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!!!!

More Dance Concert Pics

Bittersweet

Maddi performed in her last Woods Cross Dance Company concert last night. It was so fun to go and watch her after all of her hard work and endless practicing. But at the same time it pulled at my heart. Maddi has been dancing since she was 3 years old and has wanted to on the WX Dance Co. for a very long time. It seems like just yesterday when we were waiting to go over to the school to see if she had made it. She was SO nervous ( we both were). Just when we were about to go over we got a call from a friend who had just been over to see the list and she called to congratulate Maddi. She was so happy and excited to have made it. Now last night as she took her final bow it made me a bit sad. High school flew by for her( for me) and really the next few months before she graduates are going to be a blur. Who knows what the future holds, she wants to dance in college and there may be more dance concerts, but last night was an ending to a very fun and special time in her life. I am so glad I was there to be a part of it. I thought maybe this growing up thing would be easier for me with each kid but it is just as hard to see her getting ready to graduate as it was Mitch. Once again I want to freeze time and stop the inevitable. I know she is leaving someday but she brings a light and a sweetness into our home that I am not ready to part with just yet.
The concert was awesome, it was a joy to watch. She has come a long way since her first recital where she pulled faces in the mirror instead of dancing, it wasn't that long ago really.......

Play Ball

FINALLY it is baseball season...well almost. Kevin is coaching again and he was able to pick up the uniforms this week. They went with Minor league teams this year and we are the Sand Gnats. Never heard of them... well neither had we but they had the coolest looking uniforms so they went with them. Now we can officially start practices this week but games don't start until the end of April. I am so excited for warmer weather and baseball!!!!!!!

Happy Birthday Baby!

It really doesn't seem possible that Jacob turned 9 today. It seems like only yesterday he was a tiny baby. When he was a baby he cried ALL the time unless I was holding him. I was really starting to be worried that he was going to grow up to be a rotten kid, but it is quite the opposite! Jacob is such a sweet, kind hearted, friendly,loving, fun and SUPER smart boy! He is awesome at baseball, basketball, soccer, any sport really. He is a super star reader and an out of this world speller. He is in a spelling group all by his lonesome because he has such hard words. He LOVES legos and being outside doing anything. Happy birthday to one terrific kid! I always tell him he may be growing up but he will always be my baby!

Sweethearts

Another day another dance.....Maddi went to Sweethearts with her good buddy Ian on Saturday night. She had a great time and I am still tired from staying up so late waiting for her! They came to our house for the day activity and frosted and decorated giant sugar cookies. Then they went to her BFF Rachel's house for dinner and then to the school for the dance and then a movie after that.

MVP and the Letter

We attended the end of season high school swim team banquet last night. Thomas was awarded the MVP award from the captains and he also lettered in swimming as a Freshman. The coach gave him his letter and said that he was the top swimmer and high points winner on the entire boys team. It was a fun night but now he is looking forward to next year when he will have his club swim buddies on the high school team! They will have an awesome team next year! Good job Thomas!!! Now we just have to save to get him a letterman's jacket!