We lettered...

... we went to our first Northgate Cheer & Dance Banquet...We were proud parents of such a great 15 yr. old girl Varsity dancer. Most exciting is that we got a Letter! I mean Carissa Lettered this year! WOW. 



Carissa  with her coach, Natalie
she was the best part of this whole experience!



Here was her fun award she got from her coach ....
I think is is soo Carissa she lost her voice after every game.

Look who turned the big "3"

Look who turned the big "3"!

Happy Birthday Mister Monster Junior!

A TeePee Yeah!

All Merrill Childern after presents , cake & fun.

OH boy Colt got lots of fun toys

The RED Cake

OH YEAH! Grandpa & Grandma sent the favortie toys of the day!

We had birthday events all day here is breakfast before the Hills left for Idaho.

7 days, 11 kids, 4 adults, & one house!

We had the Hill Family came to play for a week , we made welcome signs, stayed up late laughing, ate lots of food!, ran , walked ,visited Ghirardelli, the beach, the fortune cookie factory, got  on a trolley car, ate clam chowder if S.F., the girls did lots of hair and make-up, got all of us to church on time at 9:00 am, played at the park, Ate lots of yummy food/candy/treats(oh I think I said that already), boys watched ESPN, played the Wii , and now that its over we are sad they live all the way in Idaho, it was so much fun! Next time we are visiting them:)

March Maddness

March has been busy...Cousins came to stay for the weekend!

cousins

cousins

& more cousins

having fun with a cast on a 2 yr old

 We had 7th grade girls over to construct a Mid-evil castle, with a mote and draw bridge they had fun.

Finished the castle for 7th grade

 Bob and I finally got to go to Prom after 17 years of bliss! Aren't we so cute:) We worked our feet off it was so fun greeting the kids as they came in the door, not to mention a little dancing fun!

Mormon Prom

 Carissa and Bob spent over 17 hours at the Inter-stake center in Oakland  for youth conference 2011, They got to meet Sister Dalton on Friday night and she gave her a hug! It was her highlight:) I spent a few hours there myself dancing up a Storm! but only one picture was taken. Thank heaven Carissa was in it.

Youth Conference