Tori Graduates Kindergarten!!!

Tori getting her kindergarten certificate and memory book.

Tori and Miss Born. She LOVES her teacher!!!

Tori and Cruz.
Tori's first 'boyfriend'

Tori and her good friend Jesslyn.

Tori and her buddy Emma!

Tori's kindergarten teacher this year was amazing. She and her teacher's aid Mrs S threw an amazing party for the kids with cake and treats.

They made a memory book for each of the kids that the kids got to have their friends sign the next day.

Tori was totally destroyed the next day when i picked her up from school, when she realized that Miss Born would no longer be her teacher.

Emily's Recorder Concert

The fourth grade classes did a recorder concert for the parents. I was impressed with how good they sounded. I was waiting to hear the sqwaks and squeeks but didnt hear many if any!!!

It was a 25 minute concert which was very enjoyable :)

Auntie Mel Comes for a Visit!

Auntie Mel came for a visit and we all went out to dinner.

The kids loved that she came and visited us and its even better now that she lives in town.

We need to go over and see her new apartment and meet her brother and sister in law.

Emm and Auntie Mel :)

Auntie Mel and Tori :)

Hudson's Third Grade Music Performance!

All of the third grade classes at Boulder Creek Elementary had a musical night.

All of the classes sang some songs together and then they each had a song which featured each class. Hudson's class did, We're Making Music. He played a drum which im sure he loved!!

They helped paint their shirts with black music notes. It must have been put on with washable paints because the first time i washed it the notes pretty much disappeared to a shadow of

grey :(

Hudson on the hand drum. Along side his friend Nicholas and Carlos.
Those three are inseparable.

Hudson Receives His Wolf in Scouts!!

Hudson received his Wolf badge in May! He worked really hard had a lot of fun earning this badge.

He got his Wolf ears and the stamp on his back and then had to find his badge, which was hidden.

Finding his badge.

Giving mom a pin as well.

Shooting the bow to receive his arrow points.

He shot that bow very well :)

Fly Me To The Moon

Emm's dance for Fly Me To The Moon

The Gila Valley LDS Temple had an open house for the public before its temple dedication on May 23, 2010 so we took the kids up to see what the inside of the temple looks like.

They see us going to the temple all the time and we always go to the Christmas lights during the holidays as well as some weekend afternoons we take the kids down for a walk around the temple grounds.

It was a two and a half hour drive up to Pima AZ but it was a very pretty one. Neither Jason or I had travelled that way before so it was a new experience for all of us.

Once we got there, we watched a video and then they walked us all over to the temple so we could walk through.

The kids thought it was neat to put the booties on before going in. Tori said it was just like when we took her preschool on a field trip to Grandpa's hospital.

It was beautiful inside and the chandelier in the Celestial room was awe inspiring.

It was a small temple in comparison to the Mesa temple, but it was beautiful as well.

Max thought the font with the twelve oxen holding it up was pretty neat. He wanted to go 'swimming' in the font, haha.

It was a great tour and then we went over to the Stake center for cookies and water.

While taking this photo it was obviously dark and i was walking in the middle of a famer's field and not paying attention to where i was walking and fell into an irrigation ditch. I ended up landing on my left hand and i felt something pop in my hand around my pinky and i still cant move it very well but oh well, it will heal :) My shoe went flying and i took a total header. I guess back in the car Emm shouted to Jason, "Dad, Mom fell in a hole!" He looked down and didnt see me and was like, What the heck...!!!!

I crawled my way back out and back to the truck and dusted myself off. I hurt but I was more glad that it was dark and hopefully no one else saw my terribly 'graceful' moment, haha.

It was a long drive home and the kids watched the Tooth Fairy on the laptop. We discovered that Max gets terribly car sick if he watched a movie and Tori got a bit queasy herself.

No throwing up but super super close!!!

It was a wonderful evening and we are glad that we went.

Emily and I attended the temple dedication ceremony at our stake center. Hudson and Jase were going to come as well but Hudson ended up having some breathing problems and Jason offered to stay home with him.

What a wonderful blessing this new temple is!!

Uncle Ty turns 26!!

Uncle Ty turned 26 on May 7th but we had our party on thre following Tuesday due to his work schedule. Auntie Katie made him a delicious castle birthday cake!

The candles were trick candles that when you blew them out they relit!!
The kids thought that was pretty cool.

The candle that wouldnt go away!!

Emily's Dance Competition

Emily's dance company entered into a dance competition here in Gilbert AZ and they performed several dances. Emm's group, the Hotshots, did Fly, a lyrical number, Fly me to the Moon, a jazz number and Calle Ocho, which is a group jazz number. It was a long day but a lot of fun to watch!

Emm with her three gold ribbons!!

The group with all the trophies!!