Idaho State

Jaycee had a state report due this year---and she was able to get the state of Idaho. She was really excited since her dad was born there, and both sets of Grandparents were born and raised there. The day it was due came WAAAAY too quickly. Jaycee and I spent about 10 hours making her poster, and many many more hours writing a written report, and working on her oral presentation. We were both relieved it was done. The parents were invited to the school to see all the boards. They did a great job!

Some of the Debate team that went to Regionals. Shawnee has enjoyed going to some debates and learning more about arguing :) She went to her first tournament earlier this year and won 1st place in Public Forum.

Sweetheart's Ball

Sweetheart's Ball is a girl-ask-guy dance---so Shawnee asked Devon from her school to go. She asked him by cutting out shapes of cards...like the heart, the spade, etc with her name and phone number on it and giving it to him with a poem. I got a call one night asking if I could get Shawnee out of the house for 5 minutes. This is what he set up in her room in response.


Shawnee and her friends Karissa and Jamie planned out a day date. They came to our house and played the Wii with rock band. Later, they had ice cream games. They sculpted something out of the ice cream by drawing an object out of a hat. Then---they had their dates lay on the floor and try to catch the scoop of ice cream with a cone in their mouths.



Then they swapped...and the guys got a chance to drop ice cream on them. Good thing they had plastic bags on to save their clothes and the floor.



They got ready for the dance and dressed up in their best.


Jamie, Brandon, Shawnee, Devon, Karissa, Brayden


This was the "silly" picture


Shawnee and Devon

She had tons of fun at the dance and on her date.

Split Brow

One day while talking to the kids....I realized that BOTH Devin and Kaylee had this split eyebrow thing....although it's on opposite brows. It was so funny---I had to make them sit still while I took a picture. Wonder where that comes from?

Bubble Girls

Jaycee invited Bailey and Kennedy to sleep over. Kennedy said she wanted to come because she liked it when Uncle Garrin tickled her. They have this tradition of wearing their swimsuits in the tub (for modesty????) and putting bubbles in. They have a great time. Matter of fact---they had such a great time that we had to repeat the bubble bath on Saturday morning.


Bailey, Kennedy, and Jaycee



Kennedy and her "merry hat"


Bailey and Jaycee




They spent quite awhile building a fort upstairs for them to sleep in. This picture above is how they all thought they'd sleep. I talked Kennedy into laying down instead of sitting up, and she fell right asleep at 9 when I turned out the lights. Bailey and Jaycee, however, stayed up longer. I finally told them at 10:40 that they better SLEEP or they'd be separated. It worked.


Their fort in the family room


Kennedy's final sleeping spot.

Chipmunks singing Popcorn Popping

What happens when you get 15 balloons leftover from Kaylee's surprise birthday party...AND...4 kids that want to have fun? (hope they aren't brain dead from all the helium!)

Visitors!

Mark and Akeey came to see us. We hadn't seen their cute new baby Tristen so it was fun to see him. The girls carried him all over. Leilani sure is cute--she is talking a lot. You ask her to do a hula..and she does...especially if you turn on the music. She has the knees right and everything..so cute.

Tristen and Jaycee

Kaylee and Leilani

Tristen, Shawnee, Kaylee

Happy 15th Birthday Kaylee!!!

This is the beautiful birthday girl! What happens in UT on the 15th birthday? Driver's license time!!! Yikes! Fortunately I was off work on her birthday, as she wanted to get her license. This is really a looooong process since UT just made it harder to renew. The lines are long and people are grouchy!!! We made it in and out in about 3 hours. Whew.


Here she is....she passed the written test and can now practise on the streets of UT! Watch out!



It's official!



Shawnee



Kaylee

Family Turkey Project

Everytime I've had a child in Mr. Madruga's 5th grade class (3 times now), we've had a project to decorate a huge paper turkey. We usually do it for Family Night. This is the one we helped Jaycee with. They are ALWAYS crazier than crazy---but lots of fun as all 6 of us HAVE to participate in some way. What a weird looking turkey!!!

Coby's Farewell

We went up to Coby's Farewell in Logan today. He is going to the California San Fernando Valley Spanish speaking. Lots of family came. These are most of the 19-20 yr old cousins from the Ellis side of the family---what a great group! We are proud of Coby and his great decision!

Coby, Devin, Brennan, Tary and Mindi in front


The boys: Devin, Coby, Brennan