JACOB QUOTE OF THE DAY

" Mom, why does everything that is bad for you taste so good?"

6 MONTHS

6 months ago today we said goodbye to Elder Sheridan for two years. Two years!!! That day was the biggest change that our family has ever had. I literally ACHED when we left him at the M.T.C. It seemed like just getting to the next day was an eternity, how was I ever going to last for 2 years.
Well, 6 months later, I still miss him like crazy and I still break down and start crying for no reason, like at the gym when a song comes on that he played on his guitar or when the kids wanted to play a card game of his that he bought right before he left. But..... it is getting easier. How can it not be when I read his e mails each week and hear how much he is learning and growing on his mission. He is doing so great and the people of Peru are so blessed to have Elder Sheridan there teaching them the Gospel. Our family has also been so blessed for him serving the Lord for these two years. He is happy, and I am too....when I'm not crying!
Now only 12 more weeks until I can talk to him again on Mothers Day!!:)

Thomas is awesome!

High school State is over , he did really well. He finished 8th over all (fastest Freshman) in the 200 IM. Wait a year or two and he will be State Champ in that event! He swam the 100 Fly (second fastest Freshman)and was really bummed with his performance. I was talking to him later and told him he needs to be happy with how he does and he told me that if he is satisfied and happy then he will never get any better. I guess I can't argue with that. So after a long weekend he was up and at em early this morning for work out again! He is amazing.
This video is of his 100 Fly. He is swimming against some pretty big Jrs. and Seniors . I love how he ends up beating the big Senior from Bountiful next to him. I also love how Maddi yells at the lady who stood up right at the end of the race. Ha ha .
This year our girls team won State, it was awesome. Next year will be much better for the boys as Thomas will hopefully have some of his club buddies join him on the high school team and their relay will be awesome. He is really looking forward to that!
One of the dads of one of our cute girl swimmers came up to Thomas after dinner that night and told him that when he was in high school he was a state champ...as a senior. He said he didn't even qualify for state as a Freshman so he was really impressed with Thomas even being at State this year. That made him feel pretty good.
So now he is back in the pool training for a meet he qualified for in Clovis California in March. It will be his first time competing out of state, it should be a lot of fun.

Headline News!!!

Every month the swim team sends out a newsletter and this month Thomas was the lead article. I know I brag about him all the time so here is proof that he is really awesome and even his coach thinks so!
I scanned in the article but it still is pretty small so here is what it said................

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Sheridan sets Tsunami Records @ Kearns

From a little boy to one of the top all around Freshmen in the State is Thomas Sheridan.
Thomas swims for Woods Cross High School and trains on the National Team. During his 13-14 year old tenure Thomas has set 10 Tsunami team records.
Recently over the Christmas break Thomas broke 4 Tsunami team records. ( By the way we are looking for someone to build us a giant record board on the south wall of the pool).
Thomas has been dedicating himself day in and day out, or should I say morning in and morning out. The hard work is starting to pay off. Times like 2:10.5 in the 200 IM, 1:00.01 in the 100 fly, 4:44.56 in the 400 IM, and 53 in the 100 free.
Thomas has many talents besides swimming as he plays the tuba at school, he is very comical, and he is designated as the late night movie selector for the Senior and National teams.
Thomas attributes his success to his parents support, his team mates and "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Favorite set 30x200 IM's
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Pretty cool Huh!!! Also Thomas was fast to point out that his coach got his 100 fly time wrong. It is actually a 59.8 not 1:00.01, he gets mad if he doesn't swim it in under a minute.
He is getting ready for the State High School Championships on Friday. Right now he is in the top 8 in the 200 IM going in to Friday. The ONLY Freshman in the top 10!!!!!!!!!!

Spelling Bee

Mr. Smarty Pants Jacob won his class Spelling Bee and then went on to the school's Spelling Bee. he really is a fantastic speller! He is in the top spelling group in his class and while most of the other kids are spelling easy words his spelling list includes words like....hypotension,voracious and biosphere. So anyway he participated in the school's Spelling Bee on Friday and it was the first time that they have had 3rd graders participate. Well he and his buddy from his class outlasted eve some 6th graders! He did really well and lasted 4 rounds and then got the word UNFURL. This word wasn't even on his study sheet so he hadn't practiced it at all. Also the Principal was saying the words and she has a southern drawl or something because when she said the word it sounded like she said UNFERRELL. So he spelled it like she said it and got it wrong. He was pretty sad but we told him it was pretty cool that a third grader even got to be in the Spelling Bee! Just wait until next year!!!

Space Derby

This year instead of doing the Pinewood Derby , Jacob's scout troop did a Space Derby with Rockets. Jacob and Kevin had a lot of fun building his rocket that he painted like a school bus. His rocket killed everyone in his first race but didn't do so well the rest of the time. We didn't know that some people were changing the rubber bands after every race, not sure that is fair but oh well it was fun any way. At least his rocket went forward. When Thomas had the Space Derby his rocket flew backwards, so we have come a long way baby!

Now for the Date Pictures..........

Maddi is the sweetest girl!