Hayley turns 14!

Hayley's good friend Jordan brought her a birthday present on her birthday - even though she'd been home injured!

Hayley's first stake dance! Parker loves the dances & wow was it fun having them both take off and go to the dance while I stayed home....No more driving kids everywhere all the time!!!

One of Hayley's best friends...Rylann...who lives down the street - came in and trashed her room while she was gone at the dance! She does it every year, but this year was the worst! You can't see it so well, but she has 1 inch pieces of shredded construction paper all over everything! Yeah...Hayley came home sicker than ever, could barely talk, and got to come home to this! She has a master plan for revenge!!!!

Yeah April just plain wasn't fun - she sprained her left ankle very bad, then got shin splints, then the sinus infection set in & then the flu. But things will get better! The big party is coming up quick!

April 11, 2009 - Parker's going to Luau at Poky!!!!

Parker got invited to Poky's girl ask guy dance by Rachel Walker. She kidnapped him at 6:00 AM and a group of 26 people (13 couples) had breakfast and played games all morning.

This was one of Parker's favorite games...they call it the chair game. Notice there are no chairs - they're all just holding each other up!

Then at night they all got back together again & had a big dinner & danced the night away! Here is Rachel and Parker right before they left!

And here's the whole group! They had a ton of fun!!

Tournament in Idaho Falls, Idaho

Hayley's traveling 8th grade team were playing a freshman team from Rigby, ID. They were very good and we unfortunately lost this game. But...although tired & being in the 4th quarter Hayley had a few great shots left in her - here's a couple of them! Be patient, the 2nd video is a bit longer & she finally hits it at the end.

Last visit for a while...

Parker had arrived home at 2:30 am Sunday morning from a trip to Boise. He was playing in the pep band supporting Poky High in the State Championship basketball game. Which sad to say, they lost by 1 point in overtime!

Kylie loved Sasha. She was very gentle and got very close!!! Sasha is almost 10 now and was using every ounce of patience she had! It was very cute.

Hayley and Kylie - both adorable!

Parker -what a lucky guy...Kylie went to him right away.
Other than the little cuddling time we got Saturday night -Aunt Linda finally got to hold Kylie on Sunday morning....sadly, right before they left.
It was the last visit from the Steorts family for a while. We had a great time with them. We'll miss them when they move back to Michigan.

Parker and Hayley

Hayley took a self-shot of herself with her cell phone! Hayley took this picture of Parker while we were driving to Twin Falls...had to try out that new camera.

Young Women ...fun in the mountains!

Hayley and her friend Cassidy playing by the cars while they patiently wait to leave for the sledding hill (mountain)...

She's getting ready to hit the jump...shed the layers & wait for Cassidy to catch up so she can hit the jump...hard!

This is the whole group...except for me...I'm always taking the pictures. This was their last run of the day - all the way down - together...yep, we do not struggle with unity in our ward!

More Basketball...

Now Hayley plays on a traveling team called the Spartans! She is having a blast playing in tournaments all over. She's tall - but loves to be the same height as her friends! At the tournaments in Kimberly, Idaho - they had the team sign this & I had to hold it to show support for them!