Jonah's Birthday Party

Last Wednesday afternoon we had a birthday party for Jonah. We had a sports theme. The boys had a slam dunk contest and a one-on-one contest. Scott moved the trampoline onto the basketball court so the boys could dunk. We had our pitching machine out to do pop flies with tennis balls for the boys to catch. We had baseball games and football activities planned but the had so much fun with basketball we didn't have time to do everything. Each of the boys had two cupcakes and a candle to blow out after we sang Happy Birthday to Jonah. The weather was perfect and all his friends showed up!

City League Basketball

Scott coached Jonah and Noah's city basketball teams. Noah's league was easier than the traveling team games. Noah's team, the Suns, went undefeated and usually beat the other teams by 20 plus points. Noah and his friend Jayce were on the same team and they were the 5th graders on the 6th grade traveling team. Noah is a good point guard and is able to score and assist on the fast breaks. Noah's team is coed and everyone has to play at least half of the game. It was fun. Jonah's league doesn't keep score. It is for 3rd and 4th graders. There is a ref but he is there to make sure no one gets too hurt. No double dribbling or traveling is called so kids walk all over the court. Jonah is the best guard in the league, he never travels or double dribbles. He was our leading scorer. Now baseball starts and Scott is making a leap to help coach in the major leagues. Luckily Noah and Jonah get to be on the same team! Ezra starts pitching machine. Scott and I put up our batting cage on Friday to get ready for his team to have batting practice at our house. It took 4 hours to set up!

Jonah's Blue and Gold Banquet

Jonah and Scott made a cake that looked like a kite for his Cub Scout banquet. Jonah received his Wolf badge. The new stake cubmaster asked two men to hold him upside down so I could pin on his badge then he had to do a good deed to turn it the right way. When I did cubs we turned the boys when they received their bobcat but Jonah loved it anyway. We had a lot of fun as a family and the boys ate lots of cake!

February Birthdays and Temple

Esther and Mallory at Sweet Tomatoes for our Valentine dinner!

We had a little cake and ice cream to celebrate Scott, Ezra and Nicole's birthdays on Feb. 12 because we were all going different directions for President's Day weekend. I gave Scott and the boys tickets to the All-Star Jam in Phoenix for his birthday. They drove down Friday morning and came home Saturday night. They had a blast and if I ever figure out how to get pics from a cell phone onto my computer I will post some pics. They did all different skills competition, Bump, half court shots, and games. They loved their hotel that had a glass elevator and 13 stories. Hannah was going with the YW to visit the Draper Temple Open House for the weekend. Esther and I were going to have a nice quiet weekend. Hannah's YW pres. called me Wed. needing help transporting kids up to Draper. We had gone throught the Draper temple open house as a family in January and our kids loved going. So Esther and I got to drive YW up on Friday afternoon and we stayed with Scott's mom, who also lives in Draper. We went to the temple open house. The temple is beautiful and peaceful the YW/YM had such a good experience. It was a great weekend and I am thankful we were able to go. Hannah has great YW leaders. What a blessing to have more temples built, the brochure that they handed out was very informative about every room in the temple. I am so lucky to have great in-laws that I can hang out with and have fun.

Jonah's Play

Jonah's 3rd grade class put on a reader's theater for their parents. Jonah was the troll. He used Scott's scary mask and used a raspy voice. He enjoys being in the spotlight. Scott, Esther and I went to the school and pulled out Noah and Ezra from their classes so Jonah had the biggest group of fans. Esther hates that mask and would not watch the entire performance! We told her Jonah was going to be wearing it and she thought she would be okay but when we walked in the classroom, she grabbed my neck and would not turn around or let go!

Ezra's 7th Birthday Party

We had a fun bowling party for Ezra and 8 friends. They are so funny. The boys love to wrestle and run so after 45 minutes at the bowling alley we went home and let them run around the backyard. I had games and activities planned but they were content to play tag and football. Boys are great!

Noah's Basketball Team

Noah tried out and made the 6th grade basketball team. Noah and his friend Jayce are the only 5th graders on the team. This week they had their first home game, yeah! The month of December all their games were away and since we live in Page that means traveling 1-2 hours for each game. Jonah and Scott only missed one away game, they went to Kayenta 3 times, Shonto, Navajo Mountain, and Tuba City. Everyone except Hannah went to Noah's game in Cameron, we ate at the restaurant after the game, it has the best Navajo tacos and fry bread we have ever had! We drove home in a blizzard. Scott has stories of his coaches almost going off the road in snow. Noah is following his dad's footsteps. We like taking Noah home in our suburban because the coach doesn't always have seat belts for everyone! Everything runs on rez time and his schedule changes at least twice a week but he has had fun and we love watching him play. Noah has scored a basket in every game and wants to keep up his streak.