Kim's Troopers!

Nelson's Webelos leader, Kim Shaw, passed away last week in a terrible car accident.

It was a shock to all and Nelson had a hard time with it. She was such an awesome leader and treated the boys like they were her own. Nelson loved going over to the Shaw's house every Tuesday night just to see what fun thing they would do next. He hated missing scouts. We are all going to miss her a lot.

This was at Kim's viewing.
I thought Nelson was doing ok until we went up to her casket. Then he started bawling. I think it finally hit him that it was real. Kim's sister came and put her arm around Nelson & Alex and said "You must be Kim's Pooper Trooper's. She talked about you guys all the time." This of course made them cry even more, but it was such a sweet thing for her sister to say to let them know that Kim loved them so much.

They had the Webelos boys wear their uniforms and greet people. It was such a sad thing to see these 5 boys in the hallway crying.

At her funeral the next day the boys wore their uniforms again and greeted people going into the chapel.



I know those boys won't be the same for having known Kim. She was always happy and truly loved them and enjoyed her calling more than anyone I know.







Happier Days!

Some of the women in our ward went to the movies a few weeks ago. We saw Mamma Mia! It is hilarious. Or maybe just going with 7 women is hilarious.
I know you are all thinking...why are Wendy & Jill holding hands?
Here's the real and true story. Wendy was trying to hide from the camera so I was pushing her head forward so she couldn't hide. Then she grabbed my hand and pushed it down. 'Click'! That's when the guy took the picture. Wendy told me to erase it. After the movie Wendy turned to me and said "Ok now I REALLY want you to erase it!
You'll have to see the movie to know why she was so emphatic about it!

Even Happier Days!!

If you recognize this man then you know why I can't even look at him without laughing.

I bought tickets months ago to see Brian Regan at Thanksgiving point. We went last Friday night. I took Austin & Nelson. Austin can impersonate him perfectly.

We waited 2 hours for the show to start.
He is hilarious! If you ever get the chance to see Brian live, take it! The boys yell at each other from the sidelines at soccer games.
"What's the score?"
" FREE SNOW CONE!"
You can check it out on youtube to see what I'm talking about.





And Yes, school has started. Yipee!!

I'm pretty sure the summer was only a month long. This is the 1st summer I can honestly say was not long enough! I need more time with my kids. Where did it go?

Lauren made the high school soccer team again. This year Varsity.
Nelson & Cullan are both playing Competition soccer this year for the 1st time.
And Austin is on the high school swim team which will start meets soon. What are we thinking?

Lyle's Wedding & Marta's leaving

Marta has left us.

A month sure went by quickly. Before Marta came we were worried that a month would be long. Now we know that it's not long enough!

Sunday morning we said goodbye to her & all the Spanish students. It was a sad day. We are going to miss her a lot. Driving home we felt like we were missing a child and it's kind of felt like that all week. I guess I never thought that we would feel so comfortable with someone we didn't know. She certainly changed that. When we asked her if she missed her family she said "a little; I will miss you more"

Lauren & Marta definitely hit it off. They went shopping numerous times and just hung out with Lauren's friends and even camped in the backyard. I'm sure Lauren was glad to finally have a 'sister'!

Here we are the morning she left.

The night before she left, her, BJ and Lauren hung out after our stake dance taking pictures and being goofy.

Lauren, Ally & Jenna were liking the spanish boys.

Here they are with Mario & Javier

Lyle's Wedding!

Yes, Lyle finally got married.

Zaret & Lyle coming out of the Temple

All 9 of the brothers. Don't they all look alike? Weird!

And all 8 of the sisters-in-law. Don't we all look alike? Haha

At the reception that night Nelson caught the Garter. 10 is kind of young to be getting married next right? Since Lyle waited to get married until he was 30 he has no single friends. The oldest single male waiting to catch the garter was 14.

Ok so when the Greenwood girls get together we can get a little goofy.

If you have the right music playing we all love to dance. And we make up actions to the words of songs. It actually gets quite hilarious. You can check out a video of us dancing on Ashleys blog.

More dancing pictures. Lauren & Ashley sure are belting away.