Swim Team and Lessons

Laura was our only one to do Swim Team this year - but it made them shorter :)!  It was so fun to watch her swim!

Getting ready for her first race.....

Freestyle

2nd Place!!!!!

Take your mark....

Breaststroke - love this picture.

Talin was our only one in Swim Lessons this year - yeah!  And, he's a swimmer!!!

Talin - floating....

Wish I had more pictures - he took off this year and is officially a swimmer!

Cabin

While Erin and Ethan were at EFY, I took the younger four up to the cabin for the week.  It was "cooler" and fun to just relax and hang out in the trees.

Chillin' - They must be trying to get me to do something....

Jamie....well......being Jamie!

Kelcie

Since we couldn't actually have a fire and roast marshmallows, Laura  used her imagination :)

EFY

Erin and Ethan went to EFY this year up in Flagstaff!  We've never done this before and neither Lafe or I went when we were kids.  I drove up to drop them off and I totally wanted to stay - it looked SO FUN!!!  I think they had a great time and made some good friends.  And, it was fun for me to see them be on their own for a week and have an AWESOME time!!!

Ethan's Group - well, him with the girls :)  His group was lucky to escort 2 girls' groups!

Erin's Group

Ethan is 15!!!

Yes, he's 15 now........wishing he was 16!  He keeps asking us to take him driving, and planning dates for the future :)

New watch! 

CAMERA!!!!!

See how happy he is!  

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Ethan!!!!!!!  You are so much fun and such a great teenager!!!  (Stay that way, ok?)

Painting

While Lafe and Ethan were away at Scout Camp.......the rest of us had some fun.  We (I) decided to organize and paint Lafe's office at home since we've been here 3 years and it's been unusable except for a storage room - I was done!

 

 He wanted a red wall - he got it!!!  I went searching for curtains first, so that I could match them with the paint before committing - and then I finally got brave and picked a color!  Red is hard!  But, he loved it and it is MUCH more functional now!  AND, he actually uses it as an office!  go figure....

Kelcie's Baptism

 Today was Kelcie's Baptism!  It was simple and simply beautiful...

The girls practicing the musical number before.  Kelcie sang the first verse of "I Like to Look for Rainbows...." and then the girls joined her on the second verse with a little harmony.

Classic picture in the foyer.  Kelcie and her dad.

Our Family - some of those kids are a LOT taller than the last baptism!!!

Kelcie with Mom and Dad

Ready for the Baptism...