Lulu's Recital

Lulu and Kate

This year's dance recital theme was High School Musical and it was held at a local High School Gymnasium. Lulu danced in two pieces: Jazz/Tap and Ballet. Ballet is Lu's favorite and it shows! She is amazing! Because of the magic of carpooling, Rich and I hadn't seen her dance all year. So when she performed her first number, we were in tears! Lulu can really dance. She is such a beautiful ballerina!

Bravo, Bravo!

The Start Cousins Help Kick Off Summer!

Sam, Eric, Morgan and Memphis helped us "Start" summer off right with a weekend visit! Since Morgs and Mems are part fish, we swam a lot! I've never seen two girls love the water more! We even got to help Morgan celebrate an early 8th Birthday!
The best thing about having visitors... doing all the touristy things here in Vegas! It's about the only time the kids and I ever make it down to The Strip!
The kids love exploring FAO Swartz!
Memphis and Ruby gave us a preview of what to expect from them during our summer in SLC!
Double-Trouble!

Last Day of School!

The Last Day of School finally arrived... and we were more than ready this year! We need a break from dance, baseball, golf, projects, homework... we need summer! We get one month of Vegas summer and then we head on up to SLC for 5 1/2 weeks of Utah summer! So look out sleeping in, look out slurpees, look out swimming before breakfast, look out late nights, look out rec center waterslide... then watch out Utah - here we come!

Lulu with her darling first grade friends Grace, Jackie and McKenzie!

George on a feild trip with buddies Gio, Mr. Rose, Kevin, Darien, Lauren, Lacey, Mikel and Mikalah!

Lulu & Mrs. Gaughan and Geroge & Mr. Rosensteel

We love our Bartlett Teachers! Both amazing and kind! Both are officially Butler Family friends forever! Thank you for a wonderful year packed with great memories and friends! Oh, and we learned a little too!

Baseball vs. Lacrosse

George played Baseball again this year... his team... The A's. He is number 6! Ya gotta love Baseball Buns! He tried out for "kid pitch" and it's a whole different ballgame! (pun intended) The boys were bigger and the pitches crazier! But he's lovin it!

The girls also love Baseball... but for an entirely different reason...

The Snack-Shack!

Both girls are able to eat their weight in Airheads!

I think next year the "other" spring sport may steal George away! Cousins Connor and Hunter play and George is getting the Lacrosse bug...
I sure hope Lacrosse has a Snack-Shack!

Twelve Years!

Rich and I were set-up in January of 1996. I knew I would marry him on our second date. We fell in love during the spring and we knew we wanted to be married that next spring. We had a small, intimate wedding Saturday, April 26th 1997 in The Little White Chapel across the street from the Utah State Capital. Our ceremony was followed by a lovely, wedding luncheon at Tuscany. It snowed the day before our wedding; yet that morning was the most beautiful, warm, big-blue sky, spring day! We loved Our Wedding Day! Rich cried, my Pops cried...it was perfect! We both have said the only thing we would change, would be to make the day last longer!

Our dear friends, Kathy and Andrew Stirling and The Happy Couple at our Rehearsal Dinner, The Chart House Restaurant.

He still makes me laugh!

Spring!

Spring brought Ladybugs! Tons of them! Everyday Rubes and I picnic on the front lawn and she collects her "little friends"! Spring also brought Grandma Dee Dee to town! Rich and I decided to take a stay-cation at the Bellagio Hotel and Dee Dee held down the fort for a few days! I love watching Dee soak up the SUN by the pool after a long Utah winter! It's the realization of where Rich gets his sun-worshiping from! She repeats all weekend, "You just don't know how good this sun feels!"

Easter Eggstravaganza!

Easter Weekend was beautiful! Saturday we woke up to a little bit of welcomed rain! This spring shower didn't put a damper on our 2nd Annual Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt and Social! Lots of kiddos showed up with baskets ready for the mad-dash! We LOVE our neighborhood and this has become such a fun event for us to look forward to! Thank you Boyce Family and Avery Family for helping each year to make this eggstra special!














Easter Morning, George was the first one up (as usual) with Lu and Ru close behind him! Lulu was

Queen of the Egg Hunt

this year and found her eggs in record time! Rubes is still just fascinated by the whole experience!