Uncle Kevin gets his mission call!!

All of the in-town family headed over to Grandma Leslie & Grandpa Lyale's house for the unveiling or BIG reveal of Uncle Kevin's mission call. We had delicious food & cake. All of the little ones were excited for picture time with Uncle Kevin. Jaden & Morgan, & their cousins James & Gavin joined in smothering Uncle Kevin with love.

So, where and when is this exotic mission going to take place? Kevin will first be headed to Utah for training on June 17th. After he is fully trained & knows the language well enough to teach, he will be headed to that far off land called Washington St!!!

I let my friend Mack (who lives in Washington) know that my brother is headed her way. This was here response:

I hope he's safe in Tacoma ... I think that city's worse than Colombia!!! It ranks at #39 in the list of the most dangerous US cities. To put that in perspective, Los Angeles is #158 and NYC is #259! Maybe your brother will be able to fix the place?

So, Kevin, you have been warned. Do they provide you with bullet proof vests? You might ask the mission president before you get to Tacoma!!!

A garage sale in the hot sun!

We had a garage sale on Friday & Saturday. The girls were my little helpers Friday. We stayed outside from before 7AM to 12:30PM, and then, went in to cool down. The girls were put into a cool bath with popsicles to eat after that. I took a cool shower. We ate a light snack, and then, Grandma Leslie & Uncle Kevin arrived to take over.

I headed out to do an audit & arrived at the store looking as red as a LOBSTER!!!

Wearing them down

Sometimes I have to take the kids to places like this just to get them to slow down a little. They have so much more energy than I!!!

Pee Wee Bowling

As you can see, I have some bowling all stars! This is the first time I have ever taken them to bowl, and they had a good time... Though Morgan could not pick up the ball, and Jaden could barely lift it.

Taking Daddy to feed the ducks

Well, somehow, the kids were able to convince Daddy to go with us to feed the same ducks we had fed before. He usually doesn't go with us on outings because he doesn't like to do much that the girls want to do.

Feeding the ducks

I try to give my kids as many different experiences as I can, and, also, make them into learning experiences. Since Jaden will be starting home school kindergarten this year, I am hoping that I have given her enough of a head start for her to possibly go on to 1st grade work by January. Anyway, sometimes I forget to do the basic stuff. Can you believe Jaden and Morgan had never fed ducks until just a few days ago!!?? This was quite an adventure for them. The ducks are several miles from our home, but Jaden wants to go back and feed them EVERY day.

A walk in the park

Spring is a great time for a walk in the park! (We did this on the same day that we went to see the movie)

Monsters Vs. Aliens 3D

I am so far behind on posts, so I will try to catch up a little today. I took Jaden and Morgan and their "babies" to the movie Monsters Vs. Aliens in 3D. They actually sat through the whole movie!!! Morgan couldn't get the glasses to stay on, so she watched most of the movie without them. It was a lot of fun!