Memorial Day part 2!

My Mom and Dad took Kara and Halle along to decorate the graves in Emmett. A lot of my grandma's family is buried there. My mom sent these pictures along to me so I thought I should post them so they would be in my book. This is the grave of my grandma's mom and dad.


Halle with the babies that were layed to rest.

Kara, Halle and Kerri looking at the graves of the little children.

More little babies that died too soon.

Halle Kate at her Great great grandma Kate's grave. Mine and Halle's namesake.

Just a cute picture of Halle and Lexi snuggling. What a fun older cousin.

Grandma Benge, Lexi, Kara, and Halle.

Great Grandma, Kara, and Halle at my mom's dad's grave.

Grandma Benge, Lexi, Kerri, Halle and Kara!

Everyone was a little sad after looking at all the babies graves and then they looked over and saw a mother bird fly into some bushes. Inside the bushes was this nest with these brand new baby birds inside.

Looking into the bird nest.

Everyone but Grandpa. Thanks for taking the girls along with you. It was a great experience for them and they loved it!!

Memorial Day BBQ!

These ended up being out of order, but if you've ever blogged you realize that blogger has good days and bad days, and on bad days things just don't upload like they should, so I'm not chancing trying to move these pictures around! Grandpa covered by Kara!



Kelton being blocked by Dad!

Great Grandma Benge enjoying the game!

Halle helping me out!

Kara throwing one of her crazy throws to????

O.K so here is the beginning and the above pictures should be in the middle(:

My sister Kerri and her daughter Lexi came for memorial day and gave us a good reason to have a party! Someone got a hold of my camera and took pictures like it was the reunion, and since I have a hard time making decisions I posted a lot of them. Just think of it more like a video!

Lexi and the kids!
A little football!
Definitely have to take care of our babies and make sure their hair is combed just right!

Nat brought Dan the muscle man!

Dad made sure to keep his pants pulled up just right! Just the way he likes them. I thought my Mom would like this one, because it drives her crazy when my Dad pulls his pants up!

Lexi ready to kick some booties in Ultimate Frisbee!

Bubble blowing!
What would a day at Grandma's be with out a little water barrel rolling! Dan actually fell off at this point. After I saw him fall I decided I was to old for barrel walking!
Natalie offering the best support she knows (giggling)!
The kids are actually really good at it!
They can go all over the place with out falling, and when they fall they don't get hurt!
When big people fall they kill themselves or ache for weeks!
Brent's pretty good too, but that is not really a surprise.
Me trying to get Halle to sing for the crowd!

Kelton ready for the game! The other day when Kelton got home from school I asked if he wanted to play with one of his friends and he said, "well mom first I need to do my workout!" he then went into the garage did some push-ups, pull-ups, and then put on his Karate gear and started doing some punches and kicks. This kid is such a crack up! He is always saying the funniest things. I could probably write a book about all the things he tells me.
Dad very tired! He makes this face a lot!

Kerri and Lexi looking cute!

Grandma and Nanny getting a little cold!
Jumping jumping and more jumping!

O.K one more little funny story about Kelton. A big storm was coming and Halle was really scared. She said, "Why did Jesus make Tornadoes?" Kelton replied by saying "Jesus did not make Tornadoes Sam did!" He went on to explain "Sam wanted to make everyone do what he wanted to do and when Jesus said we should let everyone choose it made Sam really mad and he made things like Tornadoes, right mom!?"

Preschool Advancement!

Halle and Miss Jen! Halle loved school! She told me "Jen want's me to come during the summer too!"


All the kids did a great job singing! Halle who loves to be on stage has been having some stage fright. It seems like we have had one event right after another. I think I'm ready for summer.

Dad's B-day!

Brent's another year older! We had a little celebration! The kids were really excited to give him the baseball mit that they had thought of getting him. Usually we have no idea what to get Brent because he always buys everything he needs when he wants it so there is nothing left to get him, but this year he had mentioned several times that he wanted a baseball mit and the kids were so excited to be able to get him something he really wanted before he bought it himself(;

I should have gotten a group shot, but I don't know what is wrong with me lately, but everything just seems like such a big job even when it's totally easy! So not pictured here Nat and boys, Mom and Dad, Nanny and roommate, and Hucks kids!

43 and still smiling! Brent's a great husband, and dad. Happy Birthday!

Pinewood Derby!

Hayden and Brent were bound to have a winning car this year! Last year Hayden came in second to the last place! The car looked cool, but was slow! This year they made it look like a Duracell battery and it was fast! Brent got lots of tips and got some help with the wheels from a previous Pinewood Derby winner! It was Hayden's last year for the Pinewood Derby. Thank goodness we have a few years before Kelton has to start making cars. Hayden was extra careful lining his car up just right every time!
He was 1st place in his age group and 2nd place over all! He was super happy and so was Brent!

Mother's Tea

Halle's little preschool class had a little lunch and program for the mom's. It fell on my birthday so that was fun. She is getting so old. Time seems to be flying by and I'm trying to enjoy every moment, but the moments just seem to go by way to fast for me.

Her little class relaxing!

It looks like it is warm here, but don't be fooled by the pictures. My kids think 56 degrees is boiling. I'm actually beginning to think we live in Seattle! It was 68 degrees and cloudy and Kara told me she was so hot she needed to go jump into a nice cold pool. I told her to go fill the bath tub up, she wasn't to excited about that!

Halle was really excited to give me her cute card she drew of me and her. She's the little red head on the card! Halle is lots of fun to be around. She loves to play with friends and has loved school with Miss Jen. She has been trying really hard to be a good girl. She told me she is not going to yell or say I'm not her friend anymore. It's still a struggle but hey she's trying(: