4th of July FUN !!!!!!!

Fourth of July week was so much fun. It started out with a parade and lots of candy, and ended at Betsy and Gentry's house. Betsy's mom was nice enough to invite Kim, Kassie's family and I to the big 4th of July bash. We really had a great time. The kids swam and then we had a BBQ. The guys had fun playing basketball and the kids just had fun doing everything. Holidays are always so much fun spent with people you love.

4th of July FUN!!!!!

Happy Birthday Grandma and Summer Fun!!

Happy Birthday Grandma......... She is as old as Disneyland!!
So for my birthday this year I decided to have all the grand kids come over play games, watch movies and have a sleep over. So I did!! We had lots of fun. The kids played dress ups, and we played a few water games, jumped on the tramp and then we all finally went to sleep. What a fun Birthday!!
A few weeks later Betsy and Gentry went out of town for the weekend so I said sure I will baby sit while your gone. Of course I had to have the other three grand kids come join the fun. They really had a lot of fun in the small orange pool at grandma's. Mind you Betsy and Gentry have a full size pool and we did go there to swim but they had just as much fun in the orange $8.98 pool from Walmart and the slip and slide. They did an obstacle course that Kamri set up and it was so cute watching them go through it. Then we tye dyed shirts red, white and blue. They had a great time doing this, it was so easy and fun. They loved their shirts and I think they wore them the rest of the time they stayed here and even slept in them.
They always love playing dress ups when they come to grandma and grandpa's. They each have their favorite outfit to wear so I took a few pictures.
Anyway my Birthday was so much fun and as always it is never dull when you have 6 at the same time !!I say it is just six times the fun!! What a fun June we had. More pics coming later from the 4th of July!!

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY

HAPPY FATHERS DAY HONEY!!

Kim has been a dad for 30 years!! Wow we are getting old!! Kim was a great dad as our kids were growing up. He helped me feed, bath and change diapers and he only has one good hand. He is one fabulous guy. He babysat the kids whenever I needed him to. He worked nights I worked days so the kids wouldn't have to go to a babysitter. He did this mind you on very little sleep. He slept when the kids took naps and then when I got home sometimes he would catch a wink or two. He has a great love for his two kids Gentry and Kassie and would do anything for them. He was always a great support to them in any thing they did. He would arrrange his work schedule so he could be to each event. Sometimes with no sleep at all!! He loved watching them particiapte in sports and Kassie's dance recitals. Any programs at school he was there. He never missed a Hallowen parade. I did; everyone. (only because I had a school parade at my school and I couldn't miss it because I was the teacher) But he was there to show his support and take pictures for me. He has been a fantastic grandpa and loves each and every grandchild. He will babysit them ,take them places, fight with them, play horses, jump on the tramp, swim.

go to all their activites, if it is a baseball game, soccer game or rodeo he goes to all of them. Kim had made it a tradition to buy the grandkids their shoes for their activites. We usually take the grandkids to get their shoes and then take them to eat. So they always have a good pair of baseball, soccer, or boots for the season. He is up for anything especially when it is with the grandkids. He is so proud of them!! He loves Gentry and Kassie and their spouses. He always keeps them in his prayers. Kim has a testimony of the gospel which I love about him. He enjoys church on Sundays and the temple when he can. He has been such an example to so many people and we are so lucky to call him husband, dad and grandpa. And your lucky to call him your friend. We all love you!! Have a happy day:)

"IT'S SO HARD TO SAY GOODBYE AND LET GO"

My student teacher's last day was Friday!! It was so sad! I will really miss them both. They have been with the class since the beginning of the year. So we all have bonded. My class and I will truly miss all they did for us. They really were outstanding and did so much work on behalf of the students and myself. I will miss them more than words can say. I feel so blessed to have had the opportunity to get to know Sarah and Sienna. I hope they had a good experience and learned a lot. I know I did from them. Monday I go back. I honestly am ready to go back and be the teacher again. I have missed the kids also. But I truly will miss the extra set of hands, the friendship that grew and all the new and fun ideas (and energy) they brought to the class. I just wanted to post this tribute to them. We love you Mrs. Brown and Miss Vanwagoner. Hugs
to each of you and another big THANK YOU for a job well done. Come visit us soon.

OH THE THINGS WE CAN DO WHEN GRANDMA AND GRANDPA BABYSIT!!

We love babysitting the grand kids. Sometimes we babysit Kassie and Ryan's kids and sometimes Betsy and Gentry's kids. And sometimes we babysit them at the same time. The past few weeks that we have babysat we have had lots of fun. These are some of the fun things they do when they are hanging out with grandpa and grandma. Alyssa wanted to make pudding. I didn't have instant and so I told her we could make that another time. She was persistent and after looking in the pantry found some cook and serve vanilla pudding. So she helped me make that and then she got this great idea to make ice soup. It's really easy grandma all you do is get a cooking pot, ice, warm and cold water and it's done. She kept adding and adding and then it was finally done. She gave me a bowl and then talked Brock into one. He said it was good but he wanted strawberries in his. So he had strawberry ice soup. YUM! Want the recipe call Alyssa. Then Jordyn got this great idea to pose for some pics. using her fake camera and then I went and got my camera to take the real pics. So they are posing for the pictures. She told her mom that we took some really cute pics of them with grandma's real camera. Brock caught a potato bug and put it in a jar. He babysat it for a few hours then he went home. SHH!! Don't tell Brock but the bug did not make it:). Bridger and Jordyn love to play horses when they come. They bring them and we race them and set up poles and barrels and then grandpa is our trainer. We even go to Rodeos. What a blast.! Jordyn was dancing with Alvin and the chipmunk movie and later the kids went down stairs to play more horses and play store. Kamri is such a good sport to play with the kids but she loves to be on the computer and play webkins, listen to music, or browse e-bay and I-tunes. Brock and Boston love movies and so when they come they like to watch movies. They love to eat popcorn of course while they are watching. My niece Shalece sent down some marshmallow popcorn that we tried out it was yummy!! Thanks Shalece. We bought a big screen T.V. about three years ago and the kids love, love, love to play in the box. It can be a house, a boat or whatever. It almost bit the dust today but Kamri and I fixed it with duct tape. Hopefully it will last another three years. Today grandpa was working in the yard and Bridger went out to help him. He thought he was pretty big boy. He is a great little helper!! Bridger Grandpa says thanks. We also had an inside picnic today. It was too cold for grandma to go outside so they ate their picnic inside and watched a movie. Grandma and Grandpa have so much fun when the grand kids come. WE LOVE OUR GRAND KIDS. We will see them again tomorrow. We are having everyone over for dinner in between conference. Will post more pics of that tomorrow. Sorry the post was forever long but I am a grandma and love to brag about the grand kids. We are so lucky and very blessed. The hands are you guessed it old grandma hands mine, Jordyn and Bridger's

Mikesell Easter Family Traditions 08

Easter traditions so much fun!! Each year on Easter or around Easter we get together for an Easter Egg hunt! This grandkids get so excited even if they have been to 2 or 3 the day before. Easter Sunday was the day this year. All the grandkids came over with their parents. They sat on the stairs outside and then on the count of 3 they all took off!! Of course they all got plenty of candy as well as money for the dollar store!! A few years ago Kim and I decided to give the grandkids each a swimsuit for Easter instead of a toy because the Easter Bunny takes care of that. So from then on the family tradition is Swim Suits for Easter and this year they got flip flops to go with them. So there they all are sporting their swimsuits from grandma and grandpa. HAPPY EASTER everyone. Hey Betsy and Gentry how long until the pool opens??