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.