Fish Lake

Last fall, Jeremy and I attended a charity auction for Jeremy's Dad's work where we won a "deluxe accommodation" stay at Fish Lake. Other than the "deluxe accommodations" being anything but "deluxe", we had a great time and made some great memories.  In addition to our stay at Fish Lake, we took one of the days and drove out to Capital Reef and did some sight seeing and hiking.

Jeremy and the boys checking out the hieroglyphics that were left by the Native Americans many years ago.

Some of the pictures that they were checking out.

Kayden picked up a cool walking stick at the souvenir shop.  He used it all day and was convinced his new walking stick made him stronger!

We had a picnic in the park.

We went for a hike in the narrow canyons.  It was hot!  The boys found all sorts of nooks and crannies to sit in.  Above, McKay is poking his head through a hole in the rock.

A cool place to take a break.

Josh on the trail with Kayden and I bringing up the rear.

Shade!  This is the part of the canyon where the two walls were the closest together.  There was quite an echo!

A McKay sized spot of shade.

When we got back to Fish Lake, we decided to rent a boat and take a ride out on the lake.  The pontoon boats were out of service, so we took a fishing boat.  It was a nice ssslllooowww ride.

McKay commented, "I can swim faster than this boat!"  None the less, we had a good time together.

Riding along enjoying the beauty of the lake.

Jaxon decided to take a dip in the lake.  Above he is thinking about it.....

...getting closer to jumping in.....

....he finally took the plunge!

It was quite the ordeal to get him back into that tiny fishing boat.  Jeremy had to give him a lift by the life jacket...

...then Jaxon could finally climb over the side (which included a nice face-plant).

Finally!  Back in the boat!

Josh had no desire to put more than just his feet in the water.

Kayden decided to get a little wet, but wanted to try to in in at the back of the boat.  It proved to be a little difficult.

So he moved to the front of the boat and eased himself into the water with McKay's help.

Other than the water being quite cold, he had a lot of fun!

He had an easier time than Jaxon getting himself back into the boat.

Wet--but back in the boat.

McKay just takin' it easy!

Dad's look-out.

Enjoying the water along with the view.

Back at the cabin, we played games at night and watched a little TV.  It was a fun, relaxing and memorable weekend at Fish Lake!

Girl's Camp 2014

Life got really busy starting this last March when I got called to work in the stake young women's.  It has been a hard calling to fulfill, but I have learned a lot and would never trade away the relationships that I have made and experiences I have had.  I had the honor and privilege to go up to Heber Valley Girl's Camp for stake girl's camp this year.

Just some of the beautiful young women that were up at camp.  We were able to hold morning sides, workshops, activities and evening programs that were amazing!

One evening program were where honored to have Sister Elaine S. Dalton come and speak to us.  She delivered a great message.  You can truly feel the love she has for the young women and the young women's program.

Even though it is a bit blurry, here I am with Sister Dalton and a bunch of women that I get to work with in the stake young women's.  I love these women!  (I took my old camera to camp with me and wish I would have taken my good camera!!)

McKay's Eagle Court of Honor

Watching McKay work on and receive his Eagle Scout Award was a true proud parent moment!  I am sure that I was glowing with pride when McKay received his eagle award.  It was a great ceremony.

We invited a live eagle to the court of honor.  It was neat to see the bald eagle and learn about it.  McKay got to pose for pictures with it!

McKay received his eagle along with four other boys.  It was a great night for our ward.  Above are all the Eagle recipients for that night.

McKay and the other scouts repeating the Eagle Pledge.

Receiving the Eagle Scout award.  I was honored to pin it on McKay.

Proud to receive the Mother's Pin.

Jeremy truly earned the Father's Pin.  Jeremy is also the scout master for our ward.

Super proud of McKay.

After the presentation of the award, McKay had to tell some memories of scouting.  One he shared was of last year's scout camp when they got caught in a ton of rain and hail.

McKay received this eagle statue from his Grandma and Grandpa Haacke.  I think McKay was proud too.


It was a great night.  We couldn't be prouder of McKay!

Dance Fever

This year's school dance festival did not disappoint!  I got to see three of my boys dance the morning away.  Kayden and the kindergarten got to dance first.  They danced to Michael Jackson's ABC, 123.

Kayden is in the middle in the blue shirt and sunglasses.

Kayden showing us his moves!

Kayden loved wearing his sunglasses.  He looked like one cool dude.

Josh danced with the third grade to a Gangum Style mix.  His class wore bright colors and so Josh dawned his team's bright green soccer shirt.

He had a good time dancing with his class.  Josh is in the middle.

More of Josh's moves down on the ground.

This year was Jaxon's last dance festival.  Hard to believe.  He and the sixth grade danced to an 80's medley that I--of course--enjoyed very much.  It took some convincing, but Jaxon wore a collared shirt so he could flip his collar up for the dance.

That is about as 80's and Jaxon could get.  He had fun performing in his last dance festival (even though he might try and tell you otherwise).

Rockin' to the music.

I love the dance festival.  It is fun tradition and a great way to wrap up and celebrate the school year.

Graduation Ceremonies

We celebrated two graduations this year.  Kayden graduated from kindergarten and Jaxon graduated from 6th grade.  Crazy how fast my kids are growing up!

Before Kayden's graduation, the kindergarten put on a cute program for the parents:

Kayden is middle in the brown plaid shirt.  He said to me, "Mom, I need to wear a button down shirt for my program!" 

Doing sign language to the song Beautiful World.

Josh's class didn't come to the school performance, so he asked me to check him out so that he could see Kayden's program.

After the program, we went back to his classroom for an official graduation ceremony.  Above, Kayden had just "graduated" and is showing off his diploma.

Kayden's PM Kindergarten class with Mrs. Calton.

Kayden loved his teacher this year.  He was sad to say good-bye.  She will not be returning next year because she is going to have a baby.

We were able to attend Jaxon's graduation a few days later after Kayden had graduated.  Right before Jaxon was going to receive his diploma, the battery in my camera died.  I was jumbling to get a fresh battery in my camera and sadly did not get any good pictures of him walking across the stage.

A blurry picture of him receiving his diploma.

A slightly better picture of him walking across the stage.

 

As he walked across the stage for graduation, the above baby picture of Jaxon flashed on a big screen.  He was such a cute cuddly baby.  He was my little teddy bear.

Jaxon post graduation sitting with his class--since I couldn't get a good picture of him during the actual graduation.

Jaxon with his teacher Mrs. Moedl.

Happy graduation!  Weird to think that my youngest is off to first grade and Jaxon will be attending seventh grade at the Jr. High with McKay (who will be a Freshman) next year!