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Graduation Shoot

You gotta love Kacey.  She had one of her many adorable friends over the other day.  

They got to talking about graduation announcements and how her friend didn't have any yet.  

Kacey told her I do them!  (I've done 2, Kinsey's and Kacey's)

So, a few hours later she came over for a photo shoot and we had a lot of fun!!

Any excuse to use my new camera and have a willing victim is great with me.

Here are a few.

Brookie

Brooke's Eleven!!!!

Happy birthday Brooke... make a wish.

Brooke's favorite b-day gift is her kindle.

Koda's checking to see if Brooke needs a birthday bath.

Birthday Bowling...

 The whole gang was there...

 Guess what Kinsey's doing in this picture: a) thinking how much she loves her mother, b)texting her boyfriend, c)just looking pretty, or d)picking toe jam.

 Kacey's rat tail is getting long.

We love you Brookenation!!

The End.

Spring

Goodbye Winter.

No more lying by the fire with piles of books.

Time to put the hot chocolate away.  

No more sledding or shoveling the driveway.

That stuff's fun... for awhile.

Now it's time for...

SPRING!

A WARM Saturday

Saturday was finally a warm day in Utah.  

We were just happy to be outside not bundled in coats, hats, and scarves.

This is what we were doing...

This is what we were watching...

Conner's undefeated team played Pleasant Grove's undefeated team.

Darn.  Defeat  7-10.  

Hope of America

Brooke was in a program at BYU called The Hope of America.  

The students sang patriotic songs and it was wonderful.  

We do live in a great country.

I love how they make a flag from their different colored T-shirts.  Very cool.

Some beautiful audience members...

Whatever Works

After 21 years of being a parent I am tired of talking to my kids about keeping their rooms clean.
 I felt like a recording that even I was tired of hearing.

So, they came home with this taped to their doors today:

You may notice a change in your room when you go in.  It “looks” clean, but it’s really not.

I needed to vacuum today, but couldn’t because of the mess on your floor, so I did you a favor and picked it up.  This time I put it on your bed for you so you could put it away.  Next time, I will consider D.I.’ing it.

Your dad and I work hard to help your lives be happy, comfortable, and worthwhile.  He works everyday to earn money for your lifestyle, so he can’t and shouldn’t have to clean your room.  I buy groceries, do laundry, fix meals, come to your activities, do carpool, and all the other little things I get to do being a mother, so I really don’t have time to clean your room either. 

You may wonder why it’s important to keep your things nice, clean, and organized.  Did you know that when your room is clean, it’s a nicer place to be, it saves time because you can find things, and it shows respect to your parents, yourself, and your Heavenly Father for what you've been given.

I have let it go for a long time because I don’t like to argue with you.  I realize you have to want it for yourself.  Please make a goal to keep your things nice.  It’s important.  We don’t want to live in a messy, yucky house and we need to show that we can handle having nice things, otherwise why should we have them?  If you can’t find a place to put the things that are arranged on your bed, feel free to get a bag and throw them away, or I would be happy to donate them to charity. 

I love you,

Mom

It worked... today.