The Governor's Gala

Yep, that's David and me with the Governor and his wife and the
Lt. Gov. and his wife. Through David's position at APX we got invited to the Governor's Gala including the VIP reception where we got this picture with the governor. It was quite an event. We even stood in line right in front of Senator Hatch. Somehow we ended up at being assigned to the very front, center table.... the best seats in the house for the show. We had a delicious dinner, heard a few words from Governor Herbert and then watched a great show of singing and dancing representing some of America's musical history. It was really a fantastic show with many famous performers native to Utah. I had a great time and it was fun to get all dressed up.

BYU vs. Air Force at AFA

David and I just got back from a great little trip to Colorado for the BYU vs. Air Force Game. We went with a group of BYU sponsors so we were the representatives for APX Alarm. We had a fun time even though BYU got killed by Air Force. We did get to go see the Rockies in a baseball game and we also got to tour the Air Force Academy which I thought was really cool. It is quite an amazing place. The group we traveled with were a lot of fun too so we had a good time with good company. Hopefully BYU will do much better next week.

Adam's First Soccer Game

Yesterday I went to Adam's first soccer game. It was also the first time I had ever seen such little kids play. All my other kids waited until they were 7 or 8 to start soccer but Adam has been chomping at the bit and begging to play.

Adam did great. You could tell he's played soccer a lot with his older brothers and sisters since he knew exactly what to do (unlike some of the other kids who I think were the oldest in their family and had never played soccer in their life... they'll pick it up quickly). Adam has 2 other friends on the team and they won by about 5 goals. Adam made 3 or 4 of the goals and it was just the most entertaining game of soccer I've ever watched. It was so cute. The best part was after Adam's first goal he did 3 perfect cartwheels down the middle of the field. All the parents around me were hardly impressed with the goal but they were VERY impressed with the cartwheels. I could hear parents saying that they didn't think their kids even knew what a cartwheel was let alone knew how to do one. It cracked me up because Adam just does what his sisters do and they do cartwheels. I wish I had video of it.

We Love Visitors!!

Hopefully this picture will show up. :)


Our wonderful friends, the Hurtados, came to visit us all the way from Michigan. OK, so they came to visit their family but we are lucky to live in the same area as their family so they came to see us too. It was so fun to get caught up. We both moved from San Jose the same summer a couple of years ago and our kids are actually really good about keeping in touch via email so they had a great time together. I'm so glad we got to see them (at least part of the family).

Thanks for coming to visit! :)

"I'm going to make lots of new friends"

That's what Adam said when he got to school today. It was his first day of kindergarten and I think Adam was the happiest kid in the world. He finally got to go to school like all the other kids and he was thrilled. He wanted to walk with all the neighborhood kids so I walked along with them. He went right into his class. I got to stay for a little while to do a few things with him to help ease into the classroom but he was happy as could be even when I said good-bye. He made sure I was coming back to get him and then he said, "OK, bye mom."

Some parents seemed a little sad but I have to admit that I was one happy mom. It has been 20 years since I have been home by myself during the day. Don't get me wrong, I have loved every minute of it (well almost every minute). But 2 1/2 hours a day all to myself seems too good to be true. I'll probably end up just doing dishes, yardwork, laundry, etc. but I enjoy that too. Besides, how could I not be happy when I know that Adam is so happy to be at school. I hope he loves school for the rest of his life.

 

Josh's Senior Year

Can you believe that my little Joshua is starting his senior year in high school? I can't believe I'm that old. He started 2 days ago and is very excited about this year. My first-day-of-school picture is of him getting in the truck to go to school. Just a side note.... it is not HIS truck but he does get to use it. Good luck in your senior year, Josh. You'll do great!!!!

First Day of School for 3 out of 5

Rebecca started 4th grade today... oh my. Tanner started 9th and Rachel started 7th... oh my my. I can't believe that my little girl (Rachel) is in middle school Wow. Everyone was very excited and happy to be going back to school.

Josh doesn't start school until Wednesday and Adam will start next Monday. He's not too happy about having to wait a week. Oh well.