Oakdale Parade

This last Saturday (the 12th) was the Oakdale Rodeo. Somewhat similar to Strawberry days, although I think that Strawberry days is way better. So Oakdale is crazy for about a week while this rodeo is going on. We decided to go to the parade on Saturday morning and of course it's the day that the weather is crazy hot! I think it got up to like 94 degrees that day. Last year it rained and this year we were all sweating. The kids had a great time at the parade. We met another family in our ward there. The Thompson's have three beautiful children that our kids adore. They just get along so well and have so much fun together. They had fun dancing to the Latino music during the parade. For some reason it was a big hit with our kids. And Afton got to hang out with her boyfriend, Brenden. I know. My kids already have boyfriends and girlfriends. That's Jason's fault. Afton and Brenden are so cute together. It's really like they're boyfriend-girlfriend. As soon as they see each other, they're hugging and kissing (we've put a stop to the kissing). And they're instantly holding hands and caressing one another's faces. And I got a cute picture of them together. I was watching the parade and looked over to the kids and Brenden was sitting in a chair with Afton sitting on his lap. They are so cute together and all the kids had a great time. We always enjoy hanging out with the Thompson's. Thanks for letting us crash your parade outing.
As you can tell the sun was in their faces so it was hard to get a decent picture.
Top left -Paris, Afton, Brenden, Top right-Sophia, Afton, Paris

Bottom left-Brenden and Dax, bottom right-Brenden and Afton

At the parade!

Dax was so excited to see a firetruck.

K-I-S-S-I-N-G!

Here is a cute picture of Dax and his girlfriend Avery. At least that's what Daxon calls her. If you ask him who his girlfriend is, he'll say Avery. Her older brother, Rylan, is on Afton's t-ball team and Dax and Avery run around together at their games. They have so much fun together..... getting in trouble. They're kissing in this picture because of Avery's dad, Paul. She was putting chapstick on and he kept telling her to kiss Dax after she put the chapstick on. They were doing this for like 15 minutes. It was so cute!

Future Musicians!

After Afton's vaccinations, we went to Aunt Jody's house. The kids got to hang out with Dylen and Max. They had so much fun together. They always have lots of fun with them. Dylen, Afton and Dax wanted to make some music together. So we gathered together a bunch of household items and let them play. I have to say that they sounded pretty good. Maybe it's the beginning of a future rock band. Although we had to work on sharing the drums. That was definitely the favorite instrument.

Here's a better picture of all of the kids. The collage pictures are great, but whenever I have a group picture it cuts off part of the kids.

Max, Dylen, Afton, Logan, and Dax

Vaccinations!

So it's been awhile....again since I've posted anything. One of these days I'll get on the ball about posting pictures when I take them. I need to be more like you Misty. You're so good about getting your pictures up in a timely manner. Anyway, we had a lot going on this last week. Last Friday, I took Afton down to the Public Health Dept. to get her immunizations for Kindergarten. And she was not looking forward to it at all. Who would? But I have to say that we have one brave little trooper. She was actually due for 6 shots, but I wanted to spare her as much pain as possible so she only got three. She just got the ones she needed for Kindergarten. And she didn't cry until the last shot which was a little more painful than the rest. And she only really cried for a few minutes. She did so good! I was so proud of her. The day after her shots, I felt so bad for her. Her arm was all red and swollen and warm to the touch. But she said it didn't hurt, it just looked horrible. Poor kids. The sacrifices they have to make to go to school.

Nothing like ice cream to make it feel better. So I have a question for all of you. Lately, I've had so many people tell me they think that Afton looks like Sandra Bullock. What do you think? Is there a resemblance? At first, I didn't really think so, but now that I look at pictures and her I have to say that she does kind of remind of Sandra Bullock.

Hangin with the cousins

Emma, Logan (he has a Gerber puff in his mouth), Abby, and Tred

Logan got to hang out with some of his cousins while in Utah. He had a great time although I think he was a little nervous from all of the attention. They were so excited to see him and play with him. Tred kept hitting him with pillows and trying to wrestle with him. We think he was mistaking Logan for Dax. That's ok though. Logan is use to that kind of rough house with Dax.

Happy Birthday Jason (my brother)

It was my brother's 25th birthday on Sunday, so I was able to be with him to celebrate it. Logan and I got to be their for Bridger's blessing and my brother's b-day. We were pretty lucky! Happy Birthday Jason! It was really great to see you and your cute little family. You are so good with Bridger. You're going to make a great dad! We love you and miss you.

Look at all that help!

Bridger's Blessing

Logan and I got back from our quick trip to Utah. And I mean quick. We were there for two and a half days. It's never fun to have to leave family when you've only been able to see them for two days. I would've stayed longer, but I had other children I had to get back to. Anyway, my brother and his wife Brianne, had a darling little boy on March 1st. They named him Bridger Jace and he's so cute and little. Logan looked like a tank next to him. They blessed him on Sunday, April 6th at my parents house. They did the blessing between conference sessions. My dad gave him a beautiful blessing. And my brother's bishop had Jason hold Bridger and sit in the middle of the circle while they blessed him. I thought that was really neat. I've never seen a blessing done that way and it was really great. Congratulations Jason and Bri! Bridger is so cute and I'm glad that I got to see him and come to his blessing. You both are great parents!

Logan's thumbsucking

Isn't this so cute? I love it! This is what Logan does when he sucks his thumb. He's always grabbing that right ear. At first I thought he might have had an ear infection, but then I noticed that he would just kind of play with his ear while sucking his thumb. And that's usually the only time he'll touch his ear.
And a special thanks to Dax for the B-ball jersey. He lent it to Logan for the day. And wanted him to wear it all day long. We decided that Logan could just keep the jersey since the size is 18 months! Yes, Dax was still trying to squeeze himself into it.

Go Logan!

Here is our little Mr. Flexible. Man I wish I could bend like that. Logan is always getting stuck in this postion. He just can't get that left foot to come around.

Close to crawling? We don't know. He almost gets on his knees and then falls on his tummy. He does it all day long, so we think he may start crawling soon. I don't know if I'm ready for that. It was nice with the other two. I didn't have to worry too much about where they were at, but with a crawler I'll be a little more nervous, especially since he as older siblings that leave little tiny toys everywhere.

Afton's 1st t-ball game

Afton had her first t-ball game last Saturday, and they take their baseball seriously around here. We had to be to the field at 7:30 A.M. for pictures and then they had an opening ceremony where they introduced all the baseball players by name. Not just t-ball, little league also. So it took forever, but Afton's team was first and she was so excited when they said her name. They had them lined up at 3rd base and when they said their name they ran to home plate. Afton had a big smile on her face the whole time. After the opening ceremonies, Afton's team, The Knights, had thier first game. She had such a great time. She was pitcher one time so she got a lot of balls hit to her. And she did pretty good hitting the ball too. T-ball age is so much fun to watch. We just laughed the whole time. They're so funny! None of them pay attention and they do the funniest things. When they run into home plate on the last batter, it's like a game of tag to get by the catcher. As long as they're all having a good time that's all that matters and Afton had so much fun. She loves playing.

"The Knights"