Quade's lovely new accessory!
Our next recipient is non other then QUADE!!! he had an assembly on Friday where he received the most improved student at his school! way to go QUADER-BEAR! (much much kudos's go out to his full time aide Feliz! without her he would be no where near where he is today!!)
Running the mile....
Team Champ trophies!
Finally....after 4 years and several sports, he proudly holds a State Championship trophy!
ohhh, and winning comes with benefits! lol
Hayden with his 4 favorite coaches!A little video of the trophy presentation....
Mr. Ball had some really nice things to say about him.....
Here he is with his best friend JOSH
~James & Brittnee~
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Things have really been up in the air with James Deployment...first he was going, then maybe he wasn't (this happened more then once), then maybe he was staying behind in the rear detachment and then.....yesterday Brittnee called with the news that he would not be staying home and he would in fact be deploying tomorrow. This has all been a very emotional roller coaster for them. She is, as i write this, at his "Yellow Ribbon Ceremony" this is the final ceremony for the soldiers and their families before sending them off to the war. As i said...this is a very emotional time for her, without the fact that she will be delivering a baby within the next 3 weeks. So as you can see James will not be here for the arrival of his baby girl and that makes me very sad for him and especially for Brittnee. Every wife wants their husband when they are going through something like this, ya its nice to have your mom with you but ultimately you want your husband. I cant imagine, having delivered 7 babies...not having my husband there for each one. So please, please keep this little family in your thoughts and prayers...especially today but through the next several weeks and months. We are learning the hard way how unpredictable being a soldier can be. We all go to work grudgingly everyday but we have no idea how hard we could have it.
Becca, Anna, Oda, Monika, ida, Hilde and Philipp
Kristi and Keeley after Keeley's baptism...Kristi is a fantastic mother and makes REALLY beautiful babies!
My mother in law who is a shining example to me. i want to let her know that i truly admire her for the women that she is! She has done such a great job raising 4 fantastic kids (i am the beneficiary of her hard work!) thank you so much for loaning your son to me indefinitely~
and last but most important....
Friday was the first day of Regional Track in Payaon....Hayden was in the 4x800 relay first and his relay team took 2nd in the Region. They shaved 10 seconds off their previous best time and Qualified for state~
Later in the day he ran the 3200 (2 mile) which was the first time he had ever run this race
The second half of the meet was on Saturday...
His last event was the 800. This is His race...He came in 2nd (to Cody Wells from Snowflake who is pretty much super human!) his time was 2:06 which was a personal best for him
Our Boys team and our Girls team both took 1st in the Region so we were very happy about that!
Andy Staten - The Independent
Here is a poem Rich wrote for my dad's funeral.....I love you dad....HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Long ago....in a galaxy far far away(ok not really, but any time you start a sentance with long ago you have to follow it with the rest right??) there was a little boy named Richard....and he learned this little song....and many many years later after he grew into a great big daddy he would fill the hours on our road trips singing this song to his children, In hopes that they would one day learn the song so they could then pass it on to their children some day....well....ONE of those children did learn the song....
and here he is performing it for you now...enjoy!!!
(you will want to scroll down and pause the music on the right side before starting the video)
Alittle video of one of the songs Sawyer and his class preformed....
(you will want to scroll down and pause the music on the right side before you start the video)
and alittle swing your partner round and round...
He just grew up so fast.....LOL Here is Video from Noah's Performance.....
We (Hayden, Brittnee, Megan(Hayden's friend) and I) Made a trip to the valley on Thursday. Hayden had to pick his Prom date up at the airport, she is a friend of his that moved away to California and so he and she concocted a plan to split the airfare and fly her here for Prom. It was a fun surprise for all of her friends as it was kept a secret. While we were in the valley Hayden and Megan had an appt to visit with the MCC track coach. At this point it appears that Hayden's plan will be to attend MCC. While we were there we made a few stops before going to the airport. One was at Party city and they had this fun little stand up so we snagged a picture. TOO fun! More Prom photos to come later.....
Hayden Runs the 800 and the 4x800. The 800 is always AFTER the 4x800 and that effects his time on the 800 significantly. He is pretty spent after the 4x.
ok, so we have changed alittle bit? ya think???? lol
I told him this morning when he asked if i wanted to stick around for another 25.. " if the next 25 can sail as smoothly as the first 25 then I am IN! "
My sister just shared this pictures with me from the wedding...anyone recognize that kid in the window??
