I am just one of them.....

.....at least that's what people kept on saying to me. Had a amazing opportunity to go to youth conference this past week and man what fun and memorable time. Dave and both went up so we divided the kids up among family members. With out the support of our family I am sure only one of us would have gone!!!
This is my family the Brother of Jared aka the purple team. I was able to meet and get to know amazing people. This is me corrupting them by my "WOW" ness.

We spend every waking minute with them. All 28 of them!! Hard to keep track of everyone.
There were workshops everyday and they were well taught.

Here the kids are trying to do a little demonstration on teamwork. Every game and activity was about teamwork and man we had the best team......even though Dave's family won 2 out of 3 games!
Man it has been a while since I have been around the youth and they are as crazy as me (or am I as crazy as them) Either way the are so fun and full of life. They are about living in the moment and I love that.

We had to pull of a skit in 30 mins but there was a catch each of the family members had to be in the skit and we had to use everything a bag that they gave us. Some how I was Miss America (ha ha I know) During our skit we had some commercials. We had a Geico commercial and a New Moon preview. Funny stuff!!!

We sanded and painted blocks-here is my buddy Whit sanding away and she was so fast!

And of course there was a dance which Dave was dragged kicking and screaming out to dance. I had a young boy asked if I would dance with him.

Two lucky boys got to dance with Whit and Morgan!
No you don't need glasses...this is my Bishop-Bishop Gray, Marie, Heather Gray, I doing the Macarena. I was surprise they didn't kick me out of the camp after seeing my moves.

Two great men that I respect and love!
And then there was a obstacle course that kicked my butt! Here is Dave doing a crab walk- with Art Kline ex drill sargent yelling at him to move.
LOL

I thought that by helping Whit on the course that I would get out of doing it my self..............

wrong! Here I am trying not to break my foot! And attempting to crab walk-its been way too long since I have done that move.

We even had free time...so what did we do with our free time-played ninja warrior (way fun)

and each of us did a "stupid human trick" it was a good time. This one was kind of gross but funny. Tootsie roll in the nose and then Sarah would lick it until it fell in her mouth. Everyone has a stupid human trick (weither or not you admit it or not) Someday I will show you my stupid human tricks :)

We also had water activities which broke out to a water fight. There was not one person dry! I got dragged about 10 ft because I would not let go of my water jug-I even got battle wounds!!!

It was simple amazing from the food to the fun. I learned so much which will help me as my daughter creeps up to a teenager. The youth is our future and I am so glad I got to be apart of a minuet amount of their life.

Happy Birthday to My little big guy

I can't believe Dallin is 6 years old. For part of his birthday he was able to take a buddy to Lagoon.

Here he is getting a hair cut at Snip-Its which he loved because he was able to play a video game the whole time!

He is not hard to please when it comes to presents the only two things he asked for was a Indiana Jones whip and an ipod. Well because I could not find an Indiana Jones whip we went with the ipod (just the shuffle) along with a ton of other fun stuff. I don't know about you but I feels like the "spendy stuff" starts sooner and sooner.

Man I Love this little guy so much!!! Some encounters we have had with this guy since he has been in our life.....

Dirty Pictures :)

Camping with friends and lucky for us "our spot"

was not taken.
Camping would not be camping without guns. Here is Dave feeding Dallin's fire. Dallin has gotten to be a good mini Dave! Dallin shot the teenage mutant ninja turtle!!!

Maile was totally content digging in the dirt ALL DAY!

Yeah for me-its a good thing for wipes.

It's tradition to have a teeter tooter.

Not sure what this says about me but....I am on the other end of the teeter tooter. Four against one!

Another tradition is a buried treasure hunt!

X marks the spot.

We always see a lot of animals unfortunately this is the only picture captured of two chipmunks :(

We also spotted a deer, a fox, grouse, a beaver, and a sheep running through our camp.

One of our hikes we hiked down to the river.

All the kids loved throwing rocks into the river including the biggest kids....the dads!

Love the outdoors. I love that when you are in the mountains the worldly things and worries seem so far away. We had so much fun and the dirt was evidence of that-glad to home with running toilets and a warm bed!

This will get you up to speed with the Olson's

So my camera has been on the fritz and I have been unable to upload any pictures to the computer! It is time for a new one (It's been dropped one too many times)!!!

The girls started piano a few months ago and have been doing great. The girls love it and Debbie is an amazing teacher. Aubree performed the "Wedding March" at the recital and did it perfectly :)

And Malulani performed "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" tough song for just starting but she nailed it! Grandma and Grandpa came to watch the girls and brought them flowers. The great thing about the recital was that the girls got to see how great they can be. The more experience kids played some tough but familiar songs. Both of my girls said they want to play like them someday!

Her piano teacher has raved at how Malulani has progressed. The best part of it is that I don't have to remind her to practice. In fact she will play twice a day sometimes :) I just hope they both keep with it.....I wish I would have!

Since it is the end of our school year there has been a ton of field trips. But the best one (hands down) was Texas Roadhouse. Aubree only has 16 kids in her class so only two chaperons were able to go and lucky for me I was chosen.

Of course we have eaten there but a field trip with the kids was so-fun. We broke into small groups and we took a tour and saw behind the scenes. They taught us a line dance, played some games, smashed peanuts, made bread in the shape of their initial, and..............
They even waited the tables! Aubree was among the few that got to serve the drinks and food. The best part of it was the food! Texas Roadhouse fed all of the kids and the adults :P Then they sent them home with a goody bag and there personalized bread!

Then we have Miss Maile....gosh she is getting so big! She is finally able to look outside the window into the backyard. Where she spends about an hour a day watching her puppies play (okay they're not her puppies-they're the back door neighbors)! She is so smart! We have been signing to her from about the age of 10 mths and she is a smart pea! She can sign about 40 different things and understands about 100! We have signing time everyday for about 10-15 mins or until she has had enough. The great thing is the older kids love it and is helping with this process. I love that the screaming has calmed down and she is able to tell us what she needs.
Dallin is graduated from preschool-hooray! I love this picture of him :) We could not find any graduation hats for the kids (every store seemed to be out) so-Christa made these cute ones!

Dave and I decided to hold Dallin back from starting Kindergarten and we are so glad we did. He had a hard time with so speech and social things. We had a year to work it all out. He is so ready for Kindergarten to start. Thanks Kaycee and Christa for your patience with Dallin!!!!

This is a very big deal for Dallin and he is so proud! He is finally able to cross the monkey bars :D