The girls go bowling

The Brownies went bowling and had a great time. This was her first time bowling and Alyssa won one of the games.

A vacation.... finally.... to Utah

This year my parents decided to fly me out to Utah for a visit. It was my first vacation alone is many years and the first time I have had a chance to visit my parents since they have moved to Utah.

Dad took us on many drives around the area and it was beautiful! There is so much to see where they live and the scenery changes dramatically from mile to mile. I absolutely loved it and cannot wait to go back this summer with the kids.

Alyssa turns 9

We had the family over for Alyssa's birthday this year including Grandma & Grandpa, Dave, Cleo & the kids, and Van & Carolyn. Alyssa's favorite gift was the latch hook kit that Granny sent.

Vocabulary Parade

The Vocabulary Parade is a fun event held at the kids school each year. It gives the students a chance to dress up as a word and parade through the school.


This year Jonny's got to lead the parade along with his class. His class chose from compound words. He chose cowboy.

Next was Michael. Their class chose words that were jobs. Michael decided the night before the parade he wanted to change his job from a race car driver to a painter. We finger painted a shirt for him and he was happy.

Alyssa'a class had homophones for their words. A homophone are words that look and sound alike but have different meanings. For her words she carried a weather vane, drew blue veins on her arms, and walked around acting vain.