Lexi's big 4!

Here's a few shots of the festivities for LExi's birthday. We had a simple party which included cake, ice cream, and playing (with a lot of kids). Lexi's first one with friends. She wanted me to make the castle cake and she just flat out had fun. She really did love her special day that I beleive she's been counting down to since Sept 29th of last year.

Lexi says THANKS!!!! She loved every gift she received!!

Happy Birthday Lex!

Hope you are having so much fun and eating so much candy and causing so much trouble. We miss you! We sent your gift and Tuesday, so it should be coming soon.

Happy Birthday from:
Uncle D, Aunt Ang, and Kenzie, Mason, Camrie, and especially Rylie

~Joshua and Brooke~

Have chosen to be married on February Second, Two Thousand and Seven. And Jenn is so DANG excited!!

A nice visit to the Biblers...

LAst weekend we had a wonderful trip to the Biblers. Aunt Cole made a cake to celebrate LExi's birthday and we went to Chuck E. Cheese. The kids had a blast. Aunt Cole makes a mean biscuits and gravy too! Uncle Ben is teaching the girls all about "fix a flat". The other pictures are typical of our Sunday afternoon walk to feed the ducks. We had a comment about how we were our own little parade. Imagine what the comments would be if they saw ALL of us:) .We love and miss you all.

Deposit for Family Campout

Hey -

We've had something come up with the deposit for Yellowstone and they won't take American Express. So, we are requesting that each family pay $100 now. We need to get the contract sent off with the deposit by next Friday 9/29/06 (it was supposed to be sent back last week) so please get us the money by then. Kynaston's, please let us know if you still can't commit so we can make up the difference. Thanks everyone!

Just some pictures...

Campout '07

Hi -

The Draper Family Campout will take place around Yellowstone National Park on August 2-5. The contract on the lodge has been e-mailed to me. The first 1/2 of the payment is due as soon as you can ($100/family, seriously, whenever you can)- We will receive a full refund of the payment if we have to cancel the lodge for any reason within 60 days of our reservation date. Since I have already opened a separate account for the birthday money this year, if you'd like to send monthly payments or anything like that, I'll deposit the money into that account. For now, Ryan and I will put the payment on our credit card or earn a few extra sky miles for Dad and use his - We're excited and can't wait to see Ol' Faithful!

For Nic and anyone else....

Family Campout '07 Cont.....

Hi All -

After speaking to everyone about the campout dates, money etc... here is the plan -

Please pick the week that works best for you and your family;
August 2-5
August 9-12

We will then book the lodge for the dates that accommodate the majority of the family. All July dates for the lodge have been booked so please let us know ASAP.

Each family will pay the same amount for the lodging, which will be $200 for 3 nights/4 days. There will be a little bit of money left over which we will use for Bear Country or something like that.

The lodge is located in Island Park, ID which is about 25 minutes from Yellowstone. There are 6 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and tons of space in the basement with a big screen. There is a washer/dryer, bbq, deck and a hot tub.

Family Home Evening Schedule

I'm so excited to announce the winter FHE schedule.
Monday Oct 2 The Darren Draper family
Monday Nov 5 The Ryan Torsell family
Monday Dec 4 The Danen Bateman Family
Monday Jan 1 The Josh Draper household.
A short lesson and a treat are suggested.
Love ya'll, Dad

Family Campout '07

We know it is still early... but we would like to know of the two dates; which works best for you and your families:
July 12-15 or July 19-22
Please comment to this blog and let us know.

I'm bored

I'm sitting here on a Sunday morning, looking through my pictures and thought I would share this one. I think Emily will relate. I like to call it: DORA'S ON.

More pictures...

Some Pics for you!

Here are some pictures of our adventures with Cole and a few other random shots! Hope you enjoy!

Thanks to all

A big thank you goes out to all you generous people from Mason's birthday. He saved his birthday money and was able to buy the new Lego Star Wars Playstation game all by himself. (All $40 of it.) He loves it and it was sure nice not to have to tell him no. Thanks!

Dear Aunt Cole....

Dear Aunt Cole,

We miss you bad already! It was so fun hanging out with you. Thank you so much for the birthday clothes. We can't wait to see you again soon and make sure to tell Uncle Ben hi!

Love,

Jaxon