Go Big Or Go Home

This was a great shot of Spencer with the shadow on the sand. This was taken during a week long motorcycling trip with Rick, Preston and Grandpa Cherney. They started at the dunes and worked there way north to other areas of Idaho.

His favorite place to ride is the St. Anthony Sand Dunes. The dunes are 40 miles northeast of Idaho Falls, and has 10,000 acres of dunes rising up to 600 feet high—a prime roosting area! He and his friends were riding one day and they tried to get some footage. Watch close you might miss it!

Spencer is a senior and excited to graduate. He has spent most of his year riding his motorcycle. Along with riding comes the endless hours of repairs. It's a good thing he enjoys it. He and Rick took on the project of modding and customizing their cycles this spring. Here's his Honda CR 250 upon completion.

Preston Breaks Arm Riding Motorcycle

This is quite the funny story. I am very glad Preston wasn't hurt more. Preston got a new motorcycle in the spring to take on their spring break motorcycle trip. The first day out his bike died so he had to ride behind grandpa on his four wheeler. This was not fun for Preston. They take the cycle in to get repaired and it takes a month. They get it out and the first test drive the bike is still broken. They take the cycle back in again and a week later they test drive it at the shop and the bike is still broken it is now June with no bike and prime riding season. Rick buys Preston a brand new Kawasaki and they take it to the dunes and he gets one day of riding. He is thrilled. The next morning Preston's first run is attempting to climb a steep hill they had been riding the day before but the wind changes the terrain overnight. Preston didn't wait for Rick to give him the OK at the top. Rick jumps off his bike because he knows it's too steep when he crests the hill and Preston comes up and jumps over Rick and the bike and flies 30 feet staying with the bike because he doesn't want to wreck his brand new bike. Spencer sees it all and thinks his dads gonna be creamed and his brother is an idiot/rockstar because of the flight! Because he stayed with the bike the impact broke his forearm. All of this happened while Kristin and Whitney were out of town for a couple of days. They thought Kristin would be mad so they didn't tell her that night on the phone. They thought there motorcycle days were over. They were miserable for two days! Kristin comes home and sees the medicine bottles on the kitchen counter and asks who's sick. Everyone looks sheepishly and then Preston turns his shoulder and shows his sling. All Kristin could do was laugh then she cried realizing it could of been worse. Thank you Heavenly Father for looking out for our boys.

Brinley's Baptism Pictures

Brinley turned 10 today she is growing up so fast. I had to put her baptism pictures on here. It was so fun to take her pictures.

Spencer Goes To Commencement

Spencer and Amanda.

Whitney 9th Grade Cheer Pictures

After two years of cheerleading and being 9th grade cheer captain Whitney hung up her pom poms. She will really miss it. She was exhausted with practice twice a week and games twice a week plus trying to stay up on piano and schoolwork. High school cheer is double the load and she wants to take AP classes in the fall. She had a lot of fun with these girls and made some great friends and will miss cheering on her friends who play sports. She would love to do it all if she had a time turner like Hermione!

Whitney wins $10,000 scholarship for 1st place at State History Competition

We were excited when Whitney was eligible to go to Boise for the state competition. We knew we had an excuse to go out of town for a couple of days. We were kind of lame and didn't even bring a camera. I guess that tells you the confidence we must of had in her or the attitude that Whitney had about her project she wasn't going to win she was just going for the party with her class mates. We were surprised when she took 1st place in her division for an individual exhibit. There were some amazing exhibits. First they announced her as the 1st place winner and she received $350 from Boise State.
Then they announced that her exhibit was the best project out of all the categories entered this included papers, documentaries, performances and websites. She was the recipient for the Thucydides scholarship for $10,000. Daddy is happy it will help his wallet.