I know, I know. It has been an embarrassing amount of time since my last post. So I'm here to let you know that we are alive and well. To be totally honest, life has been moving entirely too quickly!
I've been putting off writing because I have been overwhelmed with how much I need to catch up on. So I'm going to take the advice of my much wiser sister and just starting with now (and maybe a few past recollections).
We had a great summer. And then I took on the fall carnival at Lincoln Academy (where Brooklyn and Kobe go to school) Yep, I was in charge of the whole thing. Which is mainly why you didn't hear from me in August, September, or October. I will happily report that it was a huge success. We had higher attendance than ever before and made twice as much money as we needed to! I have to admit I was a little proud of myself.....
And then Brooklyn decided to try dance--which meant she had to quit gymnastics. (I just can't afford both, nor is there time) Yes, I was shocked too. I mean, this girl just got 4th place in the all-around at the state competition (and 3rd and 4th places on all the individual events)! But, she is my daughter, so obviously she is talented in more than one area.....(JUST KIDDING!) so I had to let her follow her heart. We found a dance studio we felt good about and jumped in. By the way, she is performing and the Festival of Trees on December 1. If you like to go to that event, this might be a good day to do it! I'll get some dance pictures to show off then.
I love the look on her face in this picture! I mean, here she is winning 4th in the all-around--which is very cool-- and she's mad that she didn't get to stand on the podium (as she did a few minutes before when she won 3rd on the beam).
Alex and Tia had a great cross country season. Alex would like everyone to know that he ran a 19:20 at the Cedar City meet. (He set a goal to go under 20 minutes this season) He might just beat grandpa pretty soon.
Tia is having a great time being a senior. She loves being on the ballroom dance team. And she is busy touring college campuses to see which one she wants to attend next year, and filling out scholarship stuff.
Kobe lives for soccer, as usual. He's playing indoor right now. Sorry-no pictures yet. But he scored 4 goals and got 3 assists in the last game. WOO HOO!
One more thing. Steve's grandma was going to turn 100 this December, but she died last week. She was a wonderful lady and we will miss her. The family was going to make a book of all her decendents as a birthday gift. Since I can't give the pages I made of my family to her I will post them here for everyone to enjoy. I'm rather proud of them, and the people in them.
