It's back to school!

Happy first day of school!

Jac - JUNIOR in high school

Thomas - 8th grader!

Emily - 5th grader!

Here she is with some of her cute friends...yes, they are all 5th graders :)

As you can see... the kids are SO EXCITED for the new year!

Summer Randoms...

 A few random summer memories...

 TRAFALGA with the Parish's and the Buhrleys not shown :(

 Aunt Amber

Davin and Nicki

Lazy Sunday afternoons...

 Yes, Emily is in her PJ's... a favorite Sunday tradition

Not so lazy for this guy... 

Yard Work!

I may or may not have been helping...someone needs to take the photos right?

All that hard work pays off when you get blackberries like these!!!

Chia seed cookies and our homemade chocolate coconut icecream!

 Emily's new haircut :)

 Friends hanging out after long trail runs and cooking contests...

Speaking of trail runs...Jac had a few falls:)

 Lehi XC High Altitude Camp

 Thanks to these women and many more who made all the yummy food!

 Preparing for the "Real Deal" Actually this year, EVERY DAY was the REAL DEAL!

 The tough men who braved the trails with the kids! Yea, my mans still got it!

 I LOVE to see these two run together!

 Monica and Jake came to visit! 

 Leo liked this a lot!

Matt turned 40! That's 40 years of pure AWESOMENESS!

(got to love pictures while your eating!)

Well, that's a few of the things we've been up to this summer...it's gone by way too fast!

Thomas' Eagle project

After earning the money for his project at Courage Reins with the 5k fun run; it was time to build the much needed fence and inclosure for the horses.
 Thomas had help from some AMAZING men in our ward.
Brother Sump and Brother Ryan new EXACTLY what needed to be done!  

 

After pouring the cement and letting the poles settle, it was time to call in the troops to help put up the wire mesh. 

  
It took 2 days of "blood sweat and tears"...well just a lot of hard work...no tears :) but they were finally finished!
Thanks to all the great men and boys who helped! The project would still be unfinished without you!
This is the smile of a boy who has just finished his Eagle Project; knowing he has accomplished his goal by giving 110%!

The lady from Courage Reins couldn't believe how well Thomas did this project. She has had a lot of boys do eagle projects for them but Thomas has impressed her the most! First, with the way he earned the money and second, with what a top quality job he did on the fence. She kept telling us she has never seen a fence so perfectly straight! "You are going places young man...YOU are definitely going places in your life!" (I must agree with her :) )

Way to go Thomas YOU ARE AMAZING!

Girls Camp 2012

Jac was a YCL this year; along with Min and Kenzie...fun times!
 

Cedar Hollow 4th ward...AWESOME!

Lot's of goofiness goes on at camp, well anytime you are with Jac ;)

 

 

Jac got extra lucky...Dad came to visit

There are perks to having your dad in the bishopric!
SWEEET pants :)

Got to love the nylons! 

 
Our ward is very "special" as you can see!