Justin and the Riverton Golf Team

The Golf season is officially over!!!! I honestly have to say that I am relieved. I get really nervous for Justin because I know he wants to do well. The team had nine different tournaments and Justin's score was used several times. There were over 65 people who tried out for the team and they kept 16. Justin earned another letter this year, and had a great time with his teammates. Riverton High School is the largest High School in Utah, so Justin has a lot of competition and he handles it a lot better than I do. The team ended up ranked 11th in State and Justin was named to the Second All Region Team. He is already talking about next season and all the different ways he wants to prepare (help me). I am sure that John and Justin will be spending every chance they can on the courses. We have so many pictures of Justin that I just made small collage and included a video of him putting.

Justin doing his thing:



The 2009 Riverton Golf Team



I love this video because Justin has his cute little smile and then the little "Tiger Pump" at the end:

Family Pictures

We have not had a family picture done since JJ was one. And when we got that one,the biggest print we got was a 8 x 10. The big family picture we have hanging in the family room is when Justin was 8 and Trevor was 4. Pretty Pathetic. I have been bugging the Photographer that does the pictures for John's school about doing a family photo for us. He finally called one day and we set up the date. We decided on doing them at Memory Grove, which is right by the Capital on Saturday, October 3. Needless to say, the boys were not very happy about getting dressed up and Justin of course had better things to do. However, the mother in me came out and I trumped everybody and I think they turned out pretty good. We still haven't decided on one that we want to get blown up, but at least it is in the works. I'll just post a modge podge of the different ones I like.






This last picture, the photographer included because he thought JJ was so funny. A dog came through the bushes just as he shot the picture and it startled JJ, it makes for a great memory.

4 Wheeling with The Gardeners!!!

John and I had the opportunity to go on a four wheeling day trip with his best friend from high school and his wife, Dave and Sarajane Gardener. We borrowed Jim and Traci's four wheeler so we could both have fun (plus I get motion sick riding behind someone.) Our good neighbor, Carl Ahlberg, let us borrow his trailer to haul the four wheelers. We picked up the Gardner's nice and early and drove a short distance past Hobble Creek Golf Course and to the mouth of the canyon. We took a trail that eventually led us to Daniel's Summit which is close to Strawberry Reservoir. The ride was very beautiful, the trees were just starting to change but there were many rocky spots (not a trail I would want to have double riders on.) We had lunch at the Daniel's Summit Lodge and it was most delicious--I would definately recommend eating there if you have the chance. It took us most the day and was a fun way to enjoy nature. Thanks for the memories Gardner's!!!

Dave and Sarajane:

The "Happening" Four Wheelin' Couple:

Me--Displaying my Awesome Four Wheeling Capabilities???

Just a Taste of the Beautiful Scenary:

The Cute "TWINS" (although the one on the right is the cutest!!!)

Jim called and asked John if he would be willing to come and help him with an Assembly at his Elementary school. The premise for the Assemble was to get the kids to "DOUBLE" their efforts in reading and record more minutes read than last year. The finale of the Assembly was Jim saying that he would "double" his efforts, and he brought John out and they played with the kids because they both dressed alike. John said the kids went nuts and it was fun for him to be back in the Elementary. Here is a picture that Traci sent me.

Jim and the Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love Twin:

HAPPY 17TH JUSTIN!!!

My first baby turned 17 today. Wow, how did that happen? He was actually born on Labor Day and today is actually Labor Day. I remember how happy we were to have Justin join our family. He was such a GOOOOOOOOOOD baby. It has been fun watching him grow and mature. Every stage of life holds it ups and downs, but Justin is a great kid with a HUGE heart. It is hard to imagine that in two years, we will be putting him on a plane going who knows where so he can be a full time missionary, (notice the positive mental thinking.) Dad ran to the store to get the dozen doughnuts for his morning breakfast which you can see made the growing teenager very happy! (John wouldn't even give me time to put the doughnuts on a tray because they had a very early Tee Time, OF COURSE!)

Yummy Doughnut Breakfast:


He got a new phone for his birthday (better than mine). Still can't figure out how that happened and a new putter. We always give the boys the choice of where they want to eat, and Justin chose, Chili's.

Justin and JJ enjoying their Chili's dinner:


I also always give the boys their choice of birthday cake. Justin asked for the huge, monster chocolate cake from Costco. The thing is that I forgot that Costco was not open on Labor Day, so we had to wait until Tuesday and the following picture is actually taken the day after his birthday but Justin wanted to wait because the Costco cake is what he wanted.

Justin and his Best Buddy with the Mambo Jambo Costco Cake:

(Notice the #1 is missing. I was sure I had put one in the cart, so use your imagination.)

Look what JJ lost!!!!

JJ has had a very loose, bottom tooth for a couple of weeks and today he came home from school and sat down to eat lunch and bit into an apple and got very scared because something happened to his tooth. Well big, bad, mommy just had to put her thumb in there and it fell out. Of course, the blood sent JJ into hysterics but he lived through it and was very excited to show all his friends his tooth. He ended up losing the other bottom tooth the very next week. Our neighbor, Heather, down the street, gave JJ a tooth fairy box to put his tooth in, so he could get his "reward". He was very excited to wake up. This was a big moment for JJ because most of his friends are older than him and have their birthday before him and are taller than him and so forth, anyways, he was one of the first kids in his kindergarten class and neighborhood to lose a tooth and that just thrilled him which of course thrilled me.

JJ holding his tooth:

The Tooth Fairy box:

The loot from the Tooth Fairy:

Trev and My Baby's (JJ) 1st Day of School

Today was the day that Trevor has been dreading and JJ has been waiting for, basically for the whole last month. I have mixed feelings. I am grateful that JJ is excited for school and that I have the morning to myself but yet it signifies a big phase in my life--JJ is no longer dependent solely on me. He was so excited this morning that he wanted to leave 15 minutes before we were supposed to leave. I just hope that this excitement continues but in a few weeeks I will probably be dragging him out of bed. Trev was very accomodating and let me take his picture with his brother and by himself. Trevor is starting his 8th grade year and JJ is of course in Kindergarten. John officially started school today also, and when I talked to him about 10:30 this morning, the day wasn't going so great. Justin does not start until Wednesday and is enjoying his last few days of freedom. He actually has a Riverton High Tournament today, and I am trying to occupy my time and thoughts so I don't get physically sick. Anyways here are the cute boys in what John calls their "Harry Potter" outfits.

The two boys together (I didn't notice Trev had his eyes closed WOOPS!!!)...

Handsome Trev...

Stinkin' Cute JJ...

Picture with Big Brother...

Mom with her baby boy...


When we got to school, Trevor took care of himself and I walked with JJ to his classroom. The teacher had them find their hooks for their coats and backpacks and it was a good thing I was there, because they had his name as Jayden W., and he only recognizes JJ, his desk was also that way so we let the teacher know that even though his given name is Jayden he is a JJ and that's how we want it to be in school.
Standing by his hook where he puts his backpack and coat...

Looking all official and ready for the school day to start...


It was so cute, because the teacher had them start coloring a bee while everyone was getting situated. JJ took the yellow and black crayon out of the box and started to work very intently on his bee. I was so proud!!!
Focusing hard on his coloring...

One last picture before I left...