Chelsey is 4

On May 3rd Chelsey turned Four years old. We celebrated by having our good friends, the Tweetens, over for a cookout as Chelsey wanted her friend Kendall over for a party. We had hot dogs and hamburgers and just hung out around the campfire. It started to rain and so we had to move indoors for cake. Chelsey wanted a ladybug cake like her sister did when she was little. I can't believe our little girl is 4--she is growing up fast.

8th Grade graduation

All the boys in the 8th grade classBrandon, Casey, & Caleb

Mr. Nickel, Brandon, & Mr. BoothBrandon receiving his graduation certificate

On May 1, Brandon had his 8th grade graduation. The evening started with pictures and then we ate pizza and had ice cream sundaes. The speaker was Mr. Ken Booth and then they had a slide show and Mr. Nickel then gave them their graduation certificates. We then went to York to go cosmic bowling which went from 9:00-11:30. It is hard to believe that Brandon will be in High School next year!!

Happy 13th Dylan!!

Dylan turned 13 on April 30. It was a very busy week and he had a track meet on his birthday but he got home about 7:30 and we surprised him with a dairy queen cake. He wanted money for his birthday this year so he could buy a Nintendo DSI and had fun playing that the rest of the night.

Awana Awards

Last night we had our Awana awards night. Brittney received the Sparky award for finishing all three sparks books and Courtney received the 3rd book award for T & T. They have spent a lot of time learning verses and we are very proud of them!!!

Track Meet

Casey, Brandon, Chase & Dylan 4 X 800 RelayDylan

Brandon

Brandon running the mile run

Dylan running the mile run

Dylan running the 800 m run

On Tuesday I went to watch the boys run in the Centennial track meet. Brandon & Dylan both ran the 3200 M relay (800 M each) and they placed 5th and both received a medal. Brandon & Dylan also ran in the mile run and Dylan ran in the 800 m run. They both did a really good job at the meet.

Rusty the Clown

Dylan trying to get out of "Thumb" cuffs

Courtney & Jadyn helping Rusty
Rusty the Clown came to church on Sunday night. He did tricks, juggled and talked about Jesus. The kids all had a great time. A couple of our kids helped him out for some of his tricks. Chelsey was so excited to see him as she had heard a lot about him from her sisters.

Spring Concert

Brittney, Jadyn, & CourtneyCourtney

Brittney
Courtney's class sang a song by themselves

Courtney with her Saxophone

The grade school spring concert was last night. Everybody was dressed in their best PE clothes as they were PE students. Courtney's band performed 2 songs, Courtney plays the Saxophone and did a great job.

Saying goodbye to my childhood home and flooding

My childhood home My old room--looked weird empty!!

This is a bridge right outside my parents place--last summer the creek was almost empty

This is the creek flooding the bridge is in the background

My dad standing in the yard of mud--what a mess!!!

The is the Cedar river about 1 mile from our farm and you usually can't see water from the road

I helped my parents while I was up there move the rest of the heavy furniture out of the house that they had just sold. It was kind of sad as I grew up in this house but my parents just couldn't keep 2 houses up so it had to be done. I was glad that I could go up there one last time and see it.