Freshman Formal

I thought this was a great picture of Janaye Frei, Reagan Murdoch, Jordyn Myers, Brooklyn Anderson, and Shelby Schiess.  Reagan, Brooklyn, and Shelby were golfers, and Jordyn and Janaye played softball this spring.  All of them did some morning lifting with me at Skyline, some more than others.  Jordyn, Brooklyn, and Janaye are very good basketball players.  Janaye will be babysitting quite a bit for us this summer. 

Chillin' like a Villian

Kysa at her dentist appt.

Yeah, It Snowed Today

Kysa and Shay went to the Hillcrest cheer camp today. I swam a mile in the
pool at Apple and then headed back to pick up Shay because she was having a
hard time. (Do you blame her? It was a cheer camp, what was I thinking!!!)
I took both girls to lunch at Café Rio (my new favorite), then took Kysa
back to finish out the camp. Shay and I went to the Ricks farm shed to
clean out the car because it was windy and it was quite a job, then to Jiffy
Lube and Kohl's, then back to Hillcrest for a little performance which Shay
jumped in on. It was fun for the girls because their favorite babysitter
from Ammon Sydney Richins is now a cheerleader, so they stayed pretty close
to her side.

This fabulous picture was taken as we arrived at Apple to go swimming with
Raleigh and Ty after the camp. You'd have thought it was mid-December!
I'm glad I was riding my bike LAST weekend. Yikes.

Transformation Quote: The best time is NOW!

If you wait until everything in your life is perfect before you begin
something challenging and new, you'll be waiting forever. The best time is
NOW. -Bill Phillips

Change of Plans

The weather was quite rainy this morning, but nevertheless I set out for
Rigby, dropping the girls off with Rebecca Nead and heading over to
Jefferson Hills to discover the tourney had been cancelled. The golf pro
kindly offered me a free round AND a cart, so I played 18 holes in under 2
hours for free. What a deal! I was playing well until the last 4-5 holes
when I really lost my focus. Shot an 88. (41-47)

Coach Woodland and I will try to play the tournament on June 3rd, the
rescheduled date. So it was good to play the course. It reminded me of
playing at Rupert. There is something to be said for low key courses where
you don't have to fight people.

After picking up the girls, I took them to Arctic Circle in Rigby for lunch
and oh man, they were both acting out for the first couple of minutes. I
grabbed Kysa (as she seemed to be the one agitating Shay) and took her
outside and gave her a good hard spanking and laid down the law. She came
back in after a few tears and acted like a normal human being. A grandpa
looked at me as I was bringing her back in and said, "Now that's a good
mom."

Ha! I'll take the compliment. A better mom would have just taken them back
out to the car and left! But I wanted to eat.

Golf, Cycling, Dentist, Baseball, and Tennis

Ty was at state golf Saturday to early this morning.  The boys team did alright but it was a tough course and they didn’t make it into the medals as a team or individually.  It was a tough couple of days for Brooklyn Anderson, a freshman and only girl to qualify individually, but I’m sure it will help her for next year.

 

The kids and I went to Paul for the weekend and I ended up doing a Century bike ride on Saturday.  It was a fundraiser for Tracy Temple and I was surprised and how good I felt on the bike and how quickly I got over the soreness.  By Monday I felt pretty much normal.  I rode most of it with Jan Allen and Carrie Perrigot, and the last 33 mile loop I tried to keep up with Lisa Taylor and Marden Plant.  Mom was nice to watch the kids, but I think on Sunday she was definitely ready for us to go.  The kids LOVE riding the four wheeler at Grandma’s.  Raleigh went up to Blinko’s butte twice, once with me and once with Grandma.  Raleigh was also pretty cute.  I took Kysa and Shay on a ride and he decided to run through the field up to the shop to “train” for his fun run in August at Community Park.  Then after we played on the tractors and combines for awhile he ran back home.  The kid has some good endurance.  He put in a mile. 

 

Kysa went to her first real dentist appointment at Legacy Dental (Dr. Thuernagle) this morning and was a trooper.  Thankfully her teeth are looking great.  LaRelle Steele was her hygienist (LaRelle’s son Kieran has done some basketball stuff with us). 

 

Raleigh had his first baseball practice for this season tonight at the Village park.  Renae Merzlock is the coach and all the kids on the team go to Ethel Boyes.  Ty went out and helped a bit with the practice.  During the practice I took Kysa and Shay to the treehouse at Apple so I could go to my tennis lesson with Tollan Whitlock at the Apple tennis facility.  I am playing USTA leagues on a 2.5 team this summer, and we had our first game Monday.  My partner Cherie and I won 6-1, 6-1 but next Monday we play the toughest team so we’ll see what happens.  I am excited to be playing and really enjoying it.  My experience prior to this consists of 4 beginning tennis lessons and 3-4 pick-up matches but like most sports there is overlap.  I think my volleyball background is very helpful.  My favorite shot is the overhead shot at the net. 

 

My main goal in doing this is to get to the point that I can go play singles with Ty and be good enough that it’s fun for both of us.   I just don’t like doing things that I suck at! 

 

Tomorrow morning I’m taking the girls out to Rebecca Nead’s so I can play in a golf tournament with Coach Woodland at Jefferson Hills.  Then tomorrow after school Raleigh has his second-to last spring basketball clinic with Barb at Apple, and then in the evening I have my second to last city league game.  It’s just a four team tournament so we have to win to make it to the championship next week.  Busy, busy, but FUN!  The weather has finally turned nice, hooray!

 

Vegas Trip

Ty and I didn't really take any pictures during out trip to Vegas for the Nike basketball coaches clinic, but I did get this picture taken by the Fordcares folks after my Susan G. Komen Race For the Cure 5K on Saturday morning...

We had a great trip.  Steve Alford was my favorite coach at the Nike clinic.  Bobby Knight and Roy Williams were hilarious.  Bob Huggins had some good stories.  We really enjoyed Phantom of the Opera, the only bad thing was it started at 9:30, the time Bobby Knight was supposed to end, but he went long and we left his talk at 9:37 and felt bad we didn't hear the whole thing.  Our friends told us he finished soon after we left, but still--you just don't want to leave early when Coach Knight is speaking. 

We stayed at Tahiti Village and loved the lazy river and the pool.  We're planning a trip in early October with the kids, my mom and dad, and Kirby and Andrew.  Hopefully Kelsy and Dallas can work it out to come as well.  Allegiant is starting to run flights out of Twin to Vegas and our fares were only about $40/person. 

Raleigh stayed at Taggarts the night we left so he could go to school on Friday, and then Grandma Sue picked him up from school, and took him to his district chess tournament on Saturday.  He was one of only two first graders and played all 3rd graders.  He won one, lost one, and had two stalemates.  He got to spend some time with his cousins in Menan, so he was thrilled.  He enjoys staying with Grandma Sue and Grandpa Emmett.

My mom picked up the girls on Thursday after I spent several hours with them out at Sandcreek Golf Course during the high school golf tournament.  What a trooper to drive all the way up to get them and then head right back home.  Grandpa Jer-Bear watched them on Friday so mom could run the concession stand at the Minico track meet--a big job she has volunteered for in the spring for several years.

She brought the girls back up on Sunday evening and came to get us at the airport.  They were excited to see us, but I think we were more excited to see them.