Congratulations!

Auriana received her YW Recognition award in Sacrament meeting today!

CHAMPIONS

Enoch's team took 2nd place, they lost only once ... in the championship game.  

Enoch scored 6 goals throughout the four games. 

Natalie's team took first place in the President's cup in Mesquite...

They won 5 games and tied one.

That means they will go on to regionals in California in June!! 

Natalie defended WELL and she scored a goal during the PK's of her semi-final game.

February 2014: by Becky

I have enjoyed a few trips to Salt Lake to visit baby Brooklyn!  Besides the sweetness of being with Brooklyn I have had the privilege of spending one on one time with someone different each day that I was there.    The first day Rachel came with me, she is so much fun to talk to, and we enjoyed holding, feeding, changing, and staring at Brooklyn all day long!  Ellie came with me the next time I went.  She had some new stitches in her nose from the removal of a cist and wasn’t too excited about going to school, so she came along and we had a fun day together.  We had lunch at the Ronald McDonald house and she really enjoyed the Brooklyn experience, as well as the pictures and paintings on all the walls and elevators.  She had never been in a hospital before.  She said she expected everything to be white!

  Miriam accompanied me the next time I went.  She didn’t think it was fair that Ellie got to go and not her, so she talked me into checking her out from school.  Jenny, Chad, and the kids all came in the afternoon that day, and Miriam had a blast in the playroom with them making silly putty and bracelets.  This last week when I went, I actually got to spend the day with Jenny!  It was fun for me to have her all to myself for a changeJ.  I am so amazed at how peacefully she and Chad handle everything.  It was so interesting to listen to their conversations with the surgeon and others handling Brooklyn that day.  Jenny and Chad keep themselves so very well informed and are doing such a wonderful job taking care of sweet Brooklyn!  She’s a blessed little girl.  We look forward to watching her grow and progress!

Other than that, we have just stayed busy with the same old routine of school and sporting events.  Isaac’s team is struggling to win, but he is getting more and more playing time, and he even got to play JV for a few minutes a couple of times.  Natalie’s team has only had a few wins as well, but Natalie took over as point guard to replace someone who was injured, and I think she did really great in that position.  Enoch’s team is undefeated and cocky, but Bjorn’s their coach and keeps the boys in check. J Miriam continues to be the top scorer on her team and loves to be involved.  Ellie was feeling left out of the basketball craze, so she started a basketball club called the Speedsters.  12 or so little girls joined the club and Natalie volunteered to teach them basketball skills at the church once a week for a while.  It has been a lot of fun!  I really love the routine and watching all the games, but Sundays are such a welcome change!

Isaac scored really well on the ACT Plan test for Sophomores, he actually got 100% on the reading section.  A lot of letters from colleges have suddenly been coming in the mail for him, and we suspect it’s because of those test results. Enoch and Natalie were both chosen to go to the district science fair coming up.  Enoch’s project was on bubbles and finding the best thing to add to bubble solution to make the bubbles last longer. He discovered it is corn syrup.  Natalie’s project was on how stress affects body temperature.  Auriana sang and competed (with three other girls) in the “Make Me Famous Utah” competition and she is excited that they get to move on to the next round which will be in March.  I haven’t heard the song yet, so I’m looking forward to her school concert this week, the Rock-a-palooza, where she will perform it again.  We are heading to St. George (and hopefully 70 degree weather) for soccer tournaments this weekend.   Enoch is playing in St. George and Natalie in Mesquite, so we will be split between locations some of the time, but we’re looking forward to some fun family time too.