Tommy's gettin' another year older

My bohunk!

Dessert!!!!

S'mores kits the boys made.

"THE" enchiladas

We had our first birthday party at our house on Wednesday. Our home is such a work in progress that we haven't been able to have anyone over. Now that the weather is nice, we set up a couple tables out under the deck for shade and chairs EVERYWHERE. We had 24 people here to celebrate. It was fun...a little Chris Ledoux playin' smores for the kids, and most importantly...ENCHILADAS. Tom has had these ever since he can remember. It takes his mom all day to make them. My mom made some pico de gallo, Sixta made some hot salsa, and we had a taco bar to fill in for those that can't take the heat! Finished off with lemon cake, angel food cake, strawberries, rice crispy treats, italian sodas....UGH! We were stuffed!!!!

Pioneer Day

Our ward actually had its own Pioneer Day celebration. It was organized by all the auxilaries, so it had a ton of people involved. Tom brought his old saws and some logs for a lil' competition with the elders:) Three legged races, sack races, tug-o-war, baking competitions (I did NOT enter this...just finished a wedding cake earlier in the day...NO MORE BAKING!), good food (Mom's fried chicken and potato salad), horseshoes, cowchip tossing (tee hee hee)...what a beautiful day for it!

CUB Scouts

So, now I have 2 boys that go to day camp....that means 2 days spent at the camp with a bunch of rowdy boys! Whew! Those were LONG days. At least it wasn't hot this year. This park has NO shade and it gets swelterin' if the sun comes out. This was Scott's first year, so it was really fun watching him get to do all the "boy" stuff. He even got 21 bullseye beads! Not that he gets any practice at home or anything:) Michael loved what they made in woodworking: a bench, a parascope, a canon, ....really great stuff this year. Same ol' lady was running the cooking booth, though. She's been there since my brothers were cubs. Grumpy as ever...good thing the kids were oblivious.

Webelos Camp

Michael got to go to Scout camp this week. It was really nicely organized for once. It wasn't too bad volunteering :) Michael has some really nice friends and has loved all the woodworking and archery:) He said they even gutted fish. Uh, a tad bit too outdoorsy for me. bleh. Can't wait to have my boy back home, though.

All Stars is OVER

Boy, it has been a long 4 months of baseball. This was Dallin's last year of little league, so it was fun to watch him play at the top of his game. He did a great job...even gave me a home run for good memories:) I think this sport has taught Dallin some great things that will help him in life. He has had to come out of his shell and talk to others...not very often, but enough. He was nicknamed Caveman:) He reached out with his bare hand to catch a linedrive and then spun around to make a double play at 2nd. He said he didn't have time to use his mitt?! His coach said, "uh, okay Caveman!" and it stuck:) Dallin has also had to have patience and learn new things that were hard to master.

Michael, my All Star

Michael played 1st base when he wasn't pitching. Nice job! No errors on 1st!

He was 2 for 2 in his last game.

What a fun way to end a painful baseball season. It was really tough for Michael this year. He was drafted up into the majors with 11 and 12 year-olds. Needless to say, it was very difficult with a HUGE learning curve. I told him to just hang on and stick through it, but I could tell, it took all he had. He was so surprised to learn that he made All Stars. It was great to play with 10 year-olds! ...Kids his own age don't pitch so darn fast. He did great and really shined. It was a great payoff for all his hard work during regular season.