Happy Birthday to all Us Virgos!

Happy Birthday Dad, Trent, Tristin, Madisyn, Shirley, and me! And another year bites the dust!

Big Events This Week!

SO the past couple of weeks have been insane! Lots of getting ready for school, PTA stuff, and work picking back up. My baby started 1st grade this week and Austin started junior high! Can you believe that? Very Traumatic! I was very nervous about the junior high thing and I think because of that I wasn't as sad as I thought about london going to all day school. I get tons more done without having to run back and forth to pick up a kindergartener.

London had a BIG event- she lost her very first tooth and she was soo excited she wanted me to call everyone we know and tell them. She loves all day school and is busy chasing boys at recess again which makes her very happy! She is working on her cart wheel and she is getting pretty good at it.

Braden started football, which he absolutely loves. This year they only have 16 on their team so he plays the whole game which can be tough when it is 100 degrees, but he loves it! He is playing defensive nose tackle and offensive tackle. He was pretty excited to start 4th grade because now he is included with the older kids and not the younger kids.

Austin played in the striker cup which I barely got to see because I was helping with PTA and back to school stuff, but they did okay. They were tied for second to go to the championship but we were 1 goal short so the other team went. He was pretty disappointed, but then all the junior high stuff started and he quickly shifted gears. He came home the first day and said, "I'm not going to lie, it was scary, but it was a lot better than I thought." I had to laugh because I was worried about him getting picked on or stuffed in a locker cuz he is so small, but he said there are way more short people and the tall people can't make fun of them all. He also tested out of pre-algebra so he totally skips it and goes straight to algebra as a 7th grader! How crazy is that? I didn't take algebra til highschool. He is getting a big head cuz he also got the highest score in his reading class for vocabulary. He is a smarty pants and thats good cuz he can support me and Chad in our old age!

Chad is as crazy as ever! He is coaching comp soccer for Austin still, and coaching london's ayso team, and helping coach Braden's football team, and playing on 2 indoor teams, and oh ya he works 60 hours a week! He walks around in a permanent state of exhaustion.

I was inspired by all you runners so me and my friend Chandra and my little sister Robyn decided to run a 5K. None of us are athletes mind you so this was a big deal for us (I'll post pictures later- or check Chandra's blog). Robyn and I finished in the 35 minutes some odd second range (ok she beat me by 10 seconds but I'll kick her trash later!) and then we went back and finished with Chandra at about 38 min. We were pretty excited about our times because we had stayed at a hotel and went to the hot tub, stayed up til 1:30am (we got about 4hrs sleep) and we forgot to drink or bring water before we ran. Yes, we are not athletes. I have also been knee deep in school t-shirts thanks to my good friends Chandra and Judy for getting me more involved with PTA. I was on the board for 3 years at our old school and Chad made me take a break when we first moved here. PTA is one of those things that once you get sucked in, you are in forever! I have been working and taking care of the new puppy which is a lot of work. Anyone want a cute puppy- I'll sell her cheap! Just Kidding!
(P.S. I found a picture online of us finishing our 5K at Sugarhouse Park- I am behind Chandra and Robyn (in the blue hat), but remember this is the second time I finished and I'm old I can't sprint!)

Our Football MVP- Braden!