Annual Delta Reunion

This year none of my girls could wait for the Delta reunion, although not for all the same reasons.

 Jadyn couldn't wait to see Jake (after being away from him for 3 weeks)

 the others couldn't wait to see their cousins and do all of our traditions we do every year.

 This year the weather put a damper on all our traditions.  Right after we got to the park for lunch

 it started pouring so we knew the Hard Pan (my girls favorite part of Delta) was off.

 We ended up spending most of our time at the park this year, but the kids ended up make some new traditions from it.

 The older kids (some way older than others...Terry and Brandon) had a football game.

and some of the other Adults and Jor sat through the yearly auction.

the younger kids enjoyed every second of being able to do as they please all day long.

 Brandon insisting he was the one and only winner of the football game.

 The kids were able to swim a lot this time also since we didn't have the time crunch for the hard pan.

 The second time at the park on Sat.

 One of the new traditions started "The Shirtless Warriors"  emerging from the black of night to scare us all.

 Yes that is Terry he couldn't let a tradition start without him.

 The girls trying to get involved since they really can't join the shirtless warriors.

 Sunday we tried to stick to tradition ...

 but right after we got done puttting pennies on the tracks, Terry's sister's family tried and got told from the Railroad Union people that it's against the law to put pennies on the tracks now.

luckily we were able to go back and find our pennies one last time.

 We also drove out to Terry's Dad's old house and farm.

 One last "new thing" this year was we had family pictures in Delta.

We were able to "country it up" we had them in a hay field, on a train, and some tractors.  I can't wait to see them, i bet they will be so cute.

Hopefully next year we will be able to get back to some of our old traditions while keeping some of the new ones we started this year.

Jorrin's First Football Half Time Performance

This year Snow Canyon is trying something new, they are calling it Fan Fest and it's a mini tailgate party before each game.  Different clubs have booths, they have food you can buy, games and face painting for the kids (and adults too if you want), and entertainment, the Eshelles perform 30 second routines to get the crowd pumped up.  I went and helped with the Eshelle booth and it was a lot of fun.  I hope it catches on my kids have loved going each time.

Jadyn's First Away Game

This year SC's first away game was at Canyon View in Cedar.  For some reason the girls have siked themselves out about being able to play on grass.  They won but only 3-2 and it was a hard fought game even though canyon view isn't that good.  Jadyn ended up getting 2 yellow cards (don't even get me started on this years reffing) and had to sit the last 10 mins out of the game and had to miss their next game which was one they definitely needed her for, it was against Cedar in Cedar the warriors ended up losing that game 1-0.  But they have come back and are now in first place in the region.  The girls have their last game of the first half of the season tonight against Hurricane and then they start the lineup again. Hopefully they can continue to play tough (against both the teams and unfortanantly against the refs) and win region.

 At the Cedar games they have varsity play first and then JV so after the varsity game Jadyn and some of her teammates worked on their AP stats homework.

 Jor loves watching Jay's games (really she knew we were going to eat after).

Eating at DQ after the game with the rest of the fam that came to watch Jadyn and Calli play.

First Day of School 2012

I remember thinking when Jadyn was just starting kindergarten about the year she would be a senior and how old everyone would be, it seemed liked a long time away but time went so fast and it's here.  I am going to try to savor every second of this year with the girls because it will be an instant and Jantzyn will be my senior.

Jantzyn is in 3rd grade this year.  She went to the first day at Coral Cliffs and then the school we had been trying to change her to called and said they got an opening so she is now in Ms. Hagen's 3rd grade class at Sunset Elementary.  She got a stye in her eye a couple days before school started but she was a trooper and bravely went to school.

 Jaicelyn started the intermediate school this year and is in 6th grade.  She came home the first day loving everything about it...she loved the teachers, her classes, the friends in her classes, and that their were lots of new people to meet and be friends with.  She has even been doing her homework with out complaining (we will see how long that lasts).

 Jorrin is a Sophmore and started High School this year.  She loved not having to get up at 5:00 the first day (their drill coach let them have a day off).  She also likes all her classes and the people in them.

 Jadyn is a Senior this year.  Her first day began by being at the school at 7:30 to fix her classes (they gave her two math classes and not an english class), we waited in line for 2 1/2 hours but got everything fixed.  She is already done and ready for the year to be over. HaHa (typical senior)

 I also remember thinking that Jadyn's senior year her and Jor would be in the same school together which hasn't happened since Jadyn was in 4th and Jor was in 2nd.  I wondered if they would like or hate it.  So far they are loving it.  They even have seminary together.  They also have been going to lunch together most days.  They are taking turns going to friends houses to eat, yesterday was our turn.  I thought it was fun to plan a lunch for them and it's way cheaper then them going out to eat everyday.