All is well that ends well. Blake and his date Ari had a great night. 

My camera battery was out for William's first birthday. I got one picture of the little walker that Mickayla had picked out for William. It was a big hit. Mickayla knew just what William would like. He walks all over the house now! 

 

When Mickayla was leaving for school a squirrel jumped ran up to Mickayla and wanted to have a treat. We hadn't seen this friendly squirrel before. I ran back in and got a few nuts for the squirrel to have. Mickayla was excited to feed the squirrel by hand. She didn't mind having to hurry the rest of the way to school. 

William is helping Grandma clean the kitchen. He seems to have learned his cleaning skills from the 7 other children who have grown up in this house. 

Mickayla is Missing a tooth
Mickayla finally lost her first tooth. She was very excited. She thought it would never happen! 

William just noticed that Redmond made a very bad move on the field!  

Mickayla and William after the football game.  

It's Football time of the Year!
Football has started again. Blake is having a great year. The team isn't doing that great, but he is doing Awsome. He has recovered 3 fumbles. He has come close to having touch downs from his brilliant scooping up of the ball and running. In this pickture he is the 4th person from the bottom of the screen. 

Ann and Keith took us sailing while they were here visiting us. We had a great time. They really know how to have fun. Something the rest of us are trying to learn. 

Kim and Mickayla took a turn at the helm. Mickayla loved sailing! 

Blake was our guide on the sailing trip. We never reached our destination. (We ran out of time) 

Here is the difference between a girl that doesn't see the rain much and one who sees it all the time. Brooklynn ran out to play in the rain while Mickayla..... 

Mickayla stayed in the house and painted with watercolors. 

We had fun staying with Brooklynn while LaDawn and Brent were away. We took the girls to a fun activity area by LaDawn and Brents home. We had a great time. Kim and the girls loved playing in the bumper cars.  

Mickayla and Brooklynn had a great time at Lagoon. We went with Anita and her kids.  

The 4th of July
We went to Grandma's for the 4th of July. We did all the normal fun things. Dad and I took Mickayla to the 4th of July parade. Dad enjoyed the shade as long as he could. It was so hot there. We played games and went to the fireworks in the evening. It was just a wonderful time. 

Mickayla as always loved the parade. Of course the reason she loved it was because of all the candy. 

Of course we did the normal things at Grandma's like play games. They are playing Bridge here. Grandma and Dad won.

Mickayla played in the wading pool Grandma had for her. She pretended to be the Little Mermaid. She wanted me to be a friend she would meet on the beach. So we were talking and she said that she came to find Prince Derek. (I decided to tease her as we played so....) I told her that I knew Prince Derek. We were going to get married. This really changed what she had planned. She said no, it couldn't be my prince Derek. Your prince is fat, my prince Derek is skinny. I could not help but laugh.
She then went on to say lets pretend you are someone else now. I told her, okay who shall I be. She said, "someone nice". 

Dad's new office
Dad has rented an office in down town Redmond. It is a nice building on Union Hill road. It is 5 minutes from home. I think he is very happy with it. 

This is Dad's office. He has a very nice L shaped desk, a beautiful book case, matching file cabinet and a little refrigerator. 

Happy Father's Day Dad
Dad had a nice father's day. As you see he had his adoring fans listening to him read the funnys after church.  

Dad spent Father's day playing Risk with his sons. In fact I believe the boys "let" him win. :)
 

Dad loved his tent for father's day. We are excited to use it, espically Mickayla 

Reed gave one of the quotes at the end of Baccalaureate as he put out the candle at the end of the program. He looked so handsome.