Miss Syracuse

Last Saturday was the Miss Syracuse Pageant. I was able to be on the committee again this year (this was my third year), and help get everything ready. My good friend Marla agreed to be the Director this year, so I ended up be a little more invovled during the whole process. After many hours of planning and preparing, we were very happy with the final show. I hope I can talk Chad into letting me help again next year... :)!

Trace is 3! Friends Party

REALLY?? RAIN AGAIN!! Kind of makes me want to stomp my feet and throw a fit! But instead I put on my happy face and switched plans for another inside BUG party. We had a hard time deciding who to invite, so we ended up with a party of 11! All of the kids did so good, and I'm pretty sure everyone had a great time. Trace shares a Birthday with his friend Luci, so we were lucky enough to combine them this year! I'm glad to have this over with, but we had a great time!

Trace, Lexi, Sydney, Mason, Carson, Sam, Preslie, Porter,

Boston, Mayci, and Luci

Trace is 3! Family Party

HaPPy BirTHdAy to YOu... HaPpY BiRThdAy to YoU... HaPpY BIrThDay DeAR TraCE, HaPPY BiRtHDaY To YoU!!

Here is our "PicNic"... Ended up being inside, due to rain!

For the record: I know these bug cakes are falling... Let's just not talk about it :)


The Pinata

Bug Matching Game

Caterpillar Crawl

Trace: "Thanks for coming to my party"

How in the world are we suppose to have BUG BLAST inside?? Hopefully there aren't any bugs to find in the house! But as Mother Nature would have it... this year our bug blast has to be inside. We made due... Everything was fun, and Trace loved being the center of attention!

St George Extravaganza 2009!

Our neighborhood friends started a new tradition this year... ST GEORGE EXTRAVAGANZA. We had such a great time with all of them. We really hope it becomes a yearly tradition. The weekend was planned from sun up to sun down. The agenda went like this.

Friday: Boys play GOLF at Green Springs.
Meet at Pool after lunch to swim.
Meet at Ivins Park for the Whisperwood Reunion with dinner.
Girls midnight 5K race.

Saturday: Girls meet at spa. Then lunch and shopping.
Meet at Pool after lunch to swim.
Meet at Park with dinner for our fiesta.
Head to Fiesta Fun Center.
Boys play tennis.

We stayed on schedule for the most part... The kids never wanted to leave the pool... so it ended up being rush from swimming, home to change, and then straight to the park! Everything was so much fun.

The Families Involved:

Miles, Calls, Darts, Davis', Sandalls, Scotts, Markers, and Us.

Day 1

Playing in the Pool

Whisperwood Reunion... Complete with the water balloon toss.

5K

Day 2
Lunch with the Girls at 25Main.

More Fun in the Pool

Fiesta Party

(We had so much fun we didn't even make it over to Fiesta Fun Center!)

Day 3

Playing at the pool for the last time!

And as you can see... Playing was rough on the kids!! We sure love St George.

And just a random picture of my Roc star.

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Porter has been begging to have a "lemonade" stand, so today was the day. We went to the store bought some Koolade, and some otter pops, and set up shop. Porter and Trace had a blast pouring drinks for their friends. They had lots of customers, and everyone asked them if they would be out again tomorrow. One kid bought 20 otter pops from them!

Happy Birthday Dusty and Shayne

Yesterday we celebrated Dusty's and Shayne's Birthday's at the park. We had lots of fun playing baseball, tennis, playing on the big toy, eating, and being with family. I love hanging out with them! Happy Birthday to my two older bro's!