Last weekend in Provo the snow came down hard. This is the parking lot at Shannen's apartment. I guess when it snows you head to the slopes. Shannen and Spencer had fun boarding at Brighton but by the end of the day you couldn't even see anything it was snowing so hard. We all can't wait to get up there. Keep the snow coming! 
Thanksgiving day Rich Shannen Robert and Haley went to the lake!!! They had lots of fun and had a beautiful day too. We all went on the day after but it was windy and cold. Still fun but not very good boarding. Oh well how fun is it to go to the lake over Thanksgiving!!!
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! We had a really good day. It is always a good thing to take time to think about how blessed we are. I am so thankful for my family. It was so great to have everyone together. I know there will be a time down the road when I will have to share with "in-laws" so I am just happy to enjoy every minute of this time of my life. I really like being around my big kids. It is fun to joke around with them and just sit and talk. I am really lucky and appreciate all that I have been blessed with. Shannen was home from BYU and decided to make a homemade banana cream pie. Lachelle helped her and it turned out delicious. Traci and Lauren came for dinner and Amber and Ronnie came later for dessert.
Alli had her first level 5 State Meet yesterday. It was a fun time she competed in the 8 and under age group. There are A LOT of really good gymnasts that are 8 and under in Arizona! We went to the meet right after the soccer game. ( bad idea to play a soccer game in the heat before a big meet) Anyway she did great. She placed 4th in the state on beam with a 9.05. She and her gymnastics buddy Adryen were the only ones in their age group from our gym. Whenever those two monkeys are together there is fun going on. After the meet we went to dinner with the coaches Jason and Beth. Hopefully next year both girls will move up to level 6.
Grandma and Grandpa got to come to Alli's soccer game yesterday. We were hoping it would be a nice day to sit and watch soccer but we were all dying from the heat!!! Why is it still so hot? It would really be nice to at least be able to get out the long sleave shirts! Even though we were all drenched by the end of the game it was so fun to have grandma and grandpa there too!!
My sister Terri came for a visit last weekend. She got to go to Lauren's state swim meet. Lauren did awesome. We also had some time to visit and catch up on things. It's always a fun time when Aunt Terri visits! Even though you can't tell by the picture, Robert was having a blast.
Shannen came home homecoming weekend to go to the Suns game with me. She is a huge Suns fan and we had an extra ticket so she decided to fly home. The game was fun even though we got beat by the Lakers. It was a fast trip but good to have Shannen home for a couple of days.
Robert went to homecoming with Laura Bayless. They had 24 people in their group and went to skateland for their day activity. Robert said it was a lot of fun. On homecoming night they all went to the Mesa Art Center to have their pictures taken. When I get those I'll put them in. After pictures they went to Rustlers Rooste for dinner. Robert said he probably wouldn't go there again. Oh well. Then the dance. Robert loves to dance and so does Laura so they stayed and danced to the end! After they went to Josh's house to watch transformers in the backyard and have hot chocolate and a snack. Fun times!
Rich and Richie and Jack and Mike got to go to the Oregon ASU game in Oregon. Even though ASU lost it was a fun trip. The people were really friendly. Everywhere they went it was green and yellow. Every house every business every thing was a "Duck" fan.
Before the game they have this big food party for everyone!
Alli and her friend Adryene decided to make a secret hideout on the plant shelf in her room. They climbed up the foods storage shelves and made theirselves a little hideout. Good thing they are both tiny!
I just wanted to update on the final results of the tournament. The young women won their first game tonight and had to play the only undefeated team for the championship. They have played the same team the last two years in a row for the championship game. They were ahead at top of the 7th inning and were playing great! But JUST LIKE LAST YEAR the other team came back to win by 1 run. Haley was awesome but she rolled her ankle in the first game and it is pretty ugly. She said she was fine though and played the whole 2nd game. (probably not a great idea?) She has a big tournament in Hunnington Beach next weekend. Hopefully it will be better by then.
The womens team WON the CHAMPIONSHIP!!!!!! It was so fun. My sister Traci came out tonight to play and she was awesome!!! We played a really good team and even had to play an extra inning because it was tied after 7 innings. If we would have lost we would have had to play the same team again because they would have had to beat us twice. I guess none of us wanted to stay for another game because we scored 10 runs in the 8th inning!!!! Go Val Vista Sistas!!!
