Olympus High Basketball Camp

Tucker has had the awesome opportunity this summer to go to 3 weeks of Basketball Camp at Olympus High School (Daniel's Alma Mater).  The really neat part has been that Tucker's Uncle Stuart is going to be a Senior there, and has been helping run the camp.  So every day, Stu comes by and picks up Tucker to take him to the camp.  It has been then neatest experience for Tucker to have an Uncle around that he can be so close with.  Tucker honestly thinks of Stu (and all of Stu's friends) as his friends.  A friend from our old neighborhood, has been sending her boys to the same camp, and when I talked to her the other day, she said that her son came home and told her all about this boy that is Tucker's twin, just bigger.  When she explained it was his Uncle, he thought it was so cool!

Plus Tucker has met some of the other neighborhood boys, who have invited him over to play after camp.  I knew they were a little older than him, but later found out they are 6th graders, and the parents couldn't believe how well Tucker keeps up with them.  He's such a social animal! 

Now that he's riding his bike so well, he's got this new found freedom, and we find him at different houses in the neighborhood everyday.

The other exciting part is that Tucker got his first very own Olympus T-shirt (If you saw Daniel's collection of them, you'd understand the significance of this)  Today, he came home from his last day of camp, and Coach Barnes (Daniel's HS coach, who's still there) gave Tucker an extra T-shirt!!  

So sad it over....what am I going to do with this kid all day now!??!

The Zoo!

We got a Zoo membership this year.  So when I'm tired of being at home...we can head out and only have to stay for an hour or two.  We've already gone twice! The first time we went, Nora Jane kept asking, "Why are their giraffes here?"  "Why is there a tiger here?" "Why are there monkeys here?"  I think she's caught on to it....maybe. 

The great thing about it is:

Sweet Graydon!

 I'm not very good at consistent posts about Graydon, but I thought I'd share some photos of him, now that he's 3 months old.  He is the sweetest baby!  He sleeps, eats, sucks his thumb and smiles...a lot!  We all love him so much...as you'll see:

April 12, 2011

April 25, 2011 Nora Jane kept putting that pink mask on his head and laughing hysterically.  It was pretty cute!

June 1, 2011

June 3, 2011

June 3, 2011

June 4, 2011

June 9, 2011

June 9, 2011

Horseback Riding

Whenever Nora Jane sees her cowboy boots, she says she wants to ride our horse.  Then she says she needs to call Nate and Brooke (because she knows they are the ones that will take her for a ride).  So then I usually let her call and leave either Nate or Brooke a message, saying she wants a ride.  Well this last Tuesday, Uncle Nate called to invite Nora Jane and Tucker to come over and ride the horse!!  Nora Jane was sooooooo excited....to wear her cowboy boots.  (am I proud it all starts with shoes....YES!) :)

Being that Nora Jane is terrified of our dog...I wasn't sure how she would do with the horse, but it turns out, she loved it!  I'm so glad!

Thanks Uncle Nate and Aunt Brooke!

Memorial Day Weekend - St. George

Our first outing on the boat this year, was in St. George over Memorial Day Weekend.  Amy and her friends were down there already, and so they came out on the boat with us Wednesday, before heading back home.  Then Friday, our friends the Green's came down and stayed through Monday.  I was not quite as on top of packing as I usually like to be, which made it a little more stressful than anticipated getting packed up and on the road on Tuesday.  But once we were down there, it was just soooo relaxing.

Some highlights were:
  - We bought a new ski to train the kids on.  Its a "U" shaped ski with bindings, and then a tube you blow up that goes all around it.  So the kids get the feel of standing up, when the boat starts pulling them, and if they fall off, like Tucker did once, they get used to floating out in the water, while we come back to get them.  Tucker loves it!  We did force Nora Jane out on it, and she wouldn't ever stand up and was just mad at us....maybe next time.

  - Probably more of a "lowlight"...the boat got broken into, while parked in front of the St. George house, which we thought was in one of the safest neighborhoods down there (mostly older retired couples live there).  They stole 4 of our inside speakers and that was it.  Not sure why they didn't take life jackets and skis and wakeboards, or the more expensive tower speakers...must have just been quick drug money.  Whoever did it, cut themselves and bled on the seats.

  - Sweet Graydon was awesome on the boat for his first (and second) time.  He just slept.  Also, on this trip at 2 months old, he started sleeping all through the night and has ever since.  He'll sleep anywhere from 9:00-11:00 pm to 6:00-7:30 am.

  - Hanging out with our good friends Kelley and Jeramy and their kids.  The kids all get a long so well, and it was just a lot of fun!  Jeramy and Daniel took the kids out on the boat on Saturday, while Kelley and I and our two babies stayed home, relaxed, went to lunch and shopped.  It was perfect!  Thanks again for coming guys!

Sam

Aiden

Emi

Tucker

Aiden, Sam and Tucker