Thursday, August 28, 2008

my girls

My friend Lisa took some AMAZING pictures of the girls the other day at Pineview. I am still in awe. No one has to tell me they're cute girls, I know tHaT, but DANG! Look at these pictures!!!



These ones are straight out of the camera. Lisa's going to play around with them on Photoshop, I'm excited to see what she does with them!

Havi














Teah














Sunday, August 24, 2008

Ouch!

This is what should have headlined today's front page of the Standard Examiner sports section:

WILDCATS YOUNG AND OLD(ER)

Saturday night the Wildcat volleyball team of Weber State University started their 2008 season with an exhibition opener against what could have been their toughest opponent of the year. :) Coach Al Given's squad of fresh talent lost the first game to the older talent, but came back to take the match 3-1. This may be the only game all year where Givens could be heard telling the opposing team "Nice swing!" or "Great hustle!" or "Good up!" while calling them by name in the middle of a rally. After all, it would be hard for a coach not to applaud the efforts of his former players, even if they are the opposing team. This Alumni team will, sadly, only play this one game all season, but it was an exciting event nonetheless. The Alumni may be old school, but they can still block, dig, swing and play!

photo courtesy of April's blog, thanks April!

My knee never used to hurt like this. Did I really have bruises all over my body like this? Can a couple years really make this big of a difference with how my body feels? I mean really. It was only one match. Four games. We used to do TRIPLE days for crying out loud! Oh well, it was a great night. I got to play with some of my favorite friends, there was a fun crowd, officials, even an announcer. It was just like being back in the glory days...

...but then I came home and heard a little voice say "Mommy, will you lay by me?". So I laid next to my beautiful four year old. She rolled over to put her cute little arm around me and whispered in my ear, "Mommy, I still love you even when you smell gross". This is the life.


Monday, August 11, 2008

Caterpillars make the best pets!




For Havi's Birthday last month, Kelsy gave her this butterfly kit, and it was the coolest thing! The caterpillars came in the mail in a container and the instructions were basically: don't touch, don't open, don't feed, just watch. My kind of pet! Once they went into their chrysalid we transfered them into this net and watched them turn into butterflies, then let them go. The girls both loved them, Havi told the 'pilars' good night every night, and as you can see in the video, she liked to talk to the butterflies. It was such a cool gift, thanks Kelsy!

I heart LeRoy

Married 8 years!!!
years 1-4: college roommates, such fun times!
years 4-8: learning how to be parents
years 8+: can't wait to see what life brings!


photo by Teah