Our special visitors....

My best friend Shelley who lives in Utah was visiting her sister Holly who lives in Tennessee and she (being the great friend that she always has been) drove 4 hours to spend about 4 hours with us and then drove 4 hours back to TN. Is that so nice or what? It meant so much for me to have her here in my house so she can see where I live and a little more of what my life is like here in Kentucky. I didn't want to let her leave, but what a great day it was. I'm keeping the hope alive that someday we'll be neighbors.

Our kids had a blast together. It was so fun to see our kids playing together. Wish we could do this all the time!

Enjoying some popsicles!

And playing in the mud! Look at Gardner!! This kid is awesome!

Thanks again for the great visit Shell....can't wait till the next one!

Memorial Day weekend in Michigan....

Memorial Day weekend in Michigan with the Moffitts! We always have fun going to see them! This trip was great...it was just what we needed to get away and have a change of pace and scenery for a few days. Here are some of the highlights...

Pony rides for the girls...

Climbing the rock wall for Cameron (he did awesome!)....

Checking out the car show (a trip to Michigan is not complete

without some sort of car show)....

Taking a really sweet 1971 Stingray for a spin...

And roasting some mallows for some yummy Smores with

Uncle Mike...

Thanks Moffitts for a fun weekend! We love spending time with you all (wish you were there Caitlin!)

Cub Scout Kid....

Cameron earned his Wolf Award for Cub Scouts in May. He's doing great with Scouts. He also earned 3 arrows, and 3 belt loops. Scouting is awesome.

Busy little Budzo....

Here is our 14 month old Budzo! All
he wants to do is walk everywhere
and be outside! He loves it!

Kelsey's store...

We found the perfect place for Kelsey
to shop....the "Red Head" store. (Too
bad it sells camping and hunting stuff...)

End of 2nd Grade!

I went to a "Writing Lunch" with Cameron yesterday to read
all the stuff he's been writing this year. He's had a great year.


Here are pictures of Cameron with his teacher, Mrs. Cantrell and a
picture with his Mom and sis, and a picture with all the kids in his class

that are LDS (except one boy who just really wanted to be in the picture :)
For being outside of Utah....6 LDS kids in his class is pretty awesome!!

Only 5 more days till summer break! We are ready for it!

Kelsey turns 6!

A bit behind in posting pics from Kelsey's 6th Birthday in April!
She is 6! Can't believe it...even though she acts like a 16 year old most of the time.
She is such a funny kid. It was a fun birthday for her. We went to her school to have lunch with her which is always fun. All the girls in her class were trying to be the one who got to sit next to her at the lunch table which was cute.That night I got to take her to the bookstore to pick out some books which is what she wanted for her present. A few days later, we had a "FLIP-FLOP" Party with her friends. All the girls came in their flip flops, we painted our toes, played games, hit a flip-flop pinata, and had flip-flop cake! It turned out to be a really fun party. She was happy with all the fun flip flop party favors we got for the party to give to her friends.

Kelsey is one special girl. I've been trying to "appreciate" her strong,funny,bold personality more lately and I've been writing down some of the things she says to us lately because she really does come up with some funny things with very creative words.
Here are some of my favorites:
"My cup is full of dainty milk and here is some ketchup for the dainty one herself."(at the dinner table)
"You scoundrel!" (to Cameron)
"Bornadash!" (a word she made up to mean darn it)
"I'm so cute I could knock down a building....of rocks!"
"You're wasting energy sire." (to Cameron when he left the fridge open)
"You're banished to the isle of Plomplo!" (again to Cameron)

"I wish I were a rabbit so then maybe I'd like to eat these carrots." (at dinner)

Here is a conversation between Cam and Kels:
Kelsey to Cameron (who is playing a Star Wars Game on the computer where you blast down spaceships or something): "Cameron, you're playing that game so much that you're going to marry it."
Cameron: "No I'm not."
Kelsey: "Yes you are. You're going to stand up to propose and say, "Will you marry me?" and then it will blast you in the face."

Not to mention when she boldly told our neighbor that he should stop smoking because it's gross and it will turn his lungs black and that he needs to keep his dog from pooping in our yard. She's right! I was actually kind of proud of her for saying it...we just need to work on her "tone" and thankfully our neighbor is really nice and loves her spunk.
Sure love that girl!


Eating flip-flop cake at her party!


Kelsey with her new pink scooter and shopping with Grandma for a new birthday outfit (the girl loves to shop!)

Lunch at the Elementary School

Kelsey in her "Derby Hat"---she made it at school during "Derby Week" here in Kentucky (it's kind of a big deal here--ok a huge deal)