HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME

 I had a great "41st" birthday.  Saturday birthdays are the best :)  Friday night Mike took me out on a date than Saturday we went bowling and to dinner at Fat Cats with the kids.  It was so fun to spend the night with our kids.  We have some of the coolest kids that I LOVE to hangout with.  It was a fun day of tons of texts, emails, phone calls, Facebook messages and treats dropped off at my house.  I definitely felt the LOVE :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OLYMPUS CHOIR TRIP ANYONE???

 Rachel went to California with the Olympus Choir a few weeks ago.  They left Thurs afternoon at 2:30 and got home Tues afternoon at 2:30.  There were 170 students that went from Olympus.  They had such a fun time.  They spent a day at Disneyland, the beach, they saw a Broadway show in Vegas, they performed 3 times.  She said it was a super fun trip.  That is one reason right there to take concert choir :)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We are so grateful for the great girl Rachel is and the AWESOME friends she has!  Oh the life of a teenager...
FUN TIMES!

GOODBYE TO A GREAT FRIEND

 Will's comp soccer coach he has had for the past 2+ years died last Wednesday evening.  When I was at school last Thursday morning I got a phone call from my friend Holly Little telling me that Rob Reynard had taken his own life.  It literally shocked me.  Rob has been such a big part of Will's life for the past 2+  years with 2 practices and 1 to 2 games a week (10 months out of the year).  We have traveled to St. George 3 times and Mesquite once to play in tournaments.  At these tournaments we spent lots of time with Rob and his family and really got to know them well.  Nobody knew just how sad and depressed Rob was.  Rob was one of Will's greatest fans.  He always complimented Will on his awesome left leg and how fast he is.  He was super friendly and always made time for each boy.  Our boys all wore their jerseys to his funeral and sat on a bench together.  It broke my heart to see Will cry.  He really loved him and is good friends with his son Payton so it's been pretty hard.

 In loving memory of our Coach, Mentor, Friend and Father of our "Soccer Family"... Rob Reynard.
 We will miss you dearly! ♥

 

 After the funeral the team all went to Apollo to drown our sorrows in some greasy food...

it was just what the boys needed!

 Goodbye to an AWESOME coach and friend!

 

 

 

CABIN GETAWAY

 Last Friday night 18 of us from our neighborhood went up to Eden, UT to stay in our friend Holly Lang's inlaws cabin (or should I say more like a lodge).  It was super huge :)  We had such a great night of going to dinner and just hanging out and talking until 1:30 in the morning.  I sure LOVE Holly.  I am so glad I get to work with her in the Relief Society Presidency (she keeps me sane. :)  She is one of my VERY BEST friends :)  Love ya Holly.  Thanks for the good time :)

A group of 12 of us left for the cabin at 2:30 so we ate dinner together in Eden. The other 6 left at 6:00 after their hubbies got home, so they ate together in Bountiful.  This is the Eden dinner crew!

Jodi, Kate, Me

 

Mandy, Kristine, Tiff, Michele, Steph

 

Lisa C, Holly, Janae, Jill

 The WHOLE crew at the cabin

 Kellie, Karen, Aubrey, Steph, Kate, Me, Kristine, Lisa C.

Tiff, Mandy, Jill

Michele, Holly, Lisa V., Rachel, Jodi, Melissa, Janae

We have THE BEST neighborhood...

Love it!

JAKES CRAZY TRICKS

Although he makes me SUPER NERVOUS every time he goes skiing...

I am still his biggest fan.  I sure think Jake is a stud.  LOVE that kid :)

(His Snogression lessons are paying off.)

 

 

 

CRAZY HAIR DAY

 In honor of Dr. Seuss' Birthday this week the kids had Crazy Hair day at their school.  Our kids love any chance they get to wear color in their hair.  I think their pretty CRAZY, cute kids if I do say so myself ;)  At lunch they had activities for the kids.  One of them was having their face painted.  When Sadie came home I laughed so hard with how cute her face turned out.  We had to run some errands after school and she went with her face painted.  She said, "Hey, maybe people will think these are  my real glasses."  SO CUTE!!!

 

 These are some buddies in Sadie's 3rd grade class:

Catherine, Zani, Brooklyn, Grace, Kinsley, Sadie