Clint's how old?????

The BIG 35!!!

He started out his day with a surprise visit from four of the cutest kids I know.  We showed up to his work with balloons and a bag of his favorite treats!  "Happy Birthday Daddy!"

We went out to dinner with our great friends Dave and Emily that night.  Then came home to a house of silly kids, presents and cake!

Happy Birthday Babe!!!

We love you so much!

Top 35 reasons why we love our daddy!

1. He is the BEST hubby ever!

2. He gives the best hugs!

3. He makes us laugh:)

4. He LOVES his family!

5. He works so hard at work to provide for us.

6. "He is so AWESOME and he plays with us." Troys says 

7. He takes care of all the finances in the house.  Hats off to him for this one.  I HATE paying the bills.

8. He LOVES basketball!

9. He is a great example to the kids of being a hard worker.

10. He is so smart on the computer.

11. "Cuz I love daddy!" Blakley says

12. He LOVES his mom and he takes care of her. (we love momma's boys in this house!)

13. He loves having a clean house and doesn't mind pitching my to keep it that way.  I swear he vacuums everyday! 

14. He likes to play Xbox!

15. "He looks COOL and he tickles us." Carter says

16. "He goes to wrestling with me and then practices the moves with me." Tanner says

17. He loves spending time with his family.

18. He is worthy of giving us priesthood blessings.

19. "Cuz he do funny faces!" Blakley says

20. "He is way nice to me and fun.  Not sure how to say how much I love him." Tanner says  (oh this one had me in tears.  He LOVES his daddy so much!)

21. "He drives fast in his car!" Carter says

22. "He is the smartest person I know!" Troy says

23. He's a good runner!

24. He is such a gentleman.  After 16 years of being together he still opens the car door for me. WOW!

25. "He said he would go to every single Jazz game when I make the team!" Troy says

26. "Cuz he makes me noonoos (Ramen)." Blakley says 

27. He is always thinking ahead and thinking how he can take care of his family (financially, spiritually, and health wise)

28. He takes care of our yard.

29. He is a really good friend.  He's my BESTEST friend!

30. "Cuz he does toots on my belly!" Blakley says

31. "He gives us money to buy things."  All three boys said this.

32. He loves to go camping with his family.

33. Once he sets a goal, he will do what he has to achieve that goal! ex. Graduate from college with a 4.0 - DONE!

34. He loves to go four wheeling with the boys.

35. HIS FAMILY MEANS THE WORLD TO HIM!!!

Tanner's big night.....

Tanner has been working so hard in cub scouts during the last year.  He wanted to be able to get all he could get done before turning 11 years old and moving into the boy scouts.  He did great!

March's Pack Meeting was quite the "Tanner Show."  He received lots rewards that night!

Faith in God Award

given to him by Bishop Murray

Webelos Award

(side note: Troy got welcomed into scouts tonight.  He is so excited to finally be a Cub Scout.)

Arrow of Light Arrow

This award was fun for the whole family.  We all got to take a turn painting his face with the paint.  He was even lucky enough to have his grandparents there to join in on the fun.  

 The finish product....not too bad for 1st timers!

This is the award that they leaders make for him to hang in his bedroom.

Tanner making the crossover from cub scouts to boy scouts.  Man Oh Man! My little boy is growing up!

Good Job Buddy on all the hard work you have done through out the last year!  Next step: Getting your Eagle!  We know you can do it! 

Troy's Baptism

Troy got Baptized on March 24th.
It was such a great day to share with our family and friends.
To help prepare for the big day, we had a list of things to do.  
1st on the list: Missionary Discussion
Our good friends invited us (along with some of the other kids getting baptized) over to their house to listen to the missionaries talk about the importance of Baptism.  Even though we go to church and my kids have learned about getting baptized, there is something special when they get to hear it from the missionaries.  The Elders had a really neat object lesson planned to go along with it.  I think the kids really enjoyed it.

2nd on the list: Pictures
My cute friend, Tori took Troy's pictures for us.  She is amazing and has such a eye for it!  We love her.  We lucked out with an awesome day with great weather to take pictures! Thanks Tori!

He was all smiles that day!  What a cutie pie!

 Choose the Right

3rd on the list: Get "Troy's table" ready for church entrance.
Simple I know. But it worked. We had all of guests sign the pages for his scrapbook.  I hope he will cherish these pages with his friends and family's names on them in his years to come.

4th on the list: Ask Troy who he wants to say a talk.
Troy got to choose someone from our family to give a talk about the Holy Ghost  He chose his Aunt Wendy!  She was so sweet to accept and did an AWESOME job.  She kept a great job keeping all of the kids attention.  That's hard to do when you have that many kids in a room. I could see a future Primary President here:)


When the big day came we were ready!

I am so proud of my little boy's decision to be baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.  I hope that Troy will always remember this special day and the feelings he had.  I remember the day of my baptism.  I was lucky enough to be baptized on my 8th birthday.  Easy way to remember the date! I love you Troy!  

Do I smell a fire?

Yes I do!!!

We are finally using our fire pit again.  One of the reason why I love Spring time!  The smell of campfires in the evening.  I think we would have a fire every night if we were home.

Tonight, we had Carson and Maddie join us. 

Blakley Doo loves her friend Maddie

Maddie follows her around making sure she isn't doing anything she shouldn't be doing.  Now that I think about it, I think I need her down here full time.  Blakley is always doing something she shouldn't be doing :) My little Stinker!  Thanks Maddie for taking such good care of her.