NEW DOG!!

We got a new dog from the animal shelter after putting down our old dog, Meg. It is a male Doberman Pincher/Beagle Mix, and the name he had at the shelter was Darby. However, we named him Chancho, in honor of, yes, Nacho Libre's orphan friend.

He was about 1 year old when we got him so now he is about 1 yr 3 mos old.

We are still trying to train him not to jump up or bark at people, and it is a work in progress. That ball in the picture is now in the garbage. He played with it all day every day and tore it up VERY badly. Good thing it was an old one! It was in shreds when we finally had to throw it away.

WE LOVE CHANCHO!! ;-)

Alexis' Soccer Season!

I played soccer at Skyview High School and was on the JV team. It was fun, and we finished 3rd in the Treasure Valley at Districts!

My mom didn't feel like buying pictures :), so we took some of our own in the backyard

Fun in Utah!!

At a park with the Dingman cousins- Kendyl, Madi, Lauren, and Melynn

Chase and Ethan LOVED playing with Archie, Grandma and Grandpa Hamilton's dog, while we were at their house!

This is Madi and I at our grandparent's house, having tons of fun!

This is ALL the cousins (except Kiarra) on the Hamilton side!!! It is a rare event to have Tiana and Malia, our cousins from Hawaii, there, so it was very cool!

This is our uncle Wayne and his 5 month old baby (4 months in the picture-ha!)

Lauren's Dance Recital (LATE!!!)

Lauren is the 2nd one in from the left, striking a cute little pose for her "Cruella de Vil" dance.

Lauren's dance class with their costumes for "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". I loved their costumes and the manes!

Lauren's cute 'dalmation' costume for her dance!

Lauren, Marrissa, and Emalee posing before a dance.

The class before "It's a Small World After All".

This was on June 3, 2010... See how late I am? Wow. Just reading it makes me realize that was over a month and a half ago! :) Lauren said her favorite dance was the Cruella de Vil dance.

Promises...

I PROMISE there will be a new post soon! We got back from Oregon on the 24th, then on the 29th Madi, my mom, and I went to Girls Camp. We got back on July 2nd and I just haven't had time to blog at all! Sorry about that...

Parade America

This one was cute because all the little girls were out dancing in their fancy dresses and handing out candy! OH, I forgot to mention that we got TONS of candy! Good times.

A huge tractor!

There were TONS of horses.

I thought this one was pretty funny. You can't see it, but on the bottom they had little flowers made out of plungers! Hilarious...

Here's another shot of Ethan and Mom.

My mom and Ethan got to be on a float for the Soccer Program Ethan is in. Here you can see my mom pointing at us! :)

Here are some pictures from "Parade America" we had in Nampa. I took a bunch but didn't want to bore you, so here are some.

Academic Awards

My mom and me after the program.

A picture with my dad (and Ethan... :) after the ceremony.

Standing up there with the 4 other kids who won the Golden Circle Award. The one on the right of me is actually one of my best friends!

Shaking all the teachers' hands... :)

Our school had an "Academic Awards" celebration and I was chosen to go. I got 4 academic awards for doing good in school, 1 achievement award for being exceptionally kind, positive, or helping others, and 1 Presidential Award for keeping a higher than 3.5 GPA for the whole 8th grade year. But, most importantly, I got the Golden Circle Award. This award is given to 5 eighth grade students who contribute greatly to the school in academics, service, citizenship, athletics, and more. I was HONORED to get this award! I was very happy and surprised. I got a plaque with my name on it and my name engraven on a plaque in the school for everyone to see!