Viking Football

My two boys after another fun filled football season! Even though we got JIPPED out of our post season playoff games we had a great season from start to finish. Jason got to coach Max this year & I'm not sure which one had more fun. Max loves having his Dad as his coach!! (except when he makes him run too much) and Jason loved to spend every night with his boy.

Max we are glad we have our little football player in our family! You did so great this year and most importantly always tried your best!!

As you can see the whole family gets into the Viking Spirit. Emilee loves to go to the games as much as me! She likes to wear her brothers jersey and cheer and yell the whole game. I can often hear Lucy yelling "You Rock Max!" from the sidelines. Thats one of the perks of being the only boy in our family. He will always have plenty of cheerleaders! One of the games I had Emilee stay home and babysit because it was pouring rain and freezing cold. She was so sad she had to miss the game. She called me every 10 minutes for a score update.

Jason told me that coaching this team was his very favorite thing. I put him to the test and asked: "Would you rather?" ......
...Go snowmobiling, four wheeling, motorcycling or coach football?

...Play on your own softball, basketkball, or football team or coach football?

...Go boating at Lake Powell and wakeboard or coach football?

All of which are on the top of his list of favorite things to do. Especially wakeboarding!!! But believe it or not he chose coaching football. That tells you the fun he had this year!!!!

It isn't easy as a mom to see your little boy take some hard tackles over and over and over. But his Dad taught him to get up brush it off and get back on the line just like it never hurt.

This picture cracks me up! Every time after the boys were finished warming up and getting their last minute practice in they would line up against the fence to relieve themselves before the big game started. I guess it's a boy thing????

Check out the cute girls who held the break through posters every week.

Can you see Max's cute Grandma in the end zone cheering him on for the touch down?

Way to go Vikings!! Until Next Year!

Who needs a Mom?

Lucy is my very independent child! She never asks me for help for anything and just goes on her way taking care of herself. Every morning she is always the first one up. She has this built in alarm system inside her and she gets up every morning at 6:00 a.m. Because I am not usually feeling very good that early in the morning I talk her into going down stairs to color or do something quietly so she doesn't wake anybody up. When I finally go down stairs this is what a find. She is always dressed herself (as you can see the outfit is always very interesting) poured herself a bowl of cereal with milk, and tells me that her homework is all done. She practices writing her ABC's and shows me all of her hard work. She is constantly surprising me with the things she does so independently! Many times she will come down stairs all wet with a towel around her after she has taken a bath by herself. I guess after being the 4th child she figures if she wants something done rather than wait around she will just take care of it herself. I swear I spoon fed Max until he was 5 and if the truth be told he would still rather have me tie his shoes if he can talk me into it.

I have had so much fun having more one on one time with Lucy this past month. She is the best little buddy to have around to keep me smiling every day. I wish I could keep her this age forever!

Some of my favorite little things she says everyday: (Not just once a day but each one of these over and over in a day.)

"Mom did I sleep good?" Every morning when she comes in my room that is the first thing she says. I guess I always ask her that every morning and I think she is just checking to see if it is morning cause it is always so dark when she is up.

"Is your baby doing good?"

"Mom do some people always die?" I'm not sure where that one comes from.

"Poor Chloe, is she living with Jesus at the temple now?" Chloe is our neighbors dog that just died. Lucy loved her and talks about her all day long.

"I shouldn't say hate or shut up, right?" And then she proceeds to say a little prayer to say "Thank you that I say shut up and hate" meaning sorry rather than thank you.

Lucy you make me happy! I love you!

Lucky Max Gets Another Sister!!!

Today was the long awaited day to find out if we are having a boy or a girl. The girls were all hoping for another sister and Max of course has been literally praying for a brother for the past 5 years.

All day I couldn't help but worry about how Max was going to take the news of another girl in our family. I'd have to say that he loves his 3 sisters more than anything in the world. He is such a great brother and considers each of his sisters as his best friends. But he has had his heart set on having a little brother for quite sometime!!! So I tried to make a celebration out of the news to try to soften any disappointments. The kids all ran inside after school yelling "what is it?" And when Max saw the pink balloons the tears came. The girls all jumped up and down cheering and he just crumbled to the ground. I took him in the other room and tried to explain how he must be an extra special brother to come to a home with all girls. And told him that he was put in this family to help take care of all of us girls. I told him how they sent me the very best boy in heaven because they knew that he might be our only boy. After several minutes of talking he wiped off his tears and said "that's okay, Mom." I will still love her.

After dinner and football we made cookies and sat around the table and tried to come up with some names for our new little girl. And of course toasted to another healthy baby!!

Now we are gearing up for more pink, bows, dolls, princess dress-ups, nail polish, ballet shoes and many more dance recitals. And of course a house full of drama. Aren't we lucky?!!!

Heaven On Earth!!!

Another year at my favorite place, with my favorite people, doing my favorite thing!

Laguna Beach will always be my favorite. The sounds, smells, and every little thing about it brings back such fond memories of my childhood. I love being able to take my own family back there every year for a week of FUN and being together!!

(Check out those good lookin' boys I got to spend a whole week with!! Having Jason and my kids to myself 24 - 7 was the best part of the whole trip!!!!)

You can't beat a week in the sun playing with your cousins!



Emilee and Jenny spent 8 hours a day jumping the waves in the ocean. And this year the waves were mighty big! Way to be brave girls!



Max and Dax could be brothers!

Sand Pizza's and cake taste so good when Lucy is cooking.

I love this girl!!!

We play as long as we can on the beach each day and then hurry and shower to head out for some yummy dinner. This is us waiting for our pizza at our favorite place BJ's.

This is what usually happens at dinner because the kids are so exhausted from playing so hard all day long. They always sleep so good at night.

We love our Grandma Clark so MUCH!! She plays with the kids from sun up to sundown. Teaching them swimming lessons, jumping waves, having sand castle contests, catching crabs, and keeping everyone happy. Anytime someone wants to go to the pool she hops up and willingly takes them.

Where does she get all that energy?

Lucy and Shawn
Loose wanted to be at the pool 24 - 7 and she thought she was a professional swimmer. She would jump in and out of the pool 1 billion times a day. Thank you Jason & Grandma for always being there to catch her so I could sit on the side lines and relax.

Abbs and Katy could swim all by themselves this year!

Why does time have to fly so fast when you're having so much fun?

Until Next Year!