Brookie Wookie

Let's see....Brooklyn has just been busy with school and socializing. She is growing like a weed and hates it!!! She is now about 5'10" and would rather be 4 feet tall. She is so excited for school to get out. She is going to volleyball camp next month--we'll see if she likes that. I think she'll be good at it.

p.s. from brooklyn: dont believe my mom. i love school! and by the way i went to ISS (in school suspension) it was fabulous i hope a can go there again, i really adore mrs allen.

Bball foo!

Matt finished up the Lacrosse season. Now it's back to basketball. He had a tournament in Roy over the weekend and did a great job. His team won 4 out of the 5 games!!!! I was out in the hall when the Ben Lomond team came walking in--my boys asked who I was going to cheer for. Please!!!! Anyway, I saw a couple that I went to school with and remembered their names--of course they didn't remember me (i love to do that to people!) so for all of you who went to Ben Lomond and were wondering---Trent Cook married Shelly Miller.

Matt has a few more camps. He is going to be playing in Pocatello and helping out with Jack's camp. Everyone who has seen him play---just since the bball season ended has said he has improved a ton! He is gaining that confidence and more skill. I think it's because he goes out with his brothers and plays bball every chance he gets! That's what they say before they go outside--Matt will say to Jack: Bball foo! It's so funny when Eli says it!

The Graduate

Jess is done with High School! (well at least in her mind) she has 3 and a half more days left. She is graduating on Friday. Then moving out on Saturday. It's so wierd to think that our family is changing so quickly! I just barely had her and now she's leaving and things won't ever be the same.

She has been having fun hangin out a little with Scott Olsen--he just got back from his mission a few weeks ago. They are good friends and I just wanted to put this pic up because he is so dang cute!

She also just got a car--she is sooooooo excited about it! I'll have to post a pic of it when she actually gets it.

Sorry I'm so bad at this!!!!!

What we're up to......Ok I'll start with me. I have just been trying to keep up with the kids! I did get a part time job. Matt Checketts hired me as his secretary. He is so good to let me work what ever hours I need and let me work mostly from home. It has been fun working for him--it has been hard trying to figure out what works the best for me--when to work, how many hours etc. you know!

I got pulled over the other day for the first time in my life! That is what helped me get out of the ticket--that and telling the cop that I'll love him forever if he didn't give me one. Isn't it great to be a girl?

I have really down sized my garden because of all that I have to do. So instead of planting every vegetable on the face of the earth, I planted.........potatoes. We'll be livin off the land this year!

Ring of the Month

Scott gave me a ring!!!!!!! JK He actually did go with me and picked out the cute April ring of the month. I kind of waited a long time to get this months, so I'll have another one shortly--I already know which one I want for May.

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Jess went to a JUNO party the other night with her friends. They all dressed up like this---don't ask me why!!!!!

FASHION SHOW!!!! I rode down to Salt Lake with Bridgette, Jerilyn and Jackie. They were dressers at the show---I am so glad they were there! I felt a little out of place at first but then I got used to everything and it was a blast!!!! It was so strange as I was walking down the runway, I could see myself on the big screen. I have been stressing about it for so long that I can't believe it's over. I had such a great time!

Scott came down for the weekend and we took the kids bowling. I had no idea Matt was such a good bowler!!! Eli had so much fun until Scott got the kids fries, then he it was Heber's turn all the time!

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• Matt answered Maddy and went to the dance with her. He had a good time. All I could get out of him was that it was fun.


• Scott flew me up to Oregon for the weekend. It was sooo fun. He lives with his sister, her husband and 6 kids. We just hung out with them, he drove me around to show me the houses he has built--I was very impressed! I had a great time. When I got home, the kids had painted the wall in the kitchen and it looked great!!!!


• We have 3 peacocks hangin around the house and I took a pick because it was so pretty. I love to hear them crow--or whatever they do!

Field Trip to the Salt Lake City Library

I kept the middle boys home from school for a field trip. So Jack, Porter, Heber, Eli and I went to the Library. We met Scott's sister Trisha and her 5 kids there. It is an awesome funky building. It was totally cool. Dave was a little worried because of all the freaks and I'm glad he warned me about that because there were plenty there! We had fun reading books in the children's area, then walked through the art gallery-it was a photography display. I would love to get into photography--maybe someday when my life slows down, but by then I'll probably be too weak to hold up a camera! The kids loved going up and down on the glass elevator. We put so much trust in the structure of things and the strength of glass!!! It totally freaked me out--going up and down in the air being able to see everything--I have serious nightmares of that! We then went to Liberty park and sat on the grass and ate our lunch in between teeth chattering--it was freezing!!! When is this going to end!?

"Happy Birthday Dear Eli........"

APRIL 14th Eli's 3rd Birthday!!!!!! YAY!!!!! We had a fun day--going to get presents for him, baking a cake and opening presents! He went around the house saying "it's Eli's birthday!" He got lots of fun stuff but his favorite were the bubbles.

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Porter took some great pic of my spring flowers--he did a great job

Matt in action at Lacrosse

Conference Weekend

Sorry, I'm a bit late but you know what they say! (Dave would always ask his grandma when she'd say that---who's they?) My friend Scott came down from Oregon for the weekend and brought 3 of his neices. I kept the kids home that friday night so that we could all work in the yard on Sat. It ended up being too cold to work outside but I did get my trees pruned--thanks Dave! and I also got a new sink and faucet installed--thanks Scott! The kids had a great time together! We listened to conference, ate, milked the goat, played games, cleaned, did laundry--you know, the usual Saturday things. Conference was extremely wonderful as usual! Pres. Monson is a great man as are all the general authorities.

This week--nothing too exciting happened. Matt had 3 games--he won 2 but scored in everyone of them. His goal today was totally awesome!!!! His coach even let him play in the JV game with the long pole so when he held it straight up, it was like 15 feet in the air!!!

Matt's first......

Matt and I were home the other night by ourselves--it must have been fri night because Dave takes the kids every fri night. Matt was asleep and I was up watching something when someone banged hard on the side door. Scared to death I tried to wake Matt up--he being the man of the house now---didn't budge. So I slowly walked over in the kitchen and could see the arm and face near the bottom of the door of my neighbor Jen banging on the door. So I opened the door and could hear them running up the hill. On the porch was this poster and cute frog asking Matt to MORP. My baby boy is going on his first date!!!!!! I know I'm pathetic--oh well!

just an FYI I have had a bad cold since last wed. I went to the doc yesterday and found out I have pneumonia---but I'm getting better. Thank heavens! My kids have been a lot of help--especially Brooke. Thanks honey!

CQD: these seem to be all Brooke. She said "Mom, I know how you can take care of all my tardies in the morning, just come into the office and they'll excuse me if you tell them I had a concussion."