The Taming of the Shrew

Mitchell was in his school play The Taming of the Shrew.

Mitchell with his friend Zach
He didn't want to try out for the play but his teacher Mrs. Patin told him to go and try. We are so glad he did. He really did a good job. In the play Mitchell played Lucientico and he is a suitor for Bianca.

Mitchell and Bianca

Here is a little of Mitchell's part.

Baseball We Love this Game!!

Cameron stealing second
Cameron at bat

Cameron playing first base

Mitchell at bat. He is smashing the ball this year. He's hit 3 home runs so far this season, and we've just started:)

Mitchell is playing catcher and pitcher this year.

Here's a video of Mitchell hitting a home run!

We love the ZOO

We all went to the zoo over spring break. Mitchell, Brylee and Cameron riding the train
Brylee and Reece riding the Rhino with Cameron falling off the back:)

Down by the Elephants

By the giraffes

Cameron and Mitchell in front of the camels

Reece and Brylee

Reece was being a stinker today and didn't want his picture taken

We all had a fun time at the zoo. All the kids love the animals. Mitchell took his camera and had fun taking a lot of pictures of the animals. Cameron and Brylee said they loved everything, especially the penguin's they were very active jumping in and swimming around. Reece loves the monkeys.

Here's a video of Brylee in the school talent show. She did her gymnastic routine. She was way nervous and excited. When it was finally her turn she did amazing!!!

Brylee has also started competing in Gymnastic. She's in level 4. On Friday March 20th she had her first exhibition meet. It was fun to see her trying so hard and doing a great job. In the last month she has really improved and worked really hard!!

(she can do more sit-ups and push-up than anyone in our family)

My little Gymnast

Brylee has been taking Gymnastics for a year and a half. She just recently got moved up to level 4 so now she can start to compete.
She is starting to learn how to do lots of tricks. She says her favorite part is the bars, but i think she is way good on the floor!!

Were way excited for her!! Go get em Brylee!!!!

Jr. Jazz

Mitchell and Cameron are playing Jr. Jazz. They both love it and are doing good!!

Mitchell in the green shorts getting the rebound
Mitchell going for the steal!

Cameron is # 22 he's a great player.

Grandma Smith's on Christmas Day

The kids with grandma Smith
Stacey and her 2 kids Ryker and Brooklyn. They just got the news their moving to Texas where Brian got a job. We are sad but excited for them!!

It snowed more on Christmas day

Jennifer talking to Travis, Travis is on his mission in Ohio. We were all so excited to talk to him he is doing so good!!

Brylee with her cousin Paityn

Christmas 2008

Christmas morning we all woke up nice and early.

Brylee opening her presents

Mitchell with his football and the clothes he got. He said next year he's going to make sure to tell Santa no clothes:)
Mitchell and Cameron the first ones up

Reece loved opening presents, he loved his monkey and his new big bed!!

SNOW, SNOW, SNOW

Here's Cameron playing in the snow, we got so much snow!!!!!
All of us outside playing in the snow.

Mitchell, Reece, and Brylee trying to get some of the snow off the trampoline.

Ben and the kids built a ramp to sled down in the back yard. This is Ben going down.

Reece

Mitchell

Dad helping Brylee go down.

We got sooo much snow!!!

The Byrd Family Christmas Party

Every year we all go to grandma and grandpa Byrd's for a Christmas party. We open presents, we eat, and every year we sing the 12 days of Christmas with the whole family. opening presents

The grand kids ( Cameron, Mitchell, Jake, Reece, Keagan, Brylee, Morgan, Delaney, and Maddy)

Mitchell and his friend Zach are making Beaded Bookmarks to sell at their winter store.
They both had a lot of fun picking out the beads and making the bookmarks.

We all decorated the tree on Sunday after Thanksgiving (I been a little busy to post anything, since my camera broke so for Christmas i wanted a new one and have got it already:)

The kids are getting so big!! Mitchell is 11 he will be 12 in May. I cant believe he is almost old enough to pass the Sacrament. He is such a good kid. Today he came upstairs and started making pancakes for everyone while i was still trying to get out of bed. Cameron is 9, he is a go getter, he does so well in school!! He is a self motivated kid always doing his best. Brylee is 7, she is are little princess. She loves to play with her friends, she loves doing gymnastics and is getting pretty good!! Reece is 2 he is are little cutie pie, he loves Diego, Dora and his stuffed animals! He sometimes wakes up in the middle of the night yelling I want to watch Dora or Go Diego Go:)maybe we let him watch to much TV. He is pretty much potty trained every once and a while he'll have an accident but hes doing great No More Diapers!!YEAH I love them all so much and am so proud of each of them!!

**Also Ben finished student teaching and will finish up his school work this week and he will be done!!! He did a great job. The teacher he did his student teaching for, when he evaluated him wrote that in the 13 years of being a teacher he had never seen such a good teacher. Ben was pretty excited. Some more good news he got on with the new high school in Saratoga Springs The Westlake Thunder! We are so excited and very relieved!!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Every year for Halloween my mom invites all of us over for homemade soup. We all love it, the kids get to see there cousins and mom gets to see them all dressed up.

We all had a great Halloween, the weather was so nice, the kids were happy, we all had fun.

Brylee, Cameron, Zach(Mitchell's friend) Mitchell, and Reece out trick or treating

Even Ben got dressed up he is doing his student teaching and so i said you have to dress up he looked awesome!!

All the kids in front of their pumpkins.

At school every year they do a Halloween parade. Cameron even looked over at me this year :)

Mitchell in the parade. He looked so good he was an old lady, he even put a pillow for his behind.