Sports is Life

Our little Soccer Players

Dex is for sure the MVP of his team.  Watching 4 year olds play soccer is hilarious, but he takes it pretty serious!  this boy has some mad soccer skills

First time at bat for the season.  He was pretty nervous since it has been a few years since he has played baseball.  He will get the hang of it soon enough I have no doubt considering he hit one over the first time the team practiced.  He def has it in him and his coach was pretty impressed!

Coach Tebbs giving the team instructions.  He has been so good to work with Parker and the rest of these boys.  They have only been playing together for 2 months and they took 2nd in this tournament. Parker is doing AWESOME and loves playing

Kenna, Ash, Brooke, and Rinn... They were exhausted from a long day of shopping and not getting much sleep the night before.  I love Kenna's friends

I have to throw this in because I feel like Parker and I had an experience at his basketball tournament this weekend that I want him and the rest of our kids to remember.  We are definitely a "sports" family.  We love all sports and encourage our kids to play any and all that the can.  Jerry grew up in a family that this was a huge part of their lives and so did I.  Some of our best childhood memories are all the hours we spent part of a team. So of course we want that same thing for our kids. Sports to us is not just about being the best, or scoring the most points, or even winning (even though all of that is a bonus).  Sports builds confidence, teaches you hard work, teamwork, respect, gives you a sense of belonging, and many other things that you can't learn from anything else.  I was pretty disappointed this weekend when we were at Parkers Basketball tournament in St George.  Sadly some of the parents and one of our players did not display what I would like to call "Good Sportsmanship" at all.  It reminds me of a quote I heard "Show class, have pride, and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself"  We ended up winning our game, but I would not say that we were the "Winners"... Not something I want to get into details about on our blog, but something that reminded me just what sports was all about.  It did make me extra proud of Parker because he always shows good sportsmanship and I was reminded of that.   He respects his coach, the refs, his team, and the other players.  I hope he always does.  We talked about it on the way home and he was even embarrassed by how his teammate and parents were acting.  He knows it is unacceptable and I am proud of him for the person he is on and off the court.  I hope he always remembers to show class, have pride, and display character... That is what sports is all about!

Little Dizzle Turns Two

Helping me make his birthday brownies

opening some presents.   "Miss Thang" in the background cracks me up

Probably the cheesiest birthday cake (brownies) I have made so far, but James loved it.  Two year olds really don't care trust me

So sweet

He fell asleep while eating chips and salsa one day.  He was tuckered

The Cutler's came to watch Parker's game in St George (which Parker did AWESOME in. He had 24 points)

We went for a Sunday drive in the hills. Kenna wasn't in the mood for a picture

The boys coming back from chasing a bunny. Boys just have to shoot things for some reason.  We were 0 for 3 on the bunnies.  Don't tell Jerry, but I saw way more then I actually told him I did.  Run bunnies RUN!!!

Handsome fellar

The new Net Flix craze.... GLEE.  They love it.  Kenna hurt her foot.  I am suspecting a stress fracture. but we will see what the Doc says tomorrow. 

3 years and counting

I got a picture of Jer Umpiring Baseball.  We went to hurricane (on our anniversary actually) and he did his thing while I tried to soak up a little sun.  Chase stopped in on his way to St George and kept me company for a little bit. It was nice to get a breather for a day and be able to go on a date with my hubby.  Can't believe it has been 3 years, but then again, I can't really remember life without him.  I'll spare the mushy mushy for all the weak stomachs that may be reading.  Just know I love you babe, Happy Anniversary to us!

Well we thought we were in for a nice, romantic, dinner for two... We ended up having a little company, but that's ok.  It was kind of funny because last year Chandler joined us for our anniversary and this year it was Chase.   Clayt, be ready cause it is your turn next year :)  The guy at the table behind us kills me.  He said he wanted to be facebook friends so I could tag him...sorry dude my facebook is gonzo for now.  I still love that he did that.  I recomend ya, come down to Benja's.  So yummy!

Chloe's first soccer game..  This girl is going to be an athlete, she has one strong KICK! And she is tough and she is not afraid to go after the ball.  The stubborn disposition she has is going to be great on the soccer field

She didn't let one ball go by her I was so proud

Her class has been learning about animals and they had to pick a final project to show the class at the end of the week.  Of course she had to bring in Jack.  She worked with Jack all week to show her class that she taught him what he is supposed to do if a car is coming towards him.   He is supposed to run away.  And that is exactly what he did.  He ran away from the toy car she kept bumping into him :) it was a hit and SO funny to watch all week.  She came up with this all on her own too.  Very creative Chlo!

She has never been so proud

I had to do it.  I couldn't pass it up.  Chloe is going to be so mad someday

#24 that's my boy.  He didn't have the best game scoring , but he did awesome on defense

Showing the them how it's done.  They beat Desert Hills by 30. The team is really fun to watch

Easter Weekend Part 2

Oh Kanab... How I love thee. I had to put this one on here for Lex.  I was trying to be creative and she made fun of me. I forgive her.  Because I do my share of making fun of her.   If I did Instagram this would have been one of my posts.  Then I would have taken a pic of a bumblebee.  Then a flower.  Then whatever it was I ate for dinner.  I love how technology is making us all so "artsy" these days! haha.... Now on to the good stuff.  After our fun day in Valley with the G-love's we ventured over the hill where the red dirt lies.  Kanab.  To the house that built me.  Oh I am on one I could keep going with this for hours, I better move on to the next pic

My parentals enjoying some of the yummy ribs Jerry made

Grandma Lydia also has a tramp that gets lots of use from the kids.  These two decided to put the sprinkler under it (without permission of course)  They had a blast.

 little buggers were busting a move for us

I can't get enough of Carsyn.  She has thee cutest little munchkin voice ever.  And she talks and talks and talks some more. James just kinda looks at her and does the head nod like he is "too cool" to speak back but he understands her.  She is all girl and he is all boy.  I hope they are buddies forever

not even sure what to say about this one?

They bathed them all by themselves

 we all went to the park.  I love action shots

We have hercules, a goddess, and Matt Brown here.  And g-ma and kenna too

For some reason we took a few to go in the "awkward" family photo file.  It took Kenna and Lex a minute to stop laughing but they got the hang of it

That's better girls... work it, work it

Easter Weekend Part 1

I have so many pictures from Easter weekend and the pics pretty much explain themselves.  Except for the pictures that don't explain themselves, therefore I will explain them myself.  Make sense?  It does to me, and that's what matters... I always talk about the traditions I had growing up, but here is another one.  We always have a scavenger hunt on Easter and this is the first one we have had with just us at our house.  This really has been a big past year for me, first my very own Christmas at home, and now my very own Easter at home...wow I am finally growing up! This wasn't near as fun as the scavenger hunts at the Cutler's house, but I think the Easter bunny did ok.  Hopefully with each passing year her poems and rhyming skills will get better.  They were a little "iffy" if you ask me!  Next year Mckenna will be able to drive (crazy) so I am sure they will find clues all over town just like we do in Kanab. This was their first clue and they really really tried to act excited as you can see.  James just wanted to stop and eat every bit of candy along the way, he didn't quite get it. He is so funny.

I should have saved all of the clues 

 They really were stumped on a couple of them because they really didn't make much sense.  I giggled and giggled behind the camera the whole time.  Look at my sweet baby James

The final prize was left in the M _ _  C_ V _   yep you got it.... Man Cave!  She even dropped a few little eggs for Jerry.  That bunny is so nice

After our fun morning we gathered up our stuff and headed to Orderville.  We had some fun stuff planned over there and I love the Easter traditions that the Glover's have.  They are so fun in fact, the day after Jerry and I got married, we left our honeymoon suite in Zion and drove over to join the fun. We couldn't miss out on the egg roll! Mostly we just wanted to see the family and spend some time with them since we were a little pre-occupied on our wedding day.  So many pictures, so many people, that kind of thing :) Anyways back to Easter... Aunt Jana, Kasen, and Daisha came (with a little bribe of Jerry's Ribs) Deanna and her family were there, and even Aunt Liz and Uncle Bret played with us for a little while. Here they are getting ready to color eggs

He is always a good helper.  Those wheelers needed a bath after the last time we took them and Parker was just the man for the job

You will always find at least one of the grand kids on this trampoline, usually 3 or 4 but from what Grandma Glover tells me it is as old as the hills.  All of her kids grew up jumping on it and it has weathered threw the decades for the grand kids.  I love the tree behind them too.  You cant see it in the picture but there are about 3 kites stuck in it.  This tree eats Grandmas kites.  I think it needs to be nicer to her :)

Yes, EVERYONE gets to color eggs. Annnnd what is an Easter without Jerry's "GOFE" egg.  It just would not be the same!

I love it when they all strike a pose.  Smiling is just too boring sometimes

Here we have the "winning" egg rolling trail.  Kenna and Jerry decided to team up this year and little by little everyone left their own  to come and help them.  They had jumps and tunnels galore.  It was pretty creative, but from what I have seen Jerry always brings all types of gadgets and tools to help him out.  Which doesn't seem to be against the rules so the more the better!

What up

Time for a ride

Jer and Jana went to see if the Easter bunny had left any "Money" eggs for the older kids and sure enough it did! In the meantime he found his first shed of the season.  Hey at least he found one I say.  I think the funniest part of the picture is him holding a Pepsi and and Easter basket in the other hand??? What the heavens,  it is funny to me for some reason

I love pictures of these two walking together.   James has the cutest little strut just like his pops. I got Chloe in action too she is on a mad dash to get all her eggs.  I think Parker was just there over looking things, he has graduated from the little kid hunt

This was so funny.  These two looked and looked and looked for an hour or more and were getting pretty frustrated about where their eggs could be.  We had to start giving them hints or we were NEVER going to make it back for supper. There was a total of $50 to be found in all and this one had the big prize of $20 in it so when they got close to it they started fighting each other to see who could grab it first.  Kenna walked away with a bunch of scratches on her leg and........

look who walked away with the money.... Better luck next year sister!