Sick Little Brit

Out little baby girls has been sick for the last couple of days. She has had an upset stomach and threw-up a couple of times. Needless to say, she has been in our bed for the last three nights which means no sleep for us. We have a king bed with plenty of room, but Britney likes to cuddle up tight and she moves to Tara's side for part of the time, and then back to my side. I've been really tired lately and my golf game has sucked because of it.

St. George for Father's Day

We spent last week in St. George prior to Father's Day. It has been an interesting summer in Utah so far. Last weekend was the last weekend to go snow skiing. We had late snow in May and it has rained a ton in June. St. George was in the 80's, but it was fairly windy. We went down and saw Tarzan the play and Tuacahn theatre, an outdoor amphitheater in Snow Canyon. The play was okay at best. Jason and Nicole brought down their boat. We were planning on spending lots of time on that, but it was so windy we only got out one day. Their trailer broke down on the way back to SLC and they had to leave the boat and trailer in Cedar City to get fixed. We are really unlucky with them when it comes to their boat. We went to the turtle reserve and climbed on the rocks and we also went to the Snow Canyon sand dunes. There was lots of swimming in the pool and hot tub. Fun trip.

Megan was excited to try water skiing, but it was quite a fearful experience when she got up. Look at her face in the picture below.

Ashley was afraid from the begining to the end, but she tried it out. They could easily do this if they wanted to.

Tara got up pretty easily and skiing for a while.

I wakeboarded instead of skiing, easier on the arms.

The was a little rock island out in the lake so we swam and jumped off of it. This is as high as Ashley would go.

Playing in the sand at Snow Canyon.

Kaitlyn thought it was cool to be buried alive like in the Old West.

The turle preserve up above St. George.

The pool at Lance's house. We did this everyday three or four times a day.

Britney preferred the "hot tub" which was also her favorite phrase of the week.

Be A Hero - by Ashley Davenport

Ashley is 9 years old and wrote this article for the American Cancer Society:

I'm sure you've heard of the movie Bolt. Well I have because it's my favorite movie. One Easter I got that movie for a car trip somewhere. A few weeks later when we were going on the trip I asked, "Can I see the case of Bolt?" On the back it said: "You don't need super powers to be a hero."

There's many heroes that don't have super powers like firefighters, nurses, doctors, animal rescuers, and you right now, you are here at the American Cancer Society helping people with cancer, earning money.

Back to Bolt. Bolt thought he really was a super dog with super powers. But he wasn't. But he was a hero. He saved Penny from dying in the fire at the end by not really using his super bark, but barking in the vent so the firefighters could hear that they're in the burning building.

Bolt didn't use super powers to save Penny. Like you, you can save someone right now at the American Cancer Society. Save money, live better. Wait, that's Walmart, never mind. Celebrate, remember, fight back!

So I want you to help someone with cancer at the American Cancer Society. SO DO IT!

- By Ashley Davenport

Ashley is trying to do her part so she wrote this article for our Relay for Life on July 9th. Anyone is welcome to join in or come to the event at Herriman Park. You can also go to this link to give some support.: http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLFY10GW?team_id=728701&pg=team&fr_id=22023 That is our team website "Cows and Cougs". Thanks Ash for the article.

Kaitlyn the Biker

Seriously, Kaitlyn was the easiest kid to teach how to ride a bike. She is only four years old, but she has skills. She has balanced on her Razor scooter for six month, so she made an easy transition of off training wheels tonight. We took her up to the church parking lot and gave her a push or two and off she went. After riding for 15 minutes in the church parking lot, she rode all the way back home by herself, without training wheels. Awesome job Kaitlyn!

Even More Britney Art

This kid is serious trouble!

Memorial Day

We had a fun Memorial Day this year with Grandma and Grandpa Miller, the Jaussi's, and the Fox's. We spent most of the day down at Liberty Park where we had a picnic, fed the ducks, and played at the swing sets and splash park. Only one kid fell in the pond, I was pretty disappointed about that.

Spring 2010 Piano Recital

Ashley and Megan performed

great at their Spring recital.

They are becoming such

awesome piano players.

North Star Academy 1st Grade Author Contest

All of the 1st graders were required to write a short story and illustrate it. Megan received the bronze medal for best short story. They had to read their story in front of the class and all of the parents and families. Megan did an awesome job.