MAY.....YES, ALL OF MAY

May was a busy month!  Jonathan wrapped up his senior year and graduated from High School. Max and Jake participated in the Whiskey Row Marathon.  The much anticipated Avengers movie came out.  Brig danced in his Cinco de Mayo celebration at school.  Chelsea finished up her 2nd year of college - graduating with honors from the culinary program.  The annual dad/kid hike happened and Brig got to go for the first time.  They hiked along a creek by Cottonwood.  Jay and I celebrated our 22nd wedding anniversary, we spent the weekend in Sedona, exploring and hiking.  Jonathan graduated from Seminary.  Those are some of the hilights along with at least 100 other important things that took place:)

Avengers

Jonathan and friends at AVENGERS premier

Jonathan dressed Brig up and took him to Avengers

Cinco de Mayo - Brig, Brendan, and Ben

Dancin to De Colores

Whiskey Row Marathon - Max 1st place, Jake 6th

HE ASKED, SHE SAID YES

Jonathan asked a friend, Karen Schuenman, to prom.  He placed 100 or so cut out footprints with hersheys kisses on them from her front door to her room.  Then he hung this huge sign in her room.
"NOW THAT I'VE KISSED THE GROUND YOU WALK ON, WILL YOU BE MY DATE FOR PROM!"

THS IS HOW JONA ASKED KAREN
I KNOW, I KNOW.....he's a little crazy

This is how Karen answered him, hundreds of sticky notes all over the truck with messages like, YES! MMMHHMM! OF COURSE! LOVE TO! PLEASE & THANK YOU! ect...

ATTACK OF THE STICKY NOTES

THIS IS WHAT THE TRUCK LOOKED LIKE
AFTER CHURCH

 They looked beautiful at prom, April 28, 2012.  Jonathan even got to drive his dads convertible sports car.  He had a great time:)

LOOKIN GOOD



JONATHAN AND FRIENDS

BEAUTIFUL




JONATHAN, KAREN, & TAYLOR

PROM

COUSINS

Josh and Alysha came for a visit.  Our family LOVES to have them visit.  Especially Brig, he mopes around for days after they leave, missing his cousins terribly:(
 We had alot of fun, it was Unlce Joshs b'day, the kids made him quite a fancy bday outfit (robe, straw hat with balloon attatched, etc) and Alysha and I made some delicious strawberry lemonade (lots of lemons later...).

Uncle Josh - 39th b'day

Presents

 On Saturday we headed up to Goldwater lake and tried out our new kyacks.  We had a fun picnic, it was a beautiful day!


Goldwater Lake - Brig, Rio, & Desi

Josh & Alysha

Tiny Capri

beautiful weather

Jake & Kai

 Chelsea came up to see the family, and of course we can't have an event without a couple of quick poses!:)

Hilarious quick pose

Im always thankful they make an effort to come see us, with 5 little ones it's not an easy trip.  We love you guys!!

EASTER

Our family went to Mesa for Easter this year to spend time with family.  We enjoyed the beautiful weather and visiting with family. 

Ready for the hunt

Enjoying family

Chelsea, Nixie, and Delila

Little Winston trying to pull the boys

Brigs Great Month

BRIG
Brig had a great month of February!
Here are some of his accomplishments
1. He was an alternate for the school spelling bee
    He DID NOT want to participate for fear of stage fright.
    He ended up participating and got 2nd Place!

2. Brig worked hard on his science fair project,
    "Does your heart rate increase while playing video games?"
     After playing many video games (all the brothers participated)
     and taking alot of heart rates, he concluded that YES they did.
     For all his efforts Brig got 1st place at his school!

First Pinewood Derby

3.  Brig also got to participate in his first
     pinewood derby.
     He worked very hard on his car with his
     dad, they changed the design a couple of
     times, the wheel broke off and had to be
    super glued back on, the tires were a bit
    uneven, but he was excited to race it.  We 
    explained that he might not win, and that it
    was just for fun:).  Our stake had two race
    dates and Brig participated in both,
    He got 1st place at both pinewood derbys! 


Each time someone in our family accomplishes something GREAT or HARD we have a little
celebration.  This month Brig was the recipient of THREE celebrations.  We call them,
 "FOR HE'S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW" celebrations.  We sing the for he's a jolly good fellow song then light some candles and stick them in whatever we are eating that night.  Brig has had
alot of chances this month to know how great we think he is!

Maxs 15th Birthday

Birthday morning / great sign in the background

MAX TURNS 15!!!!

Max turned 15 on Valentines Day, February 14. 
Somehow 15 seems so much older than 14....
We celebrated the usual Tipton way,
An awesome birthday sign,
A fabulous breakfast (strawberry crepes)
Gifts
Dinner at the restaurant of your choice.
We also had a fun birthday party for Max, he
invited 4 friends and we took them to jump street
in Phoenix.  Being the hard core, par kour guys
they are they LOVED it.  He is such a great kid!

Birthday pyramid



Cheers

HAPPY 20TH BIRTHDAY CHELSEA!!

So our baby girl turned 20, wow, 20!  Jonathan and I planned a fun, crazy, birthday adventure for her.  True to Tipton style it was a bit crazy, but very fun:)  Chelsea had 12 locations around Prescott to find and take a picture of her and her crew at.  She ended up at the base of Thumb Butte and had to dig for her treasure, it was a foot or so under and the chest was filled with gift cards.  Each member  of the crew had to be wearing some pirate effect the whole time. 

The rules of the hunt

Clue #1 - The graveyard



Mutiny amongst the crew!

Thumb Butte



Happy 20th Chelsea Elise!

MLK PARTY

So yesterday was Martin Luther King Day, the kids didn't have school, Chelsea was
visiting and we had to think of something great to do.....
This is what we came up with; a suprise party, for MLK, and each person got to invite
 a famous guest. We made crepes, did O.J. toasts, and listened to the "I have a dream"
 speech. There was great music, and some even greater dancing:)

Our guests included; Michael Jackson, Beyonce, Urkel, Aretha Franklin, Morgan Freeman, Bob Marley, and Oprah. Of course MLK was there!

The Guests!