Swine Flu Disappointment, Happy B Day M. B.

We were so excited for Annie's home volleyball game this week because besides Kim and I being there, Alyse was going to be able to come and all our married kids were going to be there also. Annie would have had a great cheering section. The game was against Tooele who they have already played and beat (or should I say creamed!) So we felt sure of another win. But alas Tooele has canceled on us due to the Swine Flu. This is the first athletic game I am aware of being canceled this fall due to the swine flu. Oh well. Better not to play than take the chance of catching Swine flu from any of the Tooele girls. Below is a picture of Annie's volleyball poster which is displayed in the volleyball trophy case this week. Since none of you out there will get to see it at the game this week I thought I would share it on line. Go Annie #24! At our combined family night this month we celebrated my oldest grandson's birthday!

Those sparkler candles were fun to blow out!

We love to party! We get lots of chances this month with all the Oct. birthdays!

St. George Marathon 09

I am so proud of my family members who participated in the St. George Marathon. To my husband Kim, my daughter and son in law Jennifer and Joel congratulations! Last year my daughter Jennifer ran/walked in the St. George Marathon. My family went down to watch her and support her. After seeing her do it Kim decided that he wanted to do it this year. I thought he was crazy but guess what, he did it! The race took place over the UEA weekend so both Alyse and Annie were out of school last Thur. and Fri. We left Thur. morning and headed for Las Vegas because a month ago when we were in St. George for Annie's volleyball tournament, she felt bad that the rest of us went to Vegas without her while she was practicing for volleyball. Annie's favorite things about Vegas was the roller coaster at New York, New York. (that's the one Alyse and I can't ride because we are not tall enough), and the M and M store. Below is a picture of Alyse and Annie at the M and M store. The M and M's were all dressed up for Halloween. Fri. morning before we headed to St. George we went to the Las Vegas Temple. It is beautiful as all the Temples are. Below are Kim, Alyse and Annie in front of the temple.

Annie, Alyse, and Linda.

Saturday morning bright and early we headed up Snow Canyon to the 15 mile mark of the race to cheer on the runners in the St. George Marathon. Below are the spectators Annie, Alyse, and Linda.

Here is Jennifer's son Mckay(my oldest grandson) Jenn's sister in law Amber and niece holding a sign cheering Jennifer on.

Below is Jennifer's sister in law Brooke. Her husbands family has lots of participants in the marathon.

Mckay standing on a mountain of rocks so Jenn could be sure and see her sign.

Family picture with Kim when he took a rest from the race to visit a minute.

Mckay

Jennifer and Kim

Here they come running !

Jennifer and Joel

Here comes Kim at the finish line! He is to the right of the guy in the red hat. Wow he did it! It brought tears to my eyes!

Kim receiving his medal!

Kim with his medal! We are all so proud of him!

Jennifer and Joel coming across the finish line!

We are really proud of them too!

Getting their medals.

Good job you guys! Can I just brag about Kim for a minute and say that he beat his daughter by a half hour and he is 26 years older than she is. We are grateful we were able to support all of you! It was a fun few days!

Busy Alyse, Barn Dance, Basketball Babies

Alyse has been so busy lately! Besides going to school she has started working 2 jobs. She is also an officer in her LDS sorority. School, two jobs, officer in Kappa = busy, busy, busy! She just finished an awesome directory for Kappa but it took every spare moment she had last week to get it done. Oh yeah and then there were the papers due and midterms, and work. A week ago she hosted a Kappa Tea at our house. Alyse was happy to see last Friday come. She didn't have to work so she could actually go out and enjoy the Barn Dance that Kappa was having! Yay! Below is a picture of the Kappa girls and there dates. Alyse is on the right hand side next to the boy in the big white hat. (And yes it is actually held in a barn) Crazy dance moves!

Alyse and her date.

The Kappa girls. Alyse is on the back row on the right hand side. Fun times.

Last Sunday at our family dinner Warren and Eliza had fun playing basket ball. Warren liked it best when his dad would actually hold him up high enough that he could dunk the ball into the basket. Warren kept a tight hold on his ball. He wasn't going to let Eliza get it.

Eliza " My ball, my ball."

She got it anyway. Good throw!

Eliza got the green ball, but luckily we have more than one ball.

Trying to make a basket.

Holding tight to the ball. They both had fun!
Brianna didn't play ball but she had fun watching.

Brianna and Alyse.

This is a random picture that I stole from April. Last Monday we had a little time to drive up Big Cottonwood Canyon and see the fall leaves. They were beautiful! We went for a little hike around Silver Lake. It was an absolutely beautiful day! Unlike today. Today I'm looking at the snow on the mountains. Burrr. What a difference 2 days can make.

Best Little Cheerleaders Ever!

Both of Annie's volleyball games were home games this week. It was so nice not to have to travel to get to them. Kim and I are always at all Annie's games, but on Tuesday Alyse was able to attend as well as Andy's family and April's family. So Annie had quite a large cheering section. Nobody cheered harder than Warren and Eliza. Warren would put both arms in the air and yell at the top of his lungs "Yay Yay!" Eliza would raise one arm up while yelling at the top of her lungs "Go Annie, Go Annie". It was the cutest thing ever. I think many spectators were watching them cheer instead of watching the game. We had several people tell us that they had been the best little cheerleaders ever! I didn't get a picture of them doing it but I wish I had. Below is cute Brianna. She didn't cheer but she sat on Grandpa's lap through most of the game and smiled at everybody. Below is Warren trying to recreate his cheer.

Here's Eliza. She was a good cheerleader but no cheering going on in this picture.

Annie doing one of her famous serves.

Usually at the games Annie ignores us and if she sees I am taking a picture of her she turns her head so I can't get a good one. But with some of her nieces and a nephew there she was all smiles and got a kick out of them cheering for her.

Getting ready for another serve.

They won both their games this week against some tough teams. Keep it up Annie!

September Birthdays

There are two special people that have Sept. birthdays in our family. First is Hunter. We celebrated his birthday with him at our family dinner last Sunday. Lighting the candles.

Can you guess how old he is?

Happy Birthday Hunter we love you and wish you a good year!

Tonight we celebrated Brianna's one year old birthday at Aprils home. Has a whole year gone by since she was born? Unbelievable!

Going for the cake!

Yup she got some.

Opening presents. April had a number of friends come by as well as family so Brianna had lots of gifts to open.

It was really more fun playing with the wrapping paper and gifts bags than with the presents.

This is just a random picture of Warren. Last week when I was tending him he worked very hard to unhook one of the little copper pots that hang on our fireplace. he was so proud of himself when he got it down. What did he do with it? Put it on his head of course. To him it was just another hat.

The Rock

I know all High Schools have their own special traditions, but Annie's school has a rather unique one. Skyline is Olympus's (Annie's school) arch rival and they have been forever. Even back when I attended Olympus they were and even farther back when my husband attended Olympus they were. The tradition is this, there is a rock and when Skyline and Olympus play each other in football the winner of the game gets to keep The Rock, paint it their school color, and display it in their trophy case for the year. It is a pretty big deal! The year before I started high school Olympus lost The Rock to Skyline and all through the 3 years I attended high school Skyline kept The Rock. I never got to see it proudly sitting in our trophy case. Last year, Annie's sophomore year Skyline creamed Olympus and kept The Rock, but this year Olympus is doing awesome. Olympus has won all their games so far, including Skyline! So the Rock has been returned. In a school assembly members of the the football team proudly painted The Rock green in front of the whole student body. Annie has enjoyed having a good football team this year it makes the games much more fun to watch. Her volleyball team has been doing great also. The first home game is next Tues. if anyone wants to come watch. JV plays at 6:00 pm. Any of you out there have any fun school traditions to share?