Family Pics

It has been so long since we had some family pics taken and my mom has been asking for some so I finally had some taken. (Thanks Ash) I really need to start working on this early in the fall even though we are full blown into football!

The boys are off on Christmas Break and we are loving it!! We stay up late every night and sleep in every morning!! And NO HOMEWORK!!! HAHA We already had Grandma Cheryl out to visit and we had a fun Christmas with her. Tomorrow we have Jeff's family all coming into town and I'm sure we will have an awesome weekend with them, like we always do! We have friends from California coming in next week, we will be going to a bunch of movies next week too and then we are all looking forward to a very fun New Year's Eve with good friends! We hope you all have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New year!

Thanksgiving and Football!!!

Thanksgiving 2010 in our DEMONS shirts!!
The Demons receiving their 6 foot trophy!!!
The DEMONS!!!
After their last game...they WON!!!
In the huddle! Tyler is #40
Coach Nunley giving Tyler the plays to take out to the huddle
Kick off...Tyler is #40
Thanksgiving Dinner
Someone took my camera...Ashley!!
Some of the boys!!
Coach Erikson carving the turkey!

Once again this year, we headed to Vegas for a Thanksgiving Football Tournament! We started this tradition last year and had a blast!!! And once again, we loved it in 2010!!! We stayed at a place that one of our coaches found online! It was a resort (timeshare) place. We each had a one bedroom with a small kitchen in it which saved tons of money cause we didn't have to go out to eat every single meal!! We all brought tons of food so that all our kids could do their normal, eat every hour routine!!! For Thanksgiving last year we all went out to eat and spent way too much money for what we got! So, with the kitchens this year we had we thought, "We can make Thanksgiving dinner!!!" It was so cool and yummy! We had turkeys in roasters, veggies, potatoes, desserts and much, much more!! At the resort, we found a banquet room up on the 10th floor that we took over with all 35 of us!! We felt very important!!! It was an awesome day filled with football family and great friends!!! The day didn't end for me for a VERY long time!!! A few of us moms headed over to Old Navy after we ate since they opened on Thanksgiving. Then, we went back to the hotel, rested for about an hour and then my friend Ashley and I hit the road about midnight and stayed out shopping until 8am!!! We got great deals but we were BEAT all day Friday!!! Overall, our 5 days of hanging out with friends, watching football and shopping was fabulous!!! And to top it all off, Tyler's team, The Demons, came home with another 6 foot trophy!! This is the 3rd this team has won over the last 2 seasons of football. Congrats Tyler and Ryan and Jacob too!! We all had a great football season! I love watching the boys play all sports but football is my favorite!!! Ok, well baseball is fun too!! Here are some pics of our fun weekend!!

Football Championships!

Tyler, Kaeson and Bo before the game
Some of Tyler's teamates before the Championship game!
Me, Katelin and Tia - we have team spirit!!!
The Championship Game
The Championship Game

Tyler's team made it to the Championship Football Game!! They are such awesome boys! Many of them have been playing together since 3rd grade! (They are now 6th graders) We didn't win this final regular season game but they played hard. It's always up in the air when it comes to playing Virgin Valley!!! But, now we are done with that on to the first of 2 tournaments! This weekend we go to Mesquite, NV for 3 days for a Youth Football Invitational. All 3 of my boys are playing in this tournament. Then we come home Sunday and head out again on Tuesday for a Thanksgiving Day tournament in Las Vegas, NV for 5 days!! Tournaments are so much fun and all the boys are looking forward to an awesome 2 weeks of MORE football!!! Then...we start basketball!!! I can't even think about that yet!!!

Back to School and Football!!!

Summer is over!!! I can't believe how fast this summer went by! We were busy the whole time and have made some fun memories but I can't remember the summer going by so fast before like it did this year!! The boys were pretty excited to start school. The only thing they didn't like was not being able to stay up till 11 or midnight and not sleeping in till 9 or 10am!!! I agree with them on that one!!! Tyler was super excited to start 6th grade. Here in Utah, they start intermediate school in 6th grade which means they start having 6 teachers instead of just 1!! He was a little nervous, hoping to make it to each class and remember where they all were and so far so good!! And he likes his classes too!! Ryan started 4th grade!! I can't believe he only has 2 more years in elementary school!! My kids are growing up way too fast!!! He loves his teacher too and is so excited to get working! Jacob is now in 2nd grade and thinks his teacher is way cool! She is perfect for Jacob and I think it will be a great year!! Football also began the same week school did!!! All 3 boys are playing this year, so ask me at the end of the season how that went!! Practices aren't that bad cause I have some awesome friends and we carpool to 2nd, 4th and 6th grade practices. I would probably go through a tank of gas a day if we didn't do that!!! When games start September 11th every Saturday we will be watching 3 football games so that day might be a little different...I told Jeff, we will get out the big cooler every Saturday morning, fill it up with drinks and food and head out for the day!!! I am really hoping that we don't have too many overlapping games, I wonder how lucky I will be on that one!!! So, our lives are once again extremely busy, but what household with 3 boys isn't??? Just normal to us!!! And, I did fit in dinner at home for 3 of the last 4 football nights...LOVE MY CROCKPOT!!! HAHA

Grand Canyon, North Rim!!

Our family at the North Rim Grand Canyon
The boys!
My 3 Boys!
It was so beautiful here!!
One of the small walkways we walked across!
Tyler and Me!
Jacob loved it here!
Jeff, Tyler and Ryan looking out over one of the lookouts!

Jeff and Ryan
Ryan
Jacob was not happy cause I wouldn't go all the way to the edge...Yeah right buddy!!!
Grandma and Ryan

My mom came to visit us for a week and we thought what a fun time it would be to drive out to the Grand Canyon and see the North Rim! It was so fun!! The North Rim isn't as popular as the south rim but it is still sooo beautiful!!! I had a few times that my anxiety kicked in with the heights and when my kids get near the edge, I get the worse pain in my stomach but we all made it out alive and had an awesome time!!! HAHA

Fun in California

In Pacific Beach, CA
Eating dinner at Pacific Beach, CA
Ryan taking my picture after sitting on the beach all day!
Ryan being silly!
Playing at the beach in Corona Del Mar
Corona Del Mar was very full!! The weather was so nice!
Ryan and Jordyn being covered in sand by Uncle Matt
Jacob having fun with the boogie board
On our way to see kyle play baseball in orange county
Resting for a few in Darlene's
Swimming at Darlene's
Swimming at Darlene's
Ryan doing an awesome dive in Riverside

Jacob got to go have a week with grandma at her house so while he was gone, Jeff and Tyler were at scout camp. That left Ryan and I at home...we had fun doing a few things by ourselves and then we headed out to California to pick up Jacob. We had fun seeing family and friends! We were either in a swimming pool or at the beach the WHOLE time!!! LOL