Time to Catch Up

Before we begin our summer adventures, it is time to do an update.

We enjoyed a warm day in Taber watching Jill and Hanna play in a 3-on-3 basketball tournament.  It was a fun day. The girls played hard.  Jill's team won 1st place and Hanna's team was 2nd.  

We sat in the rain for a few hours to watch a super fun Primary Stick Horse Rodeo.

 Hanna and Lucy were in swim club all of June.  They swam 4 days a week and learned a ton and got in really good shape.  They had fun at the swim meet on the last day of swim club.

Carly and Lucy watching Hanna swim.

Hanna wore a green swim cap so it was easy for us to pick her out of the crowd.

Austin's job at the swim meet... "Swimmers up. Swimmers take your mark. Bang."

Lucy wore orange goggles so it was easy to find her.

Jill got her braces off!!

We had a fun time at the Cardston Kids Marathon!

 

Enjoying a beautiful sunset....

 Jill received the Top Grade 7 Student Honors.  Good job, Jill.

 

 Austin, Jill and I ready to head out for our Moroni's Quest adventure of 4 days of camping and one of the most amazing spiritual experiences I have ever had.  More to come....
Thanks to Grandma Carol and Aunt Diana for coming to hang out with Lucy, Hanna and Carly.

Battle at the Bridge

Jill and Hanna both played in a basketball tournament this weekend in Lethbridge.
We watched 7 games this weekend. 
We love basketball!

 Jill's team won 1st Place!

 Hanna's team got 2nd Place in their age group. This was the first time most of these girls had ever really played a game.  They only had 3 practices, so they did pretty darn good.

Thanks to Coach Nunn! 

In Memory of Roxy

We were just leaving the school in Lethbridge after 5 basketball games that Jill and Hanna played in.  Our friend, Dixie, called and said that Roxy had been hit and killed on the highway.
Horrible news.
We came home and Austin buried her in the front of our house in the trees.
Hanna had a rough few days. I have never cried over a pet before.

Back to the beginning...
Hanna has always wanted every animal she saw...pigs, chickens, dogs, deer, bears, bearded dragons, etc.  She asked for a dog since she could talk and we kept waiting until we had our own house.  Finally, we had our own house in Hyrum and Austin promised Hanna a dog if she would read every day for 6 months.

Les found us a great dog in Wyoming.  Les brought us Roxy, a border collie, red heeler cross in May 2009.

Roxy was the best dog.
Her favorite thing in the whole world was to play fetch - with balls, sprinklers, snow falling, snow we were shoveling, etc.
She came and greeted us every time we went outside or got home.
Hanna tried to train her to be a sled dog. She would tie her up with a horse halter and tie her to the sled and then throw a ball so Roxy would go and get it.  Roxy only pulled until she got to the ball.
She loved kids and kids loved her.

We will miss her!

Lots of dogs have gotten hit living so close to the highway.  Also because we are on the highway, lots of people drive by - at least 6 people have commented to us that they saw a dog on the highway and wondered if it was ours that had been killed.

More Track and Field

Hanna's Track and Field at Westwind Divisonals in Raymond, Alberta:
1st place in 200 meters
3rd place in 100 meters
1st place in 4x100 relay - They even broke the record!

Hanna is in black with blue shorts on the right. She won this heat of the 100 meters.

Lucy also had a Grade 1 Track and Field Day.  It is a casual, fun day where all the kids participate in all of the events (50 meters, 100 meters, high jump, ball throw & long jump).

Lucy was one of the few kids who knew how to do the long jump. Thank goodness for watching big sisters!

Mrs. Romeril's Grade 1 Class

Track and Field

Even though we were wearing coats and blankets, Jill and Hanna were successful at their track meets.

Hanna is a really fast runner. I don't know what ancestor she got her running skills from.
Hanna's Day:
1st in 100 meters
1st in 200 meters
1st in Triple Jump
5th in High Jump
1st in 4x100 relay

Hanna's New Track Shoes (She had to clean stalls for a week for her Dad to pay him back for the fancy new track shoes)

Winning Grade 5 Relay Team: Hanna, Marin, Sugges, Ashley

Jill had a good day also!
3rd in 200 meters
3rd in High Jump
4th in Triple Jump
3rd in Long Jump
2nd in 4x100 relay

Carly is the best cheerleader ever! She is happy if she can have a popsicle.

Baptism of a Nunn in Wyoming

Taycee & McKensie Nunn (daughters of Les & Hollis) turned 8.  We got to go to their baptism in Ranchester, Wyoming.  We went to represent the family since Grandpa and Grandma are on a mission. We were out of the country for 49 hours and drove 1100 miles.

We squeezed a lot of fun into our short visit.  We had a birthday party steak/hot dog roast.  After the baptism we played capture the flag and a roping contest.  Jill and Hanna won.

 Carly's roping lesson from Dad:)

 Declan teaching us how to light a dandelion on fire:)

 Calves wishing Hanna had something to feed them.

Declan and Hattie getting a daily hug from Cookie.