Weekly Update - October 25, 2015

Homecoming: this was a fun week. Brenton and Amberley spent a lot of time with there StuCo buddies preparing for Hoco2015! The Sophomore team (Amberley) won the float contest! Amberley was the cupcake and had an amazing time! The Juniors won overall(Brenton)! They had a great time and the football team won their have as well. Jackson went on scout camp at Hidden forest and killed it going 11.5 miles. Jackie did an amazing job with keeping everything in tune and she even was able to cook dinner every night this week for the family. I had a great Friday on a date with Jackie at the T&M watching the PBR. There were two major injuries there and it was interesting watching the cowboys ride for 8 seconds. It was nice to get away for a night together! Then our Sunday night was filled with spiritual and family time. Dinner with the Missionaries and then pumpkin carving with the kids, great time!

Weekly Update - November 13, 2011

Fun filled week this one was! We prepared for the Turkey Trot Tournament in St. George, UT for the Bomb Squad 9U team (Jackson's team). The team was playing up in the 10U bracket and ended up losing all four games and not scoring too many runs, but we learned a lot. Brenton played in two games for the Hitmen this week and ended up scoring in both of them. One at bat he got on base with the 3rd strike drop rule, then stole 2 bases and scored on a grounder. It was pretty sweet! This week was also the McGladrey volunteer day were we helped with Project Homeless Connect. Pretty interesting and makes you realize to not take what you have for granted. Amberley went to a really fun Halloween Party with her friends and had a blast! All in all it was a great week, especially since the Niner's beat the Giants!

Weekly Update - November 6, 2011

Interesting week this last week. Started off with Mike's Birthday. Just another year older. We got to enjoy his favorite meal. . . Spaghetti! Halloween meant work for Mike late and the kid's loading up on candy from the neighborhood. Amberley was dressed up like a Japanese dancer, Brenton was a punk kid that had been beaten up and on crutches. Jackson was Dracula! After a while Amberley's feet hurt, so she took all of the candy and traversed home. The boys ventured on and we had to call them to come home or they would have been out knocking on doors for the whole night! They must have amassed 30 pounds of candy! Luckily Jackie hid the candy and rations it out to everyone. Brenton got to play 3, well actually 2 baseball games (one team forfeited). He is consistently hitting the ball. The team is doing okay, but always could improve. He also played hard in his basketball game against the Las Vegas Elite. The last time they played this team it was a 40 point blow out. This time the Tarheels stayed with them all game long. Amberley is rocking it in basketball inter murals. She is looking forward to tryouts. Jackson and I are prepping for our first tournament as a Bomb Squad 9U team. It has been fun to watch the team come together. Thanks to a nice guy (Bill Wells) at Mike's office we got two free tickets to the UNLV Men's Basketball Team Exhibition game. Jackson and Jackie got to go and check it out. The Reb's are under a new coach this season, so we are hoping for a great season and a tourney run!! Mike went to Chicago to teach training to first year employees at M&P. It was a fast trip, but worth it. The baby is getting along well. The Wednesday check up was a success. He is about 5 pounds and has a strong heartbeat. Jackie had a baby shower Friday night and we have to thank everyone for their gifts!!! We really appreciate it.

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).

Weekly update from Vegas

Another beautiful sunrise in the Vegas Valley. We've had a great week. Brenton had two games this week coming up close in both of them. He played well. He's a hitter, even hitting off a kid that threw a nasty curveball. Jackson and Amberley started preliminarily soccer. If the parent meeting is any indication we should have great teams. Jackie is going to be in her cast for another few weeks, but it is getting better. Our ward was split last weekend. Looks like we will be in the core ward still, you all know how change is handled, but it should work out as it always does. Amberley is still doing dance for the second month and she's learning a lot.