No longer a Cub Scout!

Arrow of Light

If you know me well...you probably know I am not a big fan of scouts. All my hobbies are not requirements of scouts. (Well, except using the power saw). So, as you can imagine that the guy upstairs has a great sense of humor. Because of this humor, my boys LOVE scouts. I am becoming a better sport about this being that I have two scouts in the family now. Charlie turned 11 and became a "real" Boy Scout and right when that happened, John Paul turned 8 and became a "Cub". So, here we go on round two. Those of you with more than two boys...I feel sorry for you! Charlie is starting to work on his merit badges and is already determined to get all of them...we will see about that! He is also looking forward to the 2010 Scout Jamboree next summer. John Paul has now been a Cub Scout for 4 weeks, and we have not done one thing! It's about time we get started!

Olympic Swimmers??

Charlie ready to swim the 100 Free

John Paul starting the 50 Breast

What a good looking little guy!

This last swim meet was the Red White and Blue meet in American Fork over the weekend holiday. Annelise and Courtney swam in the invitational in the afternoon and I didn't get any pictures of them. Annelise and Courtney LOVE to swim! Charlie and John Paul ENDURE swimming!

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Their heart is in FOOTBALL! But football is only a seasonal sport lasting about 4 months. The other 8 months of the year they do not have the option of sitting on the couch being couch potatoes!! So, they must swim! It's great exercise and is good for the spirit!! Plus, they look really cute in those jammers ! This was their last meet before football begins. Hopefully they change their minds in the future and begin to love swimming like the girls. If not...hopefully they will be good football players!

All you great bloggers out there!

I feel as though I am pretty competent with the computer but I need help! How do you put a photo and a caption under it? Everytime I add a photo it changes the format of my writing and it messes it all up! I see so many blogs with photos and text underneath it. I need a blog tutorial...who can help me??

Where did the time go??

It seems just like yesterday that we took these picutres!! Annelise was our first child. What fun we had! She was such a good baby and so fun to dress up!
Now she is 15 and almost ready to drive. We can hardly believe it. Annelise is the life of the party! She loves to go out and have a good time. She has been such a great example to her brothers and sister.
She is kind to others and always makes good choices. She has great friends and is a wonderful piano player. Annelise swims for Bingham and is excited to start high school this year!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ANNELISE!

Cherries anyone??

Our cherries will be ready in a week or so. If you would like some, please come! But, you have to pick them yourself!! :) There is no way we can eat this many cherries. Come get them before the birds do!

John Paul's Baptism

What a great kid! We can't believe that John Paul is 8! We had a wonderful day at his baptism. He was excited and knew what he was doing was right. We had family and friends after for lunch and visiting. Can't believe that it was our last baptism in our family.

South Jordan-Two Temples

Our family is so blessed to live close to two temples. The Jordan River temple is two miles to our east and the new Oquirrh Mountain Temple is two miles to our west! John Paul's 8th birthday is on June 5th and Chuck got tickets to the temple open house that day. The day after will be his baptism. He is excited!

South Jordan will soon be home to 2 temples
By Scott Taylor
Deseret News
Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:38 p.m. MDT
Quick — name the city where two LDS Church temples are located.
The obvious answer — Salt Lake City — isn't the most correct answer. Yes, there are four temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints located throughout the Salt Lake Valley in what one could call "metropolitan Salt Lake City."
But only the iconic Salt Lake Temple is located in Salt Lake City proper.
Nauvoo, Ill., has been the site of two temples, but the two were built more than 150 years apart and the current Nauvoo Illinois Temple is modeled after its predecessor and built on the exact same site.
The real answer is South Jordan, a city in the southwestern area of the Salt Lake Valley that covers some 21 square miles that can lay claim to two LDS temples now that the Oquirrh Mountain Utah Temple begins pre-dedication functions this week.
Located at 11022 S. 4000 West just off Bangerter Highway, Oquirrh Mountain is just a 13-minute or four-mile drive away from its South Jordan neighbor, the Jordan River Utah Temple, at 10200 S. 1300 West.
Once a predominantly rural area in the valley, South Jordan has grown from a population of 1,345 in 1960 to the April 2009 estimate of nearly 54,000 residents.

If you are going to be in town and would like to go to the open house...I can help you get tickets and would love to go with you!