Give-a-way!

My fellow sitstas are having a give-a-way for an ipod. Please go check out their page. You can link to it from my page by clicking on the cute pink and brown button at the bottom of my page.

No, It's NOT Jesus in Sandals!

Remember the story from Park City....we all went tubing down the river, and Charles and the girls had a very eventful end to their journey. Well, during all the turmoil of trying to rescue Miah from the rapids, Charles lost one of his sandals. He really didn't feel much like looking in the cold Utah river for it. Instead he put on the first sandal that he found. I'm assuming that some girl (because of the small bow) lost her sandal earlier, and Charles found it. He had no shame in his game as he strutted about. Lisa, Toni and the other moms got the biggest kick out of it. That girls must have a big foot, because it almost fit.
I didn't blog last week because it was just a busy week with VBS. I am back and will try and get back into the swing of things.

VBS

Up early this morning, getting ready for Vacation Bible School. I am a 5th grade tour guide, Madi is a jr. helper, and Miah and Mikelle will be singing, crafting, gaming their little hearts out! I will post as soon as I can.

Park City Excitement!

We just got back from an exciting week in Park City, Utah. We went there for my daughter, Madison's, National Softball Tournament. The family drove up last Sunday. All in all the drive wasn't so bad. We left about 5 am so that the girls would be sleepy, and hopefully snooze for most of the trip. Our plan worked, and my hubby was such a trooper for driving all 7 hours. When we got into town, our condo wasn't quite ready, so we decided to go see a movie. We saw the movie, "Hancock" with Will Smith. Good flick, but a few too many words! After the movie, we got settled into our room and called it a night. The next morning we got started with the softball festivities. The girls were in a skills competition. Madi competed for the fastest running time from home to home. It took her like 12.4 seconds. The fastest time of all the players was like 11.8 or so. She did good, but of course was frustrated with not winning. Later that night, they kicked off the tournament with a parade down Main Street. The whole team went over to the beautiful house where the Stover and Huntley Families were staying. The girls and coaches got all decked out in their costumes for the parade. Being that we are from Las Vegas, our costumes represented our wonderful city. Madison was a dice along with her good friend Megan. Other girls were things like dealers, queen of hearts, rebel girls, and a list of others. The coaches were, Elvis, a bride, a Priest, a tourist, a bellman. A lot of work went into the costumes and it was lots of fun.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, we began playing the pool play games. The team won all four of their games. We were the #1 seed going into the double elimination part of the tourney. Early Wed. morning we drove into Salt Lake City and picked up my mom. She had come to join us for the rest of the trip. It was great to have her along for all the action. On Wednesday, we all decided to go tubing down the river. It wasn't exactly white water rafting, but lets just say that the current was a bit fast. It was probably the greatest laughs that we all had. Me, and my mom, Toni, Lisa, Tammy, Jeanie, Mikelle and Tatum were all on the "raft of death" together. I seriously don't know how we survived, but we did, and I am here to write about it. We really did try and row and steer us away from all of the scary trees, rocks, and branches of death, but it was hard work. I can't tell you how many times I hit the deck hard. Great fun, with great friends. The kids and other parents, brothers and sisters all went on individual tubes. We were all told at the begining to stay to the right when it is time to exit the river. Somehow, someway, my whole family, ended up on the left. I wasn't there to see it, but when I arrived at the end, Charles, Madi and Miah were all on the wrong side of the river. I guess Miah got pretty freaked out and there was a bit of a rescue mission involved. This is a picture of the group of us.

The very next day we decided to be even more adventurous! My mom and I went on the fastest, largest, highest, zip-line in the world. Don't ask me how we got the courage up to do this, because I am afraid of heights. But let me just say it was so FUN! Mikelle and Madi did the smaller zipline. Miah was still a bit gun shy because of the tubing incident. This is a picture of Mikelle and I when we got off the smaller zipline. I took a great picture of my mom flying down the zipline. The picture of the green ski jumps is to show you that the ziplines started way at the top where the jumps started. Pretty high, huh!



We ended up going 1-2 in the double elimination part of the tournament, which really did stink. We had a legit chance to win the tourney, and fell flat. After our last games we went over to another house where about 4 families were staying and had our end of the year team party. The coaches gave out awards to the players. Madison received the "Athlete of the Year" award.


On Saturday we had a free day. We started by going back to Olympic Park because the girls wanted to zipline again. The lines were way too long and we had to come up with plan B. We decided to go down to Main Street and ride the ski lift up to the top of the mountain. It was a great scenic ride. Here are some of the pics.




It was a great, great week! The worst part of the trip was coming home to ANTS! Gross! The Pest Control guy, Daniel, just left. Hopefully, it will work. I will keep y'all posted!

Best of Friends, Crazy Story!

These are our great friends Matt & Jen. They used to live in Las Vegas, and that is how we met. Years ago, they moved away and we have missed them and their beautiful children ever since. Well...months ago Matt was out riding his dirt bike, jumping and having fun, and he broke both his ankles. He had to have multiples surgeries, live in a wheel chair for a couple months, and go through lots of rehab. He just recently was beginning to run again, and all was good. Until, Fathers Day when he decided to go riding again. You will not believe that he once again broke both his ankles. Only this time, he broke his fibia, and tibia in both legs. Totally different bones this time. He has already had a couple more surgeries! Needless to say, he WON"T be jumping anymore dirtbikes. The doctors said that at 36 years old the impact and force of the landings is just too much. He hasn't crashed, it's just the force of landing . They are in the airforce and are due to move from Nebraska to South Carolina in August. I feel bad that he has to be in the car for 18 hours with 2 casts on. Please pray for his continue recovery, and they he is smart enough to not try for a three-peat! Love ya, buddy!

Fun Times!

So like I have said many times, we are really staying home a lot. Trying to save money for our exciting trip next week. So what do you do to pass the time you ask? Well, how about have two of your daughters try on your wedding dress?! We had fun, take a peek at what we did-

Here we were 14 years ago. Awe, weren't we stunning! The picture is a bit cut off and tilted to the side, sorry. Kind of like marriage sometimes- a bit tilted to the side! Lol!