11.15.2010

teenager sky

skylar turned 13! we decided to throw a huge bash for her. what
better place than her gym?! 30 kids (over half of them boys that
she doesn't dare talk too, thank goodness!) and 1 sky cake.......


what a cute bunch of kids. a cute bunch of very good kids!


the coach in charge had the kids start out with a little warm up.


i made skylar do some tricks since i never get to photograph her
during her workouts or meets. unfortunately my camera was
not on the right setting so they're all blurry but enjoy anyway!





the trampoline/pit was the favorite of the night.................

the kids were bouncing off the walls!


boston was on fire and having a blast!


hayden jumping too high, i cut off his head!

brighton was in heaven. i hardly saw her all night. she was in
her own world......................................................................
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skylar doing a whip through to a double back flip........................


the coach decided it was time for a game. run across the gym
without getting touched by the "shark".....................................

boston was totally into it. (forgot to adjust brightness on pictures)
dang!



and then i see the coach carrying skylar toward me. no! i've
seen her in that position before and it was all too familiar.....
the kids gathered around skylar to see what was wrong. she
was just running and stubbed her toe. certainly nothing is wrong?!


the coach telling her it must be dislocated so here he is pulling
on it, getting it back into "place". (um, it was broken in 3 places)
the coach said, there's no way it's broken, she's not even crying.
i said, she broke her leg in 3 places and didn't shed a tear........


her cute, concerned friends keeping her company for the
remainder of the party......................................................

and of course, she's making them laugh!.....................................

joe had to lighten the mood so in typical joe fashion, he got a
game going. here are the kids getting foam pieces for the game.
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joe lined up the foam down the floor ex.

and it was war!

boston was totally into it!


time for cake & ice cream & presents............................................

skylar was miserable:(


these cute boys brought this box filled with smaller boxes that
she had to go through to find a bunch of candy! so cute!.........


skylar at her family party 2 nights later. not too happy about
the cast on her leg and the month of being out of gym............
happy birthday???????????????????????????????????????????????

10.15.2010

the joker

who needs lipstick when you have a bright red marker?
she was so proud of herself!

best buddies


dutch party

one of jordan's favorite people from his mission is harry. he's been
given the nickname "the energizer bunny". harry is 80 years old
and joined the church when he was about 45. harry helps the
missionaries every single day. he is basically a lifetime missionary
without the official calling. he just devotes every minute of every
day to helping the missionaries. for harry's 80th b-day, his ward
put money together to buy him a ticket to come to utah! we knew
we had to meet him, so we had a dutch party with some of the
elders from holland and other friends from holland.
het was een zucht!


space is the place

for the school's fall festival this year, the theme was space.
i had this wild idea to turn the entry of the school into a
rocket! with the help of joe and others, we pulled it off.
it was a lot of work but i think the kids loved it...............

10.08.2010

how cool is this kid?

boston. right after pre-school & right after going potty.
(he wore the mask all day)

bored hayden

what do 14 year-old boys do when they're bored? drop mentos
in diet coke and watch it explode! i had no idea until i saw these
pictures on my camera...............wish i would have been there!



10.07.2010

off to school

sailor was set on riding her bike to school this year. she absolutely
loved it! i would have never let hayden or skylar ride theirs to
school (because of the busy road) but funny how relaxed you get.
it also helped that sailor was so independent & insisted on it.
i did tell her to call me from school once she got there but she
forgot and i just assumed everything was okay, which it was!

10.06.2010

size 4

i ordered a shirt for brighton that skylar has wanted for a while.
problem is, they didn't have sky's size but they had a size 4 for
bright..........no big deal, the size 4 fits my 13 year old, just fine!