Baseball and Softball 2011

Bryant started his first year of real competitive baseball. He played in a competitive city league (on the Angels team) early in the year and then tried out for and made it onto a super-league team (the Crush). He played a lot of first base, some short-stop, and some third base. He was really good. Their city league team took 2nd in the city and went on to the state tournament where they took 2nd place there too. We found out after the season was over that there was a little bit of a fight between coaches over who got to pick up Bryant in the city league (they have a try-out and draft). After the super-league season was over, we decided to move Bryant onto a newly formed super-league team coached by his city league coach another coach, and Nick. It has been a spectacular experience for him.
Abby played on a competitive city softball team and tried out for and made it onto a super-league softball team too.  She had a great season.  Her city team barely squeezed into the state tournament.  They were fun to watch.  They lost 2 of their first 3 games at the state tournament.
Tyler played base ball too.  He was on a coach-pitch team.  It was a little less than challenging for him because he is used to having to keep up with his brother and sister and has thus developed his skills really well.  So, to keep himself entertained, he started hitting switch...one at bat right handed, the next - left-handed.  It was fun to watch.  He actually hit the ball really well on both sides of the plate!

The Dance Festival - end of school year 2010-2011

Each year at the end of the school year, the classes (by grade-level) all put on a dance festival. The parents come and they do their dances by grade. It is fun to watch and they usually come up with some great choreography for the songs.
This year, Tyler's class (kindergarten) did "The Chicken Dance."

Bryant's class did "Kung-Fu Fighting."

Abby's class did "The Square Dance."

Abby as Christa McAuliffe - April 2011

Abby had to do a presentation on Christa McAuliffe. She had to write her own poem about her, dress up like her, and present her poem over and over during the evening. She did a great job!

Also, her class and other 5th grade classes in the area were involved in the "Hope of America" program. They sang many songs and were the main focus of the program. They performed at the Marriott Center on the BYU campus. It was a really neat program and a lot of fun to watch. They did one number with flashlights. It was really amazing!
This picture is of the kids. They were all given different colored shirts, depending on where they were sitting, to make it look like a large flag. They moved for some of the songs to make it look like the flag was blowing in the wind. It was cool.

Summer Swimming Lessons

My Aunt Linda teaches Bryant and Tyler and my cousin, Derek, teaches Abby.
The kids LOVE swimming lessons. Linda and Derek are so great!!
There are even those occasional kisses that only an aunt can pull off!!
Derek threatens the occasional throw you in the water (which Abby thinks is great).
They have so much fun!!

3rd Place - Utah State Softball

We were so proud of Abby. Her softball team took 3rd place in the state tournament. They took first in the tournament here, locally.
This was Abby's first year in fast-pitch. She is an awesome hitter and is getting better and better at fielding. She played 1st base most of the season with some little bits at pitcher and at 3rd. She was definitely one of the best on her team (unbiased opinon, of course). Anyway, we spent many days out in the hot sun watching games, but it was worth it and so fun to see them do so well.
GOOD JOB ABBY!!!

Abby Graduated

Abby graduated with flying colors!! She was happy and sad today. She is really excited that Bry is getting her teacher for next year!
These are pictures of Abby with her good friend, at a class party, and with her teacher.

Swimming

I finally got to spend a few minutes with the older kids. So, we all went swimming. We had a great time - as you can see. I have decided that my kids are waterbugs - they love to be in the water (I guess I have known that for a while).