Who's Who?
It's been a crazy few weeks. As I download all the photos on the camera I sure want to make some notes about all the pictures! Time sure is moving quickly!Regional Meet
Nicholas competed in his final gymnastics meet this year. It was held in Austin Texas earlier this month. Nick placed 12th overall in this year-end Regional Meet. (Our Region consists of Kansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas.)
Below is his pommel horse routine; he tied for 1st. He also tied for 5th on the rings. He placed 3rd on the high bar. It was a TOUGH day; it seemed as if the judges "cut him" by about 1.5 points overall - meaning that he could have placed in the Top 5! (Coach felt as if he had a few unfair ratings, but that's part of life and growing up.)
District Track
Ben ran District Track this year as a 7th grader!!! I guess that's pretty good. He ran against a bunch of 8th graders. Let's just say he didn't come in last, but he was near the end! ;) It was a great experience to run against all these big guys! We (and so is coach - he told me in an e-mail) are excited to see what next year will bring. We all think he has some good running genes and is capable of LOTS! Pressure's on Ben!
Salt Lake City
Each year when there is someone celebrating an 8th birthday in our home we have this WONDERFUL TRADITION! The following April this person goes to General Conference (worldwide church meeting held 2x a year). After Conference they then get to go skiing for two days! It's been fun and we can't believe that ALL the boys got to go this year!
WOW - In 2006 Glenn started this tradition with Ben. Then in 2008 he took Zach and Ben. Nick joined the team in 2010. This year Glenn took Chris, Nick, Zach and Ben! We ALL (girls included) thought about going, but it really has been a special time for Glenn to take each of the boys.
They participated in the Priesthood Session on Saturday night. (They will allow 8-year old boys to enter the Conference Center Saturday night.) Then on Sunday morning they went to sit in the Tabernacle (historical building) to listen to the morning conference and in the afternoon they went back to the Conference Center for the last meeting.
On Monday morning, bright and early, they went up to Alta... all had a Great Time! They did not want to go back to the hotel! But when the slopes closed, they had to! :) Tuesday morning, back at it! We have four skiers who want to move to Utah; we are thinking that Colorado would be more desirable! More on that later...
And the girls... we went to The American Girl Doll Store! Need I Say More! Emma is already planning our next visit... probably during the Father & Sons Campout that is coming up in May!
Chris, Nick, Ben and Zach
4 comments:
It's great to see and hear some of what goes one with your family. I think it's a great idea to move to Utah or Colorado---maybe we could come for a visit!!!
You can't just throw out a Colorado reference and just leave it hanging. Are you thinking of moving?
Man, that sounds fun!!! Wish we saw them. We just missed all the snow - I bet they had great skiing snow! Colorado??? No............. Although, they do have GREAT skiing!
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