Junior Prom

Heidi has been serving as the Junior class secretary this year so one of the main things they have had to do is plan prom.  She has spent a lot of time making sure everything was ready and done for the night.  She was excited for the night to come and I think a little relieved for it to be over.

She looked so beautiful in her dress.  It is so hard to see her growing up so fast! 

She was so excited to get a picture of her sparkle "Toms"

Heidi and Brett

The Junior Class Presidency

Spring Break In St. George

Jon was able to finally get Spring break off with us so we decided to head to St. George with the family for the week.  We were busy all week doing lots of fun things.  The weather was beautiful and we had a great time with our kids.  Brianna even came down for a few days with her friend Cassie.  It was fun to have them for a few days with us.

One day we drove to Zion National Park and did some hikes.  We had to split up into two different groups since Caleb still couldn't do very hard hikes.  Jon took all the girls and did "Angel's Landing".  They said it was a fun hike but scary in some parts.  The pictures below show what they hiked.  The boys and I just went and did a little hike to some waterfalls and then met back up with them.

Here they are at the top of the climb!

We took our bikes with us and rode down Snow Canyon a few times.  Jack had just learned to ride a bike before we left for St. George, he was so excited to go for rides.  He rode all over the gated housing community that we were staying in.  It was perfect for him to just be able to ride around.  

We rented this Razor and spent a day climbing up some slick rock and sand dunes.  It was a lot of fun just going all over the rocks.  We even drove it to some dinosaur tracks that were in some of the rock formations.

This was an adventurous day that we spent in the car.  We drove for 65 miles on a dirt road to see the North Rim of the Grand Canyon.  It was such a spectacular view once we got there.  Words can't describe how amazing it was.  I was a little nervous with the kids and kept a tight hold of Jack the whole time we were there.

Jon thought it would be fun to lay down on their bellies and look over the edge!  I say they were crazy!

We spent most of the afternoons that we weren't hiking or biking at the pool.  The kids had a great time running from the pool to the hot tub all day long.

The day we left was Easter so the kids had to search the house for their Easter bags that the Easter bunny had hid for them!  Some of them had a hard time finding their bags.

Caleb Breaks His Patella

Jon and I decided to go to Las Vegas for a few days to get away from the cold of winter here.  We left on Wednesday and on Thursday morning we got a phone call that Caleb had been hurt while ice skating with his school class.  Our nice relaxing weekend away ended up being a little interrupted with trying to get him situated and to the Dr. to figure out what had happened to him.  It turned out that he cracked his patella and will be on crutches with no weight or bending for at least a month!  Wow just what we wanted to deal with as spring was just coming for us and all the fun the kids have going outside after a long winter of being in the house.  But we are dealing with it and he is being a good sport.  Thanks to great friends and his sisters he was just fine.  

 

Caleb waiting to see the Dr. to get a brace for his leg and crutches.  Thankfully Brianna was able to come home and help with him for the weekend. 

 

Mallory Birthday

Mallory had a friend birthday party this year.  She chose to go to the Rock Haus for her party.  It is an indoor rock climbing facility here in Logan.  The girls had a great time climbing and racing each other to the top.  After they were all worn out we came back to our house for pizza, cake and ice cream.  

Happy Birthday Mallory!  We love you!  You are growing up too fast!

Mallory finally got a cell phone for her birthday!  She was so excited!

 

Winter Fun

We have enjoyed a fun winter this year.  We were able to go to the cabin only one weekend this year but we had a great time snowmobiling and enjoying the beautiful area of Island Park.  We did a lot of skiing this year also.  We took every Saturday to go to Beaver Mountain and ski as a family.  Some weeks it was nice weather, other weeks it was freezing cold and a blizzard!  Jack had ski lessons for four weeks and learned a lot.  It is so fun to finally be able to go as a whole family and all of us stay together to ski for the day.  

Jon took some of the kids and snowmobiled up Bishops Mountain.  They decided to climb the lookout tower at the top of the Mountain.  This is the view they could see from the top.