High School Musical on Capital Theater stage in Salt Lake City.
Cassidy and Madelynn with a cast picture.
Cassidy and Madelynn in their seats.

What an awesome time us girls (Jill, Madelynn, Cassidy, and I) had in SLC seeing High School Musical live on stage. It had a lot of the same elements as the movie with some new songs and stunts. It was so fun!

Jason and I with Cassidy after her baptism.
Cassidy and her dad.
Me and my little girl.

A Pfister Family Photo (say that 5 times fast).
The Evelo family (Jason's sister).
Allen and Lora Lee Byrom (my parents) with the kiddos.
Grandma Ronna and Grandma Jane (Jason's mom and grandma) with Cassidy.
Rex and Linda (Jason's dad and step-mom) with Cassidy.

Here are some pictures that we took after Cassidy's baptism in our back yard. It was so fun to have so many family members there to take pictures of. :)

Dad reassuring Cassidy that everything would be alright.
Cassidy and Jason ready for the big moment.
The Evelo's at the church luncheon.
The Wessler family.
Everyone enjoying the delicious food.

Well, here are pictures of us doing what we do best, eating once again! Cassidy was baptized at the Roy North Stake Center at 1:00 pm on Saturday, August 2, 2008. She was so nervous for the baptism that she made herself sick with antcipation. Her dad, Grandma Ronna, and I spent quite a bit of time reassuring her that everything would be OK and talking her into going through with the actual baptism. She did great and everything was beautiful. Uncle (actually cousin but the kids call him uncle) Jeff said a talk about Cassidy ("SWEET") and played the guitar while I sang and Grandpa Rex said a closing prayer. All of the rest of the program was taken care of by the ward or stake. It ended up being a beautiful day surrounded by family and friends that we will never forget. It was so special to have Cassidy's dad baptize and confirm her a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Cassidy's birthday cake came all the way from AZ with Grandma Lora Lee, thanks for making it for her mom.
Cassidy, Madelynn, and Jill (Jason's sister and her daughter) striking a pose.
Zack and Tyler (Jill's youngest) drive the powerwheels until the batteries die.
Family visiting and eating...
and eating!

Here is Cassidy's birthday BBQ with family on Friday the 1st of August. It was so great to have everyone together in our backyard to celebrate and enjoy each other's company. Jason's dad and step-mom, mom, Grandma Jane, Sister (Jill) and family, aunts, uncles, cousins and my mom and dad were able to make it. We had a wonderful time catching up and eating Jason's yummy BBQ and the salads and other dishes everyone brought for the party. It was such a great time and Cassidy recieved some lovely gifts, thanks everyone.

Baby Elivea enjoying a seat on the grass.
Cassidy "sparkles".
Zack and Elauna.
Ellie.
Elauna.

For those of you who don't know the 24th of July, Pioneer Day, is as big of a deal in Utah as the 4th of July is. Fireworks are legal and there is a parade and rodeos everywhere. These are pictures of the kids at our friend Emmalene's house while we watched her brother-in-laws light every firework known to man.

Swimming in Willard Bay in between boat rides.
Zack floating on his back.

Here are some pictures of our last time out boating, on Saturday. We spent most of the time just swimming, I was being kind of a woose after wrecking pretty hard toeside on my face wakeboarding on Tuesday. The kids had a great time and Zack swam more than he ever has.

The two girls who pierced her ears.
A few tears fall after they finish.
The new earrings.
Cassidy healed from her ordeal (with her new pink hair)!

I have always told Cassidy that for her 8th birthday she could get her ears pierced so she has been anticipating this birthday quite a bit. She was really nervous to get it done so I called ahead to make sure two people would be working so they could do both ears at once. She was awesome and so excited after they finished that she couldn't stop taking about all of the cool earrings she gets to wear now.

Cassidy and her friend Hadlee at the bowling alley for her party.
Christina, Sarah, and Cassidy wait for their turn to bowl.
Jason playing with baby Elivea, the baby we borrow all of the time.
Elauna and Ellie, Zack's friends that came bowling with us too.
Cassidy blows out her candles.

I can't believe it, my little girl is 8 years old! It is crazy to think it has been that long since we had our first child, I certainly don't feel like I am old enough to have an 8 year old. She had a fun party on the Friday before her birthday at a bowling alley in Roy called Sparetime Family Fun Center. It was tons of fun! We bowled, ate pizza, had cupcakes, and opened presents. For her actual birthday, on Sunday. She wanted chocolate chip pancakes for breakfast and Navajo Tacos for dinner, too funny. We had my friend Emmalene and her girls over for her birthday dinner and had a really nice evening. Her baptism is scheduled for August 2nd at 1:00 and I am starting to get ready for all of the company that we will have in town for the special occasion. It is sad that the new Stephenie Meyer book comes out the same day, I will have to wait until everyone leaves before I have a chance to read my copy.

I thought I would throw in a couple of pictures of us at Lagoon with Jason's brother Matt and his family the end of June. They came and stayed a weekend at our house on their way through to their new home in California and we loved having them here. Zack and Brayden had so much fun playing together and Shelby is a doll. Matt and Cassi are pretty cool too. :)

A few candids of the newest addition to the Byrom family, baby Sam. He is one of the happiest kids I have EVER seen. The only time he cried was when he was hungry and as soon as he was full it was back to his happy self.

Me and my hot husband chilling in my parent's backyard over the 4th of July weekend.
Kim and and her boyfriend Justin doing the same.
Monte, Crista and Sam joined us as well.
All of the grandkids swinging on the swingset.
The kiddos making a 4th of July treat while they play in the sprinklers.

Well, here are the pictires of the 4th of July trip to Page, I am finally blogging them almost two weeks later. We had a great time at my mom and dad's house over the 4th, it was so HOT though. I never remember a 4th of July that hot in my youth but I guess it was a lot easier to handle back then, another sign of being old I am sure. We had a fabulous time at the parade, park, rafting the Colorado River (pictures to come because we took those on a waterproof camera because I didn't trust myself enough to take my own), eating (of course), and visiting with family. This was the first time since last Easter that we had all been together, in fact I hadn't even met Sam, Monte and Crista'a baby, yet and he was born in December. The kids got along and played so well together and it was so nice to see everyone. My mom and dad even babysat the kids one evening so the siblings and their significant others could spend a night on the town, Page actually has a crazy good sushi place now. It was such a wonderful trip. Jason and I left the kids in Page for a week of camping with grandma and grandpa.
It was so wonderful to have some alone time with Jason, I loved EVERY minute of it. I mostly worked on Cassidy's room while she was gone. I painted it and redecorated it for her 8th birthday present, her birthday is on the 20th of this month. She seemed to be really happy with how it came out, I just thought it was time for a change since her room had been the same since she was 2 years old. We also went to a few movies and dinner a couple of times, relaxed at home, and went to Bear Lake for a night. We coodinated our schedule with our friends Mike and Rachelle and they sent their kids to St. George to spend time with her parents at the same time our kids were gone so we hung out with them a lot as well, in fact they went to Bear Lake with us. It was great, we will have to do that annually!

FINALLY, our yard is complete, and it only took like 7 years to do it! Here is a picture of Jason and the kiddos enjoying our basketball court, Jason put up the hoop last night.