May 3rd Parkin turns 10! And he is in a musical!

Parkin aka Love Dog turned 10! We love this kid. He is funny and sweet and very loving. He is bright and apparently is quiet the ham. He was soooo good in his school musical Seussical, he played Sour Kangaroo. From the moment he walked on stage he was working the crowd. The whole family including Nan and Papa and Grandma came too. We laughed and even cried he was that good. His acting was phenomenal but boy was his singing great too. He had a solo part and he let his voice go full throttle. It was fantastic! His great friend Ashley was also in the play she was fantastic too. These two have been buddies for years so it was so gun to see them in their element.

We love you Parkin you bring so much joy and happiness in our lives!

 We always use the same candle,a number 8 and then we write in +2 or whatever needs to be added).

                                                                  He is so awesome!

Pictures after the performance:

April 28th Beryl's 16 year and 10 month birthday party!

Beryl's birthday is June 28th and she will be back in China for it. In fact she will be gone by May 27th. We surprised her with an almost 17 birthday celebration. We got her Arizona inspired gifts. A necklace with a scorpion in it, a mini globe necklace to symbolize all her travels and coyote earrings. We have a band of javelinas that visit the property so her card had a heard of javelinas on it. We took her to the most cowboy restaurant in Tucson, Pinnacle Peak. They cut off any necktie that comes to the place so naturally we gave Beryl a necktie to wear. It was a fun night, we are really going to miss her. We later had apple pie and icecream. I can't believe our foreign exchange year is rapidly coming to a close. I can't wait to hear about all her success in the future. She is a bright, shy and kind young woman. We will miss her but hope to keep in close contact! We have loved getting to know you Beryl!

April 26th Wacky Wednesday

Parkin and Anna showing up as their natural selves for Wacky Wednesday spirit week. Love these kiddos so much!

Easter weekend April 15-16

I love Easter! I love that we celebrate that we will live again because of our Savior's Atonement and ultimate act of love for mankind. I also love Easter because The Howe family does Saturday activities and The Holmans do Sunday activities, no dividing the day hip hip hooray!

Easter egg hunt at the yellow barn

Nana and Papa gave each of the kids a little bunny or chick that hopped the cousins then turned it into a racing ring/ battle field, too funny.