baller

I signed Easton up to do the UVU basketball camp again this summer.  I really liked it last year and liked it again this year.  He was more comfortable this year, thankfully. 

 Sitting doing the last day prizes.  He is in front of the boy in orange.

 Doing the last day cheer.

 Getting his shirt.

 Ta-da!

I hope he will continue on in basketball.  He is not the kid that has raw talent, but he has lots of heart.  And he is a great defender.  Sticks to the other player like glue.  :)

finally!

Look who finally earned her bike!  I think I might be a mean mom and I make my kids do extra chores around the house to earn a bike.  They don't get one for just having a birthday.  Oh, well, maybe it makes them appreciate it more?  

 She has been working on getting this doing extra chores for almost a year.  She was not as enthusiastic as Easton was, who finished his chart in a few months.  But, she finally finished and we went and chose this Strawberry Shortcake bike.  She really wanted one with a doll seat on the back, but they only offer those in the super small bikes.  Lame.  But, we got a Barbie mirror and a cute bell and she was so excited.

boys will be boys

Parker hosted a Superman event for work and got this cut-out for people to take pictures with.  Here he is with his brother, Lawton.  Crazy boys.

daddy / son time

Parker and Easton went fishing one morning.  Easton loves going fishing with Daddy, even when they don't catch anything.

superman / lily

In June we acquired a small, baby grouse.  Easton named him Superman, Keagan named her Lily.  Our neighbors cat got to the mother and the baby was wandering the neighborhood.  Parker and the kids were so excited.  Me?  Not so much.  I am allergic to any animal with fur or feathers, so I didn't think this would be a good idea.  It was actually a good, little bird.  It would climb in and out of its cage and just wander the backyard.  It would let the kids hold it and come to you when you tapped the ground.  We had it for a total of 4 days.  We went out and checked on it one morning and it was doing great, checked a couple of hours later and the neighbors cat was sitting in our fenced backyard...no baby grouse.  We told the kids that it got strong enough and flew to the lake and found another grouse family.  We then went and looked around the house and I saw it.  As much as I didn't want it, I was sad when it was all over.  I don't want to do it again with another animal, but glad my kids had the small opportunity.