Heaven...I mean Sedona :-)

We headed up to Sedona for the Memorial Weekend...This is the 3rd time we have been the the Viterbo place in Sedona...it is absolutely beautiful...We had a great time with Chris, DeEtte, Lisa, Kevin, Brad and Nicole...not to mention everyone's kids too...the kids had an absolute blast tubing on the river most of the time!! No one makes a more mean breakfast than Chris...let's just say that no one starved to death!! :-) It was simply an amazing weekend filled with many laughs and the best scenery you could imagine!!!



Hopefully all of the guys backs recovered after this picture :-)


Hiking along the creek


The boys on the hike :-)


Craig being Craig :-)

Had to post this picture...Craig actually sitting still...and kicking back...we did a lot of this!!


Carli and McKenna tubing


Codi, Carli, McKenna, and Hailey


The backyard of the Cabin :-)





Nice Legs :-)

8th Grade Promotion!

It has been a seriously emotional week...with the passing of my Uncle last Saturday night...this week has been filled with being with my dad and aunt and cousins as much as possible. The times that we weren't over at her house were also filled with emotional events too...On Wednesday--Carli had her 8th grade promotion...they do a good job of keeping it short and sweet...all of our family went out to dinner afterwards which was necessary and nice. Craig and I are so proud of Carli---she will be riding with me to Centennial for the next four years (well maybe until she can drive herself)...We are so anxious to watch her grow in her next 'phase' of school!!!







Carli and Austin

Proud Mama!

A few nights ago Carli had her elementary Athletic Banquet...It was the school's celebration of all of the athletic teams from the entire year. It was also a chance to thank her coach/PE teacher that she has had there at Frontier since Kindergarten. Mrs. Hall has been so wonderful to Carli--we are so grateful!! Carli was voted MVP of her volleyball team. :-)

Carli sitting at the table with her teammates


Carli with friends/teammates Brylee and Danae










We are so proud of Carli...we simply cannot believe that she is graduating from 8th grade in 6 days :0(

I smell Summer :-)

Now that we are officially into the month of May...I can feel us getting closer to summer and our crazy spring schedule getting closer to the end! We have 3 weeks of school left, 2 weeks of boys season, and a big break in tournaments for the girls...both don't play again until the end of June! We had regionals this weekend...all of the 13 and 14 year old teams get combined into one tournament...about 135 teams total...Carli's team finished 2nd and Codi's...finished 7th...both teams only lost to the team that ended up winning it all...We were sosoooooo lucky to have both teams playing inside the same gym the entire day....makes it easy for the grandparents and for me to still see Carli play since I am coaching Codi's team. It was such a long day...started at 8am and got home at 8pm...but a great family day!! We have met some great people/parents through all of this which makes it even more enjoyable!!!

Carli's 2nd place team picture.