We are alive!

I am sure that there are some of you who have checked our blog and thought that we must be dead because it has been so long since we have made any updates. Well, we are alive, but we have been really busy. Me and the boys were gone for about 2 1/2 weeks in April.

The first trip- My younger sister was in Jr. Miss on the 19th of April so I took the boys and headed down there a little early to help with the finishing touches- I could tell that mom was starting to stress about all of the little things that needed done and Rebecca was no help at all- so I put sequins on shoes and shirts and skirts, practiced interviewing and gave pep talks along with my two older sisters. We really did have a good time. The night of we left our kids at grandma's with Dallen's assistant manager Mindy ( who I am sure thought she was crazy for agreeing to watch all 9 kids) because we wanted to be able to watch the show without any potty breaks or crying about hunger. Rebecca did great as we knew she would and it was fun to watch the final sister do Jr. Miss although it was really nerve racking too. Becca won the scholastic award and the title of Aberdeen's Jr. Miss 2009! Our family loves Jr Miss and now we are planning our third state Jr Miss trip to Cour de Alene in Oct. It is a good thing for Jr Miss or we'd never go on a vacation as a family. Here are some pics from that night.........................That I cannot get onto my computer, so I will have to have Dallen help me with later.