Our baby boy graduated from preschool (Finally!) Ben has been going to preschool for years and i finally decided that he was ready to move on to kindergarten. What am I going to do with out my guy?! He has a summer birthday so I decided that I wanted him to be the oldest in the class rather than the youngest (I say "I" because Kev was not sure how he felt about this, but he trusted in me and supported me.) This is one of the best decisions I have made, while he would have been fine last year in kindergarten by holding him back he will now be the leader, which could be a scary thing for his teachers. We have had some awesome times together and there have been times that we won't talk about, all in all it has been great and I am going to miss him. He is my little helper!We had a great group of kids this year, seven boys and two girls, yep they kept me on my toes but I loved it!

All of the students did so well on the program. I have to admit that I was quit nervous for the presentation because the practices could be so crazy. They pulled it off and I was so proud of them.

See those binders, one day they will be the death of me. I have to thank my mom because she does a great deal of the work with these binders and makes it less time consuming for me. If I would just be, maybe, a little more organized I wouldn't be up till the wee hours of the morning putting them together. I love to give these to the students, I have fun looking over their work and seeing how they have progressed from the begging of the year to the end.

Well it just wouldn't be right if Miss Maggie wasn't there in all her glory!

It was a real treat to have Grandma from Beaver come and share in the celebration of Ben's graduation. It made him feel so special, thank Grandma!

This year I decided that it was only fair (for both of us) to have Ben go to another preschool as well as mine. I was able to get him into the public school preschool and he had a great year with a great teacher, Mrs. Penni.

We didn't realize how formal this graduation was. There were many kids decked out in their traditional Navajo ceremony gear and here was Ben in shorts and a t-shirt, granted they were nice shorts and shirt. He didn't care he was just happy to be there.

Here's his class preforming their song. This was emotional for me, it finally hit me, here that my baby boy was going to kindergarten. Seriously where does the time go?!!!

Sitting with Mrs. Penni to receive his award.

Yep that's my boy, "Citizen of the Year"!!! Mrs. Penni said that he was the kindest most giving student she had. He truly is, even when he was 2 years old his nursery teachers said the same thing. He likes to give us a run for our money but he is a gem and we feel blessed to have him in our home!

Cub Scouts Mac is having a great time in scouts. I have enjoyed being the cub master and getting to learn the scouting program. Our last pack meeting Mac advanced from a Wolve to a Bear (Well, he will when he turns 9, but he has all the requirements already!) I love seeing Mac learn and grow in ways that are pleasing to our Heavenly Father. He is such a good little guy that loves everyone and is as tender hearted as they come.

Baseball/T-ball season I have been really bad with pictures lately and am sad to say that these are about the only pictures I have of the boys playing ball. But they do show off how good looking they look in their uniforms. They had great seasons it was fun to watch them enjoy Americas favorite past time.

Ben was thrilled to finally be able to play after years of watching Mac play. He was that little boy on the field that was always jumping around or talking to the other team, but he had fun and that's what counts.

Abi had a great year this year. She took part in almost every sport that was offered. I do believe that she was a bit burned out by the end of the year, but she enjoyed it while she was taking part. Track is the one sport that she grew to love more and more and the season progressed. She does not like to run, it's the jumping events she loved. She loved the high jump and did really well. I have to say I really enjoyed watching her!

The highest jump she made was 3' 11''!

She also had a great Basketball season. I am sad to say that I don't have any picture from school ball (I know mother of the year award goes to me!!) but she played city league as well. Kev was her coach this year. He has braved being her coach for three (Track and Volleyball as well) sports this year, can't say it will happen again!

Track meet fun! We love the yearly Lake View Elementary track meet. This year Mac ran in a relay race and did the high jump this year. He did a great job!

This year we were able to spend Mothers Day in Beaver. It has been years since we have been able to do this and it was wonderful. We started off with family pictures in Cedar where we were able to spend a little time with Grandma Williams. Then we headed to Greenville for a pizza/fire pit party. We had a glorious time, there is nothing better then being with family surrounded in the beauty of Greenville. Love it!!

Don't we have such handsome boys in our family?

And beautiful girls. Wait one's missin,g where could she be?!

Oh there she is with the dog. She loves "woof, woofs"

Marshmallow time!

Mmmmmm Good stuff!

Yep that's our Ben, eating is a serious thing and requires you to get it every where to truly enjoy it!

Love this picture. It has been a few years that the tea set has been used properly. Abi and Danielle were the last two girls and they are 12 and 13! Maggie had the time of her life playing with the kitchen set.

Mothers Day! I truly am blessed to have been raised by a wonderful, faithful, and loving mother. She is such a great example to me and I love her. I am also blessed with a wonderful mother in law, who raised an amazing man, thank you. Being a mother is one of the hardest things I have ever done, but I can truly say when all is said and done and I go to bed at night I thank my Heavenly Father for trusting me with 4 of His amazing spirits, and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. I love being a mom!

Our new nephew Elliot. Oh we just love him! We were so excited to finally meet this little man, he is wonderful!

SOOO we weren't able to make it to Beaver this year for our annual Easter Egg hunt, so Dad thought he would put it on as a Mother's day Egg Hunt. We did it a little differently this year, we started with the kids having their own hunt in the front yard. This was probably more fun for them; they weren't having to wrestle the adults for the eggs. The adults had a grand time in our hunt, although i did realize how out of shape I was and I tell you I am working on that for next year!!! Thank you so much mom and dad for continue to make life fun.

Marvelous Maggie could not believe her eyes! Mothers Day weekend was a treat and we are so glad that we were able to take part.

Fathers and Sons campout This is one of the most talked about events in our family. The boys love to go camping with their dad. Look at their faces; they do not believe in being clean, and their dad lets them play with the fire which FREAKS me out!!!! They have fun though and create great memories.