Well, we are now into January and I can't believe that 2010 is over. It seems like as we get older the years go by faster. S-L-O-W D-O-W-N.
For New Year's we hung out at the house and watched movies and played Wii and had a contest on who could dance better on DDR. (Payton may have had an edge there.) They were excited to be able to stay up until midnight. Who wouldn't as a child.
Garrison is back playing Jr. Jazz basketball and knows a few kids on the team. They played last Saturday and ended up in a tie 21-21. Not bad for the first game. Now they just need to keep moving forward and show the other teams that they will be the team to beat. We'll see.
Payton is excited for dance to start back up. They will be working more on ballet this next term. I'm not sure if she got ballet out of her system yet from the holidays. She would put on her dance outfits, get the radio in the kitchen and dance to her Taylor Swift CD for hours. I guess when you love something - you can do it for hours.
Greg and I are still working and sometimes wishing we (at least for me) to have a bit of time off to be able to see the kids more during the day or help out in their school class. Well, that time will probably come eventually.
The weather is still freaking cold!!! We've had an arctic cold front come by and it doesn't want to leave. Oh well, that is winter here in Utah.
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Monday, January 10, 2011
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Time to post again . . .
Well, school has started for the kids and the parents just keep going to work. I don't feel like there is a lot to post by I'll try.
Payton - loves going to school and REALLY loves her dance class on Mondays. I cannot wait to see their winter program in December. I believe it will be their tap show. She has lost a few teeth so she has had the award smile, but they are coming in. She is always singing around the house and at times can carry a tune. What will she end up doing when she gets older?
Garrison - well, he's a boy. Wanting to do his own thing. We are waiting to see if he will be on a basketball super league team, but if not, we will sign him back up for Jr. Jazz which will be just around the corner. He is becoming an artist and at times I think he is acting on stage. (I'm wondering where that is coming from!)
Greg and I go to work every day - which we are fortunate for having our same jobs still. We go up to Logan at times to see the kids in their sports and watch them excel at the things they do.
Payton - loves going to school and REALLY loves her dance class on Mondays. I cannot wait to see their winter program in December. I believe it will be their tap show. She has lost a few teeth so she has had the award smile, but they are coming in. She is always singing around the house and at times can carry a tune. What will she end up doing when she gets older?
Garrison - well, he's a boy. Wanting to do his own thing. We are waiting to see if he will be on a basketball super league team, but if not, we will sign him back up for Jr. Jazz which will be just around the corner. He is becoming an artist and at times I think he is acting on stage. (I'm wondering where that is coming from!)
Greg and I go to work every day - which we are fortunate for having our same jobs still. We go up to Logan at times to see the kids in their sports and watch them excel at the things they do.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
BIRTHDAYS
Well, Greg is now the proud father of twins who are 16 years old. Nathan and Rachael turned 16 on February 16th! How lucky are they. They were down this weekend and we had a great time. Garrison had another basketball game Saturday, and lost, part due to the officiating (like always)but I do have to admit his team started coming together
After Garrison's game we went and signed him up for baseball. We're always so busy between basketball and baseball the first half of the year that by the time July comes he is already complaining he is bored! Go figure.
Monday we all went and saw The Lightening Thief. Very good movie, even Payton stayed focused the entire time. All the kids in the theater were way excited when advertised as the movie coming out in the spring. . .Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
We then went out to eat and then spent time watching the Olympics and whatever else was on tv until the kids had to leave to go back to Logan.
The kids were very excited to have a short week this week in school since Monday was Presidents Day. Who wouldn't be.
After Garrison's game we went and signed him up for baseball. We're always so busy between basketball and baseball the first half of the year that by the time July comes he is already complaining he is bored! Go figure.
Monday we all went and saw The Lightening Thief. Very good movie, even Payton stayed focused the entire time. All the kids in the theater were way excited when advertised as the movie coming out in the spring. . .Diary of a Wimpy Kid.
We then went out to eat and then spent time watching the Olympics and whatever else was on tv until the kids had to leave to go back to Logan. The kids were very excited to have a short week this week in school since Monday was Presidents Day. Who wouldn't be.
Monday, February 8, 2010
JAZZ PLAYER
This past week for Junior Jazz we had a chance to go and see a Utah Jazz player. Every year different players will go around to the different areas in support of the Jr. Jazz program. As always, there is some hype as to who the player is. In the past we have seen Memo Okur. This years player was none other than Andrei Kirilenko. The kids had fun listening to him and watching him make at least two baskets from half court. (okay, we were at a junior high school). It was fun to see him balance two balls on top of each other. Garrison tried it and then stated it was hard to do. That is to help with the balance. Payton, being a girl, did not enjoy it as much. Give us a dancer and she'd be right up there.
Sunday, Payton was brave enough to get up by herself in church and bear her testimony. When she told me she wanted to go up I thought, "great, she'll want me to go up with her." She got up and sat on the stand until it was her turn. Way to go girl.
This weekend the kids got their Valentine cards and put them together for school. Now they just have to wait until Friday until they have their parties all day long.
I cut my hair shorter and am enjoying it more. It was down to my shoulders and now it's a bob cut with the front longer. It takes some getting used to, but it's so much easier to take care of.
We had Nathan and Rachael down for the weekend and all the kids had fun just hanging out with each other and then watching the Super Bowl (whether or not their team won.) Now we'll be counting down the days until Saturday when it's the NBA All Star Weekend.
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
How long has it been. . . . too long
Yes, I go in random phases of blogging and then not blogging. . . nothing new with me. Garrison is officially on Spring break this week from school . . .looking outside one would never know it is Spring. IT KEEPS SNOWING!!!!!
In February Greg was playing church ball and like they all say. . . it's a dangerous sport. He ended up breaking his right thumb between the knuckle and the thumbnail. Come to find out. . .it was a compound fracture inside the skin. So, he had it operated on and the doctor put a screw in to hold the bone. There is still a little piece that is there and the doctor is keeping his eye on it.
Garrison played Jr. Jazz basketball and to say how the team did. . . . well, they did win one game out of like 10. . .but the kids didn't play dirty and they really understood the game better so it will help them in the future.
Garrison is now playing (first games hopefully starts April 7) baseball. He is on the Atlanta Braves team. He got picked for that team before a neighbor in our ward was able to get him. So - that only means. . . we need to beat that other team now! Garrison is really excited and has a great coach whose main goal is to teach teh boys how to play but also letting the boys have fun at the same time.
Payton did a six week - one hour soccer class. She was a little hesitent at first but once she got going she loved it. Everytime they played a scrimmage and she kicked the ball she would look at us and give us the thumbs up sign. On their last day all the kids received a backpack with a soccer ball inside. How exciting for a 5-year old.
On Monday, March 30, Garrison went to the Utah Jazz basketball game with his basketball team. All the kids who played Jr. Jazz this season got a ticket to a game. They were given a hot dog and drink with their ticket. Garrison was excited when he got home to show us what he "bought" at the Fanzz Store. . . and over the door Jazz basketball hoop and ball! (not that he already has 3 of them in his room -this is the Jazz one.) Then he was excited to tell us from the program who on the New York team got kicked out of the game. Even though it was late getting home you could see how excited he was for going.
Greg's work has slowed down a bit and is working a fewer hours each week, BUT he is still working which we are greatful for.
My work is still going strong and doesn't seem to be affected by what's going on with the economy. . . YEAH! ! ! (for now)
I used to be the Young Women's 1st counselor in our ward. . . I (along with all the other people in that organization)got release a few weeks ago after being in that calling for almost 3 years. After breathing for about a week or so. . . Greg and I have now been called to teach sunday school to some of the youth in our ward. We may have the older class, but we'll wait for another week to know for sure. I'm excited for this calling. We team teach with another couple . . .so that means we teach like 2 times a month. How cool is that?
I'm sure there is more that has happened but due to the lapse of time in writing I cannot remember everything.
In February Greg was playing church ball and like they all say. . . it's a dangerous sport. He ended up breaking his right thumb between the knuckle and the thumbnail. Come to find out. . .it was a compound fracture inside the skin. So, he had it operated on and the doctor put a screw in to hold the bone. There is still a little piece that is there and the doctor is keeping his eye on it.
Garrison played Jr. Jazz basketball and to say how the team did. . . . well, they did win one game out of like 10. . .but the kids didn't play dirty and they really understood the game better so it will help them in the future.
Garrison is now playing (first games hopefully starts April 7) baseball. He is on the Atlanta Braves team. He got picked for that team before a neighbor in our ward was able to get him. So - that only means. . . we need to beat that other team now! Garrison is really excited and has a great coach whose main goal is to teach teh boys how to play but also letting the boys have fun at the same time.
Payton did a six week - one hour soccer class. She was a little hesitent at first but once she got going she loved it. Everytime they played a scrimmage and she kicked the ball she would look at us and give us the thumbs up sign. On their last day all the kids received a backpack with a soccer ball inside. How exciting for a 5-year old.
On Monday, March 30, Garrison went to the Utah Jazz basketball game with his basketball team. All the kids who played Jr. Jazz this season got a ticket to a game. They were given a hot dog and drink with their ticket. Garrison was excited when he got home to show us what he "bought" at the Fanzz Store. . . and over the door Jazz basketball hoop and ball! (not that he already has 3 of them in his room -this is the Jazz one.) Then he was excited to tell us from the program who on the New York team got kicked out of the game. Even though it was late getting home you could see how excited he was for going.
Greg's work has slowed down a bit and is working a fewer hours each week, BUT he is still working which we are greatful for.
My work is still going strong and doesn't seem to be affected by what's going on with the economy. . . YEAH! ! ! (for now)
I used to be the Young Women's 1st counselor in our ward. . . I (along with all the other people in that organization)got release a few weeks ago after being in that calling for almost 3 years. After breathing for about a week or so. . . Greg and I have now been called to teach sunday school to some of the youth in our ward. We may have the older class, but we'll wait for another week to know for sure. I'm excited for this calling. We team teach with another couple . . .so that means we teach like 2 times a month. How cool is that?
I'm sure there is more that has happened but due to the lapse of time in writing I cannot remember everything.
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