So it's been a while

You know sometimes life just gets to busy and I don't have time to sit and play on the computer. Then I forget how to even post. I should do better. There are days when I wonder where my days went.

So much has happened I don't even know where to start.

We (Kirk, Justin and I) had a wonderful time on Trek. We wouldn't trade those memories for anything. I would in courage anyone who gets the chance to go.

We also had the month of July, new puppies. Our dog Ginger had 5 puppies. One didn't make it through the night and another died after a long week of trying to nurse it back to health. But we had fun with the 3 puppies that did live. They are so cute and they were fun, but for me... I'm glad they all have new homes.

The kids all started school in Aug. Justin is a Soph. at Riverton, Jared is in 7th grade and Krista is in third. They are all doing very good.

Justin is still playing comp. soccer, and basketball and would love to put in a round or two of golf if he had time. He's playing now on 2 comp. teams which means soccer everyday and sometimes twice a day. He usually has 3 or 4 games a week.

Jared is doing his rock climbing and loving it. He's loving jr. high and all the girls.
Krista has had some excitement in her young life, just after her 9th birthday, she called from school with a tummy ache. It turned out to be appendicitis. She spent a day in the hospital and we were just about ready to leave when she threw up all over, so they sent us back to the room.
We went to both temple open houses, we're not in either on their boundries, although we do live closer to the Oquiah Mountain one. We love being able to see them from different spots in out home.

The boys both did a triathlon in Kamas. It was in Sept. Justin placed 2nd in his group which was 14 to 19. Jared took first in his age group which was the 10-13 year olds. They both did really good and had fun doing it. Krista says she's going to try it next time.

So, I think that sums up my life. We are always doing something, which makes it hard to get to the blog some days. I should do better. It's fun to read others blogs and see the happenings in their lives, I know they can't be any busier then I am and they seem to find the time to blog. I guess I should just find the time. So, until the next time. Have a good fall.

Happy 4th of July!

It's been so long I don't even know where to start or what we've done. It's amazing how time can fly by so quickly and I don't even know it.

The kids have all finished school and now it summertime!

We have season passes to Seven Peaks, so we are trying to use them at least once a week. So far so good. We wondered with the weather there for a while if we would be able to use them at all.

Some people don't like surprises, but I do. Mom could even get me to wrap my own Christmas presents and I won't know what was in the box and I didn't like to look because that would ruin the surprise Christmas morning. So knowing that I liked surprises; Kirk had a surprise B-day for me; he thought it would be great since I was turning that big "40", it was great to see friends I hadn't seen for a long time. He did good at finding friends. He had friends I tought school with, friends I grew up with, friends from college, and friends in my neighborhood. Great time! He had arranged for everyone to meet at a restruant and then we came later and they yelled surprise. I was surprised at how many people were there. Mom and Dad even came up which was a surprise since they had just been up on the weekend. Thanks for the work and remembering.

I also go the chance to go to Wicked in S.F. with my friend. That was a lot of fun too! We flew down on Tues. morning, walked around the warf, out to Golden Gate Bridge, got some chocolate, did all the sight seeing things you do, then got ready for the play Tues. night, spent the night at the condo and flew home Wed. before the kids were out of school. I was a quick trip but so fun.

We spent one weekend in June camping with my family, it was fun. We went out to Lehman's Cave's. It was a long drive, but the caves were cool and we had a great time with our cousins and Grandpa and Grandma.

The next weekend we went to Colorado for a soccer tournament, we stayed with our friends the Olsen's. That was fun! We hadn't seen them in a long time and the kids had fun playing and hanging out with them. The soccer team didn't do to well in the tournament, but we had fun with our friends.

We've hit LaGoon once this summer too. We told Krista she was to big to go on the little rides; she would have to go a the big ones. She went on all the rides the boys did, some she didn't like and some she wanted to do again. The Samari was one she didn't like. The WildMouse she went on 6 or 7 times. Crazy girl.

Over the 4th of July we had our Phillips Family Campout. We went to Current Creek, it was beautiful, hot, relaxing, exciting, fun; you name it. We did a little 4-wheelin', a little boatin', a lot of eattin' and playin'. We missed those in the family that couldn't come up.

Jared goes to Scout camp next week; Kirk, Justin and I go on Trek the next week; We have family coming up for the 24th of July; and Friends coming in from Virginia the end of the month. Busy month but always good.

Days gone by

I'm not even sure what to title this, it's going to be a quick run down of days gone by. That's it! I'll title it Day's gone by.
Soccer season ended and life settled down for about a day. May came and went as fast as the other months and now it's June.
Krista had her final Choir Concert, Jared's climbing team went on a weekend climb, and Justin finished high school soccer by lettering. It was a great month. Jared also turned 12 and that was exciting too.
Memorial weekend we went camping with our friends. We hadn't really had the trailer out and knew this would be a great weekend to join the rest of the world in camping. We loaded up the trailer and put the dune buggy in the back of the truck and took off. We ended up at Scofield Res. it was fun, a little wet at times but fun. We got there a little later then we wanted, and as they were taking the dune buggy out of the back of the truck, the back end hit the back window and shattered it. Not much we could do about it now, let's not let it ruin our outting. We ended up not being able to ride where we were camping so we put it back in the truck and on Sat. we went to find a place to ride. It was a little wet on Sat. and not very warm, but we found a place we could ride and had a great time. Our friends had their 2 4-wheelers and we had the buggy so most everyone got to ride. As we were backing the buggy into the truck to leave, the buggy died and wouldn't start, it wouldn't even move. Don't know how, but the shaft ended up breaking. We were just glad it broke by the ramp of the truck rather then out on the trail somewhere. So with the help of some wonderful neighbors, we loaded it back into the truck. We back to the trailer hooked up and came home. We decided we didn't need another thing happening to us while camping. But the trailer was great. Can't wait to go again, after we get the window fixed.
Memorial day we went to Morgan (Porterville) and cleaned up the graves and had a picnic at the park. I made my family stop by my long time friend (Ande Andrus) house so I could visit with her. It's was fun to see my friend I hadn't seen in a really long time.
I also started Krista's room after much begging and wanting the red and white stiped wallpaper with sports all over it down. I don't know why she didn't like the sports idea in her room, but we took the paper off the wall and painted her room for her. It's almost put back together now.

Where did April go?

According to the weather, I think its still late Feb. early March. Not the end of April first of May.
We sat at Justin's soccer game last night and about froze to death. It was so cold and so windy, it made it hard to enjoy the game. Justin did score the first goal which was very exciting. We play Bingham tomorrow, Go SILVERWOLVES!
Jared has joined a rock climbing team and had his first competition of Sat. It was fun to watch. I now have a new respect for rock climbers. What a lot of muscle that requires. He did very good for never doing anything like that before. He's like a little spider on the wall. He just climbs right up. I guess it pays to be small in this case.
We had a fun Easter, Cold, but fun. Mom and dad came up and pulled a new trailer up we bought from down there. We are excited to use it now. The kids were so excited that Fri. night when Grandp and Kirk got it into the back yard, they decided to sleep in it.
While reading a friends blog, I noticed she was doing a give a way.
Michele Ashman Bell is doing a give away on her blog. It's really fun to see what she's doing each week. Michele is from St. George and has written a ton of books. I've read most of them and can't wait for the next one the come out. She written some pre-teen books too. My kids loved the spy hunt series. We read them one summer while we would travel in the car to and from St. George. If you want in on a fun contest check out her site. I've tried to add it to my list on the side.
Well, May will be here before you know it. Jared will be turning 12, school will be getting out, and hopefully the weather will be warming up just a little.
I will try to get some pictures posted of soccer and rock climbing.

March

By looking out the window, you would never guess that in two days it will be April.

So much has happened in March I'm not even sure where to start.

Let's start at the very beginning.

March 2,3,4 were high school soccer tryouts for Justin. He made the cut each night and then the coach said there were just to many good players he would need to see them all one more time. SO... on the 5th we went back to the soccer field to show the coach what he had. According to Ryan (his club coach) he would make the team no problem.
Well, everyone can't make the team and Justin was one of them. We were all shocked when his name didn't appear on the list. Justin was tough and didn't say much, just buried himself into his book. I could tell he was very hurt and my heart ached for him. I called Ryan to ask what to do with him all spring. He was as shocked as we were that he didn't make the team. It was a long Thurs. night at our house.

Fri. while I was doing some subbing at the middle school, I got a call to have Justin at the field ready to play, the coach wanted to see him one more time. After he offered a spot to Justin on the JV team. Congrats to Justin! I guess a few parents of other players, and former high school players who knew of Justin called or emailed the coach and told him what a mistake he was making. It's all good, thanks to our USA soccer family. As you can tell, March has been a lot of soccer.

We also had a big birthday bash for Kirk's dad. Grandpa Phillips turned 93! He's doing awesome, he lives by himself still and is getting around a ton better. The toes that were giving him so much trouble a year ago are finally better.

While the kids were off track, we checked Justin out of school and went on a long awaited family vacation. 22 months ago I booked a condo in Hawaii. The 22 months seemed to go by slow, but they finally past and on March 17th we flew to the big island of Hawaii. When we landed Krista said, "Mom, this is not what I thought Hawaii would be like." Mind you that when flying into Kona, it looks like your flying into St. George, just a little more black lava as far as the eye can see. You don't even see trees of any kind.

We spent Tues - Sat. at a condo closer to the North end of the island and then Sat - Tues. we moved condos and went to more of the south end.

We hiked to waterfalls, went to the market, spent a day at the volcano national park, a day or two the beaches, we did a Luau, tide pooling, Justin and Kirk did baptisms at the temple, we snorkeled, body surfed, we saw dolphins, beautiful fish, and whales, most of all had a great time being together as family.

Now it's back to real life.

When we got back Kirk and I had tickets to a play with some friends, I usually make dinner for the kids and they stay home with Justin. Justin had a soccer game before we left so instead to making dinner I went to the game. I stopped by home to get Krista and Jared settled before Justin got home, Krista was getting her TV dinner ready, and things were okay. Justin would be home within 30 min. I guess while Justin was home showering, Jared decided to make Mc and Cheese. Jared has been making Mc and Cheese for some time now and does an awesome job. Krista decided to wash her dishes at the same time Jared was draining the Mc and cheese. You guessed it. Boiling water on arm. She has quite the burn. Jared felt bad, Justin helped Krista run cold water on it and she cried. They tried to call us, but we had shut the phone off. I felt terrible about not making them dinner and leaving it for them to do. Krista has been tough and has a nasty looking burn on her little arm.
Other adventures we done this month was selling our trailer. Yep, that trailer we spent all spring fixing up. It just wasn't for us. It was nice and roomy inside once it was up, but we had no place to store our camping stuff. We have stuff in the garage, in the shed, in the house, some in the trailer and when we went to use it, some of the stuff would be with us and some was not. We finally decided it was great for towing, (even I could do it,) and it was great for sleeping in (the beds were great) but it just wasn't right for our family. So on to KSL it went and to a new home. So that's our March; we can't wait to see what April brings, hopefully nice spring weather.

Frustration!

Okay, anyone reading my blog I need help. Notice it's all on the left side? Why? How did it do that and how do I change it back? I don't know what I did, I thought I was changing the background and adding a new post. This is what happens when you do it late at night. I should have just gone to bed. Someone HELP! I'm not the computer person at my house and the one that is, isn't home to help.

February

We had a fabulous February, both boys played basketball every Saturday. Justin had his first job; he got to referee Jr. Jazz games. WOW! getting paid to do something he loves, play.

Jared's sixth grade did the musical Suesical. Jared had a leading role in his class. He did so good, he's teacher said he needs to go into acting. I tried to get him to sign up for drama in 7th grade but he said no.

Justin also played indoor soccer (FUTSAL) every Fri. or Sat. Which he loved. His team was undefeated. There were days I think that's all he did. He would go to basketball practice in the morning, stay for school, go to High School soccer, then to club soccer, and then home to eat and off to young men's basketball practice. Play, Play, Play, It's a good thing he has lots of energy. When he crashes he crashes hard.

Pres. weekend Kirk, Jared and Krista went to a cabin up by Park City that Kirk's cousin had gotten. They had a great time playing in the snow and playing with a bunch of cousins.
Justin and I went to Phoenix to a soccer tournament. We had a great time too. It wasn't really hot, it was just good soccer weather. The team played great. They were undefeated, but didn't win the tournament. His coach calls him the energizer bunny. He thought that was alright. We stayed at my friends grandma's house close by the fields, it wasn't warm enough to swim, but Justin couldn't pass up the chance.





Krista was a great cheerleader with all the games she went to, she even wanted to do a mini cheer camp. So, we signed her up for the cheer camp that the high school was doing. She got to cheer during half time at one of the Riverton Basketball home games.

We also took the kids and went to the Draper Temple openhouse. It's very pretty and we can't wait to compare it to the other new temple opening up close to us.

What happened to January?

Not sure just where January went, but I know it's now February and I haven't had time to post any new pictures.
Kirk gave me a nice camera for Christmas that I'm learning to use. Hopefully, I'll be able to post some good pictures. I haven't downloaded any yet, but when I do; watch out.
January weekends were spent going to basketball games. It's so fun to watch your kids play, learn and grow. Justin has been playing for his Jr. High on the 9th grade team, Jared plays Jr. Jazz and Krista just gets to watch. She didn't want to play, which is fine; that would have made one more game. So sat. is pretty much basketball.
Other then that, we did choir with Krista and she wanted to try her skills at Cheerleading. The high school offered a mini cheer camp, so Krista and her friend yet. They got to cheer during half time at one of the high school games. She thought it was fun, and that's what matters. Pictures to come later.
We did make it to the Draper temple open house, which was very nice. The kids thought it was amazing.

Happy 2009!

It's 2009 and time to bring in the new year and set those goals you want to try to keep.
I decided not to make big goal; they never get accomplished, but to set little goals that maybe I can achieve. I haven't decided what they are going to be yet, but will make some soon.
We had a great Christmas, we spent Christmas day here at home with about a foot of new snow on the ground. We had to shovel that snow to get out of the driveway, the snow blower quit with the last big storm. We're waiting on a new engine for it. Hopefully that will be here before the next big storm.
Justin received a nice new indoor basketball with all the clothes he needs for the freshman team, and a nice new soccer ball.
Jared got his wish of a DS and a set of drums. Yes, I'm crazy, He's wanted to play the drums for a number of years now and I've put it off saying he had to play the piano first, well; after 3 piano teachers in the last year, we decided he could now play drums. He's played the piano for 3 1/2 years and ready to try something else.
Krista asked for an American girl doll and was happy to see one under the tree.
The day after christmas we made a quick trip down to St. George to try to get warm. It wasn't the warmest down there, but we had a good time. We took them a load of snow and left it on Grandpa's lawn.