Swim Lessons

The girls finished swim lessons two weeks ago. They improved so much over the past year. They can swim very well. Madalyn learned how to dive and three different types of swimming. She was amazing, she is a fish in water.

Morgan did great also. Her body has a hard time in colder water so after about 30 mins. she was wanting out. She has no fat on her body to keep her warm. She learned to float, and does a great job at the arrow float.

Royal City

On Tuesday we went out to Justin and Heathers house. The men went fishing in the early morning, and came home around noon with nothing. I hate fishing and coming home with nothing especially when you wake up at 4 to go.

When they got home we went to this pond that a family had built out in Royal. It was so much fun. You slide down on your bum or a tube. This is an amazing slide they have built.

You can get going really fast. The water shoots you down, you go flying into the pond. Madalyn and Selia

This is looking down from the top.

Looking up at the slide. I wish my dad would make one of these it was so nice, and so much fun for the kids.

The 4th

We went down to the River to watch Fireworks, this is the first time we have watched them in a few years. Garrett has had to work the past years.

Uncle Brock and Morgan being Silly. The kids can't wait for Emily to have her baby in Jan.

The girls loved the big fireworks, the were really tired the next day from all the big events of the day.

We love wearing Red, White and Blue

Natalie, Kyla, and Morgan

Just waiting for Candy to come my way.

Jenna, Morgan and Madalyn

Cooking Smores over the fire

Trenton and Maren came down for the the 4th of July weekend. We went to the water park on Friday.

Garrett on the body board, Madalyn enjoying the wave pool, Natalie enjoying lunch.

Family Pictures

Here are a few FAMILY PICTURES that we had taken in California

Going Private

We are going Private with our blog so please send me your addresses so I can add you to our list. Thanks alot!!!!!!

A new Look

On Friday I cut 6 inches off Morgan's hair. She started asking me to cut her hair short about 2 weeks ago. I was really surprised cause she was the one that said you are not a true princess without long hair. I waited a little while cause I thought it might just be a thought she had one day and the next she would want long hair. So after 2 weeks of her asking I told her ok. It was a little hard for me to cut that long blonde hair. It is really cute, she loves it. She thinks she looks like Annie with her short hair. It will be nice to not fight the tangles this summer.

Morgan also gave her first talk today in Primary, she did very good. It was very fun to watch her, she acted so big. The talk was on "I want to be like Jesus when I grow up", it was about all the things she will do just as Jesus did when she goes up.

Fishing trip

Who knew watching the fish in the cooler would be so much fun.

On Monday we left to go on our family fishing trip to Rufus Woods, this is 1 hour past Grand Coulee Dam. We had a great trip, many hours of fishing. It was great this year to have the new boat, last year we took Garrett's friends older bass boat. It was a little squished with all the kids and Chad and Jande. This year we went with Stanley and Jamie Cox and their 4 kids.

Kenna and Natalie were not to sure if they liked each other. They both think everything is theirs.

Morgan just waiting for the fish to bite. The kids had such a good time together, they have the same age kids as us. We rented a nice little cabin right on the river, it made the trip with 4 adults and 7 kids so much easier. At times we could tell we were out numbered.

Garrett won the prize for the biggest fish, about 8 pounds. We wish we would have caught more this size. The fishing was not as good as last year. We came home with about 15 fish this year. We fished for 3 days. This year we went with Stanley and Jamie Cox they are living in Az. right now going to dental school. We will be glad when he is done with school and we can do trips with them more often. These two boys are funny to watch when they are together.

father's day/ 10 yrs.

I have a little up dating to do, this is what we have been up to this past week:
**Went to our 10 year class reunion, we had about 25 classmates that attended. The dinner was really good we had it in at the trac in pasco and they did the food. It was nice to see old friends, and get caught up on every ones life. We have had 2 classmates pass away in the last 10 years.
** We went hiking with my family to the Bolder Caves up past Yakima. That was so much fun, we all packed lunches and went through the caves. The kids had a great time, we need to go camping soon with the girls.
**Had Fathers Day on Sunday over at Mary's House. We had a WONDERFUL dinner over at her house with Justin and Heather's Family. It is nice to have family around.
I am so grateful for what a great dad I had growing up, he taught me to love the gospel and how to work.
I am so blessed to have a wonderful and loving husband. I could have not married anyone else and been as happy as I am today. It amazes me each day by the love he has for our girls and me. I know he would do whatever it takes for us. He always wants us to be happy and enjoy life. He wants everything for our kids, I think he spoils them more that I do. The kids enjoy their dad very much, he has such a good bond with them. Garrett you are a great DAD and HUSBAND, you make me want to be better and I'm glad that we are together forever.

update on kyle

Here is the latest on Kyle from Kathi:
Just talked to Natalie. Cat scan partial results are in , there are some spots on Kyle's kidneys, liver and lungs. He seems to have good moments and then struggles with breathing and high fevers. The infectious disease Dr. will be in tomorrow to read all the results and then they will come up with an attack. This appears that it will be a long process. He can't leave the hospital until he has gone 24 hours without a fever and when he does leave he will have an IV port put in for antibotics to be administered by Natalie for 2-6 weeks depending how his body is doing getting rid of the bacteria.The big concern right now is keeping the correct medications in him so that the organs that are affected will not shut down. Please keep him in your prayers and we will keep everyone updated. Funny thing! Kyle told the nurse that he loves baseball and when she puts in an IV she only gets 3 strikes . She ended up not being able to get it in because of the amount of sweat his body is producing I am not sure who came up to bat next but he gives them a hard time if they don't get it the first time. I forgot to mention. The 4 cultures that came back today all tested positive for E coli so it is all through his blood system right now. Scary!