She was a fierce soccer player..... Check out the fear in those boys faces!
Jaylee often had a game directly after Sayger's. We stayed one afternoon and took some pictures of her while she played. These were some from one of her first games. She looked so cute. Remember Jay.... you can do anything as long as you look good doing it!! Love the cute hair do!
First Day of School 2009..... Shandler is headed to the Junior High-6th grade. Sayger is going to the 2nd grade this year and Stormie is a freshman in High School! Cute kids!!!
This summer the high school soccer team hosted two camps. Sayger's good friend Zach invited him to go and they had a blast. They even received a free soccer ball( which I helped pay for with the registration fee) and he was thrilled!!! He was so anxious for soccer to start with the rec. program and asked continually when he could start! Finally the day came, we signed up and practice started! He did great. He really enjoyed it and actually they had a pretty good little team and a patient coach who taught them alot. We loved watching him and how excited he got when his teammates scored and how into he got when he played goalie! It was a fun fall sport and only a couple of games with cold weather!
So hard to believe I have a daughter in high school! The time has truly flown by and I could not be prouder of her. She was the only freshman girl to try out for cheer leading and she made it! Thanks Sissy for the coaching and help! She is part of the JV squad and was able to cheer with the Juniors and Seniors at homecoming. She did great and looked so grown up! She always thought she would rather play sports but I think it is in her blood, I was a cheerleader and dancer too, she LOVES it and fits the part perfectly!!!
In October we woke up one morning to snow and it was covering the ground. Sayger was so excited he could hardly handle it. As the snow continued to pile up, he watched carefully from the front window anticipating the moment when there would actually be enough to ride his snowmobile. He continually asked his dad if there was enough and Kent would reply "Not yet!" As Sayger climbed the stairs to check the snow he heard the familiar sound of his snowmobile engine and excitedly geared himself up to ride! He spent the remainder of the afternoon zooming around the yard. He has finally grown enough that he can start it and keep it from getting stuck. He had a great time....even though it was a Sunday!
My sister was married two weeks ago in September. In fact the last good weather day we had. She asked me to go with her to get her hair done and hang out, like sisters do. It was fun. We met at Peterson's Barn and decorated first thing, then I stopped and got her a sandwich while she started on her hair do! It was a process, especially since her hair is short, but in the end it turned out beautiful and was the perfect wedding do!
Korena and Lori
Brandy and Connie
Ellen and I-we have been friends since the sixth grade!!!
CHeeeeessssyyyy!!
I am really lucky to have such great girlfriends. Kent was out of town on my birthday, so Lori made arrangements for us all to have dinner at the Upper Crust in Heyburn! We giggled, we visited, we laughed and we had a great time. Of course I had to wear the cheese hat and have my picture taken-silly! We have decided we need to do it every month and not just on birthdays!
Finished product!
Before....
My mom, anxious to help. Last year I ordered a bushel of peaches and was in the middle of school when they arrived and too ripe to wait, so mom and grandma canned them for me. This year when my bushel arrived my mom and I had everything ready to begin canning that very night. However, once they made it to my house(thanks Kent for picking them up) they were still a bit green, mom said we had time to wait until the weekend. I was actually glad to hear this, I have been wanting to learn how to can peaches for years. Saturday morning mom wanted to go to painting glass in Twin, Brooke was moving into her new house and I had a kitchen ready for canning. I went and helped my sister unpack and decorate until mom called saying she was on her way home from Twin. I then raced home from Rupert and began learning the process. I am also excited to say I have inherited my grandmothers pressure cooker-HOOOOORRRRAAAAYYY!!! It really wasn't as hard as I had once thought and in a couple of hours I had 21 jars of peaches!!! They looked beautiful and I have to say I am very proud of myself!!! I have since purchased half of a bushel and prepared them for cobblers and pies. Yes, it worked because I have already used one bag and made a terrific cobbler that disappeared in a matter of hours. Thanks for the lesson and help mom, we are enjoying the fresh packed fruit!!
Sayger is my little character. He does nothing new unless he decides. When he was being potty trained he decided one day HE was going to potty in the toilet and all the preparing I did before made no difference, once he decided, it was a go! The same with reading, I tried to prep him, worked on sight words and bought fun games to play. However, it was not until HE decided he was going to read that he did. He has had a bicycle for years, ever since he was three. He started with training wheels and everything, but again, until HE decided he was going to ride it has sat in the garage collecting dust. This summer he learned to wake board on the river and it helped with his confidence to do other things. One day he looked at that bike in the garage and told his dad he was going to ride it. With a little help to get going, HE rode that bike!! I know Sayger will be able to do anything he wants in life, when HE makes up his mind.
