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.