Summer!

Fireworks!

Noah's first sparkler

The group picture just before dark

Pioneer games at the park

It's good to see old friends

Luke and Sage made rockets

Sage is getting Noah excited for a train ride

This train is a Bloomington tradition. It's a 4 wheeler pulling

a row of buckets with wheels. The kids love it.

Ashley's return from trek. She was sick when she left

but she looked healthy and happy pushing that handcart down

from the mountain. She wants to go back.

Ashley with Ma and Pa Davis from trek. She loves them!

Last Day of School!

Today is the last day of school for our charter school kids. I'm excited to have the kids home for the summer and so happy the cooler weather is hanging in there a little longer. We'll have plenty of heat in no time so I'm glad it's taking it's time. Today was a great year for the kids. Most of them had record breaking grades and I'm so proud of them for how hard they worked.

Luke and Mrs. Winder


Cole and Miss Freeberg


Sage and Miss Rammell

February Fun!

I know a lot of people don't like February because it's dreary, wintry, and cold. But we live in St. George...We love February!!!

Cole got student of the month for imagination!


Noah discovered youtube thanks to me. Grrr! I really regret it.


Ashley got into Success Academy! Three cheers for free college! Hip hip....


Sage followed her tradition of making a Valentine box that looks like a dog.


Luke was so creative and thought of making his into a giant coke can. It even has the tab at the top that opens the can.


Ashley is so sweet to still play with her younger siblings.

Christmas!

I hope I can find pictures to post! This Christmas was not the best we've had but when you have little ones around it's hard not to be happy anyway.



It snowed the first day the younger kids went back to school. Ashley and Noah were able to play in it but it melted before the other kids came home.


Ashley was not happy to be photographed while wearing chipmunks but she did like her pajamas.

The boys waiting to watch a traditional Christmas movie.



Testing out the toys.


Can't forget the Christmas jammies picture!

Thanksgiving!

We went to Arizona for Thanksgiving this year.

Here is Cole at Grandma Ruby's where we stayed



Noah having a helping of Cheez It's at Grandma Wilkes' house where we watched the football games.


This is "the barn" at Uncle Alvin's where every meal is served from Wednesday night through Saturday morning








Most of "the crew" that take upon themselves the work of every meal














Cole is always the first in line...not one to waste time he's also checking facebook updates








It's tradition to get the chicken coop picture even if I can only get 2 kids there because the others are to busy mingling with cousins.


Luke and Sage dressed up as pilgrims for school




It's unfortunate I didn't get a picture of Ashley and her cousin Karina with the German exchange student that they held in such high esteem. Rob and Cole enjoyed defeating him in basketball.

Halloween!!!

Cole Was a box...doesn't he wear it well? :)



Ashley and her friend Sarah are Pride and Prejudice Characters


Sage is a vampire. I want to say she's a sarcastic vampire because she's doing air quotes but I think it's supposed to actually be a scary hand gesture suggestive of fangs.


Luke was a Clone Trooper, he was excited we got the deluxe costume days before Halloween on a clearance sale so he didn't have to wear another nylon painted jumpsuit. He'll wear this costume around the house all year long for years.


Noah the policeman


Carving pumpkins! Sage and Luke carved theirs completely by themselves this year.


After I cleaned out Noah's pumpkin he "helped" by taking all the pumpkin innards out of the bowl I'd put them in and put them back in his pumpkin. I don't understand the tongue thing he does every time I take his picture now.


Ashley and I won tickets to Thriller! It was so fun. This is Ashley with the clown and one of the Jason guys.



Grandma Ruby was here for Halloween too. We had a lot of fun with her. I should have taken a picture!

Happy Halloween from the Wilkes kids!

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Sage was baptized!

It was such a great baptism. We had a lot of our closest family and friends attend but missed those that couldn't. Aliya Cazier sang with her dad and it was beautiful! Thanks to all that made it such a special day for Sage!