Thursday, April 10, 2008

Sushi Dinner in CO



This is a sushi dinner that Mike had in Colorado one night. So far no worms in his brain. Sushi is great! The only thing is that this meal was pricey. We compared this meal to a Steak House meal the next night and this was 20% higher, I know that another lame accounting thing, but the sad thing is that this was really good, but I prefer Steak.

Jackson Baseball


In scoring position!


#1 - at bat - Jackson Justice!



GAME #1 - Baserunning.

Jackson Baseball

GO ROCKIES!!! See the website to the right for Jackson's team blog.

Waiting to take the field on Opening Day!

Team Rockies!

Taking the field with a vengance!

Brenton Baseball - Opening Day


Chillin' with Tigers!


Lined up and ready to take the field!

Brenton Baseball


Brenton at 1st Base.


Playing Left Field.


Defense!


At bat! Brenton Justice #11!

Brenton Baseball

This is Brenton scoring in game #1.

Brenton Baseball

This Brenton during his first game. He's #11.

Fergie Concert

Jackie and I got some tickets to go to the Fergie Concert. We had a great time. It was fun to spend some time alone after two weeks of being apart. We had decent seats and even ran into one of our old friends from Cedar City who is the sister-in-law of someone who works at M&P and who we hang with a lot.







Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Random pictures


Snow Man in Vernal.


Jackson & Sara at Gymnastics


Gymnastics practice.


Stretching.


Getting ready for tumbling.

Random pictures


Brenton 4th of July (a while ago).


The Fourth.


The Fourth again.


Jackson w/ Broken arm (a while ago).


Jackson at Halloween.

Easter Egg Hunt


Jackson hunting for eggs!


Big kids gearing up for the Easter Egg Hunt.


Jackson getting ready.



Treasures from the Hunt!

Amberley and Jackie at KA



Amberley in the KA theater w/ Jackie.



After show, meeting the characters.

Monday, April 7, 2008

March Family Newsletter

March has been a really fun month. I think it’s probably because we were on spring break so we only had three weeks of school. We were all needing the break and made the most of it. Brenton finished his basketball season the first day of March. Good thing because baseball started the exact same day. Brenton’s baseball coach is a very good coach. He is really patient with Brenton and Brenton is improving. Amberley and Brenton both finished their bowling club in the middle of March. I’m glad that is over. It was fun, but seemed to add too much in our already busy life. Brenton also received his wolf award in scouts. Now he is going right into the Bear den. I have finally updated his scout shirt. It wouldn’t be so bad if it were just his wolf patch I needed to get on, but I procrastinated so much I had to put on his bobcat, wolf and seven arrows. Thank goodness for spring break. Amberley has seemed to slow down a little this month. She finished her swimming lessons and really enjoyed that. However, we decided to take a break from swimming. She said something about basketball but we haven’t done anything about that. She has gone on two dates this month. She went to the Blue Man Group with Mike. During the month, Am and I went to KA. It is a production by Cirque de Soleil. Amberley loved both of them. She said Blue Man Group was really funny and KA was amazing. Jackson also finished swimming earlier this month and then started baseball. Mike is coaching his team which both of them seem to enjoy. Today was their first game. Jackson played first base and right field. They don’t keep score for Jackson’s division but he hit the ball every time he was at bat. He also made it all the way around the bases without getting out. All the parents thought he was pretty cute because every time he would come in to home plate, he would always slide. I asked him what he was doing and he told me “That’s what they do.” Jackson also turned five this month. He didn’t have a party but we did go to the park with the Debbie and kids then everyone enjoyed cake and ice cream at our house. The day ended with Sara and Kaitlyn spending the night. Mike spent two weeks in Colorado this month. He was concerned he wasn’t going to be able to get home. When he got to the airport Friday night in Colorado ready to come home, they told him that the airplane was having mechanical problems and they would not be able to help them, but that they needed their names, so that they could pray for them on Easter Sunday. So he had to drive to Phoenix Arizona, an eight-hour drive through the night. Once he got to Phoenix (about 3 am Saturday morning) he couldn’t get a flight until 11:00 Saturday. So he didn’t get home until Saturday afternoon. Besides work, he is putting a lot of time into coaching and helping around the house. I have been busy with work and family. At school, we had a family spaghetti night, which I helped serve and clean up. The second trimester ended so I had to do report cards. (One of the worst things about my job.) We have also had a lot of high-stakes tests, so it’s not a lot of fun. And of course family always keeps me busy. Sometimes I feel like a taxi driver that’s not getting paid. I have spent a lot of nights at the baseball diamonds, which is a nice change of scenery. Also I’m the team mom for Jackson’s baseball team, so I had to make a banner for their team. It was a lot of fun and it turned out pretty cute. We also had a good Easter. Of course the kids went to the Easter egg hunts, which all of them did well and the weekend ended with a nice family dinner.

Wednesday, March 26, 2008

Sunday, March 16, 2008

Blue Man

Amberley and I had the opportunity to go to the Blue Man Group Show. We first stopped and had a great dinner at this little Italian place inside the Venetian and took these pictures from that night. We had fun, and Am got lucky to sleep in the next morning, but I wasn't that lucky. It sucks being an adult! :)
After the show - meeting the Blue Man.
Am hanging by the river.
Inside the Blue Man Theater pre-show.

Durango Trip

This was the horizon from Durango, CO when we landed. Nice to be back in the snow.

According to the former Army Control Tower guy that I'm working with right now, this plane is a great plane to fly in because everyone has a view. Yes it is, but it's also very loud and slow. It was fun to fly in it through.

Spaghetti Dinner at School

To thank all the Parents and to celebrate Nevada Reading Week the school, Kitty Ward, had a Spaghetti dinner and invited a special guest, Clifford.

Sunday, March 2, 2008

Jackson at Swimming Lessons


Jackson and Amberley have been taking swimming lessons this year at the YMCA. They both have done a great job, this is a picture of Jackson Swimming.

Brenton Scouts Award



Brenton at Pack Meeting receiving his Wolf Award. Now that he is nine he is moving up to the Bear Den.

Bowling Club

Brenton at Bowling Club.





















This is Amberley after bowling a strike at the Kitty Ward Elementary Bowling Club.

Basketball Awards Ceremony

The "Nuggets" (left to right) Zach,
Nathan, Brendan, Audre, Brenton,
Zachary, Andrew, Coach Justice

Brenton with his award.


Brenton and Mike at Awards Ceremony with his Medal

Saturday Night Dinner

After Baseball Practice we decided to go to a new Italian Restraurant. It was a good time and we were stuffed.

Brenton's 1st Baseball Practice

Brenon had his first Baseball Practice last night. He is doing a great job. His team looks really good this year.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Night at Blue Man Group Performance


Jackie met one of the Blue Men after the show!

After the show hanging by the Blue Man Poster.

We ending up on the fly getting some tickets to see the Blue Man Group last night. So we headed down to the Venetian and had a quick bite and then on to the show. We had fun. When all was said and done we didn't make it home until 1 am, so today will drag. Tonight is the 1st round of the playoffs for Brenton's Basketball team. We'll keep you posted.