10 mile hike

The fifth graders at Mckenzie's school have been preparing all year for a 10 mile hike up springville canyon to a park. 5 miles up and 5 miles back. I decided to participate in this. It was a nice walk going up and I really enjoyed the scenery but coming back was very hard. My legs were so tired. I finished it though and it gave me a sense of accomplishing something and time to spend with Mckenzie.

I am the one with the red back pack. A picture of my better side

Mckenzie with her friend becca

mckenzie and her friend

Mckenzie and her friend again

Pizza for a reward of making it half way

Scott and Madison met us there by car. Scott is eating his favorite fried chicken

I'M A PROCRASTINATOR

So Becky Orton left me a comment on how about an update, I know I am so bad at this. I have still not figured all the "ropes" to this blogging so I get frustrated and just don't do it but yet I want to update my blog. So thanks to you Becky for motivating me and I will try to be better.

daddy painting nails

On Sunday I had to go to work and Madison was wanting her nails painted so I chose Scott to do it. I tell him all of the time that he needs to learn how to use a curling iron with a house full of girls. I think he did a pretty good job and Madison didn't mind it.

Michaela's competition

Michaela had a skating competition on Saturday. She competed with two other girls and came in second. Here are a few pictures and a video of her performance.

A New Ward

Have you ever been part of a ward where everybody is new? Well that is our ward. Our old ward had 700 members and one other ward did to. They took the 3 wards together and made a new one and that is the one we are in. The only callings people had was the Bishop and his couselors. It has been three weeks now with only sacrament meeting being held and now all the the presidencies have been called. I don't envy the primary presidency. They were just called yesterday. Next week is the first Sunday with all three hours. Can you imagine the organization she will have to do. I was a bit leary of joining this new ward but are bishop is so awesome and just having sacrament meeting the spirit is sooooo strong. Its been a awesome thing to experience this. Springville has just been fields but in the last year lots of houses have gone up and you know living in Utah everybody who moves in is mormon not like new hampshire.