Kindergarten Celebration

Parks is coming to the end of his wonderful year of Kindergarten. He has the world's best teacher, Mrs. Moore. On Friday, June 27th, 2008 his class had their Kindergarten Celebration. It was kind of like a graduation. They sang some really cute songs and received a certificate. I can't believe Parks will soon be a first grader! Time goes by too fast.

Parks and his class. Parks with Mrs. Moore The Peanut Butter song. Parks is the cute one on the back row with the glasses.

Houston Trip

On June 11, 2008 the boys and I flew to Houston to visit my sister Hillary and her family. The boys were so excited to fly on an airplane. Parks would wake up everyday and announce how many days we had left until our trip. They all loved the plane and had a great time visiting their cousins. While we were there we went swimming, visited the NASA Space Center, went to the Kemah Boardwalk, saw the Kung Fu Panda movie (two thumbs up), and caught some frogs --sadly, my boys had never done that before :(. Here are some pictures of the day we went to the NASA Space Center. Maddi's new 'do. Aiden maneuvers the lunar lander. Houston, we have a problem! The twins are at the controls!

Dare Devil Island

At the NASA Space Center, there was an exhibit called Dare Devil Island where the kids were able to do some challenging things. Aiden, Parks, and McKayl tried something where they put a harness on and attached it to a cable line and walked across tight ropes and climbed across nets that were really high in the air. There was also a bungee tower where the kids got to climb up into a giant tower on stretchy bungee nets that looked like spider webs. McKayl was the only one who was patient enough to wait in line for the bungee jump. They strapped her into a harness that was attached to two bungee cords over a trampoline and then pulled the bungees taut so she could bounce really high.

Parks is ready for the obstacle course. Parks, Aiden and McKayl are harnessed up. McKayl was the bravest of them all. The bungee tower. McKayl being the bravest again.

Kemah Boardwalk

These pictures were taken at the Kemah Boardwalk. You can read more about it below. Soggy Sawyer. Aiden Sopping wet Garrett. Two beautiful girls; Maddi and Libby.

Kemah Boardwalk

After we went to the Space Center, we went to a little touristy place by the ocean called Kemah. We fed the kids ice cream for dinner and then they had fun playing in the fountain. They were sopping wet, and then it started raining buckets on us, so by the time we got to the plyg-wagon (that's what we called the 10-passenger van Grandpa rented), everyone was wet. It was a soggy ride home, but we had a great time.

Maddi with Emma, Libby, and Sawyer. The lovely Emma. Parks sat on a squirter and got a surprise! Soggy twinnies. The lovely McKayl.

Emma and McKayl's Baptism Day

Emma and McKayl were baptized on Saturday June 14th, 2008. These are pictures of the cousins before we left for the baptism. The girls looked so pretty in the white dresses their mom made for them. The cousins: Aiden is in the back, L to R are Libby, McKayl, Emma, Parks, Drew, and Garrett with Sawyer in front of Libby. The Rodet family reunion. We haven't all been together for a long time! Back row L to R: Cortney holding Drew, Jaclyn, Dad, Mom, Zach, Maddi, Brittney holding Garrett. Next row: Parks, Aiden, Emma, McKayl, Hillary holding Sawyer. Libby is in front.

I Love to See the Temple

For Family Home Evening one night, we talked about preparing to go to the temple. For our activity we made temples out of sugar cubes. Aiden and Parks had fun building their creations. I am so thankful for Family Home Evening. It is sometimes challenging to teach a lesson to four wiggly boys, but the blessings it brings to our family is worth all the effort (and sometimes discouragement) that it takes.

Parks always concentrates really hard on his projects. What a cute boy! Testing the frosting... Yep! It's sweet! The finished masterpiece.

First Swim of the Summer

These are pictures of the twins swimming in the backyard for the first time this year. I bought a little wading pool at Smiths for them. It's amazing how much joy a plastic wading pool can bring to a couple of two-year-olds. Ooooh, those brown eyes are yummy Garrett! My cutie-pie Drew.

Pinewood Derby Champ!

Aiden participated in his very first Pinewood Derby last Thursday. He was so excited about it. It took him and Cody a few weeks to get his car ready. When the big night came, there were 18 other cars in the race and it didn't start off very promising. On the first few tries, Aiden's car didn't even make it to the finish line. I remember thinking to myself, "Well, he's not going to win, but I hope he has fun anyway." Then I found out that since I am the Counselor over Scouts, I was in charge of coming up with 19 original award certificates for each participant (yikes!), so I spent most of the night at the judges table. When the races were over, to my utter amazement, Aiden had won! I couldn't believe it! There were 18 other cars entered in the derby, and Aiden's was the fastest. It had come down to Aiden and Dylan Warr. They had to race each other 4 or 5 times to determine which was really the winner, and in the end, it was Aiden. The look on his face was priceless. You can see how happy he is in these pictures I took of him after the big race.