June 31, 2008

It is that time of the year to update the Lee Family Blog. We have done a lot of fun things over the past 6 months and it seems that we all survived. All of the kids have grown taller, smarter, and wiser. Anne and I have seen an amazing change in each of the kids.

Skyler had a blast playing Jr. Jazz during the winter months, and I had fun being the coach. We had a successful season learning many different new skills. Skyler has been doing a wonderful job in school and has a great talent and interest in math and reading. But of course, he loves playing sports the most.

Cambree is growing so cute and tall. She is almost the same height as Ayden, which makes them almost look like twins. She has taken an interest in dance and she should be starting lessons in the Fall. She and Ayden are best of friends or best of enemies, depending on the day. She has truly balanced the boy /girl ratio with her big personality.

Ayden has been a great ball of fun and energy. He has enjoyed going to the older boys baseball games and practice this year, and looks forward to starting tee ball next year. He is quite a tumbler and we are thinking about putting him into gymnastics this fall to help use up some of that energy.

Daxton is the big brother everybody dreams to have. He has grown up so much this year and has really stepped up in helping mom out with the kids and the household responsibilities. He has been and inspiration to all on his baseball team this year. I decided to coach Daxton's team, the Cardinals, with the help of a good friend. This was definitely a building year, we had 10 out of 12 kids that were 9 years old and new to baseball. Daxton did an awesome job pitching and being a leader on the field. We just got back from Cub Scout day camp at Jeremiah Johnson's Adventure camp. I was so proud watching Daxton practically teach the Astronomy class to the leader that was trying to teach the class. Daxton answered all of the questions and then added a little bit more to the answer, teaching the teacher a few things about Astronomy. He has great reading retention and a mom that taught him to read from the day that he was born.

Anne and I are staying busy. We decided to move out of the Lease option house that we shacked up in for the last year. With the way that the market turned for houses this last year, we found a better value in the old neighborhood we just moved from this last year. The kids really wanted to stay close to their friends, so we made an offer on a house not to far from were we moved from on the Kennekuk Lane. We should be closing on this house the first part of July, in a couple of days.

Anne is finally glad to be finished with her duties as the FSO(PTA) President at the Ranches Academy. She had a great learning experience and certainly put a great deal of time and effort into the assignment. She is looking forward to putting more time into, just concentrating on the kids and there individual growth. Anne and I have been called to be Cub Scout Den Leaders for the Bear and Wolf Pack in the ward. It has been fun so far.

This Spring and Summer, I have been able to travel to a few different destinations for work. I visited Seattle, Orlando, and the most recent trip, I visited San Diego. Instead of flying down by myself to San Diego, I decided to drive and take the family with me. We had a blast. The day after school ended we hit the road for Southern California. We stopped the first night in St. George. The trip was wonderful, we just purchased a new Chrysler Minivan with all of the bells and whistles. The kids had two different screnes to watch movies or the Satellite TV cartoons. With head sets, Anne and I enjoyed the peace and quiet and played the name the tune game with the Sirius Radio. A lot of fun, and it kept me awake as well.

I had to work the tradeshow until about 2 pm everyday, so Anne and the kids went to the Zoo a couple of times and we visited SeaWorld for two whole days too. Two of the evenings we went down to the PetCo Park were the Padres play and had a blast watching them play the Cubs. I would highly recommend visiting San Deigo, but don't recommend the Wild Animal Park.

We suprised the kids on the last few days and took them up to the LA area and stayed at a Hilton right by the Angels ballpark. We didn't get to see any Angels games, but did take them to Disneyland. I think everbody in Southern California was there that day. But we figured out the whole FastPass deal and got to ride the majority of the rides we wanted too. The watershow and the fireworks were amazing.

We hope that all of our friends and family that read this blogsite, are living happily and health and loving life to its fullest. We love you !!