Well, it has begun...........No more Saturday morning yummy breakfasts because basketball season has begun. Tyrel and Trevin are both playing this year. We got up bright and early Saturday morning for Trevin's game at 8 am, then back home to do chores and back down to town for Tyrel's game at 1:00. Sean is coaching Tyrel's team this year. They both lost.............by quite a ways. But they both seemed to have fun.
Trevin's Christmas choir concert was tonight. It was awesome! Choir concerts always get me in the Christmas mood every year. He says it is his favorite class this year and his teacher seems like so much fun. He says if she goes to the new Jr. High next year, he will probably continue on with choir, so I hope she goes to the new Jr. High! The most fun number was "Grandma's Killer Fruitcake", but they sang so many good songs with the girl's choir singing one of my favorites "Breath of Heaven". Loved it!
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After the concert, I rushed to Tyrel's church basketball game and was able to catch the last half. They were playing the Mountain View ward and stomping them. Tyrel ended up rolling the same ankle he sprained playing volleyball a couple months ago in co-ed team sports, but I did get to see him play for a bit before that. Their team played pretty well together and seemed to be having fun.
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As I was taking pictures this morning, Travis mentioned that it was his last first day of school. I can't believe my kids are growing up so fast! I'm proud of the people they have become. They are good young men with good values. Travis only needed 1 required class to graduate this year, so he has kind of a laid back schedule (I think anyway). So, he should hopefully have a fun Senior year. Lots of his classes this year are with Tyrel, so that is fun for them too.
I'm starting to miss Trevin. He left Monday to go to his first year of week long Scout camp. I had jury duty, which is a whole other story, that morning, so I didn't get to see him off. The wind blew really hard Monday evening, so I hope they survived. I'm sure he is having a great time and probably isn't missing us as much as we are missing him
I can't believe my baby has graduated from elementary school and will be attending Jr. High next year. Where does the time go? They had a great program and I discovered that I somehow missed that Trevin was on Student Council all year. I was surprised when he stood up when they asked the council members to stand.
We had our annual Ward Blue and Gold Banquet tonight. Trevin made a cake for the cake auction. Supplies were limited by the time I found out he had to make a cake, so we went with what was on hand. He had fun making it and he won the award "The Fudginator" for his cake. He thinks it looks like a giant chocolate donut with sprinkles. There were some fun cakes this year. The dinner was good, the Scouts did great with their skits, we didn't win the cake we really wanted, but we did end up with one.
What a busy day! Besides all the normal things we do in a day, Sean and I went to lunch and took some stuff into Jeff to get framed, then headed over to Trevin's school for his NOVA (Nurturing Opportunities, Values and Accountability) graduation. This program took the place of DARE (I think) and instead of just the drugs and alcohol stuff that the police officer talks with them about, they also talk about bullying, strangers, and also incorporating good values in your life. It encompasses more and I think it is a pretty good program. Each child writes a "constitution" at the end of the program and then the teachers pick a boy and a girl from each class to read their constitution at the graduation. The kids sang a couple of songs and Trevin was pretty excited because he got to be the "Sound Guy" and even got special mention from Mr. Applegate at the end of the program.
Trevin had a basketball game this morning. The other teams assistant coach has been an assistant coach for a couple of different teams Trevin has been on and I hope Trevin never gets on his team again. He got kicked out of a football game a few times and I'm surprised he hasn't been kicked out more. His son and one other kid on the team (the one with the mouth guard) felt it was necessary to tackle our team throughout the game, then they would throw up their hands, and throw a fit when they got a foul called on them. It was totally unneccessary. We were tied at half time. Our team was down by 5 at the end of the 3rd quarter. We caught up and then moved ahead by 2 or 3. With about 45 seconds left, the two bully kids from the other team tripped over each other and took each other out. The dad/assistant coach had a come apart at the poor ref thinking our team should have been called for fouls on the two kids that couldn't get up off the floor (drama queens). He got right up in the refs face and I thought he was going to deck the ref. The ref told him he saw what he saw, the kids had tripped over themselves and that this wasn't the NBA playoff game. The main coach had to pull the dad back out of the way, then magically when they didn't get their way, the 2 kids hopped up and continued to play. I think it is awful when parents act that way and when they teach their kids to act that way also. I was so glad we ended up winning by 2 at the end. It wouldn't have been fair for the other bully team to win. I'm sorry for you other people that I know who have kids on that team, nothing against you, I just don't like that dad from previous experiences on teams that Trevin has been on. Oh and by the way, these photos are not from today's game.
I had a great meeting with Trevin's teacher today for his SEP. He couldn't say enough good things about Trevin. He said he was always on task and never caused problems with behavior or talking. It's always good for a parent to hear that their child is behaving and respectful. I hope he is always that way. His grades were excellent and the teacher said the only thing he needed to work on was turning in his in class reading log. I asked Trevin about it and he said it was lost in his desk but now he has found it. If his desk looks anything like his room, it's no wonder. I told him if he loses it again to ask for another one and not just not do it. His teacher also highly commended him on his sock puppet project. Trevin had an Italian sock puppet, so make sure you read this with an Italian accent. No, my "a" button is not stuck. I thought the same thing when I proofread it for him so he had to tell me his puppet was Italian and then it made perfect sense!
It's my wonderful hubby's birthday today. Now he is as old as me. He wanted SWAT team chicken for dinner so we had that and rice and squash from the garden. I made pumpkin pies for dessert since he likes them better than cake. The boys were excited and the house smelled yummy! I couldn't find my crust recipe from Sister Newman, so I had to make due with another one. It wasn't as good, but it worked.
Travis and Tyrel went to young men's and Sean and I went to Trevin's first football game. His team did awesome! He is on the Raiders team this year. They had 4 interceptions tonight and Trevin was one of them. He ran it back and almost scored. Then a little later in the game, he almost got a 2nd interception. The ball hit him pretty hard in the chest, so he wasn't able to hang on to it. They won 20-0. I couldn't believe how cold it got. It was bearable, but I was glad I had grabbed my Levi jacket before we left. I guess it's time to load the quilts into the back of the car so we have them for the cold football nights coming up.
His game on Thursday is the early game, so it shouldn't be as cold. I hope they can keep up their good playing skills. Trevin played center the first half of the game and then played on the line the 2nd half. I didn't get any pictures because it was too dark by the time the game started, but I should be able to get some at the early game on Thursday.
I finally finished up the last of the photos from Sean's family photo shoot in July. These are just random leftover snapshots that I took that night.
Trevin and I have a standing date every Tuesday night at 7:00 to watch Wipe Out. Travis and Tyrel have YM that night, so it works out well for us. He loves it and I love to just sit and listen to him giggle and say "Oh Man!" He is so funny. We will have to think of something new for our dates though because I think it is only on in the summer.
A few Saturday's ago, when he was supposed to be doing his chores, I walk by his room and he says, "Mom come see if you can guess what this is!" So I walk in and find one of the Wipe Out zones. Hopefully you have seen this show, or you will have no idea what this is. He even had people off, falling off, made it to safety, not even started, and in the middle of the zone. The black box hanging by the chain is the wrecking ball that is on there sometimes. SO CUTE!
Trevin has decided to run for student council for 6th grade this year. He was busy all afternoon writing his 250 word essay and I must say, he did a pretty good job with it. I had to prompt him a couple times about the things he has done that show leadership, but he ended up getting it together and making it sound good. This will be a good experience for him whether he makes it or not.
Here is his essay
Hi my name is Trevin Nielsen and I am in sixth grade and I want to run for student council.
I think I should be in student council because I love this school so much, and I love learning.
I have been on multiple teams like football, soccer, basketball, and baseball so I know how to be a team player and I want every kid at school to be one. I don’t want any poor sports. I think being a team player will help me be able to work well with others.
I have also held leadership positions in Scouts and enjoy being a leader and helping others out.
I want to make sure everyone is being nice to others. I am excited to help improve our school. I am a good listener and if any one has idea I will take it into consideration. I think it would be a lot of fun to help plan the assemblies for the year. I know it is hard work, but I am willing to put in the time to help wherever I can.
I hope this school year will be the best for everyone. My goal is to be student body president because I think sixth grade is a great adventure and this would make it the ultimate. If I am not president, I still would like to be on the council and help make Mt. Loafer the best school it can be.
Today we spent the day doing laundry, packing clothes and running around like a maniac. I felt like there was a hundred things to do. I made zucchini bread, took my salad stuff to Heathers, got Trevin's haircut, got the oil changed and all the fluid levels checked on the car, had scouts at Kelly's, plus about 100 other things.
Scouts was fun, we got a lot of things passed off and then Kelly blew up her big inflatable water slide thing for the boys to play on. There was a hole, so it didn't hold air as well as planned, but I think they still had fun.
I was worried, but he did it. Trevin passed level 4 swimming and is ready to move on to level 5 next year. He had a hard time the first week, but did lots better this week and got everything passed off. He was even able to dive without doing a belly flop today. Good job Trevin!
Well, today isn't over yet, but I just finished the last of these three layouts and wanted to post them because I think they are cool! They are name layouts for each of my boys.
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