sports recap

It was a little quieter on the sports-front this week. McKayla and Chandler each only had one game.

RHS had their final regular-season game on Tuesday against their biggest rival, Bingham High. McKayla got to start varsity and played the entire 80 minutes. RHS won 1-0 thus making them Region Champs (for the 2nd year in a row)!


On Friday McKayla's RHS cross-country team did not fare so well. It was the Region Cross-country Championships and Riverton girls' took 5th. That means they did not qualify for state as a team. McKayla, however, did qualify on an individual basis by virtue of finishing in the top 10. State championships are Oct. 19th and we're certainly hoping for warmer weather than at the regional meet.

After watching McKayla's cross-country meet on Friday, we headed to Salt Lake Community College to watch Brakston's Utah Valley University team face them. That game ended in a 1-1 tie.

Chandler's soccer team had a game on Saturday. His team has only won one game this season. They are at the bottom of their division and were facing the number 2 team in the division. I expected a rout. However, Chandler's team played great and the game ended in a 2-2 tie (with Chandler scoring one of those goals). It was nice to see his team finally improving.

We ended the sports week by watching the BYU-San Jose State football game. Yea! A win for BYU!

coming up roses...

You know it's going to be a GREAT day when...

*you sleep in until 4:30 am (only 20 minutes before the alarm was set to go off instead of the 2 hours before that you've been waking up for the past 11 days)

*none of your children have school so you have plenty of time to make them one of their favorite breakfasts (and the added bonus of not having to make them a sack lunch)

*the temperature is cool enough that you can really enjoy your run

*you have fun plans for the day (including Itty Bitty Salt Lake City, watching McKayla run cross-country, watching Brakston play soccer) and NONE of those things are at the same time (meaning that for a WHOLE day you don't need to be in 2 or 3 places at the same time - I am NEVER good at that)

*it is your favorite (and only) husband's birthday - HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KEVIN! I love you!

Life's a Peach!

Over the weekend I bought 80 pounds of peaches. On Monday, Tuesday, and today I managed to freeze 20 pounds each day.

I used some to make a peach crisp and we ate the rest (my family LOVES their fruits)!

I thought about making peach cobbler for the teacher dinner tonight but I just can't face one more peach! (except to eat, of course! One can never get sick of fresh, juicy, sweet peaches!)

And I will enjoy peach smoothies all winter long!

missing "MY" kids

It is amazing how fast I can get attached to people!

I have subbed for one of the teachers at Riverton Seminary for 11 school days. Since RHS follows an A/B schedule, it means I had one set of classes 6 days and the other set 5 days. I really LOVED my classes! After that many days, I started feeling like they were MY students. After all, school has only been in for 25 days and I had them for 11 of them - almost as many as their regular teacher.

Today was my first day back at home and while I enjoyed it, I really missed many of the students that I've grown so attached to.

Maybe it's because instead of the creative energy needed for teaching, I spent the day in the mindless task of blanching, peeling, pitting, and freezing 20+ pounds of peaches. Peaches or people? Is it any contest?

I want my peeps!

conference to-do

I have been subbing for seminary for the past 2 1/2 weeks. I gave all of my students (yes, after 2 weeks, they are MY students) an assignment. They were to listen to conference and report back with something they plan to DO as a result of conference.

For me, the choice was easy.

When President Monson stood to announce the new temples and then reported that there are still those who can't afford to travel to the temples, it honestly made me cry. I love the temple so much that I feel so badly for those who don't have the blessing of attending frequently let alone not even able to attend once.

Therefore, I was excited to hear about the General Temple Patron Assistance Fund.

What will I DO as a result of conference?

I will be donating an extra tithe of my earnings every time I substitute seminary to the General Temple Patron Assistance Fund. I hope and pray someone's life is blessed by being able to obtain the magnificent blessings of the temple. I honestly can NOT imagine my life without the fruits of regular temple attendance.

all sports, ALL the time

Another active week.

McKayla had high school soccer games on Tuesday and Thursday. She played 40 minutes of Varsity on Tuesday and then 60 minutes of Varsity on Thursday. Her team won both of those games. McKayla is the one in the purple getting sandwiched.


Shanley had dance on Monday and Wednesday.

The kids and I (including Brakston and Whitney) all went to the Real Salt Lake (pro) soccer game on Wednesday night. They lost but we enjoyed ourselves.

McKayla had a cross-country invitational on Friday (so she skipped soccer practice). She won! That was pretty exciting. She beat the next fastest runner by 20 seconds.

Here they are with their medals lined up in the order of finish (McKayla is on the far left).


In addition, the RHS girls won the team title as well! Shown left to right with their overall placing is Breeann (3rd), Alli (6th), McKayla (1st), Erin (13th), Marci (33rd), and Courtney (8th).


Chandler had soccer games on Friday and Saturday nights. His team lost on Friday but he had an assist. His team also lost on Saturday but he scored a goal.

Brakston had a soccer game Friday night. His UVU (Utah Valley University) team lost to the University of Utah team by 2-3. He had some amazing saves (he is the keeper)!

Kevin and I just did LOTS of running.

Resolution Check-Up

It's time for my monthly day of accountability regarding my New Year's Resolutions. Do these months fly by or what?

Lose Weight - I am down 1 pound. Certainly not one would hope for. The killer for me was the 27 hours we spent in Spokane. How is it possible to gain 4 pounds in a single day? Yes, I know, I ate out every single meal (4 of them) and I didn't get even a minute of real exercise but still....

Read Jesus the Christ - COMPLETE! Yea!

Climb Mt. Timpanogos - My plan was to get this done by the end of September. However, I spent 12 of the weekdays teaching seminary full-time. I am teaching this coming Monday and then am cooking dinner for 100 teachers so next week is out. I am truly hoping that good weather holds through the 2nd week of October.

Run Ragnar - At this time in 3 weeks, I should be able to mark this one as complete. We've held a team meeting and I got to meet most of my team members. I have done a couple days of multiple runs (including a 9.5 mile run this morning followed by a 3 mile run that I'll do in an hour). I have done some hill work - I actually ran the 3.6 miles up Suncrest (and then back down). It killed me but I DID IT! Now if I can just stay well-rested and well-hydrated.

Write My Grandma's Life History - No progress this month.

Do family search indexing - I did do some indexing but am not sure how many names.

Attend 5 Temples that I've Never Been to Before - Got one! We went to the Spokane Temple while we were there for Brakston and Whitney's open house in her hometown.

Overall - progressing