Kids back to school and sports!

October 31st
Where's my mummy? Mom spent many hours working on these comstumes. J wore dark clothes and a scary mask. Sorry - no picture. Once again the kids went door to door begging for candy for about 3 hours while mom and dad followed them in the car. K went to Disneylad early in the morning with Arbor View H.S. for the day. He got home the next morning around 4:00am.

October 18th
D playing football. We don't think he will play for a while. He doesn't like it and his coaches don't play him very much at the games so he is no longer going to practices or the games.

A still loves playing softball.

October 17th
A as Sarah Polk for her wax museum at school!

August 26th
A's 11th birthday. I tried to wait for her to remove the towel before taking the picture.

A summer break from school and sports.

Aug. 14th - The Adventuredome at Circus Circus.
We spent the day riding rides and enjoyed lunch at a buffet located near the Adventuredome.




July 8th - Salt Lake International Airport on our way home to Las Vegas. We flew JetBlue airlines. I was pleasantly surprised with the planes we flew on because there was a lot of leg room and everyone had a TV in front of them they could watch while flying.













July 5th - A trip to Utah. We flew to northern Utah on the 3rd of July to see our families, to celebrate birthday parties, and to have D baptized on the same day as his cousin. We rented a van that had less than 10 miles on it when we got it. It was nice to leave the heat behind. When we left Las Vegas the temperature was about 110.


















D's baptism! D was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in American Fork, Utah.





June 28th - We went to a YMCA that is about a mile from our house. We take the kids there often to let them go swimming while mom and dad go to the gym.  I was amazed how daring they were to dive off the diving board.






June 27th - We celebrated K's 14th birthday. I'm amazed at how tall the boy is now. He is already as tall as his dad.

















June 13th - D at pack meeting.  While singing "happy birthday" to him he had to wear the pink hat.  I'm not sure what it means though.

Kids finishing up with sports and school.

May 31st - "J's football party"




May 28th - J at Cadwallader Middle School Awards Ceremony. J came away with four medals. He was nominated by three of his six teachers for academics. J will be going to a new school in the fall. He will be attending Hyde Park; a magnet school for mathematics and engineering. He is an exceptionally bright kid.





May 24th - D had a friend birthday party where a couple of our neighbor kids and a boy from his school came. They played, ate ice-cream and cake, and opened presents. They couldn't swim because it was too cold.

D's birthday was May 28th and he turned 8 years old. Our family is going to fly up to Utah at the beginning of next month where he will be baptized along with his cousin. D is very upset he has to wait a "whole nother month" to be baptized, but it will be worth the wait. We are looking forward to the trip to see many of our family and friends.



May 16th - "Alice in Wonderland"
A's grade put on a play they had been practicing for many months in Alice in Wonderland. She was a flower "the cutest flower of the bunch" and she definitely was a flower with attitude. She did a great job.

May 10th - "Titan Softball Team Party"
A and her best friend. Her best friend is moving to Utah in June and I'm sure there will be many tear drops from A when that happens. The two, as you can see, are joined at the hip. They want to spend all their free time with one another.



D (blue goggles)




April 30th - A's teacher came to one of her games. It was cold and windy. She is an amazing teacher. How many teachers would go out of their way and freeze to death to support two little girls? She is amazing!
















J #8 - Finished playing on the Boltz at the end of May before it started to get real hot. Their teem came in second. In the playoffs, they lost and were eliminated when they played the first place team. We are sad to know that his head coach will not be coaching in the NYS league because he is going to coach for Shadow Ridge H.S. Needless to say Shadow Ridge is getting an awesome football coach next year.
D and J are both going to play tackle football in the fall.

Red Rock Canyon

April 6, 2008
We started going to Red Rock Canyon which is about 10 miles west of the Las Vegas valley. We have been trying to go once every couple of weeks. All of us enjoy the hiking a lot. There are also many people that climb the cliffs with their climbing gear. Here are some of the photos we took:

Las Vegas (January - April '08)