Happy Birthday Marci

                      Redfish Lake in Idaho.  Summer of 1990, Marci is 9 months.

                            Tired after playing in the snow in Blackfoot, ID.

                                   Oh, she is so sweet!

                                
                         Yes, Marci was the Power Ranger.

We love you.  Have a great time turning 21!

sports sports sports

Aubrey had VB games on three days this week.  The girls wear their VB jerseys at home on game days and for the away games they wear a skirt, dress, or dress pants (which Aubrey does not even own, since the last few dress pants we have bought she has out grown, without hardly even wearing --it took me a bit to "get it" that Aubrey does not like dress pants  ONLY JEANS).   This is a picture from the Westside game.  Westside is always a good rival.  We lost, but it was close.  The other two matches they won.

Kendal made a touchdown in the game last night against Bear Lake (Montpelier).  This was the score quite a bit before half time.  It was a very slow game.  We won 56 to 8.

Here are the teams "taking a knee" because a Bear Lake player is taking a while to get up.  Our guy really hit him hard from the back.  He did not see him coming.  Bear Lake did score one touchdown in the second half on our second string and subs.

Marci will probably recognize her, but this is Michelle Hill wearing Kendals opposite colored jersey.  I don't know what it means that she does this--I would feel better if a different girl wore his jersey sometimes. 

This picture needs no explaining.

Aubrey's VB videos

I took some video of a typical game.  Several on Aubrey's team serve  well so,  "longish" volley's are not seen very often.  The other team has a hard time returning the serves.  The girls actually get hum-drum about celebrating aces (a serve that it not returned).  First Sage is serving, then Alex is serving and then Aubrey serves.  Aubrey has another game here today and Thursday they travel to Soda Springs.  The season only lasts the month of September. 

This is for Nathan

I wanted Nathan to see our scooters, so he can decide if he could use these--or if he wants to bring his own.  We also have the three wheel "little tikes" bike . 

Malad vs Declo

Friday evening we played Declo HS at Declo.  It is 9 miles out of Burley, a beautiful farming area where you will find fields of sugar beets.  Declo usually beats Malad.  We were prepared for a battle.

This was the half time score.  Home is 6 and Visitors, US ! is 28.

This is the score at the end of the game.  Well, almost the end, with 3 seconds to go I decided to take a picture because they turn  the scoreboard off  soon after the game--and especially when it is a good beating!  Here is some camera video of Kendal. Kendal is on the far left side of our offense. I only try to get some when he is on the side close to where we are sitting.  I also got the end of the game when they line up to greet the other team--which was a sad occasion for Declo.  Our team looks like they have a lot of players because all of the JV football team is also there.  The JV team got beat quite bad and some of them played near the end of the varsity game.

Kendal is the third one from the left.

Aubrey's extra points

Aubrey could get 25 extra points for a  class if she took a video of the shuttle passing over Malad Monday night at 8:09 pm.  We watched the clock and wrapped up FHE in time for her to accomplish the task.  The shuttle flew from the west to the east.  It was pretty cool!  The sky was partly cloudy, so any light you see is the shuttle.  Aubrey followed it until it got very small.  The light was as visible, as the first bright star you  see when the stars come out each night--but it moved across the sky as fast as an airplane without sound.  The real bright light at the end of the video is the street light.   (using full screen is best)

What I like around the yard

I wanted to pick the tomatoes so I decided to take pictures before the red was gone.  This tomato planter is in between two tart cherry trees.  The owners like to make cherry juice.  New to me!

Just up a bit is this little apple tree very heavy laden with apples.  I think I will make apple pie filling.

Then there is this tomatillo plant.  I have never seen them growing on the plant.  So far the tomatillo inside the protective cover is the size of a large marble. Notice "Prescott Pig" is right at home.

That is it for the fruit and veggies.  This is a butterfly bush.

I am not sure of the real name for this, but I call them "corn flowers".  They can also be orange.- they are all finished blooming so I don't know the color of all of the plants like this.

 There are several of these trees--they have little red ornamental berries. 

I have never seen a plant like this.  It has white "styrafoam like" balls on it--in a variety of sizes.

This is a Quasimoto evergreen--it has my favorite needles but the weirdest shape ever! So, we went from "Bruce the spruce" to "Quasi".

Kendal's week

Kendal told us one night he wanted to ask Michelle Hill to Homecoming because she is the coolest, cutest girl around.

He got the trusty wooden chest, left over from Marci's date asking's and answering's.  Don't worry--before he took the chest to her house I told him it was "Homecoming" and NOT "Prom".  What would we do without our Mom's!

Kendal took these pictures of himself.  Notice the "old man socks" and the untied shoes.  They wear very nice long game socks--no hairy legs.

Friday we traveled to Ririe.  It was chilly and windy.  Kendal says I only get him standing on the sidelines.  That is where I know the picture will not be blurry.  I really tried to get some other action, but I still forgot to get the scoreboard.  It was 56 to 16,  we won. 

The flag ceremony.  Ririe has 200 students in the High School.

Here are two videos.  The first one is Kendal blocking to help Tyrel make a touchdown and the extra point was successful.  The second  is Kendal making a great tackle.  You can't see very well because of all the players on the sidelines, but you can hear people cheering for Kendal.

Happy Birthday Bracken

I took this picture when he was wide awake the first night he got home. 

We love you Bracky.   Happy First Birthday.

Marci's VB tournament at SLCC

It was so very great to watch the EAC VB team play on Fri. and Sat. Grandma King went to one match on Fri. and both matches on Saturday.  Allison came for a while, on her lunch break, on Fri.  David, Hailey & Diego (a guy she has been dating) came on Saturday.

They won 3 out of the 4 matches.  They lost against Snow college.  Snow had an outside hitter that was a "weapon" for their team.  Marci played on her hurt left knee. Her tightly wraped knee looks like a knee pad.   Hopefully she can get some time for healing.

Aubrey's VB

First 8th grade VB game.  (Marci,  Alex has on a pair of  spandex you gave to Aubrey.)

Aubrey serving.  She has a very good serve.  Aubrey has a borrowed jersey that says Thorpe on the back because their jerseys did not come yet, in the "swift " Malad mail.
You can see another game being played.  To save money in travel and officials, they have several schools gathered to play. 

A time out.  Aubreys coach is the very small person in the middle.

 They do a very cool tradition here.  Each Senior gets a poster to put in a window at their home.  I have seen them around town and wondered if the posters were just for Senior cheerleaders, or football players or class officers.

Inside view.  The one Kendal sees the most.