Baby Jane!

We have a new baby cousin!  Yay!  Dan and Jan had little baby Jane and we got to go and be part of her baby blessing.  I know a few kids who were just a little bit excited that Aunt Jan was willing to let them hold her!  She is a cutie!!

Mantua!

Summer would not be summer without a hot dog roast at Mantua Campground!  As soon as the snow is gone and it's barely warm enough, we are there.  Most of the Hadley family joined us this year.  Brinley said her favorite part about this was that her, Mason and Maddie found some forts while they were exploring!   How lucky are we that this beautiful place is only a 10 minute drive from our house!

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Book of Mormon Challenge!

See that open "Book of Mormon" on the counter top? Makes me so happy!  I saw this a lot during this time.  As a family we had a "Book of Mormon Challenge". Our goal was for everyone to read the Book of Mormon from start to finish before we left on our trip to Hawaii in May.  There might have been a little monetary reward.  Ok, we paid them each $50.00 if they reached the goal.  It made for some great spending money in Hawaii.  Brinley was worried that she couldn't do it...but she did!!  I was so proud of her.  Most of us accomplished the goal.  A few of us are still working on it!!  I think we should make this a yearly goal.  I loved it!

Memorial Day

This year on Memorial day we actually visited several cemeteries and saw where many of our family members are buried.  On Sunday we went to the North Ogden Cemetery with Grandpa Tom and Grandma Barb to visit the sites of Great Grandma and Grandpa Snooks, Grandpa and Grandma Hadley and Grandpa Wyatt.  The next day, which was actually Memorial Day, Dad had off work!  We decided to drive up to Liberty to the cemetery where Great Grandpa and Grandma Southwick are buried.  It was a beautiful day and we loved the drive.  On the way home from Liberty we stopped and got some pizza and found a park where we could stop and have a picnic.  It was a good day!! 

Purple and White Dance for Emilee!

Emilee got asked to the "Purple & White" Dance by Lawson Forsberg.  He is a CUTE boy in our ward.  We shopped for the perfect dress and Kylee and Emilee spent the whole day making sure Em looked like a beauty queen.  These 2 girls are best friends...and I am so grateful.  They do most everything together and they help each other with whatever the other needs.  Kylee did Emilee's hair while Em did her nails.  The result was stunning.  She looked beautiful!

When Lawson came to pick her up we had a wee bit of trouble with his boutonniere.  Both Kylee and I tried to pin it on him after Em didn't have much luck.  I thought he was going to die of embarrassment before we got them out of the door!  Good thing he knows us all well.  They were a cute couple and had a great time at the dance.