I hope they call me on a mission

Brett's dad and stepmom (Donna-sounds better than stepmom :)) got their mission call yesterday. By looking at these pictures can you tell where they are going? Probably one of the few places in the world Roger hasn't been (that rules out Africa, Europe, etc.). They are going to YEKATERINBURG RUSSIA! Whoa what a surprise! We are soooo excited for them! They leave in September.

What a good example for our kids. Also a blessing that Roger finally gets his chance to serve a mission. They will do amazing and we are really going to miss them! I told Roger that I was hoping they would go to Hawaii or someone "exotic" so we could go to "pick them up" like any child would do----right? Russia doesn't seem all that exotic to me though? Darn it :) Good luck to them in all their preparations. WE LOVE YOU!

I wanna be like Mike......

Another meet......

All American Gym meet in Lindon. McKenna showing off her medals. Pink medals are 1st place

So we had another Saturday that included soccer games, cleaning and a Gym meet. We do only have one more meet (State on Friday June 13th---I think) and also one more soccer game. Then it's time to gear up for T-ball, the pool and sanity busters for the summer. I LOVE summer time, but that adjustment of being "nonscheduled" takes a couple of weeks of getting used to---for the whole family. I do have a plan though.....we'll see if it works :)

McKenna had another awesome meet! She scored 8.7 on Vault (1st place), 8.9 on Bars (1st place in her age group), 9.25 on Beam---she landed that cartwheel again! (1st place), and 8.7 on Floor (2nd place), and 1st place in her All Around. The judges seemed to be judging really tough this meet but I think they were tough on everyone. We asked Ashley again how McKenna placed out of the 51 girls that were in her session and she took 2nd place out of everyone! Whew! It's pretty exciting.

My mom stayed home and watched Ethan and Maecee so that was great to be able to see everything! Thanks MOM! McKenna got some alone time with her mom and dad which rarely happens. She was cracking us up. When we were riding home she was telling us that on Vault if you don't run as fast as you can, then you get 8/10 of a point deduction. So she shared her secret to running fast with us......She said "what if a kidnapper came.....ahhhhhhh kidnapper, kidnapper, run, run!". I laughed so hard!

Elite Gymnastics Meet in Ogden

Elite Trophy Meet
Ogden, UT May 10, 2008

Look at that concentration! Warming up on the beam with her coach Ashley watching.

McKenna had her next gym meet this past Saturday in Ogden. We raced from Ethans soccer game, home to get some things done (ok mostly for me to play---(or I guess the kids) with my new laptop Brett got me for Birthday/Mothers day. Thanks Honey :), then rushed to Ogden. This meet was not my favorite because it was pretty unorganized and the gym is in a neighborhoood that is less than desirable. Not to mention the fact that I had a serious migraine and chasing Maecee around, trying to watch the team, getting yelled at by some lesbian lovers was not the funnest but it was worth it. McKenna had her best meet!

McKennas scores are Vault 8.3 still don't understand the scoring on that one, Bars 9.2 she did awesome considering some of the scores we saw posted for bars were in the 4.5 range. Then Floor 9.1 which I love watching her on, and lastly was Beam 9.2. She gets most nervous for Beam and had to wait to do it very last. She has to do a cartwheel on the beam and hasn't landed it yet in a meet. Well Saturday was the day! It was so cute to see her face (she said she wanted to start jumping up and down, but had to finish her routine) and to also watch her coaches face! I personally had to hold back my excitement because the beam was right in front of us and I get in trouble (by her) if I make noise during her routine----because it mess her up ;) It was pretty cool. So the awards time finally came and for her age group she got 1st in Vault, 1st in Bars, 1st in Floor, 1st on Beam, and 1st all around with an amazing score of 35.8. Yea McKenna!!!!



Brett said he wished he could see how she did compared to every other age group and went to ask Ashley because she got a paper with all the scores. She said that if they would have combined all age groups McKenna would have got first place in everything in level 5 and level 6. Ya Buddy! Although I should probably say that the scoring in level 6 and of course the skills are a lot harder! She'll be competing level 6 in the Fall and she actually practices with them now. So we are looking forward to another meet this weekend in Lindon and the final meet will be state in June. Call me if you want locations, times, etc. She of course loves to show off to anyone that is willing to watch :)

Soccer athlete

This picture sums up my Eth and his soccer intensity! He absolutely loves it! In fact he just said to me---"Mom, three more days until my next soccer game. It will be the 10th" Their team lost last night, but that wasn't because lack of trying. This pic was taken at the end of the game and their team had barely missed another goal (this happened about 10 times, all into the same place). Also, for some strange reason everytime their team has a game it either rains like crazy or snows I mean as in blizzard! They've had 4 games cancelled.

Earlier that day I got to go watch Eth show off his tumbling skills and swimming skills on Monday at Sports Academy. I had a couple of moms comment on how good he was. The thing I attributed it to was Brett. He is good at every athletic type of thing you could think of. Not just good----really good! Ethan has that same gene and believe me that's a good thing because if he had any of me in him he would have fallen on his face and tripped every 5 seconds. Unfortunately for him the thing he got from me was my vertically challenged body :) My neighbor gave Eth the nickname "jock" because he is always outside playing baseball, or soccer, or golfing, or basketball, and anything else you can think of that involves a ball. And he's really good.

I couldn't be prouder of my jock, vertically challenged son that is the sweetest boy ever!

St. George Meet

Our Level 5 Girls
St. George Meet Apr 2008
Our team took 3rd place!

I keep meaning to update about McKenna's last gym meet in St. George but something is always getting in the way. I did finally get DSL instead of dialup for my internet which is heavenly!!!

Okay so here are her scores from the meet. Vault score was 8.0 5th place, Bars score was 9.0 3rd place (I got to watch her this time and she was awesome!), Beam was 8.4 4th place and Floor was 8.75 3rd place with an All Around score of 34.15 (4th place overall). Our session was in the afternoon and we were with the Level 4 team from Airbound too. It was fun to get to watch them compete but I also learned alot. In level 4 the judging is easier because there aren't so many requirements and deductions they can give you. That's why when the level 4's would go and they could easily get a 9.0 or higher, but then you watch level 5's go and their routines are more advanced and complicated and then they'll get an 8? But I am learning as we go and loving watching McKenna progress! It's very tricky though trying to keep Maecee entertained that whole time and watch everything.

We did get to enjoy a little sun and swim in the pool with the kiddies and socializing with the Airbound crew. Besides that drive, it was a good yet quick trip!

My kiddies being silly showing me their sucker tongues!

We are off to Ogden this weekend to the next meet. That is after Eth's soccer game! Busy times!