Singers Company Spring 2010

Meredith's Singer's company group was so cute this year!  Meredith has really grown in her performing ability and did a wonderful job on her solo!  She has taken so much to the fine arts that she has decided to  take Ballet classes this year instead of soccer.

McKenna, Meredith, Lainey, and Chloe.  Yes, Meredith is very tall for her age!  The two girls on the end are older than her.

This year Katie had a small group of boys perform two numbers.  Most of these boys have sisters in the group.  They boys sang "Take me out to the ballgame" and did a dance routine to "Surfin' USA".  It was so cute!  Trevor has a great voice and rhythm, but he prefers sports!  At least we know he will be well rounded!

8th Grade Awards Night

On Thursday, June 10th Mackenzie was invited to attend the Middle School 8th grade Awards Night.  She received academic awards and an award for being part of ASB. 

Mackenzie was showing her excitement!

Shannon and Mackenzie

All but one of these girls went to kindergarden together.  Now they are going separate ways to two different High Schools.  They are all such sweet girls!

Mackenzie and Chloe

Mackenzie's first friend in Ladera was Chloe.  My first Ladera friend was her mom, Amy.  They are a fantastic family!  We are sad that these girls will be going to two different high schools.  However some ties will always remain!

Mackenzie and Ryan. 

Ryan and Mackenzie have been friends for 9 1/2 years.  When Mackenzie turned seven she only invited two boys to her party... Ryan was one of them.  He gave her Kinects...we still have them!  Ryan was also ASB President this year so they got to spend time working together this year.  He will also be going to a different high school than Mackenzie.

Memoria Day 2010

Memorial Day is traditionally spent at my mom's at a birthday bbq for my Grandma.  The kids always have fun eating and swimming in the pool!  They also love to celebrate Great-grandma's birthday!

Grandma Dickison

Before we went to my mom's Ryan ran in the Laguna Hills Half Marathon.  His time was just under two hours which was pretty good since he had not trained much!A group of men and women from the military ran the entire way holding the flag for the division they were in.

Ryan ran with some friends from church (Mike and David).

Ironically Ryan and David met in the MTC 21 years ago. David (who was from Canada) was going to Anaheim, California and Ryan was headed off to Indiana.  David would ask Ryan about the area he would be serving in.  Years later we would both move to Ladera Ranch and be in the same ward...small world!

Mike Grossen (our neighbor and Bishop), David Ord, and Ryan

Palm Springs May 2010

Our family needed to get away and relax for awhile so we decided to drive out to Palm Springs and check

out the brand new Starwood property.  It was just what we needed- so relaxing and much needed family time!  The weather was perfect and the resort was beautiful!

We played lots of basketball, pool, ping pong, watched our favorite movie "Bedtime Stories" by the pool and went down the slide a hundred times!

Meredith lost a tooth while we were there so the toothfairy came to visit on vacation!  That is tooth #7 for anyone who is counting! 

Trevor relaxing on the hammock:

The bathroom by the pool was so cool!  It was half indoor/half outdoor with a shower.

Nerd Twin Day

While uploading some pictures today I ran across these.  At school the kids have different "theme" days.  I usually do not capture them on camera, but I was able to get these.  They are so fun!

Trevor and Garrett

"Twin Nerd Day"

Maggie and Meredith

"Twin Day"

Ladera Ranch Little League 2010

This was another great season of baseball.  Trevor was a Rookie this year and it was machine pitch.  He has continued to improve and has become more consistent.  His favorite positions are first and third base because "that is where the action is".  His catching and hitting skills amaze us!  He must be following in his Dad's footsteps!  He had a great Manager- Matt Call and Coaches- Ryan Jones and Chris Brandt.

Getting ready to catch a fly ball

The end of the year party was at Jumin' Jammin!  He was so excited about the trophy! 

Undefeated Champions 2010

 Every winter our Stake has Young Women Basketball. The girls from each Ward play basketball against eachother every Saturday for about 7-8 weeks. Brother Dale Boughton stepped up and coached the girls in an undefeated season! They played against some really good teams with more years of experience than most of our girls had. However our girls remained strong and were able to win week after week. We are so proud of them!

Mackenzie going in for the rebound:

Mackenzie shooting a free-throw