This is a video of Alisa in her play. Its a little shaky because I was holding my little camera myself. I hope this works!

These are pictures of Alisa after her play. She played Andrea for the Play "Once on this Island"
It was really good and she did an awsome job of playing the rich snoty girl.
Almost too well, it was a little scary coming from my sweet girl. :)

Summer Daze

Summer is here and we are trying to keep the kids busy. So far its been a success but it is only the end of June and I'm running out of ideas. For July we are going camping at Hyce hot springs for our family reunion. Should be lots of fun. I hope to get some good pictures of the kids and my family. I just have to remember my camera. It would be even better if Gaylen could come with us. But he has to save his top time for his military duty. It kind of stincks.

End of July first of Aug. we get to visit boise and all of our friends there. We are very excited to see friends again. The kids are making all kinds of plans. I hope they have a lot of fun!

The couple of weeks before Easter, I kept really busy trying too get dresses sewn for the two little girls and trying to shop for everyone else. I had a time trying to figure out the dresses I was making, but after much strugle and picking out a lot of seems, I finally got them done. I don't know how late I stayed up those last couple of nights, but I finished my mission!

I know the date is wrong but I promise it was taken on Easter.

These are some of the views as Gaylen and I went for walk up the street from our house. There is a trail up the mountain and the veiw is amazing! The beauty we have been blessed with makes me so happy! When I am having a bad day and get down on myself I look at the beauty of the world and thank my Father in Heaven for all he has given me!

Katherine turned 11. My birthday was in the middle of April. We have been partying all month. :)

I haven't been keeping up on my blog very well, I've been taking up my time on facebook. It's fun check it out.

Alisa turned 16 last month. She's gotten her permit and has to bank up 30-60 hours of driving and take drivers ed. to get full license. I've been trying not to stress out too much when she is behind to wheel. Its kind of funny Gaylen is worse about that than me.