Parker turns 17!!!

Oh my gosh...Parker is 17 years old!! Unfortunately we had to celebrate a day late because he got super sick with the flu on his birthday...And just lucky for Mom, she got sick too. Grandma and Grandpa Young came over for the weekend, but had to go home early so they didn't get the crud. Parker got an awesome Microphone and sound system for his beat boxing!
The cake is so not awesome! I tried, but felt cruddy...Parker was cool and totally understood. It tasted great though! Gotta love Grandma's Chocolate Wacky Cake!

New Addition to the Family....Jessie

Sasha and Jessie get along really well. They play together a lot. Sasha is such a sweet girl, we love her so much! She's 10 years old now and to think we've had her 8 years!
Jessie is such a good girl. She is very mellow and well behaved. Parker found her at the Humane Society Shelter and became quite attached. She would reach through the gate to hold onto him. We felt like she was meant to be with our family. She loves to lean over the couch and see what's going on down the hall. We sure love our rescue dogs!

Christmas 2009

Notice our happy little tree was leaning to the left...Yeah well on December 17th the tree decided to bite the dust. Yeah, this is the year we'll always remember, because it's the year the tree fell down!! Hayley had a game that night and Parker had his Band Concert...thank goodness Parker and his friend Krys took it down, chucked it in the back yard and we brought up the little tree from the basement, put it on a table in front of the window & passers by could not tell it was a 3 foot tree! We actually liked it...although no picture...

Christmas was good this year, everyone was happy and got what they wanted! We felt very blessed.

Hayley is #42 getting ready to box out during this "missed" free throw shot! They were playing Blackfoot at home in the Pit. We lost by 2 in overtime...dang it.

Poky's band goes to St. George

After the competition was done on Friday night - we got up and went over to Zions National Park and let the kids do some hiking. Parker did the most scarey thing! He went on a hike to Angel's Landing - to learn more go to Zions website...It's a very strenuous hike on one of the tallest rock cliff's...that just weeks ago a lady fell from and died. But he said he knew his limits and would be ok. He was not only ok, but he loved it. He felt like they all bonded as friends so much more & he said he'd do it again! I was just so thankful they all returned safe.

Hayley took a picture of this sign...so fitting! Hayley and I stayed with a different group of kids and we took some less difficult trails. They still kicked my butt and Hayley got to goof off and have a blast because they were too easy for her. But she was being safety conscious wanting to be healthy for basketball.


Here she is on our tour bus ride that we took around the park.

It was such a change to be in St. George instead of all the Utah competitions...It was so hot! The color guard practiced in the hotel parking lot, while the band practiced down a couple blocks on a field. The girls decided to do a group hug/pose!

Here the band practices right before going on! We dumb Mom's forgot to bring a Cooler Chest for Water or spray bottles to cool the band down....We were such losers...The kids had to drink bottled water that was room temperature - I felt so bad!! Here they are warming up and sweating to death...Yeah next year, I'll do a lot better! Look at their red sweaty faces...

At the St. George competition we didn't fare as well...I think the sun kicked our butts...We took 3rd today, but it was still dang good! There were 11 bands from all over the west side of the United States and we took 3rd!!! They did awesome!!

Hayley's basketball try outs!

On November 2nd & 3rd 2009 Hayley tried out for Poky's basketball team. The coaches pushed them really hard...she loved it! Out of 35 freshman trying out only 10 were chosen and Hayley was one of them!!! She's officially playing for Pocatello High School on the freshman team! Pictures or video's to follow! Wish her luck!

Bridgerland Marching Competition

Parker is the sax on the far right. He has super great form and loves marching! It's kind of sad this will be his last year to be on the field. Next year he'll be the drum major & be leading the band.

Logan Utah was a good win for us today! Poky took 1st in Musical Presentation, Best Visual Performance & best overall performance! Drum Line took 1st and Color Guard took 3rd... It was a fun day!

The Mom's are the ones that keep things going! We run around taking care of the kids the whole time...getting them ready, on the field, carry their Pit stuff and then wrap it all up at the end. Here we are getting ready to feed them after their big 1st place performance!! It's so much fun!

Here they are...small but mighty! Hayley's in front & Parker is on top row with his sax upside down.

Parker is just chilling with his friends after the competition. He is still in uniform because he is Jr. Drum Major and has to go down to receive awards.

Hayley just loves the bus rides! She drives the driver crazy because she's mastered doing flips in the isle and doing her gangster walk! She's the life of the ride! Drum Line & Color Guard ride on one bus and the band gets the other bus...I never see how Parker is on the bus...