but he couldn't escape Easton's fast hands.

The sisters needed a touch and a picture!

They found lots of eggs! I wasn't really up for the taking the graphic pictures, so Brooke took over. She did a great job capturing the cleaning of the fish!

Kids' Memory File Boxes-Madison YW Project of the Week

As my 10 hour project for Individual Worth, my mom suggested that we should do School Memory boxes for all the kids in our family....

We each got our memory tub out and we sat down and went through and picked out what we wanted to keep, while watching Bones.

Then we sorted them into grades.

Then we labeled them with our names.

And now they sit in our closets if we want to add something to them or just look through them one day.

Pool Day

This week's pool day was great!

Lots of friends, tons of kiddos, and even a table full of goodies!

The kids had a great time, and it was wonderful to have everyone here.

Summer is an amazing time to be young and alive!

Belleview Park...love it!

On Tuesday this week, we headed to Belleview Park in Littleton, CO.

So fun!

What is better than snakes, water, train rides, and animal petting farms?

This brilliant woman in our ward thought up an idea for a Summer Fun Group. Anyone can join, and we take turns each week picking out an adventure and taking our families to enjoy the experience.

The park this week was perfect!

Not too hot, and lots to do!

Here are some of the fun photos from our adventure.

FIRST: We have the little snakes that the kids found. I believe Easton was there less than 5 minutes before he had this one in his hand.

Cole smiling away with his little snake!

Look at Emma! Even the snake is jealous of those perfect dimples! She isn't even scared!

Ellie is an expert snake holder. Not too tight, not to loose!

Ellie is loving the snake, but is a little tentative with the first one.

SECOND: There was a perfect stream that ran the length of the park that the children could wade in to their heart's content.

Brooke and her buddies, Bria and Hayley, trying over and again to get the perfect picture!

THIRD: Lots of friends to spend time with. Here is one of Angela and one of her twins smiling away!

FOURTH: A perfect little train ride for little ones. Short and sweet, with an engineer who loves his job!

FIFTH: A perfect little petting zoo where Annie was able to get her fix of animals for the day. The cutest park of the petting zoo was Annie retelling dad and A.J. about the bunnies that were so cute, but they were in cages because they were, "in trouble." She also told them that the turtle was "so tired, because he was yawning."

Wonderful day!