Savannah Is Crawling!

Savannah started crawling last night (she is 9 1/2 months old). Everyone is so excited, but I know how much work crawling babies are! She is also our vampire baby. She got her two bottom middle teeth, and then her two top lateral incisors (you'll have to look close to see her vampire teeth).



Savannah has been the hardest baby to feed baby food. She does not like it! We have to wait until she wails and then hurry and stick the spoon in her mouth. We put on quite the circus act every night to try to get her to eat!



Here is a video of Savannah crawling:

Moms and Muffins/Dads and Cakes

Just wanted to post a video of Jackson's performance at Moms and Muffins at school on Friday. It was a piano/flute duet that he played with his 5th grade teacher, Miss Witt. Jackson has had a wonderful 5th grade year and keeps telling me that he doesn't want it to end (he only has 7 days left). We are grateful for his amazing teachers that made his year great!



Justin had a Father/Son Cake Bake Contest at Cub Scouts last Wednesday. Jason helped him make this sand castle cake (mom didn't help at all!). The sand was actually crushed vanilla wafers. I was very impressed. The only award Justin was trying to win was "The Tallest Cake." He was very exctied when he came home with the award for "Tallest Cake!"

Missoula Children's Theatre

Last week was our school's Missoula Children's Theatre musical production of The Amazing Adventure of Robinson Crusoe. The PTA sponsors this week long event and I am the committee chair, so it is a busy week. We were able to cast 64 kids in the play. My mom and dad and Riley came down from Utah to help. Jackson had one of the main roles as "Thursday" and Justin was a member of the "Very Hairy, Frownie-Face Tribe". Mom and I made flower cookies on a stick to help raise funds. We had a fun time and Jared still walks around the house singing the "Boom Bada Boom" song from the play (it's driving us crazy!).

Other musical happenings... Jackson and Justin had a piano recital and festival at UNLV. They both received superior ratings and Justin also got a special honors medal. Jackson is playing the piano and accompanying his 5th grade teacher, Miss Witt, (who plays the flute) at our Moms and Muffins program this Friday. Anyone reading the church news might have seen this picture (it took me several glances to realize that was my husband in the background!) It was an article about the Faith in God program and Jason and Jackson attended a special fire side President Thomas S. Monson gave for the boyscouts in 2006. You can barely see Jackson's hair in the picture.

Father and Son Camp Out

On the weekend of April 25th-26th, Jason took the boys to the annual Father and Son Camp Out (actually, he just took Jackson, Justin, and Jared; Josh did not want to miss his soccer game; he was emphatic that his team needed him!) Our ward decided to give the kids a real "cowboy" experience, so they camped the night in a cow pasture in Ashsprings, NV. The next morning, fathers and sons helped brand and castrate the poor, unsuspecting little calves.

Here are the older boys watching from the gate...

And here is Jared watching from below...

And here is Jason and Justin holding down a calf while he gets worked on...