Grand Prize Winner

 

A few days ago, Derek came home from school very happy! Each student(Out of the whole school) that had a certain amount of AR Reading points were given tickets to be put into a raffle at school. Twenty names were drawn for prizes. The last name to be drawn was the Grand Prize CD Player winner. Derek's name just happened to be the lucky winner! He was very excited!!

Cameron's ribbon award

 

Cameron's Kindergarten teacher had everyone in the class decorate a turkey for Thanksgiving. A few weeks ago she entered all the turkeys in the Clark County Fair to be judged. Cameron won two ribbons for his turkey that was decorated with all sorts of candy.

Sydney at the Zoo

 

The preschool classes at my school went to the zoo for a family involvement day. Sydney is in my class, so she went too. We saw monkeys, kangaroos, ant-eaters, zebras, camels,fainting goats(one even fainted while we were there)turtles, joeys, otters, etc. The kids were able to pet all of the animals. One of the kangaroo's even ran and jumped over one of the kids. It was pretty cool!
The best part of the field trip was that it was in Moapa. We only had to drive 3 minutes to get there. Sydney loved looking at the animals, but started to back away quickly as they got closer to her. Lets just say that it was probably a good thing she wasn't the child the kangaroo decided to jump over! The weather started out sprinkling, but ended up being beautiful. We had a good time!

Alexa's Hiding Spot

 

This is where we find Alexa hiding these days! She is too funny!

Future Missionaries

 

 

 

When Derek was baptized I got pictures of our own family, but not of the extended family members. I needed more pictures with other family members to make him a baptism book. So, I posed the kids in their suits. They weren't very excited about having to get dressed up in suits and take pictures, but they did it anyway. (Threats work well)
Didn't they turn out cute?

Easter Day

 

 

Easter morning the kids woke up to baskets filled with toys and candy. They played with their toys for a while before they had to hurry and get ready for 9 am church. After church we had almost all of Steve's family, and a lot of mine over for Easter dinner. We had ham, potatoes, and lots of yummy salads and desserts. We had an Easter Egg hunt for the kids. Then Steve had the adults and kids hunting for an egg that was supposed to have quite a bit of money in it. When it was found and opened it had a check post dated 2059 for 1 million dollars. My nephew Kaden(the finder of the egg) wasn't very happy with Steve! So, another egg with 20 dollars was hidden and found by Derek. He split the money in half with Kaden to make things even. The kids definitely got their fair share of sugar that day. It was a fun Day!

Carnival Rides at the Fair

 

The Clark County Fair has come and gone! We went only one day this year. We usually go at least two days, but Steve and I weren't as motivated this year. We chose Saturday to go because Steve wouldn't have to take time off work, and most of his family were coming out that day. It rained almost the entire day. The kids were still eager to go on all the carnival rides in the muddy rain! They had a great time with their cousins! We stayed a whopping 9 hours there! We were all very tired, wet, and muddy when we finally arrived home.