Matt finally turned 5!!!

On April 30 Bear finally turned 5 years old. He had to have a count down calender so he didn't ask every day when his birthday was. I had to be gone to work meetings on his birthday so Dave was incharge. He took him to Wal Mart and bought him a new bike and took all the kids to dinner. On Saturday we had a party and invited the neighbor hood boys to Jumpin Jacks. They had a blast. He went there for his birthday last year and loved it so much that he wanted to go back again. Then came back to the house for cake and rootbeer floats. I think he had a great birthday! Happy Birthday, Bear! We love you!!

Trip to Moab

We had a nice and relaxing time on our trip to Moab with Dave's parents and their friends. We saw a lot of beautiful country and ate good food and had great company. We would definately do it again.

Snow Canyon 8th Grade Girls BasketBall CHAMPIONS!!

This is two years in a row for this group of girls and it is so exciting to see them win. Congratulations girls!

Happy 14th Birthday Megan!!!

Just wanted to give a shout out to our oldest daughter Megan! She turns 14 today (am I really getting that old!...I remember vividly when I was 14). We are so proud of her and love her!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Our Easter Picnic...with palm trees?

We had the funnest Easter weekend with my family at a place called Warm Springs, NV. It is a church owned facility and missionaries run it. It is truely an oasis in the desert. It is a natural warm spring which fills the pools and flowing rivers to play in. My brother Nate and his family came from Logan to be with us. We swam the whole day and had an Easter Egg Hunt for the kids. So much fun!

65 degree weather---90 degree water

It got really cold that day after we got out of the water.

Emilie and Matthew had fun collecting noodles.

Josh, just checking to see who is really in there.

Grandma made our Easter baskets.

First T-Ball Game!

Couldn't be more proud of his great hit!!


Yep, that's our boy climbing the fence.

Our ward makes a full team. It's like a ward party at every game and we love it!

What do you think???

Dave and I have been talking about "bear" and the fact that he will be going to Kindergarten next year and we still call him "bear". We started calling him "bear" just a few minutes after he was born. He was a huge baby weighing 10lbs 1 oz and 22 in long. We also had a hard time naming him. I knew I wanted his middle name to be David but never had a first name. We named him Matthew David after he was about 5-6 days old but the name "bear" was already stuck in place and it is still stuck and fits him. But...kindergarten is coming up and he has to spell his name "Matt" and his teachers call him Matthew and his friends all call him "bear" and I don't know if it is too confusing to him or too babyish or what??? What would you do?