DALLAS IS 14!

On April 10th Dallas turned 14 years old. I can't believe he is already that old. This fall he will be a freshman and it makes me sad. My first baby is growing up right before my eyes. Dallas is such a great kid. I am the luckiest mom ever!



I just had to put this picture in. This is Dallas with my dad. I have very few pictures of Dallas with my dad so this is priceless. It may be the only picture I have of them together. Dallas loved my dad!
This is Dallas on his first birthday. We had a little party for him and it was a pooh bear party. We had just moved to Logan to our first home the week before.
This is Dallas on his first day of Kindergarten. He loved school and I think he still does. Atleast he does very well in school I am not sure that he loves it.

Dallas has been given many wonderful gifts.

#1-He is very kind and caring. He cares about others and is very soft-hearted.

#2-He is very smart and works hard in school to get straight A's.

#3-He has a very strong testimony of the gospel. He is the one that is always reminding us to say our prayers and read our scriptures. I have walked in to his room many times and found him praying. He is such a great example to me!

#4-He does well in sports. Whatever sport he is in he practices hard and tries his best. He will always give his best effort. He has played through pain but he keeps going. He is a warrior as one coach told us.

#5-He is a good helper. Being the oldest is a hard one I think. A lot is expected of Dallas and he is such a good leader for the younger siblings. They all look up to him and he is a great older brother.

We love you Dallas and we are so grateful you are part of our family. Happy Birthday. I am so lucky to be your mother. Thanks for all you have taught me thus far and for the joy you have brought to me. I love you! Mom

BASEBALL SEASON!

My favorite sport season has arrived and because we live in Rexburg my kids learn how to play baseball inside of a gym for the first couple months of the season. Yeah it snowed here this week and it is still freezing cold. I don't know why I love baseball season so much because you never know if it will rain, snow, hail, or just possibly the sun might break through the clouds for a minute--but baseball season makes me happy! This year all of my kids are playing baseball. This is Dallas's last year before high school ball which blows my mind. He should still be 5 in my mind. So Dallas and Josh are both playing baseball, Tiana is playing softball, Logan is playing coaches pitch and Chase will play T-ball. Phil is helping coach Dallas's team and he is also Logans coach so he is going to be busy. I hope for better weather before next week because Dallas and Josh both have their first game next Wednesday so I am praying for sunshine! Good luck kids--mom will be cheering for ya!

Spring Break!

Well we just finished our spring break on Monday and we had so much fun! A lot of my family came into town and guess what--I didn't take one picture. So sad! WE had so much fun though. Heather and her kids came, Trenton and Maren and their 3 kids came, and Garrett and Jilayne and their 3 girls came and then Jared and I both live here so there was a lot of us. WE played a lot of games, ate a lot of food, had an Easter egg hunt, played volleyball and basketball at the high school gym, swam, and the kids played hard. The older kids also went and played arcades at the Rex. We had a blast. WE are so grateful for everyone that came and look forward to doing it again soon.

Logans kindergarten play!

Logans kindergarten class recently performed a play for the parents. It was a circus and Logan was in the strongest man competition. He did really well. It was so funny because they wore dads t-shirts and put floaties in the sleeves to make muscles. They lifted little bars with balloons tied to the ends. Logan did such a good job acting like it was really heavy. We were all afraid he was going to pass out because his face turned so red--well actually almost purple. He definately is STRONG!

Josh's team wins championship game!

Josh has an amazing basketball team and they did awesome this year. They played in the March Madness tournament in Idaho Falls. THe very first game they played Josh sprained his ankle in the 2nd quarter and didn't play the rest of the game. The next day they played a team from Boise and they all played so well! The Boise team had been killing every team by atleast 20 points. Well Josh's team beat them by more than 20 points. It was so fun to watch. The championship game they played a team from Logan, Utah who had been killing everyone also. It was a really close game but Josh's team pulled through and ended up winning by 2 points. It was the funnest tournament to watch. They just keep getting better every year. They have an awesome coach and all the boys are great friends.

Dallas 8th grade basketball.

Dallas finished his 8th grade basketball season and he did AWESOME! He got to play quite a bit and he started every game. He struggled some with the pain in his knees and feet but he battled and we are proud of him.