After going to the temple with Leslie and the gang we travel ALL the way up Mt. Graham to see the ledgendary Quinn Cabin. Donelle drove Jason's car and told me all there was to know on the way up. Randy was with Cole and the kids in the Yukon.
We got to stay up there for an hour or so and see all the other cabins. 
Our dearest friend Leslie and her sister Karrie went thru the temple for the first time. We all traveled down to Safford for the big day. We had been down with the whole family two weeks earlier for the temple tour but now we got to go in after it was dedicated. What a difference in the Spirit!
Leslie
and her posse! Donelle was getting pulled in front of Alene hence the weird pose and face. Sorry Donelle but this was my only shot of us girls. Leslie then got to pose with Randy and Cole, some of her favorite men besides her dad! The night be fore Leslie, Alene, Jenn, Cole, and I went out to eat at steak house. Cole ordered the 24oz. porterhouse as the 23oz. was the "princess cut" he said. I'm glad to say he could not finish it. We had a great time in Safford with everyone and we love you Les and are so proud of you!
We are old! We will have 2 in high school next year. *Sigh* Nick graduated and I made all the kids attend this year. Jason put up a fight but I told him, " They had to sit thru yours so you have to sit thru all of theirs". Erik wanted to look his best so wore a suit and when he sat on Jason's lap it he looked like a ventriloquist doll. We all had a good laugh as they tried out a routine. I know, we are real mature. So back to Nick, he got top honors in Band and got an award for that. He also got dragged to Lenny's so we could celebrate but we had to end it early as he had a friend party to get to. At midnight, Nick and I boarded a bus with all the other 8th graders and chaperone's to head off for Disneyland. What a blast that was! (pictures to follow when I get then from Kelly.)
I love some of the parties that come out of this group. We should write a book! Chrissy had Donelle's party this year and did a 50's themed murder mystery dinner. We all had parts to play. I was Chubby Cheddar so please take note that even though I have packed on some pounds lately, I did stuff myself with pillows for the part! Donelle was the Beauty Queen, Alene a Russian rocket scientist, Jenn a Detective and so forth. Everyone put great effort into the costumes and I think we looked great. Donelle's BF from Texas, Cindy, even flew in for a suprise.
Chrissy made a delicious jello that reminded me of headcheese but man was it good.
We also had pulled pork, potato salad, beans, and bottled soda from our favorite soda pop store for dinner.
Happy Birthday Donelle!
Ryan and Erik found my tea set in my bedroom where it has sat since on a shelf bemoaning the fact no little girl has played with it for.....years. So Melody, Erik and Ryan decided to have a tea party one night. The day arrived and Donelle needed me to watch her kids so the tea set stayed up on the shelf and we called it "fancy night". My boys took it all to heart and did their darnest to look fancy. ( please ignore Erik's hair! ) We had strawberries with cream, little shortbread cookies, and I can't even remember what else. Got to blog it right away or I lose it. The kids took it in stride but I think they rather have had hot dogs!
We have a group of friends that are from the Safford area and for the last few years we have reaped the benefits of this small town and all the storiesand wonders it holds. So we felt that we had to go down/over there to go thru the new temple. It was a spirtual experience and it is so beautiful inside. Alene , Melody, Leslie, and her nephew went with us.
We then ventured to the best Mexican food this town offers, or so we were told. It was late and crowded with all the out of towners but we did think it was great food. Thanks Leslie for the hook up.
Then we went on to Alene's parents house where the kids went wild in the backyard. Just deleted that picture on accident and too tired to figure out how to retrieve it. It was a wonderful experience and I hope that my kids felt that too.
Nick is a wonderful child. At school he is kind and thoughtful and all the teachers love him. Then he comes home to me and turns into "Dammit Nick!" (The poor kid thought that was his name till he was 8! )
So where is this going...he got the star student out of all the 8th graders in Queen Creek for the month of April !! All 8th graders in all the QC schools. I was so proud of him and made him go to the ceremony. He got this picture of the Mayor of QC, which by the way is Alene's Uncle Art! What a kid!
By the way, we live in Gilbert but his school is in QC. Just a FYI.
Okay so this blogging thing hasn't happened for awhile around here. So I'll just be grabbing pictures and starting from there. Things might be out of order.
So Trevor turned 12 this last April Fools Day, no kidding. He had friends over for a campout in the backyard and Cole's famous waffles in the morning. I made super cute cupcakes and he got a leatherman like tool for camping. My 3rd baby is a Deacon and now I have three kiddos with the priesthood. Wow.
