Crystal Springs

So we tried and tried to arrange a family trip with all of my siblings and parents and it was just so hard to coordinate every one's schedules so we decided to let it go this year.  I had a week of time off this past week so I decided to go to Crystal Springs with Noah.  I invited anyone else who wanted or could come and it ended up just being my parents and me and Noah.  We had fun being together and of course making memories.  I hadn't been to Crystal Springs in quite a few years and I think I remember why.  It is a little run down and the camping wasn't the greatest.  A train kept passing through every 2 hours during the night and honking this loud horn.  We did however eat at Maddox in Brigham City the night we went up and then met Kelly and his family at a pizza place in Logan.  It was a short little get away and not the best but we still had fun.

Tara came to Town

So Tara came to town towards the end of June and stayed for 2 weeks.  It was so great to have her and her boys her to hang out with.  We walked the hill quite a few times and had some great chats.  We did a girls night and got pedicures and went to Olive Garden, saw Rock of Ages (great movie if you love the 80's classics), went to the Children's Museum and even squeezed in an episode of the Bachelorette...It was great having her here and I just love her 2 little guys to pieces..

Milika at The Childrens Museum

Drew and Noah in one of the cars at the museum

In a helicopter

Hanging out on Grandma and Grandpas front lawn

Pedicures

West Fest 5K Again!

So I ran, okay I walked a lot too, the West Fest 5 K again this year.  Noah did it with me but he goes on way ahead of me so I don't see him until the end.  I didn't beat my time this year which I was a little discouraged about but I still felt like I did my best.  I was about 2 mins. slower this year.  Me, my mom and Kristi did some 5 K training that was offered through the rec center every Saturday for 10 weeks prior to the race.  They gave us shirts and helped us with some running tips and tricks for getting through the race.  We all did well and made it.  Tara was here and did it as well as my parents.

6th Grade Graduation

Noah is officially done with elementary school. I can't believe that I will have a jr. high kid next year. It makes me feel totally old (and I am old). they had a little program and presented awards to the students.   Noah received awards for Honor Roll and Outstanding Student in Language Arts.  He had a great 6th grade teacher too.  I'm really going to miss her.  She knew some of the struggles Noah was having and really tried to help him in those areas and build up his self esteem.  Junior High, here we come.

Noah on the stage getting his award

Noah with his friend, Sydney

Noah and Tyler

Noah and Mrs. Creager

Last day at West Valley Elementary

Mom's Retirement

My Mom has finally retired after 23 long years. I know that place is going to miss her. She was such a good employee. To celebrate, we all went to Maddox for dinner in Brigham City. That is my parents favorite restaurant. I forgot how good it was. We bought her flowers and a cake. It was a lot of fun but we missed Loyd, Tara and Raleigh who weren't able to make it. 



All of us at the restaurant.  The pic was taking with my cell phone so it's not the best quality.



Mom with her cake...Her eyes are closed but it's the only pic I got.

Baseball

The baseball season is now over.  This was the first season that he played real baseball.  He had only done Tball and machine pitch before.  Noah had a good time. He started off a little sluggish and was struggling at bat. He wasn't sure he was really enjoying it but towards the end of the season, he started getting some good hits and starting liking it a lot more. He is already excited for next season. He had some really nice coaches and knew most of the kids on the team.

His team was the New York Yankees

Roadshow

Noah was in our ward roadshow. I was surprised he wanted to participate but he did a great job and had a lot of fun doing it. He was Flash (the superhero) and a Jedi. He had a couple of lines but they are hard to hear in the video.  We had to come up with his costume on our on own.  I made his shirt with felt and then we bought some old rain boots at DI and I spray painted them yellow and then we made him a mask.  He said that all of the leaders kept telling him how cool his costume was.  We also got a dvd copy of the whole show too.  It was pretty funny.