A Bunch of Crazies!

The kids had a couple of broken jiggly balls.  They have been using them as wigs.  Creative and super silly!

 Drew

 Nate and Drew

 Susanna being eaten by Laney

 Daniel

 It has been wonderful to have the yard finished.  The kids have spent a lot of time running around out there.

Sam Runs For Student Council

Sam ran for Junior Class Secretary.  He really wants to be a part of Student Council next year and you have to run  even if you just want to be a representative.  Sam worked hard making his gigantic poster for his campaign.  It was about 5' x 6'.  I thought he did a great job drawing it out and then an amazing paint job.

  

He didn't win, but he is super excited about working on the student council next year.  I am so proud to have kids that are not afraid to try out for anything and really go for it when they want something.  Love you Sammy!

Tomatoes!

I love tomato season!  We have been getting lots of yummy tomatoes out of the garden lately.  There is just nothing like tomatoes fresh out of the garden!  We were also given about 60 pounds of  tomatoes a few weeks ago.  I wasn't planning on canning that weekend, but when you get a gift like that, how can you not just make time.  It was busy, but lots of fun to work in the kitchen with my Honey and Tim.  It really went pretty fast with the three of us.  

Tim loves to help around the house and especially in the kitchen.  He loves to cook and bake.  He often will make pancakes or biscuits for the family.  His biscuits are to die for; so light and fluffy!

It was a great bonding time and now we have lots and lots of canned tomatoes for our pantry.

Cheer Nationals

Sam's cheer team earned a spot at nationals when they competed at regionals last fall.  They competed along with around 300 other teams in Anaheim at Nationals at the end of March.  Dysart's JV cheer team got 7th place in the nation.  We are so proud of Sam and all his hard work.  Cheer is not for the faint-hearted.  It is a year round sport, not just the school year, all summer long as well.  Sam goes to the weight room often as well to build up the muscles he uses to throw the girls around.  He is incredibly strong!

 Sam is the guy all the way on the right.

 They got to go to Disneyland as well.  Even with all the muscle building, Sam could not pull the sword from the stone no matter how hard he tried.

Lots of fun rides

 Love the finger up the nose.

 Oooh, Scary!

 This one looks fun.  I am not sure if he is out for a swim with Monstro or trying to attack him.

Sam with his friend Kayla before their fancy dinner.

Way to go Dysart Demons!  Love you Sammy!

Susanna turns 4

I'm not sure how time can go by so quickly.  It seems like only yesterday she was born.  Susanna is super smart and is reading some already.  She loves everything girly and sparkly.  She is a sweetie and keeps me laughing and entertained during the day while all the other kids are at school.    I am amazed at how fast she learns and absorbs things from the older kids.  

 We had church from 1 - 4pm and then we came home and made dinner and Susanna's cake.  By the time we were ready to party, it was about 7:30pm.  Susanna had fallen asleep.  She was dying from excitement all day, so we woke her up to do presents and cake. 

 She was hilarious.  She was so out of it.

 She thought she was smiling for these pictures.  We asked her if she wanted to get her presents and she said she did, but she sure didn't look like she wanted anything except for a pillow and blanket.

 She woke up a bit more as she opened presents.

This was the most excited that she got, but it didn't last long.  She didn't want to eat any cake and within a couple of minutes she was asleep hugging her new toys.  

This is the birthday song Richard grew up with.  We sing it every birthday as tradition.  Susanna loved it as you can tell.  Love you Suzu!  Mmmwwwaaa!

Impromptu Alger Gathering

Kris and Aric were in town for a few days.  Max went through the temple in preparation for his mission to New York.  We are so excited for him.  While they were here we decided to have any Algers that were available over for a visit.  I wasn't sure if any one was going to make it so I invited Jessi and her girls over too.  (Todd had meetings.)  We ended up have a good size group with Mike and his kids, Chad and Melissa with Gracie,  James and Laura with Leah, Grandpa Alger, Aric and Kris and their boys and Gavin and Cadie.  

 So cute, Daddy Aric and Daughter Cadie. 

I turned Tim loose with the camera to document the gathering.  He got some really interesting shots.  Chad hid from the camera all night.  He was playing some silly game.

 Chad and Melissa

He almost got a good picture of Mike, Rich and James if we could meld these two shots.  

 Gav and Gwen

 Grandpa, he's such a cutie!

 Classic Richard with Susanna

 Taylor and Heidi

 Taylor

 Max, Leah and Gracie

Poor Max, mid blink, but Leah looks gorgeous and Gracie is adorable.

 Jessi and Steph

 Chad hiding again

Lilli and Sara

It was a great evening.  It still makes me giggle that my little brother is  part of the Alger clan now.  It is fun to see him at all the family events.  We loved having Kris and Aric over.  We miss them since they moved to Idaho.  They leave a big hole in the family.  And we are so proud of Max.  We have the best nieces and nephews.  They are all growing into amazing people.