There is no one I'm prouder of than my mama. She's featured in an article on the blog, Mormon Women Project. She's amazing and I couldn't possibly be more grateful that she's mine.
Check it out here!
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Miss Cathy
There is no one I'm prouder of than my mama. She's featured in an article on the blog, Mormon Women Project. She's amazing and I couldn't possibly be more grateful that she's mine.
Check it out here!
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Delaney's Meet
Yikes, this happened almost a month ago, and I'm just now getting around to posting about it! Mostly because trying to upload and embed videos is a pain in my rear. So, I'll leave that part to Jeff. If there are more videos posted on here, it'll be Jeff that did it!
Delaney has been on a gymnastics team for almost 3 years, but this is her first time competing against other gyms. It was so fun to see her whole team dressed alike and ready to compete! No flash photography was allowed, so the pictures are blurry, but you get the idea...
Her first routine was the beam.
Here's a video of her routine. There are other events going on at the same time, so that's why you hear clapping and music during it.
Next up was her floor routine.
Next came her vault.
And lastly, her bars routine.
They did score the meet, so she got a score for each event. On the agenda was an awards ceremony, and we assumed that everyone would be awarded the same on her team.
Come to find out, they compete according to their ages, and she's the youngest on her team. It turns out, she came in 2nd place overall for her age group across the whole meet! We were shocked, she was shocked, and her coach was shocked! It was a fun surprise though and she was beaming from the podium.
This little one spends 4+ hours in the gym each week. She loves it so much and it's fun to see her working at it.
Delaney has been on a gymnastics team for almost 3 years, but this is her first time competing against other gyms. It was so fun to see her whole team dressed alike and ready to compete! No flash photography was allowed, so the pictures are blurry, but you get the idea...
Her first routine was the beam.
Here's a video of her routine. There are other events going on at the same time, so that's why you hear clapping and music during it.
Next up was her floor routine.
Next came her vault.
And lastly, her bars routine.
They did score the meet, so she got a score for each event. On the agenda was an awards ceremony, and we assumed that everyone would be awarded the same on her team.
Come to find out, they compete according to their ages, and she's the youngest on her team. It turns out, she came in 2nd place overall for her age group across the whole meet! We were shocked, she was shocked, and her coach was shocked! It was a fun surprise though and she was beaming from the podium.
This little one spends 4+ hours in the gym each week. She loves it so much and it's fun to see her working at it.
Monday, February 28, 2011
On a Sunday Night
The battle continues...
...long after the boy is in bed. After all, who wouldn't want storm troopers protecting the family room all night?
...long after the boy is in bed. After all, who wouldn't want storm troopers protecting the family room all night?
Monday, February 21, 2011
Happy President's Day
Living in the "Land of Lincoln", we take Lincoln Pride very seriously. I saw this tutorial for this shirt and knew I had to do it. I was shocked at how easy and quick it was. Now I'm trying to think up other designs he'd like.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Monday, February 14, 2011
V Day!
So, I jumped right on that bloggy bandwagon that all the cool kids are riding and made homemade Valentines. The same ones I've seen all over, but more specifically at Tiffany and Monique's blogs. Theirs are cuter than mine, but why strive for perfection when mediocre is good enough?
I'm just lucky I figured out how to add text to a photograph without having to ask Jeff once to help. In any case, the kids had fun doing them and had fun passing them out today.
Valentines presents were ready after school today. I got home from Utah last night and decided it was more fun cuddling up to Jeff in bed than getting Valentines together. So, after school it was. I've gotten the kids heart shaped balloons every year for the past few years and it's become a tradition. I realized this year that Jackson doesn't care about getting a balloon anymore and it makes me a little sad. Sad that he's getting to where he doesn't care about balloons.
For the record, they each got heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. Jackson got a cool Lego book I hadn't seen before. The girls both got Valentines Webkin Monkeys.
Don't you love our fancy floor coverings? It's plywood that's guaranteed to give you a sliver at the thought of walking on it barefoot. We have new carpet being installed tomorrow. I can't wait! We've had cheap-o builder grade carpet for the past 6 years and it looked twice that old. We're not getting anything too fancy... just a little darker, thicker, and softer!!
I made the girls these skirts. Steph and I saw the fabric when we were in Utah for Christmas and were instantly smitten with the dark brown/large rose fabric. She'd made a few cute skirts for Abby out of a fun pattern so I decided to copy her and I love them. My mom helped me finish them last weekend because I am officially the WORST person at gathering. So, her almost-degree in Clothing & Textiles came in handy and she saved the skirts from certain disaster. Check out my cutie-pie niece in hers (of course, Steph finished weeks ago)!
****For any family and friends in Utah - I'm sorry I didn't call when I was there last weekend. It was a quick weekend trip to help my mom. We did lots of organizing, purging, stockpiling and a little sewing. It was a business trip and there wasn't a lot of time for visiting. The only people we saw other than each other were two cousins who, I have a feeling, only stopped by for the free meal :). In any case, I love you all and am looking forward to a long visit this summer with lots of time to see everyone. Please don't be mad I was in your neck of the woods and didn't call!
I'm just lucky I figured out how to add text to a photograph without having to ask Jeff once to help. In any case, the kids had fun doing them and had fun passing them out today.
Valentines presents were ready after school today. I got home from Utah last night and decided it was more fun cuddling up to Jeff in bed than getting Valentines together. So, after school it was. I've gotten the kids heart shaped balloons every year for the past few years and it's become a tradition. I realized this year that Jackson doesn't care about getting a balloon anymore and it makes me a little sad. Sad that he's getting to where he doesn't care about balloons.
For the record, they each got heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. Jackson got a cool Lego book I hadn't seen before. The girls both got Valentines Webkin Monkeys.
Don't you love our fancy floor coverings? It's plywood that's guaranteed to give you a sliver at the thought of walking on it barefoot. We have new carpet being installed tomorrow. I can't wait! We've had cheap-o builder grade carpet for the past 6 years and it looked twice that old. We're not getting anything too fancy... just a little darker, thicker, and softer!!
I made the girls these skirts. Steph and I saw the fabric when we were in Utah for Christmas and were instantly smitten with the dark brown/large rose fabric. She'd made a few cute skirts for Abby out of a fun pattern so I decided to copy her and I love them. My mom helped me finish them last weekend because I am officially the WORST person at gathering. So, her almost-degree in Clothing & Textiles came in handy and she saved the skirts from certain disaster. Check out my cutie-pie niece in hers (of course, Steph finished weeks ago)!
****For any family and friends in Utah - I'm sorry I didn't call when I was there last weekend. It was a quick weekend trip to help my mom. We did lots of organizing, purging, stockpiling and a little sewing. It was a business trip and there wasn't a lot of time for visiting. The only people we saw other than each other were two cousins who, I have a feeling, only stopped by for the free meal :). In any case, I love you all and am looking forward to a long visit this summer with lots of time to see everyone. Please don't be mad I was in your neck of the woods and didn't call!
Friday, February 4, 2011
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