Raleigh usually plays center but used a little razzle dazzle when he got the chance to play runningback tonight and scored his first touchdown. He also scored a point after on a running play. His team is undefeated with 3 games left in the season.
Raleigh's team is lucky to have a couple very dedicated coaches and they are teaching them a ton. Brad Perkins is the head coach, assisted by Eli Ames' grandpa J.D. They practice 2x/week, and I just noticed how the kids in the clip do a good job of trying to get out and block, even when he changes direction. Raleigh didn't want to fly to Vegas with our family because he was concerned about missing his football game. They are undefeated with three games left in the season. Go Grizz
Raleigh, Shay, Brooklyn Brizzee and I went on a 2 mile "Liberty Walk" along with a few hundred others carrying American flags from Taylor Crossing to the 1,776 Title of Liberty flag display on Broadway and Bellin. Kysa went to Pingree with Kirby, Andrew, and Bodie to see Grandma Rue and G-Ro. This afternoon we enjoyed a b-day party for Amy Loret over at Troy Park and flew a kite. Ty is in SLC for the last June basketball tounament with the varsity team. He'll be back tonight. Here is a video I put together for Amy:
YAY! Skyline wins. I am so happy for Ty. One game closer to state. I am praying this is their year...
After dropping two games to the Tigers in the regular season, Skyline came out on top at the Tiger Den Tuesday night, defeating Idaho Falls 66 – 54 in the first round of the district tournament. Skyline had five players in double figures–Abreo, Jensen, Miller, Berger, and Smith. Michael Berger set a career mark with ten boards. Zach Smith had a game high six assists and was perfect from the free throw line, along with Berger and Scrogum. Both teams shot well from the stripe. The Grizzlies were 22-30 for 73%. Idaho Falls shot an exceptional 85%, going 18-21.
Skyline will face Madison in Rexburg on Thursday night. (Madison defeated Highland in OT 51-46 in Pocatello.) Highland will travel to Idaho Falls to play the Tigers in a loser-out game.
A Funny From Family Home Evening
Ty hit the hot tub at Dave's last night with Trav after practice, and me and the kids decided to watch home videos for FHE. Well, Kysa was struck by Shay's short, straight hair (at about 8 months old) and commented, "Shay, when you were a baby, you were a BOY!" Shay exclaims, "Mom, I was a BOY!" They both start laughing hard, along with their mom and their brother.
We got to see Bodie tonight, a week old, as Kirb and Andrew were headed to Grandma Rue's and then to Paul for a few days. The kids were very excited to see her. Kysa said, "I love her" a couple of times.
Since I don't really do any scrapbooking, I thought I'd have some fun with Raleigh's poster of "favorites" that we're supposed to return to his teacher this week.
Raleigh is really growing up. Yesterday he had the Schaat boys over, Henry and Holden, who are 3rd and 6th graders. On several occasions he reminded them that they needed to say “thank you” and while having a good time and laughing a lot, he acted pretty mature for a 1st grader. He finally decided to take the time to learn to tie his shoes this week, because (he said) his kindergarten teacher said they needed to be able to do that in the 1st grade. He was also playing catch with Ty last night, and figured out how to catch the football on the run, with only the porch light on. I seriously didn’t recognize the kid—he was catching it so well, even diving to try to catch it. Then he’d get up and want more.
Our neighbor Pat Wright saw us out walking around the block after church today and came over to tell me how impressed she has been with Raleigh as she has worked with him in the primary the last few weeks. She said he is just so pleasant, focused, and that he really thinks deeply about gospel questions. He is a very good example to the other kids.
Raleigh has started playing a lot of h-o-r-s-e on the driveway with his dad; Ty is good about dealing with Raleigh’s temper when he loses. I think it’s pretty funny that Raleigh fully expects to be able to beat Ty. (Ty does play left-handed, but still!) But enough about basketball, it’s SOCCER SEASON! Raleigh has had a couple of soccer practices and has his first game on Tuesday night. His coach is Brian Rocknack, who is a really good coach and has a son named Austin on the team. His friends Logan Taggart, Landon Merzlack, and Eli Ames are on the team. He’s excited for school to start on the 31st. His teacher is Mrs. Bird and Logan is in his class. Not sure about other friends yet. We know Brennan, Landon, Taryn, Drew, and Ryker are in other classes. A couple nights ago I took Raleigh to Sports Authority to get his soccer shoes. Ty was home with the girls, and it’s always nice when I get to take the kids on errands one-on-one. No stories from the trip to the store—it was just fun to spend time with Ral. (The picture above is with Eli and Ryker at the Arctic Circle Chukar's night. Ral is holding the ball he pitched.)
Raleigh is an inquisitive kid, (sometimes to my dismay!), and he’s particularly interested in current events and politics. A few weeks ago CNN was reporting on Obama’s report card at 200 days into his administration. Raleigh was glued to the tv and then followed me downstairs to watch me vote on the desktop computer. Then he told me to vote on my laptop; he was very adamant that I HURRY UP and do it because Wolf Blitzer was counting down the time until the voting closed. He is inquisitive and engaged in the things that he does.
I think participating in the swim club at Apple this summer was good for him. It has given him a lot of confidence. He passed the swim test at Apple, and when we go to the Rupert pool he takes pride in doing the swim test (a full lap) so that he can has the okay to swim in the deep end.
Raleigh is also very open to trying new things. From the hot air balloon ride in July to throwing out the first pitch at the Chukars game last week, he doesn’t shy away from opportunities that require some courage. He was nervous about the hot air balloon ride, but he trusted that everything would be fine and not once did he complain or hesitate once he decided he wanted to come with me. He NEVER hesitated when Gretchen and Dave gave him the chance to throw out the first pitch, and I for one would have been a little nervous. What did he do? He stepped up there are threw a strike! The catcher never even had to move his glove. I was so proud of the way he carried himself as he walked out onto the field and did his thing. There wasn’t any nervousness or neediness. Just a happy kid who was about to do something really cool. If there ever was a picture of somebody savoring the moment, it was Raleigh out on that mound.
Raleigh loves his garden. He checks on it multiple times a day and often comes running in the house to tell us, “Mom/Dad, you GOTTA see this!” He’s pretty excited about the pumpkins and zucchini right now. When his friends come over it’s the first thing he shows them. We don’t live on a farm, but I’m glad he’s at least getting the gardening experience here in suburban Idaho Falls. And thank goodness we can spend time on our grandpas’ farms in Paul and Menan.
As for other hobbies/games, Raleigh still loves Halo 2 on the X-Box but is limited to 1-2 days/month. We should probably eliminate it altogether as we’ve noticed Raleigh usually has a nightmare after playing Halo. Hmmmm, aren’t we great parents? He likes it when his neighbor Nathan Webber comes over to play video games with him. Raleigh also enjoys those mystical (to me) little Bakugan toys. Somehow he has acquired 4 of them from his friends.
Well, we survived our California trip and Grandma Ro and Grandpa Jer-Bear survived Shay for six days. We left Sunday around 11:45 (after a spring snowstorm) and mom met us in Pocatello with Shay at 4:15 this afternoon. After hauling stuff in from the car and re-packing, Ty was off to Anaconda for a 11 p.m. game with Chad Williams and the rest of the 6'1" and under team that Ty has played with in past years. Ty just missed their first game at 9 a.m. this morning which was a 30 point victory. I hope they can win it! Busy week for Ty.
I still can't believe what troopers Kysa and Raleigh were on the trip. Much better than I anticipated. It helps to have the DVD player for sure, but we didn't watch movies the entire time and our selection was somewhat limited. Kirby and Andrew gave us several good choices but we didn't bring any of our own and I think we ended up watching "Elf" seven or eight times. Pretty sure I have most of it memorized at this point. During our travels, we stayed with Will and Leslee in San Ramon, Amy and Eric in Ventura, and LaRae and Adam in the St. George area. We were going to stay at a hotel last night but Raleigh said he really wanted to go and play with LaRae's kids, even though they were only 2 and almost 1. Raleigh really likes little kids and it's fun to see him try to be helpful. LaRae made us a delicious breakfast this morning and it was cool to get to know Adam and see their cute little boys.
I thought I might get a chance to watch the NCAA's tonight, at least a little bit, but that was a dream. Too much to do, and the kids kept me hopping! Or should I say, Kysa and Shay kept me hopping! The girls are so cute together at times, but they fight like cats and dogs, and on a dime they can go from playing nicely to battling it out. Thank goodness Raleigh is such a good helper. As I was putting them down for bed after their baths I was taking turns brushing Shay's hair and then going into Kysa's room to brush her hair. A couple of rotations, then lights out, bed time. Well, that's how it's supposed to work! As I was brushing Shay's hair she hollered something at Kysa.
Kysa grumbled, "Shay, I gonna kick your butt!"
Shay yelled, "No, my butt!" I don't know what I'm gonna do with those two.
Kysa went to sleep fine after that little exchange, but Shay ended up getting shut in her room to cry herself to sleep. I'm not into endless hair brushing. Once she says "no!" to me and starts kicking, the game is over and she gets shut in her room.
It's kind of sad because it's unanimous among those who were around her this week that Shay is a different person when she doesn't have Kysa to contend with. The only time she reverted back to her naughtiness was around Snowshack the cat. She was also a little gruff with Max and Nochie. Competition I guess.
GRANDMA RO'S REPORT ON "SHAY-ISMS"
Dad was walking toward the bedroom and remarked, "Little dunklin, keeps busy." Shay said, "I Shay " She was looking at pictures and said, "Me" , as she pointed to herself in one! She is very smart. I loved having her. I love 'em all, it's just so much more we are used to, but we love it, once a year!! Love, MOM
Here is a great example of Shay the antogonist, from tonight:
We went to Idaho Falls Gymnastics open gym on Friday to celebrate Kysa's birthday. Jean Shippen and Garrett and Bryson came too.
Safety First--Shay
After gymnastics, eating pizza with Ty and opening a few presents at the house, we hit the road again. My friend Buffy Madsen watched the girls while I went to a meeting about WYDAHO! with Julie and Bill at the office. After Raleigh got home from kindergarten we headed to Paul, stopping at Minico for the big Burley game. We made it through the jv game before I couldn't take it anymore and took the kids home. I'm sure my parents were relieved to be able to enjoy the varsity game, which Minico won! Ty's team beat Twin in dramatic fashion, on a buzzer beater 3-pointer that gave them the 73-72 victory.
Raleigh had six cavities fixed yesterday and had to have anesthesia at Dr. Smith's Pediatric Dentistry Office. He had a rough time coming out of anesthesia.
He was definitely an angry drunk, as you can see in this clip:
Ty finally got him calmed down by starting a game of Halo2.
Kysa figured out how to dribble yesterday (1/8) at Coach Ehardt's clinic at Apple Athletic Club. It was like a light came on. She still only gets about 15-20 dribbles in a row, but that's a big improvement from not being able to dribble at all a couple days ago. Maybe it’s the pink basketball she got for Christmas. She will be 2 for two more weeks…maybe we can get her dribbling with her left hand by her birthday. Ha!
Here are the links to some clips on YouTube of the kids dribbling before bed:
The best clips are the ones where Raleigh gives Kysa instructions while she is dribbling and she does her best to do what he says.
On an exciting note, Ty’s Skyline boys beat Madison tonight—YAY! It was a close game, 55-54. WHEW. They needed it. Ty went to Applebees with the other coaches after the game to celebrate, after stopping at the house to make sure it was alright and say hi to the kids. Kysa hugged Ty and said, “Dad, you can’t go!” Then she looked at him with those big brown eyes and said, “But daddy, I MISS YOU!”
We have our first day of the 1st-3rd grade basketball league at Apple Athletic Club tomorrow so I better get to bed. I’m gonna hit a couple of cycling classes before it starts.
I seem to be pretty good at posting all of our happy memories...so I thought I'd better show the "flip" side. Kysa and Shay were both ready for bed when I filmed them throwing these tantrums last night. YIKES!
Raleigh went to the ward BBQ with our 11 year old neighbor Amy and her parents from across the street. We came shortly after, but Ty couldn’t make it because he had his last city league basketball game for the summer with some of his former Skyline players—Eric Davis, Tyler Bird, and Jeremy Kuns, although Jeremy wasn’t there tonight. They lost by a few to Jeremy Barrett’s team.
The BBQ was fun and I got some help from the Valentines waiting in line, and another neighbor girl named Makenna who would like to do some babysitting for me. YAY! The more babysitters the better. So far I just have Alicia Jones. I think Amy will be good once she gets more experience with kids. She’s an only child, and Raleigh just loves playing with her. She is sweet with the girls but she hasn’t had any experience taking care of little ones.
I took a bath with Shay tonight for the first time, and she decided to celebrate the occasion by pooping in the tub. She at a bunch of raisins this morning—enough said. First and last time for that.
A couple days ago Ty was playing with Kysa and pointed to her and said, “Kysa smart.” Then pointed to himself and said, “Daddy smart.” Kysa pointed to Ty and said, “Daddy fart!” Big chuckles. Then she said, “Raleigh fart ALL NIGHT.” Bigger chuckles. Kysa likes to tell us about doing things “all day” and “all night.” I don’t know where she picked it up.
Shay continues to change every day. She’s got quite the little personality. She’s very aggressive with other little kids, and I’m sure it’s because of Kysa. I really have to watch her.
I have been working out a lot, eating better, and drinking a lot more water instead of diet pop. I was about 173 pounds after the 4th of July and as of Monday I was down to 157. I think when I got married I weighed around 145. I think I’ll get there. I ran (and walked) 7 miles today in 70 minutes plus did about 10 minutes of stair stepper. I have impeccable timing as far as motivation goes because of the Olympics—I’m just dying to work out. I LOVE WATCHING THE OLYMPICS!!! The thing that got me going was a 6 week weight loss challenge through the City of Idaho Falls, but run by Herbalife distributor Deon Brady. She’s in amazing shape and has been inspiring, but I think the reason I’ve been diligent in eating better and working out is the accountability of weighing in on Mondays AND the fact I’d like to win the challenge. I am committed. I haven’t been since I had Shay, and it feels good. I think it has impacted me more than I’ve realized. There is something to be said for self-actualization. Life is one indivisible whole! When I don’t feel good physically, I am not at my best emotionally, spiritually, mentally, and socially. I don’t know if it impacts everyone the same, but since I know what it’s like to be in shape it’s really hard not to be.
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