Roy's High School Alumni Assembly

Next year Roy will have his 20 year high school reunion.  He was asked to participate in the homecoming assembly this year to represent his 1993 class.  He was asked to be Ashi Babba, which was a person at the high school who would get the crowd excited and express their school spirit.  The tradition was Ashi Babba would yell "Ashi Babba!  Then the crowd would yell back, "Hey!  Hey!".  Ashi Babba and the crowd would do this three times and usually at the end.  Ashi Babba would take off his shirt and have "SF" (Spanish Fork) on the back or SF Rules, etc.  Well, Roy wasn't planning on taking off his shirt until his mom showed up before the assembly started.  She had the paint in hand, said he had to take his shirt off, and have something written on his back...plus he had to show off his muscles.  With his mom's encouragment....he did it. LOL!  He did a great job, and the crowd went wild.  I heard some kids in the crowd say, "He is huge!"  I just laughed.  They had him participate in other parts of the assembly.  I think he had a good time and was able to see friends he hadn't seen in a long time.

Ammon's 12th Birthday!

It is hard to believe, but Ammon has now turned 12 years old as of September 14.   He is growing up so fast!  Right now his interest is football.  He just finished up playing flag football and enjoyed every minute of it.  He really wants to play tackle...maybe next year. :)  Just this past weekend, October 14, he was able to received the Aaronic Priesthood from his dad. :)  It was a special day.  I think Ammon was pretty excited.  He even had a new suit that he looked pretty sharp in. :)  Here are some photos of his birthday and the day he received the priesthood. 

Canning during the Summer

We have been lucky to have so much produce from our garden this year!  Roy has been able to can string beans, peaches, yummy jam, apple sauce, and I am sure I am forgetting some of them. We have been able to restock things up in our food storage, which is always nice. :)  Here is some photos of Amanda helping Roy canning apple sauce.

Decorating Kaitlyn's Room

It has taken me awhile but I was able to decorate little Kaitlyn's room.  It is a computer/office/Kaitlyn bedroom right now.  I have felt a bit bad because it didn't really feel like a kids room except for all the toys in there. :)  Here are some pictures of the exciting improvements in her room.  I was able to get some fun pictures that are some of Kaitlyn's favorite things and a mirror that I fell in love with when I saw it.  It is definitely unique.  Enjoy the photos! :)

Busy July...so glad it is over! :)

Well we had a busy July. We had two birthdays, a 20 year high school reunion, a family reunion campout, finals in two accounting class, and just yesterday, Amanda had her "summer" piano recital. I have to say I am glad all of this is over, yet we had a wonderful time.

I always thought it would take forever to have a 20 year high school reunion. I never thought I would get this old. lol  Although I am so glad I was able to go.  I felt like everyone pretty much looked the same...even if some of them were losing some hair. :)  It was soo good to see my friends!  It was also nice that Roy knew people from my graduating class since he was a year younger than me in school.

 Roy, Me, Jackie (cousin) and Kevin Mortensen

 On July 24, we were all able to ride in the Fiesta Days Parade in Spanish Fork, Utah.  Fun times!

 Jackie, Mortensen, Me, and Emily Tuckett Dixon (us on the float).

 Here are some of Roy's buddys in my graduating class. 

Sterling Cornaby, Cordelle Nielsen, Jared Goble,

Scott Peterson, & Kelly Conroy.

 Jessica just turned 14 years old.  It is hard to believe! 

She is such a sweetheart and just keeps getting more beautiful each year.

 Amanda had her third piano recital.  She played the song, "Rover". 

She was even the very first person to play for the recital.  She did a wonderful job!

Amanda with her piano teacher, Miss Laura Turner. 

She does such a wonderful job with the kids!

Amanda's 6th Birthday

Amanda had her 6th birthday yesterday! She was so excited because she was having her first birthday party ever. :) She wanted to have a Rapunzel princess party. She had a couple of friends come and they were able to do a princess treasure hunt, pin pascal on Rapunzel, and hit a pinata that Amanda made over a year ago.  Later they had cake, ice cream and opened presents. She received a lot of fun things. After the party was over we pulled out a new "pink" scooter. She has been asking for one for quite sometime especially since her bike is out-of-order at the time. :) Here are some fun pictures of her party!