Saturday, June 13, 2009

Pioneer Trek
The Trek was awesome and I'm so proud of the youth for coming with good attitudes and leaving with the same. Unfortunately, due to weather, the Trek ended a day early. I got the call late last night to let the parents know that their kids were coming home. I know they were scared, stressed, and nervous all at the same time, but I'm so happy they had a wonderful time up until the storm. I'm grateful for these kiddos!
(pics from before the storm below)

We seriously went from this
....to this, within one hour!
Living in Tornado Ally can be a little scary at times. This storm started and was over within minutes. It was the craziest thing, the kids were swimming and I was out cutting the grass when all of the sudden we were hit with this. The tornado sirens went off and we hit the closet. I've been here for 3 1/2 years and have never seen anything come in this fast. Luckily we are still with power unlike some of our neighbors who have been without for a day. The words "being prepared" definitely filled our minds last night. We feel very blessed to be safe in our sweet little town of Collierville.

Thursday, June 4, 2009

Cara makes me laugh....I don't know if T-ball is her thing~Not because she's not good but she's bored. She's like me, she needs to constantly be on the "go". One thing I can say about Cara is she is so fast. I don't know where my kids get their speed from but they're all runners. Regardless of her boredom, she's having fun and is always a good team player.

As Ryleigh would say...This is "J"
my bestest buddy. Is that not the
cutest little duo!
"The General" with
President Uchtdorf
This picture was in the Church news last week. Here's "The General" (my Dad) presenting President Uchtdorf with the minuteman statue. Pretty neato! I'm sure that was a moment he'll never forget.
FYI
Dave was reading the ratings of sunscreen in Consumer Reports yesterday and THIS Walgreens Sport Continuous spray got the best all around ratings. Just thought at this time of year I'd share the good info! Here's the top 5 just for your information:
1) Walgreens Continuous Spray Sport SPF 50
2)Coppertone Water Babies SPF 50 (lotion)
3)Banana Boat Sport Performance SPF 50 (lotion)
4)Neutrogena Ultra Sheer Dry-Touch With Helioplex SPF 70 (lotion)
5)Banana Boat Kids Tear Free SPF 50 (lotion)