New Puppy

It all started one day as we headed to Winco to do some grocery shopping. There is a PetSmart right next door and on this particular Saturday they had a pet rescue agency out front trying to adopt out dogs. Now usually they have the full grown dogs and it is fun just to go look at them. But this day they had a little puppy that we could not pass up. Boston and Preston had been begging to a puppy for like forever. This day daddy finally got in and we all got what we had been waiting for. At the time her name was Truffles but it just didn't feel right so we decided on the name Daisy, which happened to also be her sister name that was there that day and went to another family. She is so cute and so much fun to have around. Here she is when we first brought her home.

She has gotten a bit bigger but we sure still love her and love having her around. I will post another picture when I find a good one of what she looks like now.

Kindergarten graduation

May 2013 Boston and Preston graduated from Kindergarten. It was such a great year and they loved having Mrs. Jensen as their teacher. They learned so much. They went from not being able to read at all to Boston being higher than his grade level by like two grades and Preston being right at the top of his grade level where he needed to be. They both excelled in Math and learned so many great things. Here is the class before the program began.

Boston getting his "Diploma"

Preston getting his "Diploma"

Here they are with their teacher Mrs. Jensen

And here they are with their Diplomas.

Now on to 1st grade!!

Chloe came to visit

Back in May we got to dog sit Chloe while my parents went to Connecticut to visit Marcus and Maria. Boston and Preston were so excited to watch her and took the task very seriously. They had so much fun having her ride to school with them and then having her waiting when we came home. They would fight over who got to open the door to see her first. They did such a great job it may have lead to a dog of their own later in the summer.

Student of the Month

May 2013 Preston was picked as the student of the month for the theme of Integrity. We were so proud of him. Here he is with his picture on the wall.

Daddy's Little Helpers

Gary had to fix a sprinkler out in the yard and the boys wanted to watch him work. They were quite fascinated by it.

Spring Break 2013

So our Spring Break fell the week after Easter. So we decided to pack up and head down to Grandma and Grandpa Pace's for the long weekend. The first day we were there my mom asked the boys if they wanted to go for a hike. At first they did not really want to. We have not really been hiking with them. But after the first hike they were hooked and we ended up going for a hike everyday that we were there. Here are some pictures from some of them. These were hikes that we took up the Leamington Pass.

Then we went out to a place called Paul Bunyan's Wood Pile. It is a natural volcanic rock formation that looks like a giant wood pile. The boys thought it was pretty cool. That last half of the hike up to the rocks was a little more difficult but they did it all the way to the top. Grandma "Mac" who was 89 at the time even hiked the trail for the first mile to the bottom of the formation.

Easter 2013

So this year we went down to Provo for Easter. All the cousins were there and we had a great time. We started out on Saturday going to an Easter egg hunt down at the BYU practice field. It was a little crazy and unorganized but the kids got some candy and had fun. Here they are outside the BYU stadium on the Cougar.

Here is the crew with the Easter Bunny. His ears were a little lopsided so Gary thought he would fix that.

Then we went over and watched the BYU football team have a scrimmage against each other. Boston and Preston have been wanting to go to a BYU game for a long time. I think they really enjoyed it.

Then of course the Easter Bunny came and left Easter baskets with lots of candy.

All dressed up for church.

Our Family

Then one more Easter Egg Hunt in Grandma and Grandpa Knudsen's back yard.

It is always fun to spend the holidays with our family. Especially since we do not get to see these cousins very often. It was fun to have them there for Easter.