Summer Is HERE

Summer has finally come. School is over. Life is good. We have had many discussions about what we want to do this summer. Hopefully some fun vacations, scout camps, YW camp, and anything else we can think of. Here is how my children think they should spend the summer:


Here is how I think they should spend their summer:
We'll see who wins (although we all know that I am smarter than them, so I will)


Tia got her Young Womanhood award last week. Here is a picture of her with her leaders. She is so excited to be done with all her goals. I am proud of her for finishing. I didn't have to prod her along at all. This is all hers!

Thanks for all your comments on my first post. I loved hearing from you. Here's my family update. Everyone survived another year of school. Last week all my kids made the summer swim team. That will keep them busy in the mornings. Alex and Kobe will be doing soccer again for the summer. Kobe's team won their division championship and will be moving up to state level competition this year. He's pretty excited about that. We found out last week that Tia will be moving up a level in gymnastics and Brooklyn has made the competition team, but I decided to wait until fall before starting her. She wants to take a dance class this summer--should be fun. Steve is recovering nicely from his knee surgery. He goes in for his last check up in a few weeks. He is able to do most of what he wants to now--just no heavy lifting or running yet. I am still busy keeping up with my kids, doing Steve's medical transcriptions, and stressing over teaching relief society. (This is by far the scariest calling I have ever had--I don't recomend it to anyone).

Bree and I are training to do a 100 mile bike ride in August. I'll keep you posted on our progress. So far we are up to 30 mile rides. Kelly is going to join us--if anyone else wants to get in on the fun just let us know!

Shamae

Begining is the hardest part right?

I THINK I am finally ready to begin posting on my blog. Yes, it has been designed and ready for weeks, but I need to find a way to fit this into my schedule. I did finally get to where I check my email regularly, so I should be able to do this too.

I think I'll brag about my Tia today. She turned 15 this month! I'm really not that old am I? She is finishing 9th grade with strait A's, and can't wait to get to high school next year. She is plotting getting her learner's permit, and how she can pay for a cell phone. (Her mom is much to mean to give one to her)
Tia spent the last year doing gymnastics. She has worked so hard, and is competing level 4 this spring. She gets to go to level 5 in the fall. Last Saturday she had a meet and scored in the gold medal category for the all-around. Here's some pictures. It's hard to get good ones because she moves too fast for my poor old camera. I should learn to use the action settings (or at least how to enable that function). I'll put them in anyway and hopefully get better ones at the next meet, or a video if I can figure out how to upload them. Aren't the competition leo's cute?



I think that's all I can come up with. Maybe next time I can post our fun Disneyland trip. I haven't gotten the pictures off of all the cameras yet.

She wants everyone to know that the braces come off this summer--just in time for Alex's to go acually! I'll give the after shot in a few months.