Alison's big week

We've been quite busy lately with Alison's play, her choir concert and her graduation. It was fun to see her play. She played a plate, a lady with a baby, she was in the mob scene, and she was a french maid. It was a really good play, very enjoyable. Her concert was really good. She had a solo and she sang in a quartet. Ashley came for her graduation. It was great to have all the kids at home. We're very proud of Alison and all of her accomplishments. Off to college now!

Alison in her costume for the Beauty and the Beast play last week.

Alison and her friends after her choir concert.

Alison's graduation. She's wearing a white cap and gown because she was in the National Honor Society. She's also was ranked 33rd out of 550 students in her class.

Here she is after walking on stage.

Right after her graduation.

And here's the new grad with Mom and Dad.

West Point Bridge Designer update

Parker got fifth place in the West Point Bridge Designer program. I failed to explained what this was. Parker got to build a bridge on the computer. The program stated whether it worked or not when a truck goes over it. If it works you are supposed to make the price of the bridge as low as you can but still have it work. If the truck crashes you try and make it work. The lowest priced bridge wins. You can use three materials: carbon steel, quenched and tempered steel or high strength low alloy steel. You can change the size of each of the tubes supporting the bridge from 30 mm to 500 mm. You can make the tubes hollow or solid. It started out with 647 teams and the top ten get to compete at UCF. Parker was 7th in the top ten, and when they competed against each other he got 5th. Good job Parker!!!!!

Good luck Parker!!!

We are so proud of Parker. Parker participated in the "West Point Bridge Design Contest" at school and made it in the top 10. He is actually #7 in Orange County. This Saturday he gets to compete at the University of Central Florida against the other top ten students. The cash prizes are 1st place, $150, 2nd place $100 and 3rd place $50. He is very excited to participate.

Happy 18th Birthday Alison!!!!!

Today Alison turns 18. She was born on May 14, 1991. She was 8 lbs 2 oz and 21" long. In a few days she will be graduating from High School and in about three months she will be at BYU Idaho. We are excited for her but at the same time is sad to see her go. Alison is such a wonderful young woman we are so thankful that she is our daughter. I remember when she was born just 16 minutes past midnight and her due date of May 13th. We were paying for the hospital ourselves so that same day at noon I left the hospital but Alison had to stay one night in the hospital. I did not like leaving her in the hospital and it was hard to sleep knowing that she wasn't with me at home. Alison has always worked hard in everything that she does. She loves volleyball, choir, piano and tennis.

out of the mouths of babes

About a week ago Conner and I were in the car and as we always do we were listening to the Primary songs when all of a sudden he asked me, "How do we follow Jesus in faith? I answered his question and we went on with our day. Last night I went to bed after midnight, Alison is in a play at school and she got a ride home so I waited up making sure she made it home safely. This morning Alison woke me up at 6:20 am to tell me that her ride to seminary did not come to pick her up. I couldn't take her to seminary because Brent is in Miami and Brittany spent the night at her friends house. So at 7:10 am after I woke Parker and Conner up I took her to school. I got home at 7:40 or so and Conner had not eaten his breakfast. We had to rush out the door so that Parker could get to the bus stop on time, when we got to the bus stop we realized he forgot his lunch. We drove home but when we got back the bus was leaving, so he missed it. I had to go home and get ready since I was still in my pjs and Conner had to eat and get ready for school. We managed to get ready in 20 min. and rush Parker to school (which is 20 min. away). After that I took Conner to school but by this time I was upset, it seemed everything had gone wrong (I also did not sleep good and that makes me grumpy). As I was driving Conner to school he said to me " Mom, you are not following him in faith". I asked him why and he said "because you are mad". Thanks Conner for keeping me in the straight and narrow path.

Happy 21st Wedding Anniversary to us!!!!!

We can't believe that it has been 21 years!!!!! A lot has happened in 21 years, for starters we don't look the same and we are losing our minds. This morning I woke up and as I was getting ready (7:40 am) I got a phone call from Conner's dentist telling me of an opening at 8:00 in the morning (his appointment was for 11 am today). He wasn't going to go to school today for an hour so I was going to keep him home with me, so when I found out he could go early then it meant that he could go to school. I rushed to finish getting ready and get him to the doctor which is 5 minutes away. Brent got up and got ready so he could take Parker to the bus stop at 7:55, needless to say we were in such a rush we forgot it was our "ANNIVERSARY". I remembered after Brent left. I tried calling him but his phone was on vibrate and he did not answer. After the appointment, almost an hour later, I called him and he remembered. We had talked about it last night and somehow with the rush this morning it slipped our minds. Oh well we will go out tomorrow, Friday.

Conner's Field day

On Tuesday April 28 Conner had a field day at school. It was fun to watch him do all his activities. It was a warm morning so they did some indoor activities. Here are some videos of Conner, he is wearing his orange hat, except on the ball toss he took it off and kept trying to go under the tarp and got in trouble.