Karder

Karder is such a little character. He is much more serious than Jarrit. He is full of personality. He takes little tiny cat naps all day and sleeps all through the night. If you can't tell these little boys have stolen my heart!

Jarrit

Jarrit sound asleep. He is getting so big. He loves to smile. And he loves the word "goodmorning". He gets so excited when he hears that word. He is very fascinated in Ashley's cell phone. So she calls me every morning and puts it on speaker phone. I say "goodmorning babies!" He gets so excited. He starts smiling, gooing and kicking his legs.

Kent's Graduation announcement

Friday May 22, 2009 at 7:00 New Plymouth High School

Braxtons first baseball game of the season

Braxton is playing for a competitive league in Fruitland. His team is called the Fruitland Cubs. He had his first game in Homedale Tuesday night. He has a game tonight and another one on Friday. Baseball season has officially started for our family. Tristan and Tanner will also be playing baseball. Cassandra will be playing in basketball tournaments all summer. She will be playing on an A4 team. We will have lots of fun this spring and summer!

Cassandra's track meet

Cassandra had a track meet in New Plymouth yesterday. She is running hurdles, 4x4 medley and long jump. Cassandra is 5 foot 8 inches tall now. She has long legs and is very fast. She loves track.

Cassandra is running the 4x4 medley in track.

Branden Mull

Today Branden Mull came to New Plymouth Middle School. Branden Mull is the author of Fablehaven and Candy Shop Wars. I had the opportunity to go to the school and listen to his presentation. He talked to the kids about the importance of reading every day. And how much it builds our imagination when we do this. He talked to them about how he used his imagination to create his books. He said that some of his ideas came from real life experiences he had as a child.
Last night we were all sitting on the couch talking about the upcoming assembly and Brandens books. I ordered a couple of his books, so the kids were arguing over who would get to read them first. I informed them that Mom gets to read Fablehaven first and they could decide who reads Candy Shop Wars and then we would trade. I thought it was fun that my children were excited to read a book. I know that I am very excited to read both of these books.