Spring Cleaning - not happening

K, so I was going to do the blinds today, but Heidi and I are working on a new kit.  It started as a Washington DC vacation kit, but has kinda expanded.  We have a main historical site type kit and we have made 4 mini kits to go with it.  One for military memorials/sites, one for DC memorials/sites, one for Pennsylvania sites, and one for other historical sites like Jamestown, Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, etc.  So, needless to say, it is huge and still not finished yet.  It is ok, because it doesn't release until June, but I kind of got pre-occupied doing word art and little fact tags about each site and didn't get my housework done.  But, my boys are going to Grandma's all weekend, so I should be able to get some extra stuff done while they are gone. 

I promise I will get my blinds cleaned either on Friday or Saturday along with another major chore.  I was going to do window sills on Friday, but I will need to do the blinds before I do the window sills, so I will probably have to do blinds on Friday, window sills on Saturday along with cleaning up the craft room.  We have done a few projects in there over the past weeks and it is kinda getting cluttery.

Travis passed his range portion of drivers ed today.  Now he just has to do his road portion.  Then I will have someone I can send on errands for me. 

Trevin had his first soccer game of the Spring season today and they won 3-1.  When we got ready to leave, my battery was dead.  I didn't want to bug anyone to jump start it for me, so we just left it there and Travis, Trevin and I walked home from the ball park.  When Sean and Tyrel got home from work, I had Sean go up with me to jump start it, but all he had to do was wiggle the post and it started.  He said somehow it was loose and didn't have a good connection, so once he did that, it started right up.

Lots to say but little time to write

Well, there are lots of things going on the last few weeks to write about, but that makes it so there is not a whole lot of time to write. Tyrel and Travis both finished their Eagle projects right before school started. I scrapped Travis' stuff so I'll tell you about it now and I'll tell about Tyrel's when I get it scrapped.

Travis did a book drive for a local elementary school. His goal was to collect 250 books. He was going to start with our ward and then move to the Stake if he didn't get enough. He got a total of 578 books from just our ward. It was amazing and we had people calling us for weeks afterwards wanting to still donate books. Thanks to everyone for your support. After he got them all collected. He spent a couple days down at the school with troop members and friends looking up all of the books in order to level them for reading so they could be sorted into the different grades. Then they were all stacked and arranged for the teachers to pick up. The school was so extremely grateful and excited to get them because they have a lot of new teachers this year with very small book collections, so it will be great for the teachers and especially for the kids.



For young women's last week, we went to the Newman's for Lucia to teach us how to make pies. I remember before they went on their mission how good her pies were so I have been waiting for them the whole time I've been in young women's to get back from their mission so I could have her teach my girls how to make them. It was fun and the pie crust really was the best I've ever had. Even my kids that don't like crust think it is very tasty and have eaten every last bit of it. Thanks Lucia and I hope we didn't make too big of a mess for you in your kitchen.

Soccer is in full swing for both Trevin and Tyrel and I just love (not) that the city decided to overlap flag football with soccer this year instead of starting it after. I guess we won't have to sit through games in the snow, but if I would have known, I would have made Trevin choose one or the other. He lost his first two games for football, but they won their last one. We watched Todd and Haylee's boys for the game Thursday and I snapped these cute pictures that I had to scrapbook. They also came to watch Tyrel's soccer game on Friday night.

I couldn't believe how much Kaiden enjoyed both the football game and the soccer game. He sat and paid attention, cheering and asking questions through the entire game. He was pretty excited every time the goalie got the ball and loved to see how far he could kick it. He was a little confused at the football game as to why there was no tackling going on so we had to give him a lesson on what the differences are between real football and flag football.

Tyrel's team has won all of their games so far and look really good. I can't believe how much he has improved since the tournament in June. He has advanced a ton and is looking really good. The games were fun to watch.

I spent the weekend (in-between soccer games) scrapping at the hotel with my friends. That is how I got all of these layouts (plus a few more older ones) done. We had a great time and learned some new things. I actually learned a couple good tips that have already helped me.

Conference Weekend - this and that

I just loved Conference this last weekend! I added President Monson's quote from the Sunday afternoon session to the title box in my blog because it fit with my new blog name perfectly. I loved it. My favorite speakers all spoke on Saturday, Holland, Perry, Uchtdorf, and Wirthlin and I really like President Monson's talk on Sunday. Actually, I thought it was all pretty good. It made me feel good!

Sharlynn and Traci made it up to scrapbook with me on Saturday. I got 18 pages done on Saturday and 9 on Sunday. We ate homemade chicken noodle soup on Saturday and Shar brought yummy rolls rolls to die for! She is the best roll maker in the family I believe. On Sunday between sessions we went down to Diane and LaMarr's for conference casserole and juice. It's the tradition!

Also, I made it on to a creative team for digital scrapbooking and on to a team of designers in training for digital scrapbooking. I'm excited to create and learn!

Soccer is over for both Tyrel and Trevin. Trevin's team finally scored a goal in their last game. They didn't win a single game, but they were all very close. I think the teams were pretty well balanced this year. Tyrel's team won all of their games except for one. They had a re-match with the Genola team that they had a tough time with but won the first time. At the re-match, they lost 2-3 but Genola had like five substitutes and we had none, so our kids were exhausted plus we were missing the two Brockbank boys who were our best players. I thought they did really well though, it was an exciting game. Tyrel is excited to try out for the high school team next year. Now we are down to just Trevin playing flag football and waiting for basketball drafts and tryouts to take place. So, life should slow down a little bit.

Soccer!!

We are in full swing with soccer this fall. Tyrel and Trevin are both playing and Tyrel is also a ref for Kindergarten soccer as well as 1st & 2nd grade league and 3rd & 4th grade league. They also wanted him for 5th 6th, but his games are on the same night as theirs so he had to pass on that league.

Trevin's team is having fun, but they haven't won a game yet. They did look really good at their last game though. I think it is starting to come together for them.

Tyrel's team is awesome! I love watching them. Tyrel's position is left forward most of the time. The coach usually ends up pulling him back to center midfield the last quarter though. They beat Santaquin their first game 5-0 with Tyrel scoring 2 goals. Then last night they played Genola. The Genola team was pretty tough but we still won 4-2. It would have been 3-2 but on our 2nd goal, Tyrel had it almost there (see picture) when he shot to score he kicked it and for some reason the Genola goalie tried to hit it with his head instead of just grabbing it and it ended up going in the goal and scoring a point for us instead of being hit out of the net back on to the field. Tyrel also had the assist on the first goal we scored. It was a great game!

Sports and More Sports

Well, first off I have to apologize for getting behind. It has been a crazy week!

I'll start off with sports. Most new stations end with sports, so I thought I'd be different. Tyrel's game 2 weeks ago Saturday they won 36-0, last Wednesday they won 48-0, and last Saturday they won 12-6. He has another game tonight and then will have his Superbowl on Saturday. It has been a fun season and in a way I'm sad to see it end. We all love the games, but I will be glad to not have to run around to practices every day. Tyrel thinks he is going to go back to soccer next year. He likes it a little better than football to play, but he loves to watch football and is one of the most avid Steelers fans you will find. His room is even decorated wall to wall with Steeler stuff.

Travis' team won their game last night 12-0 against their rivals, the other Payson team. It was a really good game, but it is getting kind of cold for these night games. They won their Saturday game 20-0 and had a bye the previous Tuesday, so only 2 scores for him. I, being the great mother and photographer that I am, left my card in my computer last week when I was dowloading pictures, so I was clicking away at the Saturday games last week and went to look at the pictures I had taken and lo and behold, there were none! UGGH! I have it safely in the camera now, so hopefully I can get some this Saturday. It is too dark at the weeknight games for me to get pictures. The field is lighted, but I can't get a decent photo ever.

Trevin tied at his game last week 0-0. That seems to be a popular score. All of the teams are pretty evenly matched this year. Tonight is his last soccer game and he starts flag football on Saturday. He is pretty excited for his first year of football. They are already asking me when they get to start basketball. I'm glad that there will be a little break before that starts although it isn't as bad because they only practice a couple of times a week instead of every day.

We want to thank everyone for their prayers and thoughts concerning my dad. He had his surgery last Wednesday. It was a long a stressful day for everyone but worth it. It went great! He ended up having a hemangioblastoma which is the fancy word for a mass of blood vessels. The Dr. said it was scary for a bit when he got to them and they started bleeding, but once he got all of them stopped everything looked clear and normal. They had ordered up blood, but for some reason Dad's red blood cell count was really high and once they got everything stopped it was back down to normal, so there was no need for a transfusion. They also said that it wasn't cancer and that it as a very low chance of growing back. He was released on Saturday which was a couple of days earlier than they thought and has been here at our house since Sunday to be closer to physical therapy for this week. It has been great to have him here and hope he enjoys his stay with us as much as we enjoy having him here. Here is a cute picture of him in his cap and gown before surgery. Sorry dad, I couldn't resist.

We are having family pictures this weekend as long as the weather cooperates. We did have snow earlier this week which seems really early for this time of year and more storms are coming later this week, so I hope we can get them done since we all just got our hair cut and are ready to go. Will post pictures next time I update.

Play by Play

We've had some sad news this week. We found out that my dad has a tumor in his brain and will probably be having surgery within the next couple of weeks. So, please remember him in your prayers. It has been kind of a tough week but we are all trying to stay positive. I will try to keep you updated. We love you dad!

All of us at our house have been battling head colds this past week. Trevin had one at the end of last week, Sean went home from church Sunday with one and I came down with one on Tuesday. Hopefully the other two boys won't get it.


I finally got a decent picture of Tyrel at his game this week. He almost had an interception but it was a little too high. He lost a heartbreaker of a game on Saturday. They were winning 6-0, the other team was about to score and we got the ball on the 5 yard line. Coach for some reason had them do a reverse that close to the end zone and the other team sacked our quarterback and got a safety, score is now 6-2 but we are still winning. The boys played great and held them off for most of the game. Then with 52 seconds left in the game the other team threw a long pass and they caught it in the endzone and beat us 6-8. There was some really sad looking football players at the end of that game but hopefully they can play them again for the Superbowl at the end of the season and beat them. Tyrel has been trying to get the kicker position and he was able to kick off at the game on Wednesday night. He did a great job! They won that game 25-0. He's the green #20.

Travis had some great tackles in his games this week. They won their Saturday game 18-0 and their Tuesday game 13-0. His team is doing great and haven't had hardly any points scored against them the whole season. The boys are going to their first Jr. High dance tonight. They are both pretty excited to go. We'll see if they even ask anyone to dance.

Trevin's soccer game ended in a tie this week 0-0. It was a pretty hard fought game and he almost scored twice, but both teams had really good goalies, so it ended with no score. He got to go to Dad's and Donuts at the school this morning with Sean. Our school does this as part of their reading program. The kids get to take their dad's to school and have donuts and milk and then their dad's read to them until time for school to start. It is very successful and the kids love it!

And Now for Sports....

Since that is what it seems like our life is right now, I'm here to give you the update for the past week.

Travis' team won their Saturday game against the rival Payson team 27-0 and also won their Tuesday game against the Spanish Fork 49ers 33-7 which dashes their hope of having a shutout season.

Tyrel's team won their Saturday game against the Spanish Fork Eagles 34-7 and also won their game last night against the Spanish Fork Broncos 18-0. All points scored by rival teams in all of their games were runbacks on the kickoffs. Tyrel got to be a team captain on Thursday and got to go out for the coin toss (we won and elected to receive) and led in getting everyone warmed up before the game.

Travis and Tyrel's teams both have awesome defenses. In Tyrel's Saturday game, the other team never converted to a 1st down. They lost yardage on almost every play. I lost count of how many quarterback sacks there were. Any night that they don't have games, they have practice, so I am definitely a soccer mom (or should that be a football mom? Oh why not throw in a basketball, baseball, swim team, scout, and band mom also!)

Trevin's soccer team has won their last two games 1-0. Some kid on his own team threw a ball in his face while they were sitting out for a rest and he got a bloody nose (some people's children!) So by the time we got that under control and his coach sent him back in, there was like 5 seconds left. He did play really good while he was in though. Here is a picture of Trevin at his game.

Today is Sean's Birthday (as well as our neice Alli, who is two). He is now the same age as me, yes, I'm a couple of months older than he is. We don't get to celebrate though because he is going on a scout campout tonight with Tyrel. Maybe tomorrow night....... He usually wants pumpkin pie for his birthday treat but I haven't asked him yet. I'd better sign off and go do that. Hope everyone reading this has a great day!