Memorial Weekend

Memorial weekend has forever and always been my most favorite holiday. I just love that were get to visit our loved ones that have passed on, and I love to see all the veterens that are honored too. We always travel to Manti and then on to Riverton. Troy's dad is in Riverton so we always go there and watch the Veterans services. Troy dad was in the Utah Air National Guard, he served in Vietnam and was then pulled out of retirement to serve in Desert Storm. It is so nice to see that he is still honored and remembered. It brings a tear to my eye every time I hear their program.

As most of you know I am a history teacher, so whenever we are out and about the state I am always looking for something historic. So while in Manti we ventured into Spring City. (What a historic little town.) and did some looking around. Troy's dad was born in Spring City, and so we wanted to see if we could find the place where he was born, and we did!! It is a small one room cabin.

We took some pictures of it. I can't even imagine living in something this small.

After finding this little bit of history, there was something else that I wanted to see.

How many of you know that there is a cemetery in Spring city right in the middle of town? Well there is. It is very small and in the shape of the state of Utah. The first people buried there were 3 pioneers that were killed during the Black Hawk War, and the last person buried there was buried in 1910. It was a great find, and I would tell everyone that likes historic things to venture to this little town of treasures.

It's GREAT to be 8

When Marquel turned 8 and we realized that she is going to be able to baptized I new that I wanted to do something special for her. I want he to know how happy and proud we are that she has chosen to be baptized. So I got on line and started looking for cute white baptism dress, with a little searching I came across the perfect dress. I called Troy and told him that I had found a dress and that I was going to get it. We had also been kicking around the idea of creating baptism invitations. (With Troy being a photographer) I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to get some professional shots done and create the perfect invitation. With these pictures done I just have to show them off. I think they turned out adorable!! Marquel will be baptized on June 7th in Manti at the Manti Stake Center at 11:00 a.m.

"Twelfth Night"

Marquel's 2nd grade class put on the play "Twelfth Night" by William Shakespear last wednesday night. Each class member had a part in the play and Marquel part was that of Fabian~~ a servent. She did such a great job and had a really good time. It was so fun to watch because the kids had been practing for so long that they all had memorized one anothers parts. Each classmate was able to draw a picture of what there character looked like, and this is what Marquel drew. She is quite an artist... Don't you think.Who knows maybe we have an up and coming actress in the family. lol:)

Marquel turns 8

Marquel turned 8 on May 10th. And boy did we have a big birthday bash for her. On friday night, Troy and I took her to dinner and then we let her open her presents from us. Of course she scored big time! She got some new clothes, (she is a clothes fanatic!) a Hannah Montana game for her Nintendo DS, and a new Stereo for her room! She seemed to love everything, and was way excited that she got to open some presents the day before her birthday. Birthday morning we traved to Salt Lake to see Troy's parents. His mom held a big birthday party for all the kids that have birthdays in May. When we arrived at his mom's house we found that the party had already begun. There was a big blow up bouncer, a chocolate machine, and the hot-tub was turned into a swimming pool for all of the little ones to swim in. As the day continued on we pulled out her birthday cake and her nana gave her a big box to open.. Inside the box was a princess lamp. We all had a great time! Sunday morning came and we traveled to Manti for yet another celebration. We arrived and of course there were more presents (my mom and dad spoil her to death!!) She got more new clothes and a Hanna Montana CD! Her birthday was complete. We bbq turkey and had a great time. Happy Birthday Marquel!!!

High School Softball

High School softball has just ended for us here at CVHS. Troy and myself were the freshman/sophomore coach's and had a ton of fun. Kayla played 1st base and was our number three batter. She really excelled this year and had a great season. Our overall record for the year was 13-10. The kids that played for us this year had tons of talent, probably the most that I have see go through this school, so it should be a lot of fun to watch them the next three years.

We were all sad to see the season end, but are now gearing up to watch Marquel play "coach pitch" softball. Now that is going to be a lot of fun.

Shed Hunting

Every year Troy and Kayla go out and look for shed.. Some years they are very successful others not so much. This last outing Marquel and I decided to go with them. I had to do a lot of photographing to keep Marquel entertained, for this was one of those trips that would turn out to be not so successful. We hunted shed for more then 2 hours, finding more ant beds and trees that had been hit by lightning then we did sheds. We did come away with one prize. Kayla found it right at Troy's feet. Marquel was so excited that she packed the shed about a 1/2 mile back to the car, and then had to take the shed to school with her for show and tell. We had a lot of fun