Friday, July 11, 2014

Trek, Spartan and summer fun!

 Went to the zoo for the first time this summer! Kinley loves animals so it was super fun for her.
 Chloe play Tball with the Princess Ladybugs team. She loved it and her coach Trent.
 Kinley loves her green smoothies in the mornings.

Hayden finished out his season with Orioles. He loved playing baseball and learned a lot this summer.

 We were able to go as a family on the ward trek up by camp Cumorah. We had a really good experience and were so glad to be able to do this as a ward. We had great food, a hoedown, spiritual experiences and hard work.
 The kids had a great time playing with everyone in the camp. Besides losing Chloe one time on the mountain they did great.
 We pulled the handcart for four miles up hills, over streams and back down again. Kinley loved riding in her carseat. Most memorable was the women's pull where the men were taken away and we were left to make it up the hardest part of the hill. They also had us stop a lot and we listened to vignette's about pioneers. It ended with talks and a testimony meeting.

 Heath replaced his second knee so we spent time in the hospital with him, brought him home and settled and then we were off to Utah for my Spartan race. I had a great time. It was as hard as I thought it would be - maybe a lot more mountains than I imagined - but I did it! I even made my goal with 23 minutes to spare. I couldn't walk for a week after but it was worth it. I am glad I had the experience.


 The kids were glad to end the day at the lake after spending the day at the Huls house.

Granite Thornton Family Reunion 2014

 We always have a great time at Granite. We love it up there. The only down parts this year was that Heath was unable to come because of his knee and we missed all of the 4th of July festivities. We loved going to the waterfall, hikes, night games with cousins, swimming in the pool, glow stick fun, and trying to get on CJ's favorite cousin list.




 On the way home on Saturday, we went floating on the river. This was Hannah's first time to make it all the way down.

Friday, June 6, 2014

End of the year

 We have had a great end of the year. Here they are so excited to have their last day of 3rd and 4th grade. Hannah got Mr. Weller for 5th and Hayden got Ms. Mortimer for 4th.
 After a lot of friend time and water parties the last day of school, Hayden was excited to head up to the Father and Son's with Heath. Hannah was excited to go to a birthday party. The girls and I went to Artic Circle.
 Chloe has started T-ball and loves being on the Princess Ladybug team with coach Trent.
 We got to help pass out popsicles at field day. Here is Hannah doing the shuttle run.
 20 years after graduating from Bonneville, he now leads the graduation. He also gave a great talk.
 Hannah made the talent show at school and played a Harry Potter song.
 Hayden had his Book Tea at school. His book was the Mean Dinosaur.
 He had his last flag football game. They had a great season.
Chloe had her last day of preschool. They were such a fun group of kids.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

A trip to Utah

 We went to Utah on Memorial weekend to celebrate Granny Great's 90th birthday. They had a really nice party of her at the church. The next day we were going to clean her yard but it was raining so we spring cleaned the inside of her house instead. It was great to see that side of the family and do a service for her.
 We had a fun lunch together.
 We spent some time with the Huls. The kids slept out in their trailer.
 We had a BBQ and smores.
 Hannah, Chloe and Kinley got their hair cut by Jenn.
 We met Heath's family at his Grandpa Jackson's grave to remember him.

Spring Activities

 The girls finished up their dance year with a recital. They both danced beautifully.

 Their dad gave them flowers before they performed.
 There were lots of princesses there to meet and take princesses with.
 Hayden has been super busy with baseball. He really loves this sport. He plays 3rd base and has even pitched a little. He has had a few hits and struck out a few times. His team has mostly lost but tied one game. His coaches are great and put in a lot of time. It has been a really fun season.