HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Last Friday was my birthday!!!!!!!!!!! Me and my family went up to the cabin. We had so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got some really cool stuff for my birthday, like this way cool set to make this super cool convertible!!!!! Isn't it awesome? It has a lot of functions too. It is way awesome!

Logan sleeping again!

Brocks first day at Kindergarten

Thought I would post something - I will try to post more.

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will not believe this!!!!!!!!!!!! My mom is having a BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm having a BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Knock knock! Is anyone there?

Why are the only ones posting and commenting me and my Dad? We never see you post or comment anymore.

Mount Rushmore Trip

Here are a few sample photos from our whirlwind, spur of the moment trip to South Dakota.

Guernsey Wyoming - Pioneer Wagon Wheel Ruts

Bear Country

Bear Country is a drive through wild animal park near Rapid City, SD. We saw elk, arctic wolves, timber wolves, tons of bears, cougars, etc. It was very cool to see these animals up so close.

Cosmos Mystery Area

It's amazing what your brain does when gravity doesn't appear to be pulling you in the right direction. Seriously the minute you walk into this cabin you WILL be dizzy.

Mount Rushmore!!!

Mount Rushmore was awesome! A must see for everyone.

Sylvan Lake

Sylvan lake is a beautiful lake surrounded by really cool rock formations located in Custer State Park. The girls had a blast scaling all the rocks. This is the lake you see at the end of the National Treasure 2 movie.

Needles Highway

The needles highway was the last thing we were able to see at the end of our day in South Dakota. There were several long narrow tunnels we drove through that were narrow enough that we felt we needed to fold in the mirrors on the car. The picture below shows us on top of one of these tunnels. Again, the girls got pretty good at rock climbing at the end of the day.

Another cousin, ro sibling,etc!!!!!!!!!

My mom is having a BABY!! Isn't that awesome?! It is so cool!!!!!!!!!!

Guinea Pigs!

The 6th grade has class pets now! I get to take care of them for the entire Labor day weekend. The black and white guinea pig is named Atila, and he is the other class' guinea pig. The other brown one, Peanut, is my class'. I like to hold them a lot. Peanut is so squirmy and is always hiding from me. He is scared.

Important Announcement!!!! (Really Important)

Guys, I really would like your birthdays!!! Also if you know Anyone else'sb-day, please let me know!!!

Happy B-day Dad!!!! Or Howard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, guys. My new name on the blog is gonna be football lover now.

1st day of school

Today was my first day of school. Early, huh? 6th grade is different, you have more homework, you have a homeroom teacher, and you keep switching classes. Also, can you tell me your birthdays? You'll understand why on your birthday.

Baseball game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Guys I went to a baseball game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so cool!! I went with my Dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got a hot dog so big it was like 2 hot dogs stuck together!! The game was really close!! Rockies won 6 to 5! Rockies hit 2 home runs. We were so close to the front seats! We could see the players really well!!! We had LOADS of FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the game my dad bought me a black baseball with a weird plastic coating on it! It had Colorado Rockies written all over it! The Rockies played really well. One Rockies guys lunged for and caught a super fast fastball!! We had the funnest time!!!!!!!!

Poudre Canyon Camping Trip

We went camping at Chambers Lake this past weekend and stopped to see Poudre Falls on the way home. The night before there was a massive downpour which hit just as we were finishing dinner. We were lucky to have our trailer with us and we spent the night listening to the rain crash into the top of the camper as we played Yahtzee. The next day the girls had fun fishing at the lake even though they didn't catch anything.

There are actually people that kayak down these falls if you can believe that. The pictures of the falls don't really do it justice, they are pretty thrasher.

madison

wow pretty dress madison!!
heehee

Lizard

This is a lizard we tried to catch in Moab! If you grab its tail it will fall out and wiggle and the lizard can run away and grow another on! Also it is crazily fast, so we never caught it, but we caught a slower baby one!

Don't be jealous Greg...

...we probably would not have thought to take a picture of our night on the town had we not remembered our intrepid Guitar Hero Greg! Howard and I went last Wednesday night to see Rush at Red Rocks. You would not believe the absolutely beautiful setting that this concert took place in. Obviously this amphitheater was built before the era of the environmentalist because I am certain they would not allow anything to be built among the stunning red rocks of Denver any longer.

This was the most incredible show! Amazingly, I knew most of the music performed- I had forgotten I had gone through a Rush stint many years ago. Howard's favorite band has always been Rush and he has never seen them in concert. We had so much fun!! My personal favorite was the drum solo- Greg, you would have loved it! Neil Peart is amazing!

Powell Cuts

We all got hair cuts for our Lake Powell trip.

Summer!!!

I am sooooo soooo soo excited to see everyone this summer!!!!

Brock and Tommy graduate from Pre-School

Father and Sons Campout

Brett and the boys went on the fathers and sons camp out. They had a lot of fun!!!

Congratulations Sadie!!

Sadie officially graduated from Kindergarten on Friday. The class sang many of the songs they learned over the year including one about the properties of magnets and one about the seven continents. They have learned a lot this year. We are so proud of her!!

A Day with the Dinosaurs

-I'm diggin' for bones


Tara took Brock and Logan to the Dinosaur museum in Vernal, UT.

New Vision Talent Show 2008

Abby did great in the New Vision talent show this past weekend. She sang "When There Was Me and You" from High School Musical. As you'll see it was a family affair as we all got into the Action. Abby of course was the star but Nicole played the piano while Madison flipped the pages of the music. It turns out that if Madison hadn't of been there to hold the pages on the piano they all would have fallen down. Good job Madison. I was of course manning the camera while Sadie was leading the cheering section. As you'll see Sadie took her job to heart.

Hunter and Logan

well at least Hunter smiled...

Bragging Rights

One of the best things about being the mom is that I get to brag about my great kids. So in that spirit....

Last week Abby tried out for the school talent show. She sang "When There Was Me and You" from High School Musical. She had to sing in front of 4 teachers and they only choose 20 students to perform in the actual show which is next week. Today she found out that she made the cut and is in the show. Congratulations Abby!!

But Abby is not the only child I am going to brag about. I want to share with you a selection of Madison's spelling words this week. Madison wasn't being challenged in spelling with the lists that the rest of the class were using and so now she has to make her own every week. Here are a few from this week.
lachrymose
perspicacity
lackadaisical
consanguineous
schadenfreude
Yes... I know, it is scary!!!

Last but not least, is my daughter Sadie. She just read (with very little help) I Was So Mad by Mercer Mayer. She is a reading machine! What am I going to do with my kids? Aren't they great! Honestly, it is days like this that make up for all the other days!:)

Tommy & Hunter

Atkins Easter Egg Hunt

Soccer Chicks

Abby has been playing on the same team now for four seasons. This Saturday she played Goalie for one quarter and had a good save. She is a hustler and positions herself well to help the team. She loves soccer and looks forward to soccer season!

Sadie played soccer for the first time last fall and loved it! She is playing again this spring and she is a go-getter! She scored a goal for her team on Saturday and she had a couple amazing passes. Go Cheetahs!!

Happy Easter!

We had an inch or 2 of snow Easter morning but by 2:00PM we were left with a nice day.

Welcome

Hello all Atkins folks. Welcome to our blog. This can be a place where we share photos, videos, ideas, etc. I'll start if off by posting the 2007 Powell video that Brett and Ash made.