Chris & Kade build us a table!

These are my awesome boys building us a new family kitchen table.  This was a new type of a project that they haden't tried before. They kreg jigged all of the top boards together to make a table top and then connected the legs and skirting. They did awesome and it turned out beautiful.  It now sits in our house and we love and use it daily!!  Good job boys!! 

Movie Nights!

A year after getting our projector and screen, we finally got a soundbar to go with it...so we are now ready for Movie Night OUTSIDE!!  

The kids have been pretty excited to try this out.  We just have to make sure there is no chance of rain.  We got all set up on night (which is quite a process) and then just as we got the movie started it began to rain.  We had to clean up and postpone our movie.

Fun times!!

Quincy's 11th Birthday!

I don't know why I can't find pictures of Quincy Lou's Birthday, but they seem to be missing!  What I do know is that we celebrated and she turned a whole year older!  How is she already 11?  One more year and she will be in Young Women's!!

We had a family dinner to celebrate and Quincy got new clothes and money for her birthday.  Quincy is such a sweet girl.  She is an awesome big sister to Brinley and such a fun little sister to Kade, Em and Kylee.  Quincy is funny!!  Her cute sense of humor is popping out and we all laugh at the funny things she comes up with.  She is becoming a wonderful piano player, even though her dream in life is to quit piano!  She is also becoming quite the little actress.  She has been in a couple plays and absolutely loves to perform on stage.  She isn't scared a bit!

We are so grateful that 11 years ago she came into our family.  

Happy Happy Birthday Quincy!

We love you!

Easter!

Easter party with cousins at our house this year!  We colored eggs outside and had an Easter egg hunt.  Looks like the Easter Bunny left some cool flip flops again this year!

We are lucky to have cousins that live close enough to party with often. :)

Snorkeling anyone?

Since we are headed to Hawaii in June we took Quincy and Brinley to the Nat to swim and practice using their snorkel gear.  We were most worried about Brinley because she is the youngest and we didn't know how she would do.  She is a fish!  She was a natural.  She figured out the breathing so quick and loved it.  We are so excited to get her into the ocean in Hawaii where she might see a little more exciting things in  the water than the bottom of the swimming pool!

This is what Brinley had to say about her experience...

"I thought that it would be really hard at first, then when I got in and tried it was actually pretty easy. It was super fun and I had a great time. When we got ready to go snorkeling in Hawaii I thought it would be scary to have fish in my face!"

Emilee's Club Volleyball Season

This year Emilee joined a club team in Logan.  It was a new experience for her and I was proud of how hard she worked and how brave she was to go and find a team to join without knowing anyone.  She started the season feeling very alone and ended the season with a whole group of new friends.  It ended up being a really great experience for her.  She got to practice setting a lot and got tons of playing time.  We attended a tournament in Idaho one Saturday and Grandpa and Grandma Southwick were able to come watch the games with us.

You are awesome Em and can accomplish anything you put your mind to!  Always have been able to...and always will!

Brinley's Chinese!

Brinley got to sing several songs in Chinese for the School Board at a District Meeting.  They did a great job!  So fun to see how they are progressing year after year.  They are impressive!  

Keep up the good work Brinners!!

Brinley's Baptism

On May 1st 2014 Brinley was baptized a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints!  Every member of our family is now a baptized member and has the gift of the Holy Ghost!  Pretty exciting. It was a great day.  The whole Hadley family, minus Rohn and Camille, were able to be there.  Grandpa and Grandma Southwick and cousin Ashley came from Idaho.  Brinley got baptized with 2 of her friends from our ward.  Carson Richards and Brandon Murray.  It was an awesome day!  So proud of Brinley.  She is always trying to make good choices and do what is right.  She is in the process of trying to read the whole Book of Mormon before June.  We set a goal as a family and she is going to make sure she accomplishes that goal!  She is such a sweet and smart little 8 year old.  We are so grateful she is part of our family.  She sets a good example for all of us and teaches us much.  Love you lots Brinley.  Congratulations on your special day!

Brinley's 8th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Brinley!  8 years old!!  We celebrated Brinley's Birthday with a party on the Sunday after her Birthday.  Lots of family came to be with her.  We ate a yummy dinner, had "dirt cups" for dessert, and opened Birthday presents.  Staying with tradition, she got her own set of scriptures for her Birthday this year.  She was really excited to get them.  She chose the mini scripture set like Quincy's, but in a different color.  She is the most awesome 8 year old I know. We love you Brinley!!