Back to School Party!!

If you asked my kids, they would say that the only good thing about school starting is the annual Phelps “Back to School Party” at Grammy and Papa’s house!  The kids look forward to this fun, fun day. 
   

Stan got some good action shots on the water slide.




Bubbles!!
 



Yummy Snow cones!
 
 
Stan trying out a more dangerous waterslide!! Stan discovered that he slid even faster when he was wearing a garbage bag! Crazy guy! He did it over and over again trying to beat his distance of sliding across the lawn.


Back to School games


Back to School Supplies


As always, the cafeteria “ladies” served the pizza.  And of course our BTS party wouldn’t be complete without the really MEAN cafeteria lady…AKA, Uncle Matt.  The kids get a kick out of it.  He’s so “mean” that at one point Papa came over and poured a cup of ice water down his back and said, “The principal says to COOl IT!!” :)


The Grandkids!
 
And that marks the end of our summer.  Now onto the school year!

Parker is 12!!

On August 6th my sweet Parker boy turned 12! The Scouts had planned a Scout outing for that weekend, so he spent his b-day fishing with his new Scout troop at Canyon Lake.  Stan was recently asked to switch from being the Varsity leader (14-15 yr. olds) to Scoutmaster (12-13 yr. olds).  Although this means more responsibilities and more campouts, the change came at the perfect time.  Parker is thrilled to have his Dad as his Scout leader.


In our church, when the boys turn 12 they have the opportunity to receive the Aaronic Priesthood if they are worthy and so desire.  On August 8, 2010 Parker received the Aaronic Priesthood and was ordained a Deacon by his Dad.  It was a special day.  Those that participated in the circle were (from Left to Right), Bishop Aaron Stephens, David Roberts (grandfather), Stan, Stephen Phelps (grandfather) and Corey Kennedy (uncle).  Parker is so blessed to have so many righteous examples in his life.



What a special kid!! We are SO proud of him.  He loves being a Deacon and the responsibilities that come with it.  I am beyond blessed to have Parker as my son! I feel so honored that Heavenly Father would send such a special child to my home.


A couple of weeks after his birthday, Parker was able to celebrate with some of his friends and cousins.
David, Tait, Ryan, Bryce, Jacob, Andrew, Brent, Parker, Jake and Grant


After we had cake and icecream and opened up presents, we took the boys bowling.  We had the best time! We found a GREAT deal on citydeals.com for a bowling alley close to us. Thanks Merilana. :)  We were able to get a $100 gift certificate for only $30! Score!! All 10 boys, plus Stan were able to bowl 2 games. It was so much fun.  They were even nice enough to take us in the back and show us how it all works! Very cool.





Oh ya…I’m good!! :)


Happy 12th Birthday Sweet Parker! I love you!!

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Glimpses of our Summer

The summer of 2010 was as busy as ever.  Every summer I always make the mistake of thinking that life will slow down and that maybe I’ll actually get a few projects done.  It never turns out that way.  Somehow summer ends up being just as busy as the rest of the year…just in a different way.  Although we didn’t take any fancy vacations…unless you call Girls camp and Scout camp “fancy” :) , we stayed busy and enjoyed the little extra time we had to spend with family and friends.

 

Here are a few things we did this summer.

 

This Summer…

*We slept under the stars in the backyard… “We” meaning Stan and the kids.  I was content to sleep in my own bed. :)

Pretending to be asleep when I went outside to check on them. :)

*Dallin received his T-ball trophy.  THIS is the reason why he joined T-ball…to get a trophy.  He had been looking forward to this all season long. 

 

I had to get a snapshot of him looking at his trophy the next morning while he was eating his cereal.

 

*Cassie worked on “Personal Progress” goals for Young Womens.  She wanted to learn how to cook for one of her projects.

 

*The Wii Fit helped us keep in shape. :)  Cassie and Parker doing yoga with cousins.

 

*We spent lots of time swimming with cousins at Uncle Jared & Aunt Tara’s house.

 

 *We went to the Circus with the Roberts family.  Grandpa Roberts charted a bus to get us there.

 

 

*We had to say goodbye to our sweet friends and neighbors Misty, Alex, Isabelle and Penny.  Much to our dismay they moved away. We really miss them. 

 

 

*Cassie learned how to make a fondant cake in Young Womens.

 

*Parker received his 1st and 2nd class ranks in Scouts.

 

*We played in the sprinklers…really I just liked this picture and wanted to include it. :)

*We said goodbye to our little Gabby girl.  She was our first hamster and we didn’t have her for very long.  Our nephew Matthew gave her to us for Christmas last year.  We don’t know what happened.  She seemed fine.  We went swimming one day and came back to find that she wasn’t moving.  We all cried.  I know, I know, it’s just a hamster.  But she was the cutest little thing and we miss her.  Parker took it the hardest.  He spent more time with her than any of us.

I love this little hamster cave that Aunt Linda made for Gabby.

 

We buried her in our backyard cemetery next to our parakeet “Sweet Pea”.  Rest in Peace Gabby.

 

*We had cousin spend the nights.  Cassie has a tradition of inviting 3 of her younger girl cousins-Tristan, Elly and Dennalei over for a sleepover.

 

She loves to pamper them by doing their hair.

 

*We had the privilege of attending our oldest Nephew’s (on my side of the family) Eagle Court of Honor.  Great job Kyle!  This is a 3 generation picture of Eagle Scouts…My Dad, my brother Kent and his son Kyle. 

 

*Soon after that we had to say goodbye to Kyle. Dang! Too many goodbyes this summer! But this was a happy goodbye.  Kyle left to serve a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in the Phillipines.  He was so excited to go.  He will make an AWESOME missionary! We are so proud of him!  We will miss him, but going on a mission is the best thing a 19 yr. old boy could ever do.  It always amazes me to see the growth these boys experience in the 2 years they are serving the Lord.  It’s really true that they leave as boys and come back men.  I hope that my boys will follow Kyle’s example and go on missions someday.

So there you have it…a little glimpse into our 2010 summer!