Softball

Madison played coach pitch softball this year. She wasn't sure if she wanted to play when she first signed up, but when Tom agreed to be her coach there was no looking back. They had a great team. All of the girls were in 1st and 2nd grade(7 and 8) there were a lot of smiles and a few tear along the way. The bottom pictures is one of Madison catching. She was nervous about catching, but she finally decided to do it, and decided that it was pretty fun. She learned a lot and still wants to play catch with her dad every day!

Ear aches!

We were lucky enough to have two kids with ear aches just a day apart, well..I guess lucky isn't the best word to describe it. It was weird because Emma wasn't even sick. She didn't have a fever or complain that her ear hurt, but she could not hear us. When we would stand behind her and say her name, or clap or yell, she wouldn't even move. It freaked me out, like she was loosing her hearing or something, but sure enough it was a lovely ear infection. The Dr. was supprised that her ear drum didn't burst or something, so one shot, and 2 weeks later she can hear again, now it is just getting her to listen that is the trick!
The next night C.J. was up all night with a fever and complaining that his ear hurt, so the next day we were at the Dr.s office again with an ear infection and a gain one shot later and he was feeling great! What are the chances of this happening when ear infections are not contagious?

Primary Party

C.J. saying "I'm freezing" what a cheesy grin
Emma posing with her towel
Madison and Josie sliding on the tarp!

We had a ward primary party at the Lions Park. The kids had a great time, and the weather even cooperated. The wind quit as the party was starting and the clouds rolled in just as it was ending. The kids were able to play water volley ball with water balloons, water gun fights, and slide on a huge wet tarp. They topped it all off with ice cream cones!

Sand Dunes

We went to the Mussuntuchut(sp) Sand Dunes. I had never been there before. You get there by going up Salina Canyon (I think) past Gooseberry a ways than on this road that winds around for a while and there are a lot of black rocks on the ground, (now aren't those some good directions?! I wasn't driving, so I am not really sure how we got there). So it is crazy there is just this huge sand hill in the middle of all these rocks. The sand was amazingly soft and fine. When you moved it it was like if was flowing like water, it was so awesome. The kids loved it, and we took the 4-wheeler to ride around, and Tom got pretty daring making a loop on the hill and then trying to go higher each time.

Madison was pretty brave to jump over a hole into Tom's arms. The hills were great to run and jump down because they were so steep. The hiking up part wasn't as much fun but once we were on top it was pretty cool!

More Pic's from Madison's Birthday!

Madison had a great 7th birthday, thanks to all of her family and friends, here are just a few pictures from that Day! The one thing that she really wanted was a Webkins, she got 2 of them. A frog that she named Rose and a puppy named Rosy. If you don't know what Webkins are, apparently they are all the rage in the 1st grade!, it is a stuffed animal that comes with a code that you enter in online and then you have a virtual pet that you can take care of. You have to play games to earn money to buy things for your pet such as food, clothing, a house and so on. Who ever invented this has a very popular website, because now Madison is playing on it everyday, she takes it very seriously telling me "I have to play so that I can feed my animals" what kind of parent would I be to tell her no? So after her jobs and school work are finished she has 20 minutes on the computer, Hopefully it will teach her some responsibility in the process.
Grandma and Grandpa Bogh came to visit on her birthday and gave her lot of art activity book and paper, which are perfect for her since she wants to be an artist when she grows up! Thanks Grandma and Grandpa.
She also got a guitar we aren't really sure how to tune it or anything, but she loves to try and play it. I think Tom or I are going to have to learn how to play it so that we can teach her!