This is what has been happening over at our house this week!

First we had to take the tree down last Saturday. And Now well, the pictures speak for them selves.

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*****Relacing the Main sewer line!***** We had to replace the main sewer line in our house! When we bought the house over nine years ago we started having trouble with the main line backing up and flooding the basement. It would do it every spring and fall. Over the years it got to be more and more. This spring it was flooding the basement every 10 days. We had to pull up the carpet and throw it out it was so bad this time! We knew it was finally time to replace the sewer line. We had hoped to do trenchless were they pull the pipe through rather than dig up the yard. The plumbers had planned on doing it that way until the line broke and calpsed more. It was crumbling in our hands it was so bad as the plumber showed it to us. So dig up the yard they did! The boards are covering up the gaping hole. Arrgh you forget how nice in door plumbing is until you do not have it anymore! We have a make shift outhouse in the shed!

Grandma and grandpa Gibby were set apart today the 16th of May. They are service missionaries for the employment welfare at the Bishop warehouse her in Brigham Utah.

Doesn't meg look cute in her new glasses!

She told me as she walked out of the Dr.'s office I will not were glasses. It was a good thing they had to order her glasses so we had two weeks time to convince her to wear them. She was all excited to wear them as the optometrist put them on. She is getting used to them. She has tried to take them off a few times, but she can not we had put a strap on her glasses that pulls tight behind her head under her hair until she gets used to them. Maybe after summer when she goes to kindergarten she will not have to wear the strap, but she will always have to wear her glasses from now on.

I had a really nice mother's Day. Mark asked me if I wanted a gift or a night out on the town. Of course I said night out . After all my love language is quality time. So mark took me out for Chinese. I love love sweet and sour chicken mmmm. This was brave on his part he does not like Chinese at all. Then we went to see a movie. When we got home my oldest had told all the kids to make me a mother's day gift. Collin made me this mother dinosaur out of battery legs and electronic mother boards with a nest made out of elecrtic cords. It was so cute. Parker made our family out of paper jumping frogs! Sariah made me a cute card, meg drew me flowers and cute them out! They were so darn cute I was tearing up. My kids had made me fell like I was the best mother in the world!

Parker graduated cub scout April 27th 2010 with His arrow of light. The cub scout eagle rank! He is very excited to go to 11yr. old scouts. He can not wait to got to scout camp next year and go to young mens. He keeps begging dad to let him go now. Parker got a Webelos super Achiever award for completing all twenty pins for webelos. It is not required to get all 20, but parker got all of them. The scout Master said in all his many many years in scouting he has never given one before.

Our Neighbor, Bro. Mike Jensen who used to be the varsity scout master brought over this Eagle crust pie he made and gave it to Collin in honor of him. Bro. Mike Jensen helped Collin out a lot with his eagle project. He spent ours after everyone else left smoothing out the concrete with his sons. We also want to thank all those we gave Collin cards, words of congratulations and came to watch him receive his award.

After Sariah's Baptism and Collin's eagle court of honor. We went back to our house for a big dinner with friends, neighbors, and family. I had this cake made to for dessert to celebrate for both Sariah and Collin.

Collin's Eagle Court of Honor May 1st 2010

Collin eagle scout age 14.

Collin with his parents and his scout mentor Andy Jensen. When you get your eagle award, the recipient (Collin) is given three pins to give one to his mom ,his dad, and then a mentor who helped you along your way to help you achieve your eagle rank. Collin wanted his scout master Andy to get this mentor pin. Andy was so surprised. We just asked him make sure he was their. He was unaware that Collin has chosen him as his mentor. This is a great honor for Andy, and well deserved. Andy talked about the dedication Collin had and a story of Collin's first year at camp This was the year Collin was so sick at camp . He ended up being rushed to the doctor in town two hours away with a ruptured ear drum. Collin was so miserable , but he finished camp with all six the merit badges you could receive at camp. The only boy to do so that year at camp! Collin's eagle was presented by his grandfather Dr. Leon Grange. You should have seen my dad that day I think he was more excited then us as parents! My dad has waited many years to pass on his eagle bandelo. Collin is supposed to pass it on to the next generation!

Dr. William Leon Grange

I have never seen my dad smile with true joy until he gave his grandson Collin his eagle rank! We love you dad, and grandpa and miss having you live close.

Sariah Baptism May 1st 2010 Sariah with her dad waiting to get baptized!Sariah was Baptized a member of the Lds. church last Sat. May 1st. She was so excited she kept counting Down the Days. She was baptized by her father mark. We are so proud of sariah for making this big decision. We had a lot of family who came to watch Sariah. Many drove and flew many miles to watch her on her big day. We want to thank all those who came.

EASTER

The kids had a fun Easter. We sat around watching General Conferance and eating ham and hard boiled eggs for breakfast and easter candy. I always enjoy listening to conferance. It lifts my spirit and fills our home and hearts with peace. Mark is being goofy as usaully. He has been begging me to get him something to save stuff on the computer for geneolgy and his church stuff. So I bought him a flash drive for easter. Collin was jealous he has been wanting one as well! Do you know how hard it is to get this boy Collin to smile for pictures! Parker loved his scout shirt he got for his birthday. He wore it all easter until I told him to take it off. Now sariah she loves to pose and smile for the camera.

Each of the girls got a bug kit for easter. They love to catch bugs!

THE BIRTHDAY BOY PARKER AGE 11. TODAY APRIL 6TH.

Parker had an Easter Egg Hunt Birthday Party . His birthday was two days away from Easter this year so we decided to combine the egg hunt that grandma Grange used to do for the grand kids for Easter and do it for his birthday . The kids were so sad that Grandma Grange moved out of state. She always hosted a traditional Easter egg hunt for the kids for Easter so I decided to have one.

I made Parker Easter basket cupcakes for his birthday. This is a picture of Parker with cousin Desiree ,who turned 5 the same week, and Uncle Scott Gibby. We combined Parker and Desiree's party together for family that was coming from out of town.

These are pics of the Easter egg hunt! Meg:

Sariah Aunt Chelsea and Elle Grange and Joseph Gibby,

Collin, Meg and Spencer Gibby

Collin tried out for the University of Utah and Brigerland Honor Band. He made it this year .(Last year he didn't.) He had a grueling practice schedule last Thursday evening in Logan at USU, Friday all day, and early Sat. morning. Then in the late afternoon he performed for parents and family. It was amazing the talent these kids had it almost sounded like the Utah Symphony.

We had a very busy week the week of our 17th Anniversary. We had the mystery dinner we were in. We practiced twice that week. Then we had the day of the performanceon our Anniversary. Thursday our free night mark had to refree the young mens basketball. We just couldn't find the time to have a romantic outing. Mark came home from work on the day of our anniversary with these flowers for me. Mind you mark does not give me flowers very often. I can can count on one hand the times he has given them to. I think he wants them to be extra special when he does, plus he has a hard time spending that much money on them, as do I being thrifty . He told me: The white ones are for eternity.The red rose is for love. The carnations are your favorite.(They remind me of my late mother.)They are green for two reasons mostly to represent the St.Patricks day parade that we could see through the temple gates on our wedding day, and because it is your favorite color. I am married to a hopeless romantic> I am so lucky!

Today was Parker last Pinewood derby! He turns eleven in a few weeks. He made a chinese fire dragon. His car looked great, but he didn't win. He did get a cool twinkie car to eat afterwards!

Us together as Mr. and Mrs. Sugarbaker:

Yesterday the 12th Mark and I Were in the cast for the ward adult Murder Mystery Dinner. Mark played Big Daddy sugarbaker, who was murdered at the beginning of the play for his money. Mark also played Ashely Sugarbaker Big Daddy's youngest son. I played Ashley's wife Melanie Sugarbaker. We, the cast, had to interact with the audience in character and answer there questions to help them figure out "who done it". It was a lot of fun! We didn't have to memorize the play line for line we just had to make sure the audience new key facts. We played off the audience using their comments and actions. This is mark as Ashley Sugarbaker. Mark as Big Daddy: Beckee as Melanie Sugarbaker

Sariah Had A wax museum at school the other day. All the kids in the 2nd grade got to choose their hero,dress up like it and pretend to be it. We the parents and other grades walked down the hall and pushed their fake button and they talked about their hero. I saw Amelia Earheart, Benjamin Franklin, and many more. Sariah choose to be Sally Ride the first Female astronaut. Sariah is wearing her sally ride astronaut costume.

Picture of friend Brady Haviland. Sariah has found the love of taking pictures. When I told her no she anyway snuck my camera outside with her friend best friend Brady Haviland and took tons of silly pictures. I had to delelte over 50 pictures. I think I need to get her a kid one for her Christmas so she will stop taking mine.

This is one she took of Molly.

And this one of Parker. I kept the few that she really did a good job on and posted them for your viewing pleasure.

Mark was having fun with the girls the other night just before bed. When they were younger they hated being up side down, but they were just giggling and loving it. Last night when mark was putting the girls to bed after story time they got talking. Sairah said something about but dad your a boy you can't only girls can go. So how are we different? What makes you a girl and me a boy ? She thought and thought after a long pause she said well dad girls have fairy books and boys don't. We just laughed and laughed. He was trying to well you know open up a conversation. Apparently she was not ready yet! Collin said mom you must not be a girls cause you never had fairy books!

We finally got the car of our dreams, a Toyota Sequoia. We saved up and finally went looking hoping to pay cash and not have a loan. Believe it or not while we were looking around for a car I had this dream about this white 2005. When mark said well I like this one, but we will a car payment with it. I said remember my dream this is the one I saw. (I guess we better go with divine intervention.)We looked for two weeks and finally decided on this one the one I saw in my dream pretty "Snow White". Yes we are silly but we do name our cars and I thought snow white fit her just perfectly. Sariah tells everyone about her name. The kids were so excited when we pulled into the drive with her last night. They knew we were looking, but we did not tell them we found one. We surprised them last night. They all jumped in the car and we had to go around the block for ride. Some of you might be concerned with the recent recalls, it does not affect our cars year. It actually came to our advantage the prices went way down for toyotas.

Meg, Molly our puppy and Daddy Mark hanging out ! Look how big Molly has gotten since I posted her last when we got her last April. Molly is pretty much house trained now. She has grow to be a part of our family. She loves to cuddle and play fetch with her "bears". I have even taught her a few tricks , she can sit, stay, shake, and sometimes lie down . I am trying to teach her roll over . We Will see if she can figure out that one.

MEG'S 5TH BITHDAY

Meg had a fun birthday! She wanted a cake that had balloons on it. Then we found these horses and so thus a horses in a corral cake with campers and her balloons. The girls had fun helping me make the fence and put the horses on.

Meg had a make your own pizza party for a few friends and some cousins. The kids had fun making their own pizza and then eating it. It was fun to see all the different kinds of pizza we had.

Here is a video of her opening some of her gifts. I think at the end of opening her gifts she was in awe of all the good loot she got.