Picture Posting Problems

Okay, so I went to post some pictures this morning and a different set up pops up.  When I click on upload picture it shows it is loading but then it never loads.  Has anyone else had any trouble?  I tried to save the old editor but that doesn't work either. Frustrating!

Swiss Days Parade

The parade started and Josh said in a disappointing voice, "Is this a watching parade?" "Yes, aren't all parades watching parades?" He was getting really worried when four or five groups went by and no candy. "No -- I mean, will we get candy?" I assured him they probably would, and they did -- but not as much as the last parade they went to. We were at the end of the parade route and many candy-throwers had simply run out. Much of the candy tossed out was the red and white mints and other red hard-tack candy that is spicy. My kids don't like spicy candy and so they were a bit disappointed that they didn't get their usual haul. But I am perfectly okay with not having a ton of candy around. The kids still had fun and were excited to see Tarzan and Jane and the comic strip characters and darth vadar. Meanwhile Jase and Jared set up a booth on route to Swiss Days near our home selling home-made hats, capri-sun bags, water-bottles, and popsicles. I think they made about $15.00.

Swiss Days 5K

I just had to hurry and post our times on the Swiss Days 5K before we lose the cards...

Jared got 26:54.7
Wendy got 27.35.6
Jase got 31.37.3

This is Jared's first time running a 5K (and he hasn't done any training at all) and so he did awesome! I was also excited about my time too because I beat my last year's time by three minutes! My goal was to get under 30 minutes and I did it with time to spare. Woo hoo! Jase also beat his last year's time by two minutes. Great job boys!

Tarzan

Friday night we brought the family to see "Tarzan" at Tuacahn. It is a fun show with lots to see. It was Deaf and Hard of Hearing night and so the deaf community was able to get in for a discounted rate. Tonight's performance was completely sold-out. I had the CD to prepare for interpreting and so the younger kids already had all of the songs memorized. This is the first time we have brought Josh and he did great! Although he wouldn't get in any of the pictures with the characters afterwards. Since we knew he would be up way past his bed-time we made sure he took a good nap earlier in the afternoon. It took a while for him to fall asleep since he hasn't napped for well over a year, but he eventually gave in. All of the kids enjoyed the show and the deaf group really seemed to enjoy it as well.

Janika's friend, Madison, baby-sat Jenna while we were gone. She said that Jenna was good but when the Swiss Days' fireworks started she woke up saying, "scawey, scawey!"

The bottom picture shows a little friend we saw next to the water feature. The kids thought seeing a taratula was almost as exciting as seeing Tarzan.

Toad in my shirt!

Janika posted this on her facebook account and I thought I would include it in here:

My siblings were all out playing with the baby toads that live under our trampoline and they all came inside to do their homework. In the middle of their spelling test my four year old brother Josh suddenly screams: "There's a toad in my shirt!! There's a toad in my shirt!!" Haha sure enough there was a baby toad in... his shirt and he didn't even notice till now. That was the funniest thing! :)  

Not only was there a toad in his shirt, but a while later we found a toad in each of his pockets too! 

Janelle's Poem: Janika's Day

Janelle wrote this poem about Janika.  I thought it was pretty darn cute!

Stake Young Women's Night of Excellence

Janika’s Stake Young Women’s “Night of Excellence” was last Wednesday night. They had chosen eight girls (one from each ward/branch) to do a musical program written by Jenny Phillips called “The Parable of the Golden Pathway” and Janika was one of them. There were five songs in it and speaking parts. One song was with the whole congregation, one with all eight girls, one a duet with two of the girls, and two solo numbers. Janika had a solo number and her song was SO beautiful! I was very proud of her!