Strike a pose girlfriend.
I love this picture of Courtney. 
This is my rain measuring duck. We had just finished our 2nd day in a row of getting an inch or more of rain. Someone at work told me Seattle called and wants their rain back since they are going through a small drought right now and my vote is to send it back.
This was one crazy storm. Smithfield which is 20 miles south of us had hail that was just a little bit bigger than marbles. Jeff's parents unfortunately had to replant most of their garden because it was ruined by the hail. There were quite a few people in Smithfield that also had their homes flood because of the amount of rain received in a such short amount of time from this storm. Looks pretty viscous huh?
It's a good thing God gave us his promise to never flood the earth again.
His birthday is April 21st. Kate picked him up from a lady in Provo and met us in Ogden for the exchange. Whitney couldn't be happier. He's already pad trained and we are working to get him trained for outside. If it would ever quit raining it would be easier.
As part of the decorations I set up a table with all his school stuff. It came out awesome and really displayed all of Blake's accomplishments. 
Blake lettered in Golf his senior year. Blake finished in the top three in most of the tournaments we attended. He was one of the school's most stable players. Blake wishes he had tried out for the golf team earlier in his school career. He had a blast.
Two of Blake's most treasured guests were Grandpa and Grandma Great (Denton). They just recently retired from their temple positions and now have Saturdays off so they could attend.
I hope Jeff and I are this cute someday. Aren't they darling?
Mr. Pope was always so lost in thought. Whoa dude, that's deep.
Mrs. Anderson was one of Whit's favorite people at school. They always had a good time together.
When I met Mr. Smith he told me he didn't know what he would do with out Whitney because she was the only sanity he has left. Good luck Mr. Smith.
You're lookin good Blake!
When did my baby boy grow up and get so big? We love you Blake congratulations!!! We all survived it and will look back and laugh soon.
This is Blake with one of his best buds Andrew. That is one studly goatee. 
Blake's knees just about buckled when he layed his eyes on his new clubs. A tear came to his eye and a huge smile to his face. He almost needed to be treated for shock I think.
Jake and Arile came and helped us with an early celebration over Memorial day weekend.
Blake is already ready learning to lean on his sister. We keep telling him she's going to be one of his best friends some day and he just doesn't know it yet. Who else will he be able to relate to when he is talking about his crazy parents someday?
See Blake siblings make the best friends!
Here's Riley wondering if Uncle Jeff is going to ever get the food cooked.
Shelton wants to hurry up and eat because after, we are going to roast smores.
Arile is looking lucious as she strikes a pose in our beautiful lush green field.
Shhh! It's finally time to eat. Jayden's ready for the prayer are you?
What a cutie. 
Get ready! Get set! GOOOOOO!!!
And there off. Jake and Blake are neck and neck with Shelton and Riley not far behind.
At last Blake pulls ahead on the down turn with Jake not far behind.
Jake's huffin and puffin a little as he finishes. The boys finished right behind Jake. Blake is the new reigning champion for the one time Memorial Day race.
I wanted to help our Mom's to feel special so Jeff and I got our Mom's and Grandma these cute hot pink gerber daisy corsages. Aren't they almost as gorgeous as the ladies wearing them?!
I love you Mom! I hope it was one of the best ever. 
Blake chose to build a gun cabinet. The woodshop teacher let him skip the beginner class and go to advanced one because of his experience with building our home.
Blake took all of these pictures by himself. He set the timer and propped the whole thing. Blake is always filming himself doing crazy things.
Here is the rough draft and below is the finished cabinet.
Pretty sweet. His cabinet frame is made out of solid oak pieces.
It wouldn't seem right if there wasn't at least one smirky picture of Blake. What a ham.
Anything about Whitney's egg seam familiar?
Just do it!
She also did one with the Chevy bow tie and CTR.
I made an egg for the cat and then another with I love Jeff on it. 
Earlier this year Jeff and the kids got me my first bird feeders. We all love watching the different kinds of birds migrate through. I made snowflakes for our window to keep the birds from dive bombing it.
This morning I had Whitney go out and fill the feeders. She's such a good sport to go out in the cold with her boots and pjs.
You wouldn't believe how many birds we get. We go through over 50 pounds of bird seed. We put out a few different kinds to attract different birds.
The bird in the lowest part of the picture are the only ones that don't migrate. We think the are called a House Finch or Cassins' Finch. You can always tell when new birds show up because they aren't fat like the bottom bird.
This morning I got up to a nice surprise. Look at this beautiful big rooster. We have been trying to attract pheasants by putting out cracked corn. This is the first one we have seen out by our bird feeder.
Jeff is the best. The trees we are using are from limbs cut off other trees from the ravine in our back yard. We didn't want a permanent tree just yet so Jeff got this idea from his Dad. It really helps to attract more birds. 
