We got the name, "Five Critters" when we started Geocaching. That is our team name. Considering we all love the outdoors, hunting, and camping, it seems to be a perfect description!

Monday, September 7, 2009

Playing Cards and Sunday Dinner at Ed & Eliza's

Every Sunday we go to Tommy's parent's house for dinner. We also love to play games, especially Phase 10. We were particularly silly this night. Even Kevin played cards with us!




Sunday, September 6, 2009

What we have been up to

I haven’t updated my blog for a while, so I thought I would re-cap some of the things we have been doing since March.

4/18/09: TJ’s first temple trip- TJ took his first temple trip to do baptisms for the dead. Tommy got to go with him as a leader. I can’t believe my son is 12 years old! He is now in middle school! Boy do I feel old!


4/25/09: Relay for Life- For the 4th year, we participated in the Relay for Life. This year was great! Mackenzie danced for part of the entertainment, and we lasted pretty good all night.



4/29/09: TJ Court of Honor- TJ received his 1st Class, 2nd Class, and Tenderfoot Badges. He loves scouting and the outdoors. Right now he is really into survival skills. We keep telling him he would make a great forest ranger someday!


5/4/09: Train Ride from Safford to Pima- Our local chamber of commerce arranged a special train ride from Safford to Bush & Shurtz restaurant in Pima as a fundraiser for some local organizations. We knew Braden would love it!


5/8/09: Our 14th Anniversary in Pine/Strawberry- We stayed at a cabin in Pine, and hiked at Fossil Springs in Strawberry. It was so fun! The cabin was awesome with a big tub (which was nice after a long day of hiking). The hike was hard, but very rewarding when we reached the water. It was a great weekend!


5/14/09: Chuck E. Cheese in Tucson- We found a new psychiatrist for Braden that we like in Tucson, so I told Braden we could go to Chuck E. Cheese on one of our monthly trips. The other kids wanted to go also, so we made a little day trip out of it.


6/7-6/13/09: Mackenzie and I visited my sister, Tamara in Virginia. We loved the beaches and the great weather. There was green everywhere! Mackenzie really loved Water Country USA water park. They had some great rides. I loved the frogmore stew that my sister made for us! It was soooo good!