Class of 2011!!!

Maddi is now officially out of high school! It hardly seems possible that she is finished .....time seemed to fly by ! We went to graduation Friday night, we had to be there early because they had to turn in their cap and gowns right after graduation so all of the picture taking had to be done before it all started. She wore her new cowboy boots with her new dress under her robes...SO Maddi!!!! All of the girls were escorted by boys and she was lucky to get a really good friend of hers to escort her. Then after a few talks and presentations it was all over. Just be warned if you are reading this and you have a child that hasn't entered high school yet, beware, when they enter those high school doors the fast forward button is pushed on your life and in a blur it is over. I am already dreading that Thomas will begin high school next year! It was just yesterday I was putting huge bows in her hair and sending her off to school with her Barbie backpack ....wasn't it???
After graduation she got to pick the restaurant and instead of going to a fancy place she picked her favorite pizza joint, The Pie . We stuffed ourselves then headed home for a few laughs and some Snickers cheesecake(another favorite). Then she was off to her all night party. They were giving away flat screen t.v's,airline tickets, ipods and money. She won......a Pillow Pet! Ha ha .
She arrived home in the wee hours of the morning tired and happy, high school was a blast but she is excited to move on to the next adventure!! I just wish this summer would last longer, I will miss her like crazy.

M.V.P

Oh how I love baseball!!!!! Jacob's team had a game Tuesday night and as he said " That was the funnest game of my life!!!!" He started the game pitching and struck out 6 batters, then he moved on to play first base and made some killer plays there and then in the last inning the game was tied and he was up to bat. As he went up to the plate I heard him say " I am so nervous, it's all up to me!" Then he swings and misses the first two and then...smacks the ball, gets to first, then the next kid up gets a hit and they tried to throw Jake out at second base but overthrew so on to third he ran and sped on home.....game won!!!! The kids were all swarming him and going nuts, it was awesome! Double header tonight, I can't wait!!! I love baseball!!!!!

Multiplication Champ

Jake participated in the third grade Multiplication Bee today and won third place in third grade! He got beat out by a couple of girls and only because they could yell out the answers faster but Jacob always got the hard answers right! He was really nervous and was excited to finish in the top 3. He won a cool medal and then he got to get ice cream after school! What a great way to end third grade!!!!

U2

SO the MOST AMAZING band in the entire history of the world took the stage Tuesday night at Rice Eccles Stadium. I have adored U2 for as long as I can remember. I was so excited to hear they were coming last year but with everything going on with Mitch leaving on his mission I knew I couldn't swing getting tickets. So awesome Mitch went and bought 2 tickets to the concert and said it would be our last hoorah before he left. Little did we know then that Bono would hurt his back and the concert would be postponed for almost a year and we wouldn't be able to go together. So Tuesday night I grabbed my favorite sister (O.K my only sister but she is my favorite!) and we headed in for an AMAZING night! The Concert was the best one I have ever been to, if you look up the word cool in the dictionary I am pretty sure there is a picture of U2!
It was super fun and now we plan on going again if they ever come back. Next time Mitch gets to come with!!!

Seminary Graduation

Sunday night was Maddi's Seminary Graduation. It was so weird to look around the room at her and all of the kids her age and grasp that they are old enough to be Seniors!!!! When did this happen!!!
Now I guess in a couple of weeks she really will be graduating from high school too! YIKES!!!
It happened so fast, just yesterday I was putting her hair up in curlers and bows and watching her play with Barbies (O.K she still does that.....kidding, she still has them just doesn't play with them) and now she is finished with high school.
I don't feel old enough to have two kids out of high school!
Any way, so proud of Maddi for finishing up and graduating from Seminary. She loved her Woods Cross Seminary teachers and had a fantastic time and learned a lot.

Vegas Baby!!!

I had the most amazing opportunity to get away for a couple of days and head to Vegas with my best friends from high school, before high school really. We have been buddies since we were little girls. This is the most time we have spent together since we graduated. We swam, worked out, ate, laughed till we cried, got in trouble for taking pictures in the spa and walked the strip until the wee hours of the morning looking for iced hot chocolate. I even got to get my picture with Michael Jackson!!! It was amazing to see how little we have changed and how fun it was to be together again. These girls had such a HUGE influence on me growing up, I am so lucky to have them in my life! Can't wait until next year!

Biggest Loser, Speedos, Spring Break and flooded basements!

Wow! What a busy week! AS most of you know I have been participating in a Biggest Loser contest that a friend of mine was doing. Well I started out positive that I would win.... until the first weigh in when I lost a lot of weight and didn't even make the top 10.I didn't think I had a chance. I kept going though even though at times it was really hard and really frustrating. Last Saturday was the final weigh in and.... I ended up winning. I have lost 38.8 pounds since January 8th. It was really hard but looking back now I am SOOO glad I stuck with it I even spent the winnings on clothes for me!! So after the weigh in we went down to Cedar City to watch Thomas in a swim meet. He did really well and now thinks he wants to be a backstroker! Last year butterfly, this year backstroke! In between his races him and his buddies went out to the swimsuit sales lady to look at Speedos. For some reason she told them that if they each bought one she would knock the price down and instead of $30 a piece, they could get 3 for $30. So even though the Moms and ALL the girls on the team told him not to do it they ended up buying them and then wearing them for their last race. Well Thomas won that race and took 2 seconds off his best time. All his coach had to say was "Wow, the power of the Speedo". So... super gross but I guess it makes him faster so he loves it. ( I couldn't bring myself to put in a picture of him wearing it)
After the meet we went on to St George to spend a few days at my Parents. It was a really fun few days. Some of the swim team buddies and their families were there too so we went to the lake one day with them and got sunburned. It was so nice to be in the sunshine for a few days, I don't think I could have lasted this snowy weekend without my few days in the sun. It was awesome,Kevin and I went running on the trails down there. It was SO nice not to be inside of a gym dodging old people! We also went and took a tour of the apartments Maddi wants to live in when she goes to school. I was hoping she wouldn't like them but of course she loved it and got an application and by Tuesday she should have enough money to pay her deposit on it. So here we go again, another kid leaving home, I don't know if I can take it.
We came home to a yucky storm and on Friday morning it was raining SO hard that the window well in Mitchell's room filled with water and gushed in to cover the carpet. Thank goodness we had Kirk's carpet cleaner to suck up all the water and then with a few good fans I think the carpet survived.
So busy and fun week, the kiddo's go back to school tomorrow and I go back to the gym. Tomorrow marks Elder Sheridan's 8 month mark!!!! He is 1/3 of the way!!!!