Slideshow of the swim

Well I don't know about everyone else but I am glad it is over. I have thought about this every day/week for a year. Here is a slide show of the pictures I got of the swim. There will be a future post about the rest of the trip.

Sharkfest pictures on photobucket

Yeah! I got the pictures from our trip uploaded to photobucket for anyone that wants to take a peeksie.

The sign in is thebutlerbunch
and the password is butler

I think there is around 100 pictures. I will either put together a slideshow or something for a future post (soon) but wanted to give you the opportunity for you to get a copy of any pictures you wanted or just to see what we ended up with.

For those who knew I was missing my camera, we found it behind the dresser. It must have fallen there with all the junk I kept piling on top of the dresser. Thank goodness Mark had the piece of mind to look 1 more time (after checking twice). I mean the camera would have been devastating enough, but to lose all those pictures would have been heartbreaking.

Shark fest update...

For those who are sitting on the edge of your see to know....

THEY MADE IT!!! THE BUTLER FAMILY HAS DONE SHARK FEST!! AND NO ONE GOT EATEN BY THE SHARK!!

Enough Said

Need I say more.....

Fathers Day...

For those of you who weren't able to be here in Washington during fathers day. Here are some pictures from it...Enjoy!

♥Becca

Some presents for G-pa
It came with Grandmas present...Grandpa thinks it is ping pong for old people...

Grandma

Grandpa with an "old person" wheel barrel haha

Everyone outside

Have you checked it lately?

Well I was informed by Courtney to check the sidewalk at grandma and grandpas house, well anyways I have something for you..."Have you checked the sidewalk lately Courtney?"

♥Becca (#1 Grandchild!!)

Check out our new blog song...

It's just to get in the spirit of SHARK FEST!!! haha

What do you think?

Becca

A Quick Shark Fest Update...

So we just came back from deep lake...we being Tracey, Lorri, and family. In the beginning Lorri was saying how she was going to drowned but they still proceeded. Lorri and Brandon started by inching themselves into the water, later being threatened by my dad if they wouldn't just get in. So they went...in the beginning they were going on and on how cold it was, Brandon being the worst haha, but later they returned feeling great. GO SHARK FEST SWIMMERS!! So how is everyone else's swimming going?

Happy Father's Day from Dad's "little squirt'

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Sharkfest is looming in the near future!

Can you believe that sharkfest is soooo close. I will be glad when it is all over. In fact I spend a lot of my time envisioning myself getting out of the water, or is it crawling, after I am done and knowing that I did it. But I will have to say, the whole shark thing is still haunting me. So I thought I would try and make light of it. So here are a few photos to keep us all in good spirits.

This is the information that Dave posted in his email link about the odds of being attacked by a shark.

What are the odds of being attacked by a shark?

0.000000015%

Scared to go swimming? Jaws getting to you?
Don't fret, the odds of being attacked by a shark are pretty slim, about 1 in 65,000,000.
In you live in America your chances do increase, not because sharks prefer American food, but because American have good access to the Oceans.
The odds of being involved in a shark in America attack go up to 1 in 10,000,000.

Happy swimming, but watch out for the flying piranhas.


But I beg to differ. If you are swimming in shark infested waters, doesn't your odds increase by A LOT? And what about his photo? What are the odds of this happening?































And here is the thing I don't get...
You would think Tracey would take this more seriously after already having one run in with a shark.





















And last but not least, some helpful information in case "one" of us gets attacked by a shark...
















Well enough freaking myself out about sharks tonight. Hope everyone is "excited" as I am.

Lorri

More Butlers...

I found the the Blaine Butler family blog. Hope they don't mind me sharing. Thought you guys might have fun checking it out. I left a comment on their site with the address to our blog so we better actually start posting stuff. Here's their site... http://utahbutlers.blogspot.com/

Cousins!

These are some of my favorite pictures. Where has the time gone?
Our boys are seriously cute!


I know it's hard to believe but your boys will grow up so fast Steff! Try to enjoy them!

Happy 13th Birthday Courtney!

March 29th was a special day, Courtney turned 13! We did a little shopping on Saturday (since we have agreed that we have different tastes, but that is OKAY!). We then went out to dinner at the Cheesecake Factory. Sunday we had a cake and sang happy birthday and opened presents. We just want Courtney to know how much we love her and are proud of the beautiful person is is becoming.

Sadies 2008

Here are some of the pictures from sadies last night. It was fun, we went bowling, went on a detour from kent, and went to the dance.

Sr. Pictures

I know I got them done a long time ago...but I forgot to put them on here. Oh and by the way I started a blog for our family too! so here they are. ♥Becca

Rest In Peace

While Dave was here visiting us in Enumclaw my dad started getting Dave into Kayaking. In tribute to this, my dad decided to draw a picture of Dave...which soon was edited by Dave and given back. So here it is...lol

The Big Picture...lol (Looks better bigger)

After the editing job (notice Dave going up stream)

Again after Editing job (Tracey not doing so good at the bottom)

Just thought that you guys would have a good laugh at this one...cuz I know we certainly did!

I'll go where You want me to go....

Patiently waiting for family - notice the unopened envelope under his elbow









Blain trying to contact his Mom and Dad on speakerphone - notice the envelope, still unopened

Still waiting

Lorri is trying to conference in Grandma and Grandpa Thomas, Blain is still waiting - boy does he have patience! (:

(sorry I didn't get the picture rotated)

Tanner dialing Grandma and Grandpa Butler.

Finally, the envelope is being opened

The excitement is building.
The boys were on the edge of their seats

Blain reading his mission call - Tucson, Arizona!

Unfortunately no one won the $1000 dollar prize from Grandpa Butler.

Blain was thrilled to be learning Spanish, notice the cell phone on the couch and in his hand, we couldn't hear them but the Grandparents and parents heard the announcement.

Talking to his Mom and Dad as he reads through the information book

The Call! ( sorry I didn't rotate this one either)

Elder Blain C. Thomas

Thought I would give you fellas a few ideas haha

Just watch and learn....

Thanks Uncle Dave

We decided to try Dave's suggestion of putting leg weights on Charlie to slow him down

Dad putting on the weights...

Charlie immediately ripped them off, so we resorted to taping them on...

Charlie trying to take them off again without success, thanks to the tape!

He resorted to trying to bite them off...

The look of distress when he realized he couldn't get them off...

More distress and big brother trying to come to the rescue...

Not a happy camper.

So, Dave, it was a pretty good idea. He didn't get into anything because he spent all his time trying to get the weights off. (Disclaimer: For any random readers on here, please don't turn us into CPS. We only left the weights on for about 5 minutes and it was all in good fun. No harm was done to the child in the picture.)