Beginning of Summer

He had a great year in baseball. His team went 9-3. He loved each game and his team did an excellent job. He had a few good hits and loved playing 2nd base. They ended up 2nd in the league - just losing the last game by a few runs to not win the championship. 

Chloe gets to be on the Mashin in Fashion t-ball team. They are a cute bunch of girls. Trent does a great job coaching them. 

We started summer off with a trip to Vegas and St. George. Heath had a school conference there so we were able to tag a long. It was 110 degrees most days so we spent a lot of time in the pool. Our hotel had a beautiful pool and great rooms. We loved staying there. We loved that the Owen family could be there with us. Everyone had a friend! 

 

We spent a little time on the strip like going to the M&M factory and the Coke store. 

We tried the international sample of pop. There were some really strange tasting ones!

Walking around Vegas always gives you a good perspective on life and how blessed we are to be together as a family in Idaho. 

We spent a day at the Adventure dome. We had a lot of fun riding all the rides. 

We finished Vegas with a shopping trip for new swim suits and summer clothes. 

We then headed to St. George for a couple of days. We went to Tarzan at the Tuachan theater. This is an amazing place to watch a show. Everyone really loved the performance. 

The next day Brad and Whitney took us jeeping to Toquerville Falls. It was a lot of fun to ride in the jeeps. 

The best part was when we got to the water. It was so great to swim under the water falls, look for fish and wade down the stream. The water was really warm which was strange for Idaho kids. 

Later that day we went to a gypsum mine. It was awesome to look for rocks. 

We also stayed with Huls family for a few days and spent a day at Granny Greats house helping to clean up her yard. It was so fun to spend time together as a family and see some extended family. 

Love family vacations!

Hannah's 12th birthday!

Hannah was so excited to turn 12. This means a lot of changes in her life. She was so excited to be able to go to Young Womens, girls camp and move on from Hillview and to the Jr. High this year. She is beautiful 12 year old inside and out. We are so blessed to have her in our family.

She received a Ukulele and a radio for her birthday. 

She chose a cheesecake instead of a birthday cake this year. Yum!

Panda Express for lunch. 

She truly is growing up. We are so proud of the decisions she  makes each day. 

Her grandma and grandpa Jackson got her this cute BYU outfit. She also wanted a fish for her birthday. She named him Gilbert. He didn't make it in our home very long but it was fun for a few weeks. 

She had her whole volleyball team over for a late night. They had a blast playing games and night games. They are such a fun group of girls. 

Happy Birthday, Hannah!

End of the school year 2016

We had a very busy, great end to the school year.  All the activities kept us hoping but it was fun to see the kids finish up all their activities. 

Chloe was able to bring in a poster to school to celebrate her summer birthday. She is excited to turn 6 in August.

Hannah was able to have her dance recital with Dance Depot. They go all out with their recitals. She had many practices and performed two dances. This was her costume for her lyrical dance. She did a beautiful job. 

Hayden was able to go on his first scout sleepover. They went to a jamboral in Shelley. He had a great time with all the activities in spite of the rain. 

Hannah was in her first school play called Beauty is the Beast. She did a wonderful job with her lines and it was a really fun play to watch. 

Chloe had her end of the year program in kindergarten. She was really nervous to be on stage but somehow made it through. She loved kindergarten but was excited to finish up the year. She is ready for first grade - well except the getting up early part. 

Hannah was able to go on her first baptism trip to the Rexburg temple with her cousins. They had a wonderful experience. It was a great experience to watch them and feel the spirit there.

The Huls family spent the weekend with us. We decided to make the drive to Craters of the moon. We loved walking up the spattercone and going through the caves. 

Our favorite was Scout Tunnel. It is a very open cave that is really fun to crawl around on the rocks. We had a great time. 

We had the annual Memorial weekend fire at the Sargent house. We love this tradition of getting together with the extended family. We missed Van and LarRene who are on their mission. It was nice of them to let us use their yard still. 

Hannah has had fun passing around a emoji poop with the neighbors. It all started with a joke that we were the poopy family for missing a birthday party. It has been fun to be "pooped" instead of "booed".

Heath did a fabulous job with his third graduation at Bonneville. It is fun to watch what a great leader he is in this setting. We are glad that he gets a break for a few weeks this summer!

I was able to help the last week of school at Hillview's field day. We had a great time playing human foosball. 

Hannah and Hayden getting off of the bus on the last day of school. We met them in the cul-de-sac with root beer floats. Hayden had a late night with friends at our house that night. They had fun playing night games and rambo.

Hannah went to her friend Livy's birthday party. They had a great time swimming, rappelling, and watching a movie. 

Hannah had an end of the year volleyball party at the Jones house. They were such a fun team together. It was fun having Hannah make a new set of friends.They played well together too. 

Carl was a great coach. It was fun watching how much the girls grew in skills during the year. 

Hannah participated in the 6th grade track meet. She ran in the 50 yd dash and the shuttle run. 

Chloe had her end of the year recital for dance. She danced beautifully to an Elvis song, but she was so glad to see it come to an end. Dance was not her favorite activity this year. 

Chloe had an end of the year music recital. She loved her Let's Play music class and her teacher Ms. Tandee. She learned so much and got to play a piece on her bells for her year end recital. She will be excited to do this class again next year. 

Hannah at one of her volleyball games. She loved this club season. 

Hayden graduated from DARE. He loved this program. He was excited to complete the pop challenge.

I have had a great year working with theses ladies. 

With all the fun this was, we were happy to see it come to an end and move on to summer. Hooray for a break from the routine.