Superbowl 2013

If you come to my front door & it looks like this, there is only one explanation~

It's a PARTY!!!

We had a pretty good crowd as you can see - moved all the furniture into the family room and crowded on:

I said to say "Hi " to Elder Stoor & this is what I got :) from the Griffeths & Dave!

Somsens giving a thumbs up & peace sign for Elder Stoor

Aneta & Jim were a little less excited about getting their picture taken:

Some of the girls would rather watch Disney movies on my bed than watch the silly old football game:

I think we were all in a food coma - too much to eat, like always.  Aneta brought some yummy cheesy dips & fruit salsa with sweet tortilla chips - soooo good:

We hade way too much to eat ~ especially meatballs - I made a big crockpot & so did Aneta & so did Shawnae!!  Anyone for leftover meatballs?

See ~ what did I tell you?  Food coma hahaha!  It was a great time even though Bishop was cheering for the Ravens.  We had a great visit & had fun cheering the 49ers on ~ at least in the second half.  Jim mentioned putting in a movie at halftime, but they ended up almost making a great comeback!  Oh well, Super bowl really is more about the commercials & eating until you are sick anyway, right?  It is at our house.  I'm glad we have good friends that came over to hang out & enjoy - let's see, what excuse can we come up with for a reason to party next?  We really missed Brenda & Steve and of course Elder Stoor!!

Idaho Classic 2013

I've been pouring though the hundreds of photos from the dance competition in January and am finally going to get a blog on for you to see.  The Cardettes competed in the Idaho Classic on January12th.  It is the same competition that Megan competed in last year, but we have swapped over to the dance side of things instead of cheer.  It is a whole different world!  The girls competed in 4 categories & I will show you the pictures from each ~ First is Hip Hop:

Next came their Kick routine:

Military is next ~ (This is my favorite!!)

Check out these beautiful cousins getting ready to dance!! I'd like to think they came to say hi to their moms, but I'm pretty sure they really came to talk to the boys that were sitting with us.

Dance was the last category::

 The girls gather together to hear results:

 ... and for pictures after:

The Cardettes did well:
Hip Hop.....2nd
Kick...........3rd
Military.......2nd
Dance.........3rd
The scoring was very close & we only lost by hundreths on some of the dances.  We really don't count Idaho Arts Charter school since they are a dance school.  So in my book we got 2 1sts & 2 2nds.  Districts are coming up & I can't wait to see where we place there.  This is hard work & these girls are awesome ~ no matter where a judge places them!!!

Last game of the season

Shelby has been wanting the chance to play J.V. all season - she worked really hard, and finally got the chance for the last few weeks of the season.  I can't tell you how excited she was to put on this uniform, even though it was 3 sizes too big.  I think she even mentioned wanting to sleep in it ~ She posed for this shot for her brother:

Here she is on the bench ~ hoping for a chance to play on senior night even though she sprained her ankle the night before in Malad:

She did finally get to play the last 4 minutes of the game & did pretty good considering how much it hurt to run.  Like I said she only played 4 minutes, but managed to get 3 shots in for 6 points:

When we got home, Jim helped her cut off the wrapping job the coaches did:

And this is how it looked - can you say OUCH!!!

They won the game by the way Soda 41 Aberdeen 22.

It has been a good season, and although tired, I think will are all a little sad that it is over.  I won't miss 5:30 a.m. practices though - hopefully we had our last one!!!  It has been a blast watching these girls learn and improve their game - Can't wait to see what next year brings!!

Sledding Party

We all had the day off for Civil Rights Day last Monday (Jan. 21).  We had an awesome afternoon over on the road up to Williamsburg.  Bryce went the day before and cleared up the road - then he had to work Saturday ~ bummer ~ but thanks to him, we had a great time playing in the snow!  I will mostly let the pictures tell the story.

Loaded up & ready to head up the hill:

Zipaya was the first down the hill:

Til came charging down the hill next:

The Smith boys brought their snowboards out:

O.K. Mara did a blog & made fun of my tassels flying in the air, but check her's out:

Even Sissy got in on the fun & check out the race going on behind her:

Shelby ~ how did you let her get past you?

Jim was only good for one run, but it was a fast one:

Bishop is a good sport:

See the tassels fly - just because I was going so fast ha ha:

Shelby must be having fun:

Then out came the popcorn, hot dogs, smores & hot chocolate:

I think Megan lost the battle of the barpit:

Mara and her buddy Zip:

.....and Soleil

Mara took a picture of this cutie!!

And a picture of the whole gang:

What awesome company, beautiful scenery, a perfect blue sky, warm weather - can we go again PLEASE!!!