Ninja Thomas

Maddi asked a boy to the Valentines dance tonight but wasn't sure where he lived. She got an address and some directions from friends and her and her friend Sarah went on their way to ask him to the dance. We made a cake that was all decorated cute and had his name on the top of it(forgot to take a picture)and her name was buried inside the cake for him to find. Well on the way out the door the girls decide that they need Thomas to go with them in disguise so that one of them won't get caught at the door. This is the outfit he came up with. They still were not sure they had the right house so they send Thomas up to the door to knock to make sure because Thomas knows some of the family members and would be able to tell if they were in the right spot. So Thomas rings the doorbell and the Mom answered and probably had the daylights scared out of her with a masked man on the front porch. Thomas said it was really scary but I am sure the Mom was more scared until she figured out what in the heck he was doing there! What a good little brother!

New kid in the house!

We decided that things are just not crazy enough at our house so we decided to adopt a new child! Meet our new baby Avatar from the planet Pandora!!! Maddi is just having too much fun editing pictures!

Maddi wins!

Maddi applied for a scholarship from the Freedoms Foundation to attend their Conference back in Pennsylvania. She filled out the application before Thanksgiving then got a letter saying they wanted her to come for an interview after Christmas and then she just got a letter saying that she was chosen as one of the kids from Utah to attend the conference!One of her past teachers wrote the most awesome letter of recommendation for her that I was sure would make her win! So she will be flying to Pennsylvania in April for 4 days to attend the conference with kids from all over the country. The scholarship pays for most of the cost, she just has to come up with 300 bucks for the trip. She is very excited and looking forward to going. So if anyone needs a babysitter in the next little while give her a call!
Good job Maddi!!!

And then there was one....

Thomas has now qualified in every event but one for State in March!!! He only has to qualify in the 1000. He swam the 200 fly last night and not only qualified for state but knocked 11 seconds off his best time that he swam only a month ago! He also qualified in the 100 fly today and knocked 5 seconds off his best time! So he now has 13 events he can swim at state, too bad he has to only choose 8!
Maddi had the yearbook camera from school so she got some super cool pictures today!

And so it begins.....

Well today began the process of getting Mitch ready to send in his papers for his mission! Today was dentist time! He had no cavities... WAHOO.. but he had a chipped tooth that needed to be filled so he wasn't to excited about that! But the news he was dreading is that he DOES have to get his wisdom teeth out! YUCK! We go in for a consult in a couple of weeks and then schedule the surgery. I scheduled his doctor appointment for his physical today and it is all coming at me WAY to fast! He should be all ready to send in his papers by April 5th and then his Mission Call should come a couple of Wednesdays after that. Seriously, the Dental Assistant had me in tears talking about his Mission! Hopefully all this stuff we need to do before he leaves will keep me busy enough so I won't think about how much I will miss him when he goes! I know that serving a Mission is the right thing and I am so proud of him for making that decision but it is still hard to let him go! So anyway the good news today is no cavities!!!!

Way to go Thomas!!!!

The national IMX rankings came out for U.S.A Swimming and a kid named Thomas Sheridan is ranked #3 in the state in his age group!!! WOW!!!! I think I know him! He is on fire right now and dropping time in everything he swims....which is everything! He has 3 more events to qualify for and then he has qualified in every event they swim at state! Only 2 more months until state! He is AMAZING!! GO THOMAS!!!!

Shoveling shoveling.....

It has been snowing for two days!!!!!! Thanks for shoveling Thomas... it's almost time to do it again!!!