USA mens soccer team game!

This soccer loving family was able to go to Rio Tinto and watch the USMNT play Costa Rica!  What a fun family (minus McKinley) date!  We love soccer!!

 

Memorial Day breakfast and work day

Our annual Memorial Day breakfast was held at Draper park this year.  We had a wonderful turnout with a yummy breakfast.  After eating we all head over to do a yard clean up for Nana/Grandad followed by a BBQ lunch.  It's amazing how much work can be done when we all work together!  Family is great!

 

McKinley's humanitarian trip to Costa Rica

McKinley saved and earned the money to be able to go on a HEFY trip for 17 days to Costa Rica.  She was brave and didn't know anyone she was going with and by the end of the 17 days she made some of the best friends she's had!!  So fun!  They worked hard and played hard in Costa Rica making a perimeter fence for a future home for trafficked women.   They were also able to do some tourist siteseeing and have some amazing adventures.  She's made some lifelong friends and learned valuable lessons about service and how good it makes you feel!  We love the HEFY program and are so glad McKinley had this experience.

 

Evan turns 20!

It was a special day to celebrate Evan today!  He's no longer a teenager!  Wow!!  Evan is such an amazing son and friend.  He's very thoughtful (most of the time) and willing to show his appreciation thru acts of service.  We were glad we were able to spend his birthday with him and have him around for the summer! 

 

Girls trip to St. George

This year we decided to go to St. George for a Smith girls trip.  We rented a condo and had a couple days together which was great!  We all met down in St. George for pedicures and went out to eat.  Then we had a morning hike and a day at the pool, learned about making cakes from Lindsey, and just hung out and visited.  Time togethr is always cherished time and it was nice to get away together!

 

End of Year cheer banquet

Luckily we were able to gather for an end of year banquet and performance for cheer.  We were excited to celebrate McKinley and all the hard work she put in for this year with cheer!  It's fun to see how hard she works and how she puts herself out there and through uncomfortable situations to push herself.  These are the valuable lessons learned in sports!

 

Accident's happen....ouch!

I got a call from McKinley's phone but it wasn't McKinley.  It was one of her cheer teammates and they told me I needed to come to the school because McKinley was hurt and needed to go to urgent care.  They told me she cut her face and was bleeding a lot...  Yikes!  I got to the gym and the coaches had her cleaned up and bandaged a little and I found out it was a cut on her head, no face...phew!  She was holding it together, but there was a lot of blood and she was woozy.  I got her to urgent care and they cleaned her up and put 5 staples in her head to hold the wound together.  She got an elbow to the head from the flyer comig down from the pyramid.  Ouch!  She was a trooper and even said she was ready to perfom the next day!  I'm glad that she will be ok and for everone who cared for her.