family double date

we did a family double date yesterday and it was so much fun.. we went with this family from our ward.. we went shooting which the kids and the big kids enjoyed.. we then had a yummy bbq and then we decided to let our boys have a sleep over.. i dont think they slept much but they had fun playing lots of video games and watching tv.. the big kids played games till 1 am.. omg i am too old to that that.. anyway it was a super fun evening and were def gonna do it again..A-  its nice to have some friends..

summer so far

our summer so far has been  a little crazy.. carter and wyatt have been doing tennis everyday this month and tomorrow is there last day.. (amen)...they are having a pizza and swim party to celebrate..cameron has been doing soccer.. twice a week so not to bad. his game last week he scored both goal.. oh ya..the kids have also been playing with friends and playing in the pool that we bought them..( hopefully it suvives all summer..)..we also have been doing the summer reading program plus scouts.. not to mention my color guard responsilites..plus my parnets cherry tree starting to turn so it was picking on monday and we had a fabulous cherry crsip..so i quess yeah we are insane but atleast we are mostly having fun..A-

lots of family and a week of insanity

so after the dawson reuion and all its unpacking i had a few days to chill with the kids..then me and a few friends had a crazy idea and had a yard sale..yep i know im nuts.. so for a friday and sat we did the thing.. i got rid of a bunch of stuff and made a little cash..not to bad...well then after that i was with the snake river marching band for the week.. i convinced my sister tiff to come and watch my kids during the day so they could go to tennis and i could go to marching band..yep i was one of those kids..the kids out in snake river did really well.. they are still a really new band but they all caught on really well..by the end of the week i had  7 girls for the color quard.. i am super pyshed about it..after all that i played hard with my sisters..one of which is moving to iowa in a few weeks..then on sunday the dawsons got together and celebrated rays birthday.. he would have been 69 this year..we miss him but we go on..it was fun visiting with everyone and eating a ton..well thats what has been going on in my life..hopefully this summer wont be too crazy..we shall see..A-

dawson reunion

the annual dawson reuion was over memorial weekend...we had an awesome time even though about 1/2 of us were missing...so sad...we had a movie night and lots of junk friday night..sat was game show day and thayne, derek, mary and kiama did such a good job.. we played the price is right, minute to win it and this funny game too..everyone was divided into groups, given a basket of things and had to come up with a skit and a song in 30 minutes..so frickin funny.. sunday we got snowed in so it was our own testimony meeting and then a pinterest day..tons of fun activites and crafts.. we had the couples dinner and a slide show..monday it was the auction were we got a handime down ipod..thanks taylor and a few other things..all in all it was a super time and next year its mine and my sister in law amy's time to take over..hopefully we can pull it off..ill let u know next year..A-