Club V Season 2

It is so fun to watch Lauren play volleyball. It is one of my highlights of the spring season when she has tournaments. I love spending the day watching and cheering her and her team. She continues to do jump training and practices 4 days a week and tournaments each month. She loves the sport and it is so good for her, mentally and physically. I love to see my kids enjoy and excel in the things they love to do! I just had to post some fun favorite pics from this year!

Happy Easter!

Easter came so late this year it seemed like it took forever to get here! We haven't taken a family pic for a while so while we were all dressed up for church, we decided to take a moment and capture all of us.

Hawaii 2011

Phil and I had the chance to go to Maui again this year with the Coca-Cola group. It is always a lot of fun being a part of these trips and we feel blessed to have these incentives. We spent 5 days on the beautiful Ka'anapali shores and loved every minute of it!




The views were absolutely breathtaking!





We stayed at the beautiful Hyatt Regency Maui . It was an absolutely gorgeous resort!



They had the most beautiful gardens filled with all kinds of animals. I loved the flamingos, swans, and penguins.








We loved spending time at the pools just relaxing, reading, and visiting with friends.






These next two pictures were taken from our hotel room. We had a corner room with windows that looked out on one side to the golf course, and the other to the pools. The views were just amazing.




Phil had an opportunity to play golf at the Ka'anapali North course and the Kapalua course that was on the pro tour this year. I tagged along when he played Ka'anapali and loved the beautiful, lush course and just enjoyed taking pics of the scenery. I loved jogging along the golf course while we were there just to enjoy the beauty. It was amazing!






One morning we just sat on the beach watching these guys surf. They would run straight from the beach and ride a wave back in. They were really entertaining and fun to watch. How would it be to be a local and do that everyday? That would be the life!




We enjoyed a Hawaiian luau one evening. The food was delicious and the hula dancers were really fun to watch. I couldn't get a good picture of the fire dancer, but he was fantastic!



It was such a fun and relaxing trip! We loved every minute of it!

The Scarlet Pimpernel

OK, so when I heard the high school was doing the Scarlet Pimpernel for their musical this year, I was not excited. I'm not really into the guys wearing tights and knickers, but, oh my gosh! It was such an amazing show!!! I was so glad James got to be involved in it. The talent was absolutely fantastic this year and the show was SOOO GOOD!!! James was cast as the part of the sentry but a week before the show opened, he was changed to be Jessop, the butler (a better part). I had seen the show once before but didn't remember it that well, but it was such a fun story and the leads were amazing! Their talent was far better than high school standards. I am so thankful my son has had the opportunities to participate in these shows. Not only for him, but for me! I went to the show 8 times! It was that good! And my teenage girls were swooning over the cute and talented leads!

New Beginnings "Live Like You Believe" Marathon

We held our annual Young Women's New Beginnings last week. What a great event! My sweet friend, Jana, helped me put together the cutest activity! We chose to have a marathon theme and all the girls came in casual clothes and their running shoes. We started in the RS room and "introduced the runners" and the purpose of Young Womens. We had a special highlight on the girls turning 12 and entering YW, which happens to be my Natalie! It's crazy she's that old!





We then went to our 1st leg of the marathon and went down the hall to another room and had a lesson on our theme this year: the 13th article of faith. It was a darling lesson on the 13 different steps we need to take (along our marathon) through the 13th article of faith.





We then went to another room and had the 2nd leg of the race: endurance. We had a great talk about the importance of enduring and stretching and realizing our potentials and that we have to live like we believe to be able to reach our goals.




Then we went to another room and had leg 3: the aid station, The Savior. I had the opportunity to talk to the girls about how we all need help along our marathons and that's when we need to turn to our Savior.


We then wrapped back around the church to the finish line and the bishop spoke to the girls and wrapped up the evening.

We had water bottles, granola bars, and gogurts for dessert. It was such a great night and the spirit was really strong. I usually hate being in charge of big events like this, but it was so well put together that I was really excited to be a part of it! It was a wonderful experience and I hope it helped strengthen the girls' testimonies.

New Years Eve 2011

What a great New Years Eve party! Or should I say parties? James and his friends got dates and had a party upstairs while Phil and I and our friends did the same downstairs. Lauren was at a party with her friends and Natalie spent the evening with Mickey.
We enjoyed the evening with the Moores, Fujikawas, and Messers. We even had a surprise visit from Brian Messer and his girlfriend, Laura. There was lots of yummy food and great paninis, and LOTS of Rock Band! Rich brought over the rock band supplies and we had so much fun laughing and playing the different instruments and singing to the Beatles and great 80's bands. We finished out the night with Dick Clark's Rockin' Eve count down. It was a fun way to bring in the new year!