Back To School

I told them to put on an angry face.
I didn't know that Josh could look so evil.

I can't believe how fast this summer has flown by. August 21st was the first day back to school. I have to admit it's the first time that I haven't been all that excited about the kids going back. I'm ready because we need structure back into our life which is almost non exsistant in the summer, but I'm not ready to be home all day long with Jack. ;)

The kids have been such great help this summer in giving me some down time so that I would'nt fall off the deep end. :) Anyway, I obviously don't control the universe so I can't make time go back.

The kids were super excited for school, I'm not sure what that means. Are they really excited or are they just tired of me giving them orders all day long. hmmmmm? I'll have to ponder that one.

I'm excited to announce that Jack and I survived our first day home together so I'm pretty sure everything will go smoothly from here on out.

Enjoy the pictures of the kids in their new attire for school.

Logan is an 8th grader this year. King of the school.
Jr. High is 7th & 8th grade.
His shoe size this year is 11 1/2-12 depending on the shoe. BIG FOOT!
I can see into the future that he's going to break many hearts.

Kimbri is in 6th grade this year.
It's her last year at Stansbury Elementary.
She's really excited that her class gets lap top computers . Joshua is in 2nd grade this year.
What a cutie.

Soft Ball Mania

WOW! The last 2 weekends have been a tournament rollercoaster. Two weekends ago Kimbri's team the Grantsville Country Girls played in the Kaysville All Star Tournament. We started on Friday playing 2 games and we won them both so we were able to go home. On Saturday we won our first game and then lost our 2nd game putting us into the losers bracket. UGH! We then played 6 games total that day making a major comeback to place in 2nd. It was awesome.

Keep in mind we played our first game at 9:15 having to be there at 8:15 and finished our last game at 10:30pm. Talk about a long day. Grandpa and Grandma Williams drove down for the weekend to watch her play, they were troopers sitting in the heat all day. John left early to take Jack home and I offered Grandpa a way out of having to watch more softball but each game was as intense as the next and it was just too exciting to leave. I think they enjoyed themselves. It was cool over hearing Grandpa telling several people that his grand-daughter was the pitcher.

I think I ended up with a few gray hairs considering Kimbri pitched 5 of the 6 games on Saturday. She was awesome. I don't know how she stays so level headed, she's amazing to me. We were all mentally exhausted by the time it was all said and done. Kimbri on the other hand was sore for a few days after from pitching so many games.

Last weekend we played in a West Valley Tournament. It wasn't as dramatic as the last one. I don't know how to explain it but it was a weird tournament. The pitching was awful the first 2 days so the majority of scoring was done via walks. That makes for a long boring game. We also had the umpire from scaryville. I believe that it's her goal to get up each day and make everyone around her miserable. I've never met someone that was so easy to dislike. Anyway, after all the weird things we ended up once again in 2nd place. WoooHoooo!

I guess we're playing fall ball which means 4 more weeks left. (didn't I say that softball would not run our life? I'm sure that's what I said) You know me, there isn't anything I enjoy more than watching my kids compete in sports.

We've been busy!

Kimbri made the Softball All Star team this year. She's the main pitcher but also plays 1st base or short stop. She had a 3 day tournament 2 weeks ago and they ended up in 3rd place. YEAH! It was so much fun to see their determination and confidence grow as they played each game.

She's having a lot of fun and really likes the girls she's playing with. She's working really hard to improve her pitching. The last 2 games of the tournament she pitched both games without a break and did an awesome job. She practices for an hour on her pitching before her 2 1/2 hour practices with her team. I would call that dedicated. It's fun to see her improving.

Summer is going by way too quickly. We realized that except for Lake Powell we hadn't gotten our boat on the water. We decided to run up to Jordanelle reservoir and stay at the Still Water Lodge. It was a great get away. We boated for a few hours and then we played in the pool. We then had a little drama take place. First, John jumped in the pool with his cell phone and then Jack decided to sacrifice Logan's cell phone to the great swimming pool king as well. It's just not fair! I'm the one with the cell phone that is duct taped together. I guess I should have given mine to Jack as well.

Later, Logan and John went fishing and John caught a fish as well as his finger. I wasn't there but the story was pretty dramatic. John got the hook and the barb in his finger. Once they got the fish off the hook they cut 2 of the hooks off and then John ripped the barb out of his finger. OUCH! I guess Logan asked John if he wanted to go back to the lodge and John said "no, let's keep fishing" Logan then said, "way to be tough dad." Gotta Love it!

Last weekend my brother Chad and his family came and spent 2 nights with us and we went school shopping. It was sooooo much fun. We scored on some major bargains. Thank goodness Aunt Lataun was there because she must be WAY cooler than me, Logan wanted her input on everything. Thanks Taun you cool thing you! It sure feels great to be done with the shopping.

Logan started football practice just in time to leave for Scout Camp. The first week of football is what they call "Hell week" anyway, Logan was pretty excited that he was going to be at scout camp for "Hell week" he quickly learned that they were going to have the 2nd week be "Hell week" instead. HA! poor baby!

Can't believe football has started, Josh starts soccer soon, and Kimbri has 2 softball tournaments left before school starts. Can it be any crazier!!!!!! :)