Vail Pride Day Displays

Every year our little community & school district host what is known as Vail Pride Day. It's an event held at the fair grounds that brings the community together for food, fun, and some great student showcase. In spite of the torrential downpour, we braved the wind and rain in order to see the boys' displays. Daniel also volunteered at his robotics club booth.

Jared's famous American project on Abraham Lincoln

Daniel's ABC's of recycling project

Daniel's art projects
sadly we didn't find Jared's art project in time to get a pic

Blue & Gold Banquet

Each boy had to make and decorate a cake for this year's blue & gold banquet. Daniel is quite handy in the kitchen so he had no problems with the assignment. After doing some research on the family fun website he went to work with minimal help from mom. It was a real blessing that we had gingerbread cookies in the freezer to serve as part of his design.

the frosted cake

the mock up

the finished project

waiting for the judging

Award for Most Creative

Way to Go Daniel!!!

Good times

The kids have had a lot of fun with the connector set Chris gave them. Boy, we sure do miss that guy! We're glad he is were he's suppose to be and know he will greatly bless the lives of the people of the California San Bernardino mission.

Thanks Chris!!

Heart Attacked

Thanks to the members of the University 2nd Ward for totally making our night. Our children were thrilled!!

Sara's Obsession

We received a copy of The Composer is Dead for Christmas and it quickly became a family favorite. Sara, in particular, adores it! She loves to have it read to her. Now that she's in potty training mode it has become her 'bathroom' reading material.

Why do we enjoy this book so much? Because it's mysterious, it's creative, it gives brings out the personalities of the various orchestral instruments. But most of all, it's just plain F-U-N!!

Thank you Wettsteins for sharing this great book with us!!

Great Joy

I ♥ reading!!

I've always hoped that our children would love it too.

Can you imagine my joy when I saw this?

Thank you boys!!

Change

Change is not always an easy thing. Just last week the boundaries of 5 wards in our stake were realigned. Thanks to the change our family is now part of a new ward. Yesterday was our first Sunday in the new ward. It was nice. The boys came home very talkative and full of insight about our new ward. It was reassuring to see the excitement in their little eyes.

The ward change has also really motivated Jared to follow through on a challenge issued by his former primary teachers. He really loved Bro. & Sister Rose, they were the perfect teachers for our little Jared. Jared is determined to read the entire Book of Mormon before he gets baptized. Before church he read, after church he read, today after school he read. He is so excited! How grateful I am for wonderful gospel teachers.

Our neighbor, our friend

The night before Chris headed off to the missionary training center, he stopped in to say good bye to the kids. It was kind of him to do that, as our children have grown very fond of him over the years.

Sara will certainly miss her personal jungle gym!

Chris was always willing to play legos or Wii with the boys.
In fact, he is letting them borrow his 'fancy' legos while he is away.
They are thrilled!!

His clothes are all labeled and packed,
he is ready to go!

See you in 2 years Elder Knutson!!

Happy Birthday

The great thing about being married to an engineer is that instead of setting my birthday cake ablaze with candles he wrote my age in binary. What a great idea!

Momma & the princess

cake courtesy of Cassie*
age displayed in binary with candles by dad
Can you guess how old I am?


my family, my greatest joy

I love her laugh!

Happy Birthday to Me!!

*Thank you, thank you, thank you Estes family for always looking out for our little family. We love you!!

Breakfast for dinner YUM!

Yes, we do enjoy a little wackiness from time to time.
But mostly we just like to have fun!

Daniel & Chris
Sara & Jared in the background

the princess

A special day at the temple

Chris & his mom, Sue

Chris & Bryan


Thank you Chris (soon to be Elder Knutson) for allowing us the privilege to share in your special day!

Mysterious

There's a mysterious visitor in our mist...who can it be???

Science Fair

Daniel got 3rd place in the science fair.
Way to go Daniel!!
We are so proud of you!

*Special thanks to Chris with his fancy camera that took all the action shots for Daniel's display board. And Dad for lovingly guiding Daniel through the science packet.

Gift from Aunt Teralee

Thanks Teralee!!

The kids love their new aprons.

Pima Air & Space Museum

For his birthday last year, Bryan got a family membership to the Pima Air & Space Museum. It's been such a nice thing to have. We popped in for a visit and enjoyed a lovely time. It was Chris's first time. We sure are glad he could join us!

Good times

The kids put on a puppet show for family home evening.
I love it when the kids give the lesson and come up with
creative ways to make gospel learning fun!!

Ah! Good times!

Apples, apples, apples

Janei, Lieschen, and I got together and had a little fun with apples
this week. We played with a couple of new recipes for bottling apples,
making pie filling, and apple jelly. Of course, Daniel & Janei's daughter
did an awesome job of coring and peeling all the apples.
Us moms struggled to keep pace with those two!

apple jelly

Adding apples to our stash of peaches and pears.
Canning with friends is so much better than canning alone.

Brothers

David & Bryan

Salt Lake City, UT

photo taken Monday, September 28, 2009

3 generations of Kemps

Grandpa Kemp, Bryan, Terry, David

Orem, UT

photo taken Monday, September 28, 2009, 7:42am

Waxing crafty

Because Jared's teacher is pregnant, the class hosted a baby shower for her. Charlotte & I put together these pacifiers as party favors. We used glue like frosting from Michael's, lifesavers, gumdrops and ribbon. Of course, I "borrowed" the idea from last year's room mom.

(Hint~let the frosting dry overnight before packaging them up.)

He's a bear!

Daniel fought the bear (aka Bryan) and emerged victorious!

Daniel has officially earned his bear badge.

Way to go Daniel!!

Got milk?

Jared & Daniel sporting milk mustaches.

Good times!

Sunday afternoons

Sunday afternoon naps are the best!

It's a party!

Once again the boys did a fantastic job with their reading goals.

Way to read Daniel & Jared!!

the Fam & Chris showing off their oreo smiles