Eight Crazy Years

Happy Birthday Quinn! We love you!

Quinn Turns 8!

Quinn celebrated his 8th birthday last week. He had a Club Penguin Puffle cake. Here are some pics from the blowout party!

Random Pictures

Daddy's Little Sith

Super Riley (thanks to the cape from Aunt Amy!)

Riley Ponders how to save the world today...

Darth Vader tells Perry the Platypus (aka Agent P) his evil plans to destroy the tri-galaxy area.

Will and Aiden Graduate - Again!

Will and Aiden had their pre-school graduation last month. They sang some songs and each got to spell their name into the microphone. They were really wiggly the whole time.

Their graduation robes made them look like alter boys - especially when their hats wouldn't stay on! We are proud of our little boys and are excited (if not a little apprehensive) about them going to Kindergarten in the fall.

Will

Aiden

Pinewood Derby

Quinn had his 1st pinewood derby a few weeks ago. It was a Star Wars theme, so Quinn and I built a car that looked like Luke's landspeeder. Of course, we used LEGO pieces to complete the car. R2-D2's head even spins around! Quinn placed somewhere in the middle of the pack (no pun intended - ok, well maybe a little) and got the "Best Rebel Alliance Design", which he was very excited to earn.

Quinn takes 3rd in a close race. The white car on the left was the fastest there!

Quinn comes in at a close 2nd place (middle car)

Nauvoo (Part 2)

My favorite part of Nauvoo was the Temple. It is an amazing temple and is visually stunning. The neat thing about the Temple is that you can see it from just about everywhere you are in historic Nauvoo. I can only imagine what it must have looked like back in the 1840's. Tasha and I got to attend seperate sessions while the other stayed with the kids. It was pretty impressive to walk out of the Temple and see the whole city of Nauvoo laid out in front of you, wrapped around by the Mississippi River. I am sure Tasha got tired of me stopping to take so many pictures - here are a few.

This one is probably my favorite. It was taken from Parley Street - where the saints crossed the Mississippi after leaving Nauvoo. It must have given them some hope to look back and be able to see the Temple one last time before heading out West.

Nauvoo part 1

We went to Nauvoo for spring break this year. We had lots of fun. I'll post more pictures in a couple of days.

Riley listening to Quinn play DS. The artwork on the ceiling is from Aiden and Will a couple of years ago.

Aiden and Will touching the Mississippi.

The Pioneer Cemetery. Aiden spent most of the time telling us it was creepy.

Resting during our walk on the Trail of Hope.

the Mississippi

Quinn and Will petting Chuck and Charlie, the horses that pulled our carriage ride.

the Nauvoo Angel



making rope

making rope

making rope

Learning about making bread.