Mike and Richard come to visit

The first part of May, Mike and Richard (my brothers) came to visit. Jared and the kids hadn't seen Richard since he came home from his mission. We had lots of fun while they were here. We made a trip to the beach and flew kites and had a picnic. We had a hot dog roast/marshmallow roast in our backyard. We went up to a park near our house and played a soccer game. Jared took Richard and Mike golfing. They got to come to church with us and Brycen and Blake loved wrestling them on the trampoline. It was fun to have them visit!

A trip to the ER!

Jared plays Basketball with some friends every Wednesday...a few weeks ago he came hobbling home, dying in pain! He had work the next day and didn't know wether or not his ankle was broken. So at midnight he made a trip to the ER... good news his ankle was not broken... bad news... we got a $700 bill for a few xrays! Good grief! He hobbled around at work for a few days after...poor guy!

Blake turns six!

Blake turned 6 on May 6th! I let him stay home from school on his birthday and do the legos he got. He just wanted legos and a pocket knife for his birthday.

Allie wanted to help blow the candles out!

Grandma Doman sent a remote control R2D2 and Grandma Garbett sent Legos!

What nice Grandmas!

Blake invited two friends to come to JJjump to celebrate his birthday, which is becomming a birthday tradition. It was so nice to have a small party, the boys ran and ran until they were drenched in sweat!

School Talent show

Brycen was in the school talent show...he has been taking piano lessons for about six months. This was his first performance and it was in front of a lot of people. He played "Little Indian Brave" by memory. I was so proud of him, he did so great!

Baseball Time!

Brycen has been busy playing baseball. He sure loves to play sports! He has one practice a week and two games a week. Here are some pictures of him in action.

Making a mad dash to 1st base!

Action in the outfield!

Jared helping out in the outfield.

After each game the coach picks a player who played well and gives them the game ball. Here is Brycen receiving the game ball... he was so proud!

Spring Break cont...

After we got home from Seattle we went to the Tulip festival in Woodburn, Oregon. This is one of my favorite places... I think the Celestial Kingdom will have tulip fields!!!

Spring Break

Visiting Seattle!

Jared got a week off for "spring break", luckily it was the same time as Brycen and Blake's spring break. We were going to head to Utah but decided last minute that we didn't feel like driving all that way! I love Utah and my fam, but I absolutely HATE that drive!

So we decided to head to Seattle and see what there was to see! We got a city pass, which included the Space needle, the science museum, the aquarium, the Seattle zoo, a boat ride, and the museum of flight. We packed all those things in a couple of days! I realized that I forgot my camera when we got to Seattle so here are a few crappy photos from Jared's cell phone of our trip.

Science Museum

Space needle (Space noodle to Allie!)

Boat ride

Museum of flight

(This is an old Air Force One, used back in the days of President Eisenhower, Johnson, Kennedy and Nixon.)