June Recap

Elly got her braces put on in the middle of June The close up look.

We went on our trip to Philly and had a lot of stops along the way. The first was Kirtland, Ohio to see the church sites and the temple.

We all put on out ponchos for the Maid of the Mist boat Ride. We loved getting wet!

Next stop Niagara Falls, NY. It was so beautiful!

Everyone walking into the Scred Grove-- It was so green and beautiful!

Here we are in the House where Joseph Smith saw the angel Moroni.

We stopped at the Hill Cumorah and the missionaries were even from Brigham City.

Braden and Peyton inside the Heart at the Science Center. It was so much fun!
Elly Flying at the science center
Down on the Boardwalk at Atlantic City.
Peyton playing in the sand.
The kids enjoying the waves!
Eating our Philly Cheese Steak at Genos.

First cab ride for the Boys.

The Betsy Ross House; it was very interesting to see and learn about her spot in history.

Photo Op with Betsy--yes Betsy as in Ross!

The Kids are Having such a great time can't you tell?! We did love meeting up with our neighbors.

The US Mint was a great break from the heat.

Yes, Bailee, here is the actual Liberty Bell. We had a lot of discussion about this.

On to Philly and here is Independence Hall.

The bus ride to NYC!

A quick walk in the Fashion District

The Boys LOVED nintendo World and found a lot of stuff they liked.

Wow is this really Radio City Music Hall!?!

We had to stop and see Iron Man in New York.

Too many treats at M & M world!

Lots of shopping and walking in Time Square!

Peyton's favorite thing from Toys R Us. The motorcycles that he has wanted Forever (quote by Peyton)

Bailee's New purse she bought on the street in NYC.

This is how dirty Braden's feet were after a day in NYC and he did wear shoes!?

The Family outside Hershey's Chocolate World.

On the way home we stopped in Hershey, PA and it was a highlight. Especially the 5 # candy Bar.

We had a great trip and saw a lot of friends at the NATA convention. It was fun to get away and see a new place we had never been to before. Now back to reality!!

A Memorable Memorial Day

Turkey Run cave on the hike. Memorial day hike at Turkey run pre-storm that left us stranded on the river in tubes. Rowen's quote of the day:"Are we to the finish line yet?"

We went to Indy for a soccer game for Elly and met skip and Bonnie and Page there. we had a fun weekend shopping, eating out, and sitting through HOT soccer games.

Sunday night games included Bocce ball and Ladder ball.

Elly and Her teacher Mrs. Minderman--She had such a fun year!

Braden with his teacher Mrs. Bogle--He had a great year in school.

Peyton and Mrs. Duncan-we lover her-she was the perfect teacher for Peyton.

Bailee and some friends after the 8th grade graduation from Honey Creek.

Bailee before the 8th grade graduation--so pretty!

Elly and Bailee with Haylee after the last soccer game! Sonic for Bailee and home for Elly.

Bailee and friends before the 2nd not rained out 8th grade dance.
Peyton by a picture he drew of his principal Mr Lotter who is retiring this year.
Elly, Morgan, Anna, and Emily after the 5th grade graduation.
Elly all dressed up for the 5th grade graduation--On to middle school.

Kentucky Trip

This week Elly's class took their big 5th grade field trip to Louisville, KY. We left the school on charter busses at 6 a.m. We headed straight to Churchill Downs to see where they hold the Kentucky Derby. We got a tour and saw some horses training. It is so interesting to see and learn about the stuff that goes into horse racing. The museum was very nice and had a lot of history. You could see the outfits people wear on race day and even learn how to place a wager.

Next we went on a river boat cruise to have lunch and they even had a DJ with lots of fun music, dancing and swearty kids.

The next stop was the Louisville slugger museum.

It was cool and I can't believe how much goes into one bat and that each Major leagur player has their own pattern used to make their bat.

Then we went home and stopped at Burger King on the way home. Making it home just before a big storm hit at 8:30.

We even saw a Bedazzled Limo!
Elly at bat at the Slugger Museum!
Biff was gone to Savannah, Georgia all week. He got home on Friday night just to find out the Father/ Son campout was rained out--Some disappointed boys! : ( But we did make a trip to the after hours clinic to have them check out Rowen's "owie". On Wednesday, he showed us a red boil on his left hip and it just oozed pus when I touched it. By Friday, it had green pus coming out and lots of blood. Anyway took him to the clinic-thinking possibly a staff infection and now await results but it looks a lot better and he is on Bactrum. P.S. the Dr. did not use universal precautions. So good luck to his next patient that may have a good staff infection or to us that may have who knows what from the last patient. We have to keep draining it so we bought some candy and Biff said every time you let us squeeze this you can have some candy. So Rowen says, "Dad if I let you squeeze by bum bum you give me candy?" Doesn't sound too good now does it!?!?

Bailee was all set for the big 8th grade dance-- we even spent the afternoon decorating for it and then the school district cancelled all after school activities because of weather. So they went out to dinner and to Bogey's instead. They still did each others hair.

Saturday was the mowing of our lawn or should I say bailing of our lawn because of all the rain it was so LONG! Ro had a T-ball game, Peyton had a baseball game and Elly had softball pictures, a soccer practice and a b-day party. The young women had a car wash and then a graduation party followed by a retirement dinner at ISU. We thought Saturday wouldn't be busy but it was. We came home and fell asleep watching Footloose--I love that movie. Elly and her team photo.

Ro in the Dugout!

Busy spring

I think we were trying to set a record on Saturday.We played 5 baseball games, 1 out of town soccer game, county tennis championship and three team pictures!! It was a great day! The boys were very wet after playing outside. After a beautiful morning; it rained all afternoon.

Rowen's team. He is on the front with the green wrist band (from Great Wolf Lodge--refuses to take it off)

Rowen loves T-ball mostly I think he loves being like the big kids!

Peyton on Picture day!

Bailee and her doubles partner Lydia played the most exciting tennis games we have seen all year! They made it to the championship round the score was 6-6 so they had to go into a tie breaker and then barely lost in the tie breaker. It was so sad yet an awesome game. We are so proud of them. Biff and Elly traveled past Indy to a soccer game and had a great time.

Peyton's class had their Spring Program. It was cute. They sang about a "Whopper" the whale. On Tuesday, I picked the kids up from school and a little girl came up to me and said, "Mrs. Williams, Peyton and I are boyfriend and girlfriend and it is serious." Oh lovely is all I could say. But I do know what I will say the next time that happens--can't wait!

Braden's class had a recorder concert and he did a great job! It was fun to hear them squeak and watch them dance!

To catch up:

on May 8th I ran the Indy 500 Mini-500 mini marathon (13.1 miles). It was a lot of fun and I am glad I did it. I just wanted to finish in under 2 hours and I did-- so it was great! We ran on a very cold and windy day and then sat through a super cold soccer game for Bailee in Zionsville.

On April 27- May 3 Rowen and I went to Utah. We flew to Vegas and Karolyn picked us up. We spent the night in St George. We had lunch with Erin on Wednesday and then left Ro with my dad and wnet to BYU for Womens conference. It was great! We had an awesome time. It was a great spritual boost. We also saw a lot of friends from college and high school. Karolyn and my mom got interviewed for BYU TV and then we got a photo shoot for mormon .org. It was hilarious! On the way home Friday night we went to Craigo's in Cedar City for a party for Erin. She competed in the Ironman the next day. It was so fun and super interesting to watch. It is amazing that people can do that. We had a great time cheering Erin on. On Sunday we had brunch and then went to the airport. Ro and I had a great time

Erin had a cute friend that made us all T-shirts for the race day!