Aunt Velene's funeral, Lyman, UT

Lenard, Jeanette and Lynn

Uncle Duane and Aunt Norma

Lynn, Lenard, Jeanette, Myrna and Nila

Sisters - Myrna, Betty, Peggy and Nila

Sandbucket candles

Here are some pictures of our candles all lit up!

Outdoor decorations, we went with a blue and green theme with yellow and white accents.
We love to have parties!

Centerpieces

Tableware

Ralph with his new mixer

Stephanie with Grandpa

Kameron

Ralph and Michelle

Ryan, Jake, Logan and Travis

Craig and Dean

Rachelle and Tory

Julie and Scott

COUSINS!

Sister-In-Laws!

Julie, Deanna and Michelle

Craig, Peggy, Scott, Michelle, Dean, Ralph and Kevin

Julie, Scott and Kevin

Ralph and Peggy

Whitney and Joslyn

Chad and Brenner

Father's Day Weekend

Here is Craig enjoying 2 of his Father's Day gifts - the chair and the BBQ.

He's thrilled!

The outdoor oven for the summer!

Good Luck

Ryan's orthodontist office has an incentive program - get A's on your check-ups each quarter and they'll enter you into win a game system. Ryan won a Wii yesterday! How awesome is that?!?! He gets to pick it up next Tuesday and have his picture in the newspaper.

Summer has begun!

Well it's official, summer has begun. We are completely done with school - all of the report cards are in! Ryan finished strong - 5 A's and 1 B (Biology). Courtney has 7 straight A's! Joslyn has a little bit of each - 3 Outstandings, 3 Goods and 1 Satisfactory. Chad had all +'s and 3 - 3 -'s. ( I can't wait until we get to letter grades!) 3's and +'s are like A's or so they tell me!

Craig, Ryan and Courtney are all at Grand Targhee ski resort this week for a Idaho Drug-Free Youth camp. Craig is a counselor and the kids are unwilling participants!

Ryan is also going to Cedar Badge in another week - the 15th - 21st, at all most the same place, Treasure Mountain Camp near Driggs, at the base of the Grand Teton mountains.

The state high school rodeo finals are in town next week and Joslyn and I can hardly wait! (Mostly Joslyn) She is going to have her fill of horses this month! She saw one and got to pet it, it was a dream come true, especially considering the horse's name - Dreamer.

The 31st and the 1st our ward youth picked Dyer's Waod, a noxious weed, as a fundraiser for Girl's Camp and Scout Camp. We earned $1,643.00! They pay 20 cents a pound! It has been raining quite a bit and they came up pretty good, but we were covered in mud and all wet, Joslyn and Chad especially, it was as tall as them and they ran thru the "yellow forest" non-stop for 3 hours! We made them strip at the van and I had to wash everyone's clothes twice and rinse even more because of all the dirt! But it was nice to do a service project and even nicer that I won't have to write out a check for either camp!

Look at this beautiful hanging flower basket my sister-in-law, Sharlene gave me for Mother's Day!
The flowers are on their second blooming.
It hangs right out my back door, so I can see it everytime I walk into the diningroom!

This is the poster Courtney did for her last big book report.
The white cards with red tassles come out and have the characters from
"Looking Glass Wars" that coordinate with the ones from "Alice in Wonderland".
We stayed up until midnight getting this done.
She got double points for being the first one to turn hers in.
The white paper being held back by red ribbon unfolds and shows how card soldiers come to life
and the paper with gold buttons that lkook loike doors hold the story, author information and a timeline.
Around the edge it says "Off with their heads" in red.

Spring Flowers

Our hyacinths have finally started coming up

the left side of the house, all tulips

the right side, tulips and pinwheels

a cool cloud we saw on the way home from Utah, last night

Courtney

Courtney had this poem as well as a picture published in "Irving Ink" A collection of writings and Illustrations from Irving Students, 2008.

I AM
By: Courtney Ockerman

I am a girl who loves to read
I wonder about my future
I hear beautiful piano music
I see an ivory moon above the quiet lake
I want my own library
I am a girl who loves to read

I imagine when I read, that I am in another world
I feel excited when I get a new book
I touch the smooth keys of a piano
I worry what other people think of me
I cry when I read "Where The Red Fern Grows"
I am a girl who loves to read

I understand English
I say "stand up for what you believe"
I dream about going to Europe
I try to do well in school
I hope to be an author
I am a girl who loves to read

Jim and Lynne's family

The Kaneko's

Grandma blowing out her candles

Grandma and some of her church friends