Month in Review - August 2010

August was like any other. . . summer ends and school begins. Jackie was sick most of the month, but that didn't hold us back to going to a few movies, playing badminton in the backyard, playing/watching baseball, basketball and soccer. Jackie spent a few days in the classroom trying to get it ready but she's still working on it. It seems like it takes about two months before everything is exactly the way she wants it; especially after moving rooms. Jackie was lucky enough to move into the building and is still teaching 3rd grade. The most exciting news is that she got her masters degree. It has been a lot of work and we are all grateful she is finished!

Week in Review - July 11th

It's been an interesting week, one that started in the Uintah Basin and has ended in the sweltering heat of Las Vegas. We visited family and friends in Vernal over the past couple of weeks. Even did a few trips down the Green River (it was heaven to be up there). Everyone went to church last week with the Grand's. It was nice to be back in 9th ward. There are a lot of old timers there that remembered my name and got a good look at the kids. It was probably the most spiritual sacrament meeting that we've been to in a long time. Not sure if it was just that it was July 4th or if it was the nostolgia of being in a place so familiar, but it sure was a great to be there for that. The parade in Vernal was really good. The combo of the Dinosaur Roundup Rodeo and the July 4th parade made it really big. They still throw candy, hmm, wish that could happen in Las Vegas still. We made it back after the long road trip on Wednesday night. You can actually feel the heat change with the color on the drive back. It was great to be home and just be home you know. The summer is now half over and we have been to Florida, Disneyland, and Utah. We still have more to do and see this summer! The best thing so far is that we are expecting!

Shhhhh, it's a secret for now (9 weeks along).

Week in Review - January 31st

Speaking of weather, this isn't an everday occurance when you can walk out the door and see snow on the mountains in Las Vegas. This is North of our house. Pretty cool!

It's always nice to look back at a week and see what happened, but this week seems to have just run into the previous week. Basically we do about the same things during this time of year. School, Basketball, Practice, Dance, Homework and Work. One thing we liked about this week was that it was normal in nature.

Brenton was able to get finished with his Webelos work just in the nick of time since he turns 11 on Wednesday. He'll now be in the 11 year old scouting group. He still is planning on playing Baseball during the spring, although he hasn't caught the baseball bug yet. He loves playing basketball and was able to score yesterday at the game, even though the team still lost.

Amberley is so tall! It's awesome! We hope that she owns her height because she is so tall. She does a lot around the house to help out. She has even promised her brother that she'll make him his favorite meal for his birthday even though it was her night to cook what she wanted. She won her basketball game this week. No soccer this week still because of weather.

Jackson won his game and is a great defender. He still is short compared to a lot of the 2nd graders so he doesn't get a lot of shots off during the games. He seems to be the creator of mischief and is able to get away with it because he is cute.

Speaking of weather, this isn't an everyday occurance when you can walk out the door and see snow on the mountains in Las Vegas. This north of our house. Pretty cool!

Week in Review - January 24th

This week started off with wild Las Vegas weather. We got rain almost all week with snow all the way to 4000 feet. Luckily Brenton hiked Red Rock with the Webelos the week earlier or they could have been snowed on.



Due to the weather Amberley was able to enjoy a week without Soccer practice. But the family braved the weather on MLK Day to watch Jackson march in the Parade on 4th street. Luckily the weather kept a damper on the craziness that happened last year at the parade (kid pulled a gun and shot the 17th floor wall of the B of A building). This year nothing eventful happened. Amberley mentioned that it was "Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Barack Obama Day." Not sure that is a good thing for the kid's to see it as, but interesting none-the-less. It will be intriguing to see how history shapes the Presidency of the first Black President.



The rest of the week was about the same for everyone with practices and dance. Brenton earned some more Merit Badges at Pack Meeting on Thursday and then there was Enrichment which was fun. We went to the batting cages on Friday night because Brenton had baseball tryouts on Saturday for the new league we joined, Mountain Ridge Little League. It was awesome to go and hit. Brenton got on track with his hitting. Jackson and Amberley were knocking a lot of balls as well; at 45 mph it was impressive.



Saturday "the curse" happened again. The curse is that not all of us will win our Basketball games only 2 of us will and the other one will lose. After Jackson's team (Lakers 4-1) came back in dramatic fashion in the 4th period we saw Amberley's team (Shock 4-1) play bad, but end up with a win. Then came Brenton/Mike's team's game (Gator's) against the undefeated "non-drafted" team. With a 9 point lead we ended up blowing it in the end to lose the game and drop to 3-2.

Check out the band! Cute huh?

Winner of Family Fantasy Football

Jackson was the winner of the Family Fantasy Football. Congrats to him for beating Brenton in the SuperBowl. He was awarded the traveling Golden Football. He autographed it and will hold on to it until next year!