2nd Quarter Updates

Every Spring Jeff's work has a state wide conference were the employees gather for classes and a little friendly competition down in Utah's "Dixie" (St. George). He is not always able to go, but this time he had the golden ticket. We were able to tag along for a little family vacation with little or no cost.



This year spring had been a little on the chilly side, so we watched the weather and picked the warmest day for our hotel swim. Even though it felt a little cool it was wonderful not to have all the snow.






Tracen was a little apprehensive to try out the pool but seam to enjoy the day. It was his very first time in a real swimming pool.



We were then off to Pirates Pizza were the kids had fun with the games, atmosphere and filling their tummies.



Jeff had classes and competitions during the day, so we were able to check out many of the public parks. It was a great way to spend the day, especially since it was free. I am totally impressed with all of St.George's parks! Many are amazing with splash pads. Even though it was too cold to take advantage of the water features, we had a really fun time.













When the rains started to come towards the end of our trip, we found refuge at the local movie theater to see "Hop". This was to be Tracen's movie debut, but he didn't even make it past the previews. Thank goodness that Tanner is older and has a phone so he could stay with the other kids while I wandered the halls with Tracen. I knew that Tracen couldn't last another hour in the halls, so he and I got a refund, and took a little drive so that he could take a nap. Then we picked up the kids and had a "Red box" movie afternoon at the hotel.






The rest of the month and spring were filled with Easter, family parties, and of course soccer. The weather still felt like winter as we bundled up for every activity!














Tanner made the high school soccer team and was even able to play up on the varsity team. They had a pretty good season but missed the play offs.









Tommy and Tucker also returned to play soccer as Tate took a break from his competitive team this year. They all did a great job on their teams. We just wish it was warmer.

1st Quarter Catch Up

I am starting to try and tie up loose ends that have been on my "To Do List" as the year is winding down. Our family blog is a major loose end! It has been beyond being on life support stage for months. I thought about just letting the blog die, but on another to do list, I have the goal in making a blog book for family memories one of these years. It would total help with the guilt of being 12 years behind with the scrapbooks. So he is my first attempt at bringing our blog back to life!




Tracen is just a little fire ball who keeps us going! Here he is with Tanner at a basketball game right before tip off.





Tate's Rec basketball team did really well this year. His team took first place in his age group. It was a family affair as Jeff was head coach and Tanner was his assistant. Congrats Tate!!






In the beginning of 2011, I really tried to keep the ball rolling from 2010 goal of my "getting healthy" plan. My journey has been up and down, but one of my highlights was being able to meet Justin from the Biggest Looser program. He was very inspirational speaker at our local health club and was fun to meet.






The spring weather was starting to warm up a little, so Jeff and Tracen headed out to the back fields to start the planting. Tracen loves to be outside with Jeff and always wants to be right in the action. Jeff can't wait until he is big enough to take a turn mowing but for now loves him to be his little buddy.