On Labor Day weekend, we escaped a brutal 100+ heat wave in Orange County for the cooler temps at Mammoth. Here is the family hiking at Rock Creek near Mammoth over Labor Day weekend.
Hiking Devils Postpile in Mammoth National Park with big brother Mark. Jocelyn has amazing endurance and can hike, climb and run for miles on end without tiring. She is not fast but she is steady and constant. Even as a little toddler, she would walk the 3/4 mile from Disneyland's exits to the parking lot without asking to be carried. One day I expect she will run a marathon with me!
First day of 3rd grade! Yea!
Jocelyn fixed her hair with cut barrettes for her first day of 3rd grade in Mrs. Mulligan's 3/4 GATE combo class.
Jocelyn at her table in 3rd grade. She was happy that her good friends Jessica Duong and Rebeccah Huang were also in her class. Both of these girls come from loving, sweet homes and have very talented mothers. Jessica's mother is extremely artistic. Rebeccah's mother teaches a Chinese pre-school in her home each day.
Jocelyn and her brothers Mark (5th grade) and Blake (1st grade)
Jocelyn is always bouncing on the trampoline with her brothers! She is the one who wrote to Santa Claus in May 2009 asking for a trampoline and one week later moving neighbors offered us their brand new trampoline. Her prayers and Santa Claus letters are always answered!
Jocelyn's soccer team coached by Craig Shipcott. Then had a great season and almost went to the final championship game. The girls played really well together.
Jocelyn has always been Blake's biggest fan. Here she is cheering for him as he celebrates the end of his soccer season.
In October 2009, Jocelyn and Mark's favorite babysitter Sara Anderson departed on her mission to New York City. Sara is the daughter of our Bishop David Anderson and an outstanding young woman. She has been attending BYU. It is a real honor to know her. She was the only babysitter who understood how to comfort and discipline Mark and Jocelyn when Boyd and I would go to the L.A. temple and be gone for 6 hours. We love her and so do our children. We have encouraged Jocelyn to plan to be a missionary like Sara!
Jocelyn dressed as 60's girl for Halloween!
Jocelyn made this darling "Bat-dog" costume for Kathryn's dog Fluffy. Jocelyn adores dogs and is always so sweet with anyone's dog.
Jocelyn fulfilled a dream by attending the Diary of a Wimpy Kid book signing event in Santa Ana. The line was HOURS long, but she endured it to meet the author Jeff Kinney.
Jocelyn with author Jeff Kinney....one day she will be a famous author, too!
In November, Mrs. Mulligan gave Jocelyn an award for Creative Writing. Mrs. Mulligan told us that last year she read a creative writing contest entry from Jocelyn and was so impressed by her lengthy, detailed stories that she requested to have Jocelyn placed in her class this year. Mrs. Mulligan spent a lot of time working on writing with her class. We were so happy for her positive impact on Jocelyn and her constructive comments that helped Jocelyn improve her story structures and writing.
In December Jocelyn made Christmas socks to give to children at a shelter in Santa Ana. She is so excited to go to Activities Days each month. She loves to express her creativity!
You know it is Christmastime when Disneyland is decorated galore but my children are still wearing shorts to school!
Fun Christmastime visits to Disneyland with Rachel Silverman. Rachel became a great friend to our family and a kind protector to Jocelyn when some unkind 5th grade girls were bullying Jocelyn. But Jocelyn and Rachel handled them just fine and did not even tell us about the incidents. That shows how confident Jocelyn is. She is never intimidated by anyone and knows that she is an awesome, talented, beautiful, funny, sweet child of God!
Riding the Davy Crockett canoes at Disneyland. Brent loved sitting next to Jocelyn who encouraged him to row very hard. But then he ended up splashing Blake with water, so those two had a few paddle-entanglements.
On Jocelyn's 9th birthday (December 7, 2009) she was Rockstar of the WEek in Mrs. Mulligan's class.
Jocelyn won a "Write On" award at TMA for her creative Christmas Wishes entry. She wished for a new laptop and a new scooter.
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Wow...Santa got Jocelyn's letter! Here she is happily unwrapping her new Compaq laptop so she can write her stories and create her fun videos.
Santa brought all four children new Razor scooters, just like Jocelyn asked for!
In February Jocelyn enjoyed sledding and making snowmen in the mountains along with the Gordon family. Here she is riding a sled with Elise.
In April Jocelyn was thrilled to attend her friend Audrey Robertson's baptism at the Irvine Stake Center.
In May Jocelyn performed in our stake's production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" She wore a beautiful white gown and looked like an angel singing with the children's chorus. (I wish I had a better quality camera that could have capture her. This is the only photo that was somewhat viewable.)
Jocelyn and I went camping with the Young Women to San Onofre (near San Diego...and right next to the Border Check station and Coastliner railroad tracks) over Memorial Day weekend. Here she is roasting marshmallows.
Jocelyn hiking the beach at San Onofre. She hiked the full 5 miles with a big smile on her face and excitement for ever new rock or shell she encountered. She was a great example to the rest of the young women!
In June Jocelyn's class performed "TMA A History" which Mrs. Mulligan wrote by creating new lyrics to famous 80's rock songs and having the children sing and dance. I helped decorate the stage with the hundreds of hanging stars and signage.
Jocelyn played the part of a modern day TMA student who goes back in history to find out what life was like waaaayyyyyy back in the old days of the 1980's.
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