Camping again

The girls and I went camping this Saturday - Monday. We came home a day early, but left our trailer up there, because Travis is thinking about going back tonight for one night. It was a nice spot. Lots of pretty aspen trees. The kids had fun playing with Kim and Jared's kids and shooting pellet guns. Penny and Maynerd came to visit on Saturday night and Mike and Wendy came to visit on Sunday. It was nice to see them all. I hadn't seen most of them since Easter. The dogs had a lot of fun exploring. Puddin' loves to chase the chipmunks. We saw a lot of satellites and shooting stars. Our favorite thing to do at night while camping. We saw 26 the first night and 28 the second.

Here are the pictures.


Now, we are busy getting ready for our trip to Orlando in about a week and a half. Everyone is very excited! Travis can't wait for some time off. He hasn't had a day off since Father's Day, and we went to Provo shopping for flower girl dresses that day, so it wasn't very relaxing for him!

The World According to Madelynn

Decided to do this on Madelynn too. (Ava did this at preschool.)

The World According to Madelynn

1. How old is really old? 30 (great lol)

2. What are you thankful for? God

3. What did you learn in 1st grade? math, reading better, and more shapes.

4. Who is your favorite person? God

5. What is your favorite food? How do you make it? Spagetti, noodles and sauce and sometimes meatballs.

6. What is your favorite book? Green Eggs and Ham

7. If you could be an animal what would you be? horse

8. How do you get to your house from here? we are at home.

9. You love. . . my family

10. What does mom and dad do while are you are at school? Sit around and clean

11. What makes a good friend? sharing

When I grow up I want to be a person that takes care of homeless dogs. I am going to live in Price, UT in a house that is small with 2 stories. I will ride in an car all by myself. I will buy apples and black olive with my own money. I will eat cookies whenever I want to. I will be able to get a cookie without asking my mom. I can't wait to grow up because I want to stop being little.

The World According to Ava

1. How old is really old? 40

2. What are you thankful for? My dad giving me a necklace from Hawaii. (???)

3. What did you learn at preschool? A starts with apple.

4. Who is your favorite person? My dad

5. What is your favorite food? How do you make it? poptarts, we get them from the store.

6. What is your favorite book? Green Eggs and Ham

7. If you could be an animal what would you be? A tiger.

8. How do you get to your house from here? The same way as we go to get here

9. You love. . . my dogs

10. What does mom and dad do while are you are at school? They clean the backyard.

11. What makes a good friend? My sister got the telescope down.

When I grow up I want to be a pilot. I am going to live in Price, Utah in a house that is white with shooting stars. I will ride in an airplane all by myself. I will buy a dog and a cat with my own money. I will eat meat whenever I want to. I will be able to cross the street without asking my mom. I can't wait to grow up because I can drive.

Dance Recital Pictures

Here they are! They don't usually turn out, but we sat close enough this time that they did! Enjoy!

Dance pictures



Here's one video of Ava. The dance is to Simply Irrisistible. It takes a really long time to load them up.



This one is Madelynn dancing to Orange Moon.

We've been very busy!!

The girls and I left for Rapid City on the 22nd of May. We spent the night on the 21st in Rock Springs after the house auction (more on that later). We had a very good time visiting all of the family in Rapid City. There are a whole bunch of pictures here.

Click here for pictures!

The bad news is that our house did not sell. We have to give the people in the house 4 months to make restitution to keep the house, which I believe is a bunch of crap. :(

The girls had their big dance recital last night and they did great! I will load up pictures soon. I have video too, but I think they may be too big to upload here, so I am burning them to DVD for the family and I will mail it when I get the chance.