We had a combined birthday party for Carter and Serena with the Dearden's and the Hoppie's. The children were spoiled and loved the attention. We are blessed to have family close by to come and celebrate with us.
Carter focused and excited.
Serena modeling, love her face.
Serena has wanted a fishing pole since Christmas when Carter was given one by Uncle Dave.
Mom (Grandma Hoppie) wrapped the presents for each child in distinct paper, so that they always knew who got to open what.
Serena got some darling dresses.
Aunt Staci gave the kids "Power Broker" lunchboxes.
Aleeya also loving the attention of the Grandma's. (Nice color coordination on their part).
The beautiful birthday children. Carter is seven and Serena is five.
Carter focused and excited.
Serena modeling, love her face.
Serena has wanted a fishing pole since Christmas when Carter was given one by Uncle Dave.
Mom (Grandma Hoppie) wrapped the presents for each child in distinct paper, so that they always knew who got to open what.
Serena got some darling dresses.
Aunt Staci gave the kids "Power Broker" lunchboxes.
Aleeya also loving the attention of the Grandma's. (Nice color coordination on their part).
The beautiful birthday children. Carter is seven and Serena is five.
Friday, June 17, 2011
Coach Pitch Baseball
Carter played coach pitch baseball this year. He did well and ALWAYS slide into home base. He was always able to hit the ball and liked to play catcher. An especially fun game, was when he was playing shortstop and caught a fly ball, which gave the other team their third out. At this age, they keep playing through the line up, but it was still a cool catch.
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Stake Lagoon Day
This year the kids went on more rides than ever, especially after Jamie Smith joined us. Jamie would just carry Aleeya on, so even if she wasn't quite tall enough, she rode some awesome rides. Serena was also much braver with the promise of gumballs from Jamie.
Saturday, June 11, 2011
Salt Lake Bees Baseball
Taylor's work, Fidelity, offered tickets to his team and their families.
The girls got monkeys, I am not sure how they relate to the Bees.
Serena's Fifth Birthday
Between the marathon and the Bees game we threw in some presents for Serena's birthday! She also got a McDonalds Happy Meal on the way home from Provo, one of her great loves.
She asked for a "My Best Friend" puppy for Christmas and received a smaller more affordable model. Her heart was still yearning for this dog six months later, so she got him for her birthday!
Serena has a matching doll with a skirt that turns her from a Barbie into a fairy.Taylor runs a marathon!
Taylor ran his first marathon in Provo. 
Here we are waiting and waiting and waiting. I saw people coming in from the half and hurried over thinking he would be coming, but then figured out we still had several hours to wait.
A friendly family gave the girls some bubbles to help pass the time. What a smart mom to think of that!
Carter was super excited to have a picture! He looks more tired than Taylor!