ADVENTURE DOME!

Demarie riding a train roller coaster

The girls started looking a little green after this ride!

The Carousel was our favorite!

Preslyn watching mommy and Demarie on the bumper cars

Being a teacher does have a few perks! Aaron got four free tickets to the AdventureDome at Circus Circus so we took the kids in June to check it out. We had a great time! There were a few rides that we could all go on and Aaron even tricked Demarie in to riding the really big roller coaster. She was shaking when she got off, but I sure was proud of her! I love the faces of the kids in this video!

KSHP Radio Shopping Show Vacation!

Bounce U: Entire family $3

Hacienda Hotel: $14

Bootleg Canyon flightlines: $45

Coast Casino Bowling (no picture available): entire family $3

Family Memories: Priceless

My friend, Tammy Jolley, told me about KSHP AM 1400 Radio Shopping Show and I have been hooked ever since! Businesses that want free advertising offer special deals on the show and not only that, but during their call-in sessions, the radio host often offers even better savings during that session! Anyways, we called this our Radio Shopping Show vacation because I had a certificate from the Show for everything that we did. We started our vacation at Bounce U in Henderson. The kids had a great time with all the bouncy houses and slides, and as you can see by the video, Aaron had a great time too! Then, we stayed at the Hacienda Hotel by Boulder Dam where we went swimming and let the kids stay up late watching movies. Aaron even talked the front desk people into popping us some popcorn! The next morning, Aaron did a flight line through the canyon while I took the kids to an antique store and a park. On the way home, we went bowling (I won!) and then ate at Lucina's Mexican Cocina. Aaron makes fun of me for listening to AM 1400 so much, but thanks to me, we were able to have a cheap, memorable vacation! (I do have to say that I have cut back my listening recently. I decided that maybe I DO listen too much when we were climbing in the car and Preslyn says, "221-SAVE, 221-SAVE Next caller please!")

Popscicles and Smiles!

What is better than popscicles and happy, smiley kids?

I love summer time!

We've Finally Converted... To Desertism!

OUR HOUSE BEFORE...

AND AFTER...

Yes, we finally converted to DESERT LANDSCAPE! Our front yard has been driving us absolutely crazy! The best part of it was chopping down the huge, messy, ugly pine tree! The plants have matured and flowered more since these pictures were taken. We love the change!!!

Bean Juice

We have a video of Demarie when she was Preslyn's age, sitting in the same chair, drinking bean juice too. I've spent all day looking through my files on my computer so I could post it too, but I can't find it anywhere! It makes this video even more funny!

A year flown by.... First grade, here she comes!

Demarie and her teacher, Ms. Keiling on the first day of school!
Demarie and her teacher on the last day of school!

My baby has graduated from kindergarten! Yes, I did get teary on the first day and I got teary on the last! This school year has just flown by! I can't believe how much Demarie has grown during this year. She has loved every minute of Kindergarten and worships her teacher, Ms. Keiling. One of her favorite things to do is play school and she is the teacher and Preslyn is her student (and Preslyn has learned so much from her teacher!). Demarie tells me that she wants to be a teacher someday like Ms Keiling and an artist if she can have two jobs. Demarie has made lots of friends and wonderful memories. Every day, her backpack is full of notes and stapled packets that she has made for her friends to pass out at school. She would even make notes for the kids in the a.m. class as well! She has become a wonderful reader and problem solver. Last week, she asked the librarian where she could find a book about Sacajawea. I am so proud of her and look forward to many more graduations in her future!

Visit from the Randalls

Jordan, Kenzie, Preslyn, Demarie, Tyler, Darren (Broyden was napping)
Preslyn and Kenzie had so much fun together. Preslyn kept calling Kenzie, "Emily," and Kenzie kept calling Preslyn, "That little girl."

Demarie was in heaven playing with Tyler and Darren. She was so sad when they had to leave!


Broyden and Jordan enjoyed beating up on each other!


In May, we were so excited to have Julie and Ben Randall visit us on their way to California. Julie is Aaron's sister and our kids are close in age. Even though they live in Utah, our kids sure love it when we see them. They are moving to Iowa for residency and we are so excited for them, but so sad for us. We're going to miss them so much!