Old Friends...Good Times

Brad and I met in high school. We had great friends back in the day. Over the years, we have all gone in different directions, some went to dental school, law school, some went into law enforcement and there wasn't enough action in West Valley, and we have stayed here in Utah, less than 3 miles from where we both grew up! We have remained close with some of our friends but with kids and work etc...we let months and years go by without seeing each other. I always send Christmas cards but sometimes that is our only contact. But since Facebook (which I joined to keep my eye on my kids) we have reconnected with so many old friends and it has been fun to know what they are doing! Well..Andy Shavers was one of Brad's best friends growing up and he is a DEA agent currently in Afghanistan, he comes home (to Utah) once every 6 months. Last summer we had a bbq at our house and everyone came over and this time, we went out! Not everyone could come but we added a few others and we had a great time with friends, food and laughter! They are some of the best people we know!

More and more basketball

We have been so busy that I haven't blogged, it seems like forever, but it has been awhile. Why have we been so busy??? Well every Tuesday and Friday we are at CHS basketball games. Stockton is a sophomore and they play at 3:30 and then he gets to play some J.V. at 5:15 and then he dresses (the only sophomore) varsity at 7....So we are there for 5-6 hours on those nights. Well the varsity team is horrible, they have only won 1 game so far and it doesn't look like they will get many more...but they played Weber tonight and Stockton got in on the varsity in the 1st quarter!! He does get in at the very end when they are getting killed but I was excited when he got in when it was still the 1st quarter. He isn't a threat offensively, he WON'T shoot, but he is a great defender! So they used him! Next year we will only go to the JV and varsity games...

Snowboarding in 2011

Sara snowboards for about 2 hours then she likes to join me in the lodge for some quality computer time...

Snowboarding/skiing has been such a big part of my kids lives since they were 4. And since Stockton made the basketball team, he wasn't allowed to go (because of injury) but even before this...he had said he wasn't going to snowboard? I still can't figure that out...he has had season passes since the 5th grade and now he isn't going to go? WEIRD!

BUT the girls are in the 5th and 6th grade and in Utah they have passes in those grades to get the kids hooked! 5th graders can ski/snowboard at any Utah resort 3 times with a paying adult, the 6th graders can go to each resort once. So the girls hadn't been this year (Grace went once over Christmas break with friends) so finally I took them up on a Saturday to Snowbasin. We took Easton and they had a great time. The next week Kelly took them to Wolf Mountain and then Brad has taken them again while off track. It definately hasn't been the ski season we are used to...but it is still snowing so they will probably go a few more times before spring FINALLY gets here :)

Science Fair....LAME but Grace got 2nd place!

I. HATE. SCIENCE. FAIR. Do you understand? I think science fair projects are dumb. It becomes a project that the parents do and I don't think the kids learn a thing from them. BUT being the parents we are....we do it!

Sara's project was which finger nail polish stayed on the longest! Awesome, she picked it herself and we got polish at different price points and she and I wore them each for a week (it took all of December to do the project) and we decided that OPI was the best! Marla Call was interested in the result of the test, plus we used some of her purple polish, THANKS Mar...

Grace's project was which bubble gum blew the biggest bubbles. Stockton, Sydnie, Sara and I participated and Grace won 2nd place!! Great job....

But as you can see Brad and I put the boards together. I am so glad that I have a husband who helps with homework and thinks that it is as important as I do. He is the best husband EVER!