Big Palmer Gathering

We had a great weekend with almost all the Palmers. Clint, Alicia and Colby where here from Oklahoma. Kate and kids, Preston, Mar Dawn and kids, Angela and girls, Mom and Dad, Boyd and Kristin and of course us and Becky. Aunt Ned and Uncle Gordon stopped by for some time too. We had GOOD FOOD, GOOD FUN and GOOD FAMILY!

Thanks for coming you all! We need to do it more often!

Becky, Uncle Gordon, Aunt Ned, Dad, and Mom
and the spread.
And this would be the reason for the giant table . We love it!!!

Macey was so cute. We enjoyed having little ones around again, especially Abigail.
She was in heaven with little cousins around.
The back yard got a little smoky from the all the burgers David was cooking

Preston, Cami and Connor.
Playing a little basketball in the front yard.
Trevor with the ball, Clint and Connor.

Roasting Marshmallows in the backyard. This has been one of our favorite activities. We love building a fire and roasting hot dogs, marshmallows and even star bursts.
Hailie and her burnt Marshmallow. She is a hilarious girl!

Emilie, Alicia, Colby, Abi and Madi
Macey just diggin' in the marshmallow, for get about the roasting!

Lots of Cousins

Mom and her 3 daughters
Lawana, Angela, Becky and Virginia
The three cousins born within 3 months.
Good buddies.

We had a great time with you all!
Thanks for taking time out of your busy schedules to come and PARTY!

David's Baseball

David had a good season. It was amazing the difference this year from the past years. He started with much more confidence and it showed. He had a good team with good coaches, but lost out in the city tournament. It was kinda sad, but the great things we can do with the extra time. Good playin' David! He can't wait until next year!

David in action at 3rd base.
He played short stop, pitcher, 3rd base. and a little out field this year.

David connecting with the ball. He had some great hits this year.

It is always fun to have a friend on your team, but to have your best friend is,
"SWEET, AWESOME, and UNBELIEVABLE," says David!
The pitchin', catchin' pair.

What happens when olders get ahold of youngers

David and Abi got hold of Spencer and William today and you can see what they did to them. The funny things our kids do. Glad that they can keep entertained.

They called themselves the cool dude brothers.

Spence with the added sunglasses affect.

Abi Doing What She Loves Best!

William's coach pitch season begins

William playing catcher.
David wants him to get good at this position so he can start catching for him.
GO WILLIAM!

He got some good hits!

William in out field, in ready position.
Sad to say that these 6 year olds didn't quite hit the ball that far.
GO RED SOX!!!!!

Fishin Trip

David took the kids fishing on Saturday morning.
It was for a High Priest Group activity.
The kids had a great time!The Group leader has 100 plus fishing polls so all they had to do is show up.
He got they all hooked up. (no pun intended)

William was the only one in the Bretey Family to catch a fish.
He was so excited and couldn't wait for mom to put the pictures on the blog.

Fathers and Sons

Settin' up the tent at Fathers and Sons camp out. Or Brothers and sons as William said.

They had a good time and the coolest thing about the event David thought was he learned how to drive stick shift. He says don't tell any cops though. Good thing mom wasn't there she may have had a heart attack.

They stopped at Camp Floyd on the way home.

Kids will always play in water where ever they can find it.

The girls stayed home and enjoyed dinner, movie, shopping and ice cream.
Abi wants them to go every weekend. :)

David's 5th grade talent show

David playing his guitar. He has been taking guitar for a few years now. It is a toddlers dream come true. He had a class talent show and the class picked him, one of four, to go on to the grade talent show. Good Job David!

I need to upload our video camera instead of just the digital camera video because it doesn't allow a ton of recording time. I hope to soon learn that step soon.

William's kindergarten graduation

Tyler Bradford and William
Who would have ever guessed they would have been best buds in kindergarten. Tyler's dad is Jason, he lived in Blanding a few years of high school. It is a small world.

Some times it was hard to see who the teacher was because she was the same size as the kids. :) Just kidding Mrs. Paxman. We love her and hope she gets to be Spencer's teacher too. :) Only a couple month and yes Spencer will be in Kindergarten. Crazy!!!

Spencer's and David's Birthday

Spencer's 5th Birthday! What a cute kid!!!
Spencer's cake and cupcakes.

What a poser! And finally Darth Mall.

A new scout shirt for a new Scout Master!

Abi's Birthday May 8th

Abi's 10th Birthday!!

Abi's birthday cake.

Abi hitting the pinata made by her with a little help from mom and dad.

William thinking he is funny with the pinata on his head.

The Bee Adventures

Last year we got three bee hives. This year we added 3 more for a total of six. The kids are having a great time with it as well as their dad. This is the process for getting bees and taking care of them. The honey is sooooo good! Last year the kids had a farmers market and did rather well for themselves. With the money they made they were able to buy their own hive.

The bees traveled all the way from California in the horse trailer. From here we picked them up and brought them to our house.William is feeding the bees by painting on sugar water. It was amazing how putting the sugar water on would calm the bees down and stop a little of the humming. David, Spencer, friend Samantha, Abigail, and Grammy.
All suited up for the step of releasing the bees into their hives.

Here the bees are sticking pretty close to the queen. She is in a small container. We will hook her on a frame in the hive still in the container and release her into the hive a day later. The bees will know this is their hive because of the queen.

Releasing all the bees into the hive.





Here you can see what we call a frame. The comb is in the yellow and what the bees will
use to store their honey in. by the end of the year our hope is they will all be full and then
recapped by the bees with a layer of wax.



Even Trey was interested in the bees. She did get stung once that day. As well as David.

OUCH!!!!