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VB, FB, Golf and OH YEAH, Barbies!

So... Taylor plays VOLLEYBALL for Cedar High School and Dylan is playing TACKLE FOOTBALL for the first time this year, Greg GOLFS, I WORK and Ashley plays BARBIES. What more could you want from life?! It is so fun to watch the kids excel in their different areas. We are proud parents! Taylor is doing very well with volleyball and Dylan gets to play quarterback and for now, Ashley is great at playing barbies and whatever else she chooses.

OUR SUMMER....

Our summer has been a lot of fun! The girls and I went to Northern Utah to spend some time with family. We stayed with Kelly and her family one night and Mandy the next night. We went to a Ryan Shupe concert in Midvale, which had fireworks afterward.

We spent time at my family reunion up Ogden canyon and saw family I haven't seen in many years and my grandparents (my Mom's parents).

We also spent time at Greg's brother's house in So. Jordan. The kids have fun with their cousins. I wish we could get together with everyone more often... but miles separate.

NO MORE BIKE :(

It has been a long time since I blogged, but now all I have to say is that my last post about Dylan's bike is sad to me now. Someone stole his bike the other night. He is soooo upset and I am soooo mad! DANG!!!!

Happy 11th Birthday Dylan!

I can't even believe that Dylan is now 11! June 12 was the big day... He had to have a new bike and he picked a Diamondback Viper 2 BMX. We tried to talk him into something else, but he knows what he wants! We had a friend birthday party for him today and played Ultimate Frisbee and Whiffle Ball. They had a great time. I love you Dylan! He is a great kid too... How did I get so lucky?!?

Catch Up!

Time slips by me WAY too fast! I can't keep up with everything, so here is a post to catch up on everything for the past month... Taylor's birthday was the 14th of May and she didn't really have a birthday party or anything. She's too old, right? 14 years old already! I love her and am so proud she is MY daughter... How did I get such a great kid?!? School got out on May 22. I was able to take pictures of Dylan and Ashley with their teachers. Ashley had Mary Ann Morris for 2nd grade and Dylan had Jeanne Payne for 5th grade. Taylor now moves to high school this coming August, Dylan will go to Cedar Middle and Ashley will stay at South Elementary. A kid at each school, for the next three years... Ashley finally started her softball. She is on Marcia Swallow Evans' husband's team. She seems to really like it even though I had to force her to play :) She even hits the ball! We are proud of all three of our kids and the great athletes they are becoming. The kids and I went to Flowell two weekends ago and they got a taste of the "farm life"... They pulled weeds for Grandpa Paul and earned a little money. They actually had fun... (I used to really hate it). This is the truck loaded with a bunch of the weeds they pulled. There were more to be pulled too.
The little girls didn't help too much :) Taylor took her friend Madison Alger with us and she had a blast. It's really different growing up in a town like Cedar and going to Flowell to visit. I'm glad they enjoy the farm and my side of the family. We get to spend time at the lake with the Davis side, mostly Greg's brother Matt and his family. We went to Sand Hollow this past Wednesday and had a great time. We also took along our friends the Seegmiller's. This was their first time going with us and they said they had a blast. (I only got pictures of the kids). They found a crawfish and thought that was pretty cool... They made a "pond" for it. Taylor brought Jordan Larson and Dylan brought Carter Hinton along... They all had a great time playing in the sand, knee boarding and keeping warm in the sun.
Next, we went to the Summer Games Opening Ceremonies and saw Fillipe and Sione, for those that watched "Biggest Loser" this past season. The fireworks show is awesome!!
The Jazz Bear, David Osmond and Imagine (A Beatles Tribute band) were also performing. It was pretty fun! I could sing all the Beatles songs, that's thanks to my mom's tape when I was a kid :)

Softball AND Baseball

Softball and baseball now fill our evenings. Taylor and Dylan have been playing for a few weeks now and Ashley starts after Memorial Day with her first year of playing. We really enjoy watching the kids play and see their progress. Taylor and Dylan both have the opportunity to pitch and do a great job at it.

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My Baby is Eight!

I can't believe that my baby girl is eight years old! Ashley's birthday was Saturday and we took on a birthday party with her friends, a luncheon for family and then her baptism that evening. WHAT A DAY! We had a lot of family come and appreciate all of them that made the effort to come and show their support for Ashley on this BIG day! She had so much fun!

Basketball Champs!

This weekend, Taylor had a border league basketball tournament in Richfield. (Greg helps coach, in case you didn't know). We played Friday night against Bryce Valley and squeaked a win by. Saturday at noon, we played Delta and lost by 6 or 7 points. We were pretty discouraged, but thought maybe they could come back from the losers bracket and make it to the championship. In order to win, they would have to beat the final team twice due to the double elimination. We were very impressed by how good the teams at this tournament were. They were tough! Anyway, we played Emery and beat them in a very close game, then Beaver by 10 or so points. We then had to play Delta again and beat them by about 3 points. That meant we were going to the championship game to play Richfield (undefeated in the tournament). We played them at 8 p.m. and beat them in the first game by 2 or 3 points and then would have to beat them again in order to win the championship. Well, guess what? We did it! It came down to a tie with less than a minute to go, we stole the ball and made a layup to win the game! It was soooo exciting. We were screaming and crying with joy! It was made sweeter by the fact that the officials were from Richfield and we were playing Richfield, in Richfield. We overcame the odds and conquered! We were so proud of all the girls. Everyone on the team contributed! Taylor played awesome and made all her foul shots and made some other great shots. Her defensive play was amazing as well.

Wonderfully WICKED!!!!!

I had the opportunity this past weekend to go to the Broadway play of "Wicked" at the Capital Theatre in SLC! It was sooooo wonderful! I have been listening to the soundtrack ever since. The music was incredible and the story was just as great! I would go to it again tomorrow, if I had the chance. It was fun to go with my sisters, mom, brother and brother-in-law. (Thanks Mandy for getting us the tickets at such an awesome price :))

WOW! Easter.... already?!?!

I can't believe Easter has come and gone! Where has the time gone?!? We went to Flowell for Easter weekend. I was off work Thursday and Friday, so we made the most of it. The kids colored eggs at my mom's house with all the cousins. We were supposed to go to the sand dunes, but we decided not to go due to the wind and light rain.

We went to the hot pots later that evening. The wind actually stopped! It was really cool to swim in the WARM water! The kids were thrilled! That was my first time getting into the water--even though I have been there a couple of times over the years. I was always too scared before. (Lots of ledges down deep).

Cortney's family and Mandy went with us. Cortney and Mandy were the only ones that didn't get in all the way. It was a lot of fun... we wish we could have stayed longer, but it got too dark. That will definately be something we do again. :) (FYI... they are located between Meadow and Kanosh).

Draper Temple Open House!

This weekend, we headed up North to go to the Draper Temple open house. It was a nice temple and it was fun for the kids to see inside a temple. We met up with the Christensen side of the family and went to lunch at Chuck-a-Rama. It was Saturday, February 14th (my dad and sister Kelly's birthdays). We celebrated their birthdays while we were all together. It was fun to get together with everyone. The pictures are of whole Christensen side after we went through the temple in a church building that they served refreshments in. My sister Mandy and Taylor stepped outside to take pictures while we were waiting for our bus. We had to ride a shuttle from a church to the temple due to parking space.

Concert...

Greg and I went to the bands Hinder and Theory of a Deadman concert in St. George on Saturday, February 7th. We went with our friends Enoch and Tasha Seegmiller. We enjoyed a day of shopping, dinner and then the concert. We really enjoyed the band Theory of a Deadman, but Hinder had a few too many cuss words. I'm not a fan of vulgarity! It was a lot of fun to hang out and just enjoy ourselves though. We don't get that opportunity very often...

BASKETBALL....

We have been so busy with basketball between the three kids, that it seems like that is all we ever do. We love it though! Ashley is playing Jr. Jazz for the first time. They try to teach the fundamentals, but it usually ends up being one or two kids running with the ball to the basket. Dylan has also been playing on a Jr. Jazz team. He has been playing point guard most of the time. He really handles the ball well. They haven't won a game yet, but he does a great job. In Saturday's game he scored 4 points. Taylor has been playing on a Cedar traveling team, coached by her dad. They play other traveling teams, on most Saturday's, down in Hurricane. She has really been improving her skills. She scored 8 points this past Saturday and their team is 8-1. They only lost their first game and have beat our rival, Snow Canyon, three times! We are so excited about that, because they are a really good team. Greg really enjoys it and I think the kids have learned a lot having him as a coach. We haven't taken any pictures of Ashley playing yet, but since next week is her last, I will do my best to get some of her playing... This is a picture of her and her friend at school after her second grade Martin Luther King Program. She was so cute!

Catching Up With Good Friends!

Over the holidays, our friends the Campbell's (Jason, Amy, Mineve, Veronica, Kanessa and Bronx) came to St. George from SLC to stay in their condo. We always spend a couple of days together and we headed down to their condo for an evening of dinner and swimming. Yes, swimming in the 36 degree weather. The pools were heated, so the kids headed in. The adults just visited this time. We were too lazy to get in our suits. On New Year's Day, they came up to Cedar and we went out to dinner at Ninja and played some games back at the house. We laughed our heads off for the majority of the time. It's a great ab workout! Mad Gab and Cadoo were the girls favorites and the guys played pool on our pool table and Tiger Woods Golf on the Wii. Amy and I have the same name and birthday (9/14). Taylor is the same age and Mineve (13) and Ashley is the same age as the twins, Veronica & Kanessa (7). Dylan (10) and Bronx (2) are the only boys, but Bronx thinks Dylan is pretty cool... We enjoy their friendship.