Surprise visitor to our 2-on-2 basketball game...

Our bishop insisted on being involved in our little tournament so we let him. Who knew he was going to bring a ringer. So he shows up walking next to his teammate Shawn Bradley. What the!!!!??? I guess he doesn't like to take any chances with losing. Anyway, it was way fun watching him play among us midgets and hear him tell some stories about the NBA and other players. It was a rather good time. It seems like something fun happens around here every week.

Emmitt got a "buzz" cut for the summer...

My little boy looks like a jar-head! HOO-AHHH!!!

Not sure what this expression was, but I love it.

Probably his favorite part, digging in the dirt.

We couldn't PAY Emmitt to smile during the pictures.

We aren't sure yet if we like it or not. He looks okay, but you be the judge. We also went to the Utah Museum of Natural History the same day (free on the first Monday of the month). It was pretty neat, but we're glad we didn't pay around $20 for the same experience.

What was worth the $ was taking Lorie for her very first trip to The Pie Pizzeria. Mmmm... my mouth is watering just typing it. She wasn't a big fan of the amount of cheese they put on, but everyone is a critic. We wished we'd have taken a camera with us. That place has a pretty cool ambiance. But who knew that the root beer was $3.50 because it comes "from the tap" (no refills, sorry). What a joke, Emmitt isn't a root beer connoisseur, he'd drink it if it were watered down and warm. Oh well, overall it was such a fun family night. I'd recommend it to anyone looking for a rather inexpensive FHE.

Emmitt's Birthday

Emmitt's 4th Birthday party was a success. We had a good time bowling with our friends and family and then even more fun at the Orem Owlz baseball game that evening. Not to mention Emmitt getting to experience "Emmitt Day" courtesy of Grandma Lynn. He made quite the little haul of presents. He loves every single one. I want to thank all of you who came and joined in the fun. Can't wait to do it all over again for Ruby's birthday coming up soon. :)

Camping

Took Emmitt camping for the first time this weekend and he had a blast. Too bad I forgot to bring the camera along. We camped with our ward at Jordan Pines campground up big cottonwood canyon. Emmitt loved "hiking" to the river and throwing rocks and sticks in. He played with some of his new friends from our ward. Lorie couldn't make it because of hair appointments the next morning, but Emmitt and I had fun anyway. We got a little rained out on Saturday morning, but it was still a ton of fun.

Early Summer Fun

We love the fact that we can just walk out our front door of our new place and there are instant kids for Emmitt to play with and a huge park and activities for him to just jump in and play. Today we walked out to find the kids filling up a little pool so we decided to let Emmitt join in. Within 20 minutes he was causing some playful trouble and got socked in the face by a little girl that made him cry. He needs a little toughening up if you ask me.
Anyway, we are enjoying the good and trying to overlook the bad here at our new apartment.

What a good time to come back to blog...

My Mom's birthday is today for another hour so I thought I'd take a moment and get back into updating my blog. First of all I want my mom to know how much I love her and appreciate her. Sometimes when I think there just isn't another person on this planet who gets what is going on in my life, pow, I'll have a long phone conversation with mom and I'll realize that she gets it. I can't imagine how some people have to go through life w/o their mom. Thanks for being an A+ grandma too, nothing shows a person how much they love and respect you more than how much someone loves your children. Hope your birthday was one to remember.

So I have to apologize to any of you who have checked in every so often only to see the same lame-o valentine's day post from 3 months ago. That's right around the time I started to look into Facebook. I must admit, it is a whole lot easier to network with your friends and family and keep tabs on what is going on with everyone. But I realize that blogs also serve a purpose for family who live far away who want to see more videos and pictures of the kids as they grow but don't want to have to create a Facebook account.

Anyway, I'm back to at least once a month I swear. You can only imagine when my last journal entry was if I have neglected my blog for so long. But I'm going to put a few different posts here in the next few days to catch everyone up on the last few months. So sit back and enjoy my randomness.

Valentine's Day

Lorie was kind enough to agree that for Valentines Day this year we would let Emmitt experience Monster Trucks since he loves them so much and they were coming to town. Unfortunately we could only afford one adult ticket and one kid so I had to bite the bullet and be the one who went and left Lorie @ home. It was such a blast! At first Emmitt didn't really like the noise but once he settled in he was in heaven.