Young Woman Recognition Night

Tonight Mackenzie and Madalyn received their Young Womens Medallion.  They worked hard completing the requirements to achieve this award!  We are so proud of them and their hard work!  The day started out with both of them speaking and singing in Sacrament Meeting.  They always amaze us with their talks and are thankful for the example they set for us as parents and their younger siblings.  

 Madalyn's favorite 10 hour project was attending Humanitarian EFY in Ecuador.

 Mackenzie's favorite faith project was attending the Temple and performing baptisms once a week for an entire summer.

 Both of these girls are so beautiful inside and out!  It was really special to see them get their medallions at the same time.  As they sang together in Sacrament meeting it was a bit emotional realizing this would be the last time they would be singing together in the YW program.

Here are the group of girls from our Ward who received their Medallion

(Cassie Clarke, Sam Dayton, Madalyn, Mackenzie and Addison Doezie)

Tenderfoot

Trevor worked hard and received his Tenderfoot at this weeks Scout Court of Honor.  He only needs one more requirement for his Second Class and a few more for his First Class!  We are hoping he gets both by our next Court of Honor in September!  He loves scouts and is amazed he gets recognized for doing something he loves so much.  As a parent I am so thankful for good scout leaders who are guiding he (and I) through this process!

Major League Champions!!!

This has been a great baseball season for Trevor!  He was chosen to be on a team with one of the most kind, patient and great example coaches.  Coach Brandon Pope is the coach who is always positive and doesn't yell at the boys.  He just asks them to do their best.  Sitting in the stands coaches from other teams would be yelling at their kids or at the Umpires, it was hard to watch.  Our coach always kept a good temperament and did not put unnecessary pressure on the boys. 

He also never batted an eye when three of us on the team said we do not play on Sunday because of religious reasons.  He was very respectful of our Sunday's and did everything he could to have our practices during the week.  He agreed that Sunday is the Lords day and that the Sabbath should be kept Holy.  Amazing!!!

Good Coaching paid off!  Tonight these group of boys won the 

LRLL Majors Championship!!  

It was a great and stressful game as we went into extra innings!  

Tournament of Champions here we come! 

Trevor and Coach Pope

That's one big trophy!

These boys worked hard and they worked as a TEAM!  The boys, coaches and parents have all made this season so great!  Now lets play ball and do our best at TOC!!!!

I'm A Blonde

Meredith decided to participate in the competition dance team again this year.  This is an exciting year because for the first time ever the Ladera Ranch Dance Academy decided to do a production number!  This is a number that involved all dance team members from all age groups.  It is a country western theme and the girls have had do much fun!

 Her individual dance team performed to "I'm A Blonde".  Thus the reason for the not so attractive blonde wigs.  Despite the wigs the girls have had fun and are loving competitions!

Mormal 2014

Mormon + Prom= Mormal!

This years Mormal was held at the RSM Bell Tower.  This is a night that my girls were looking forward to.  Yes my girls go to their high school dances, but Mormal is in an environment that is so much more comfortable for them.  Everyone is dressed modestly, the music and language is clean and the dancing is appropriate.  It is a night to be influenced by the positive!

Madalyn was asked by a boy she has known for years named Max Esplin.  He is a great guy and treated her really good at the dance.  

Best looking couple award!

Madalyn and Addison

Mackenzie was set up on a blind date for Mormal with a boy and a bunch of people she did not know.  Luckily she is an extrovert and can have fun with anyone!  Her date (Philip) was really nice.

"Blind date"

 One of the hard parts of having two girls one year apart in school and dating age is when there is a formal dance they each have their own friends to go with.  That leaves me running all over town trying to get pictures of them with their dates and groups.  It can be a struggle.  It also means that neither girl is ready at the same time so I do not get any pictures of them together.  So I was so happy to receive a text from Luke Blais...he took a picture of the girls together at the dance that night!  I loved seeing their beautiful faces.  I know I am bias, but I am so blessed to have two beautiful teenage daughters inside and out!

Marathon Man

Ryan had to miss Roadshow because he decided to run another Marathon!  He drove out to Phoenix for this one.  He stayed with Tyler Beeney while there and Tyler was a great host!

The Marathon was nice and flat, but around mile 19 Ryan got a case of an upset stomach.  That  and the rain slowed him down a bit, but he had a great time and ended with a time of 4:18.  He was on schedule for a faster run, but you can only go so fast when you are getting sick on the side of the road!!!

Ryan and Mindy Facer running together

"Ear buds and Aspercreme"Roadshow 2014

"Earbuds and Aspercreme" was the title of our Ward's roadshow this year.  There were teenagers, celebrities, old people and robots in it.  We had a whole mix!  Madalyn played the part of "Kitty Deeley", Mackenzie the rebellious teenager and Trevor an old man.  This was Trevor's first Roadshow and he loved it!