Time Flies!

Wow, this year is flying by. The new school year has started. Ty is a Jr. at Liberty High School, Makay an 8th grader at Fruitvale, and Kait a 6th grader. This summer was packed full. To start with Makay and I went to National History Day Competition at the University of Maryland. This was a awesome trip. We first went to Pittsburgh to meet Ed Reis, a great resource on Makay's project, we spent 1 day there before heading to Washington DC. We were there for 7 days. We saw most of the monuments and would like to go back. Makay placed 12th in the Nation for his project, we are so proud of him and all his hard work. Makay also went to scout camp and he had a blast. Ty climbed Mt. Whitney this year with the YM from our stake. Kait turned 12 and was able to go to YW girl's camp. She had so much fun. Ty also ran in his first 5k and has ran in another one, he does well in them even though he claims to hate running. Both boys are playing soccer. Makay is playing on South Valley Thunder as well as for AYSO. Ty is also playing AYSO, after taking a break for a few years. Kait is still cheering and loves it. This next school year will be busy again, Makay is working on his History Day project already and is hoping to go back to DC.

Wow! Time is just flying by. January was crazy for us. Makay had his birthday, Kait broke her foot, well she had a stress fracture, and Ty started swimming. Kait was put in a black boot. She was not very happy about that and even had to miss the first cheer competition of the season for Dolphins. She got the boot off on Feb.5th and was able to compete in the competition on Feb.6th. However she could not tumble, she had to just hide. She was so excited to be there and compete she was not too upset about that. Makay is working very hard to get his history day project finished and ready for March 6th. Ty is getting ready for the start of swim season, his first meet is Feb. 27th.

Happy Birthday Makay!

Makay turns 13 today! It seems like only yesterday he was only a little boy. He is growing so quick and becoming a great young man. He loves to be around his friends and loves to make people laugh. He loves soccer and is involved in history day which he loves. Life with Makay is never boring and we can hardly wait to see what this year brings.

History Day Again!

Makay is hard at work getting ready for history day. County is on March 6th so we are really busy with getting everything ready. He is hoping to make it to Nationals this year. Maybe 3rd time is a charm.

New Year!

To start the new year off Makay had a soccer tournament. We headed to Visalia for the 2 day tournament. Liberty United played well, the first day they won and lost. The second day they lost their first game. So they would be playing for 3rd. The game started late and seemed to go on forever. It ended in a tie so they had to play 2 5 minute halves. Makay had been trying all weekend to get a header into the goal but no matter how high he jumped in was just a hair short. Finally he got a chance and he jumped and nailed the ball into the goal. Liberty was up but they still had to play another 5 minutes. Makay who was a forward decided to play defense just to make sure his goal was the winning goal. Liberty won 2-1 in overtime. Good games all weekend!

Christmas!

Ty on guitar
Makay on drums
The kids had a great Christmas. The boys both got the phones they wanted. Kait got a new digital camera that is purple. The family got rock band and Beatles Rock Band so we have had lots of fun with that.