Millard Invitational

Austin’s Baptism

We got to go down to Las Vegas over Easter weekend to see Austin become the newest member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints.

Track Season Has Begun

We love track season!  The weather is warmer and we get to spend time outdoors.  Derick is throwing the shotput, and his favorite, the Discus.  He has been throwing around 130 during practices.  He tends to get really nervous during meet though which can be super frustrating to him.  Just one of those things that he has to figure out.  He did take first this past week at the Millard Invitational.

Tyler's First Soccer Game EVER!

Tyler decided that he wanted to try soccer this year.  So this is his first game.  He did a great time for the first time I thought.  I was a little worried because when I watched him at practice, he kept catching the ball.  By the end of the game his knees were super sore but I think that will get better with time.   There are only two teams so they will be playing the same team all season.  It will be interesting to see how they improve with each game as they learn how the other team plays.  His team consists of both girls and boys that he goes to school with.   I'm excited to see more games.

Scrapbooking Weekend

 I'm at a scrapbooking weekend with Lori up in Orem.  I haven't got tons of layouts done, but I've had a great time and I'm accomplishing lots of different things.  I've also been working on a new kit called "The Orient"  I'm excited to get it done sot that I can scrap Kirk's Mission pictures with it.  I have handrawn almost everything you see in this little sneak peak.  I thinks it's going to be awesome!

 Kaitlin had a clogging competition in Lehi a few weeks ago.  Their team did two dances and took first in both of them.  It's so fun to watch her clogg.

Jr. Prom

Derick took this adorable gal, Paige Johnson to their Jr Prom yesterday. They went with two other couples, Micael Bennett who took Alli Finlinson and Matt Coles took Brooke Finlinson.

They started the day off with a day date put on by the parents/school. It was sort of an “Amazing Race” competition between all the groups.

• First off they did Minute to Win It games
• Headed to the golf course where they had to putt balls in the hole
• Off to the Shooting Range where they had to hit clay pigeons.
• Next to the Bowling alley where two of them had to get strikes
• Then they had to go to 7-11 and the girls had to all drink a 32 oz drink.
• Next they had to get someone to for fill their car up with gas and wash their windows.
• Then off to the Car wash were they had to flag someone down to wash their car.
• And to the Grocery store, where they had to bags someones groceries and take them to their car.
• They ended at the elementary school where they did an obstacle course.

They thought they did pretty good for the most part but ended up taking 4th place.  To finish off their day date they went to the theater and watched a movie. After the movie, they took the girls home to get ready for the big night.

They then went to the Paladium where dinner was served.  After dinner they introduced all of the Junior Class and did the Promenade.  The Fathers danced with their daughter  and after that the Mothers got to dance with their sons.  What a beautiful evening.

2012 Region Wrestling. Delta takes it!

Win or loose, it doesn’t matter but nothing could make me more proud than to see Derick kneeling down against the wall saying a prayer for help.

National Anthem

Derick was asked to sing the anthem at a volley ball game this past fall and we ended up missing hearing him sing because of a time mix up by me.  I was so upset because I wanted to be there.  He had people in tears because of how beautiful he sang.  I had one lady tell me that of all the years that she has heard the anthem she had never heard it sang so beautifully.  Well, he was given the opportunity to sing it again this past month at the Girls Varsity basketball game.  I am so proud of him.  He just sang it the way it should be sung.  Nothing fancy but purely beautiful with such feeling.

Kaitlin turns 12

Turning 12 is a big deal in our home.   Kaitlin has been looking forward to this day for a LONG time.  She is now old enough to go in to Young Womens and to the temple, AND she’s old enough to start wearing make-up.

Kaitlin had a few of her school friends over for a party where they played Just Dance on the Wii, Sang on the Karaoke machine, made their own pizzas and made A LOT of noise.  (In fact the doorbell sensor kept going off.  We ended up taking if off the wall and into a suitcase before it stopped ringing.)

When the kids turn 12 Grandma & Grandpa Evers take them on a little trip.  They went Las Vegas where they went to the Phantom of the Opera out to eat and then the next day Kaitlin was able to go to the Temple for the first time and do baptisms for the dead.  She had a blast!

Derick’s First Win!!!

Derick went out for wrestling this year at Delta.  He had mentioned that Coach Thomas had been trying to talk him in to wrestling during the previous school year.  He told Coach Thomas that he would if I would let him stay there at Delta this year.  I kept thinking “Are you kidding me Derick, you won’t try out for Delta football because you don’t think you can do it but you want to try out for DELTA WRESTLING”  “Do you have any idea what it means to wrestle for Delta??”  Derick has never wrestled before.   Not even messing around with his Dad, brother or Uncle. 

Wrestling season comes and we are still in Delta and Derick says he’s going to do it.  I’m still asking him, “Are you sure you want to wrestle?  You don’t really have to if you don’t want to!” 

Well he’s wrestling for Delta High School.  He is going to practices and working his rear end off.  If you don’t know anything about Delta Wrestling, they are serious about wrestling.  They work HARD!  Even the heavy weights, which Derick is, WORK HARD!  He goes to those practices every time and works his hardest.  Sometimes he works so hard that he is throwing up.  But he has never complained once and has never even talked about quitting.  In fact he loves it.  He loves the team and how they encourage him.  He loves the coaches and how they are tough on him but yet  he knows they love him and want him to do his best.

Derick received his first win which ended in pinning the guy yesterday at one of the biggest JV tournaments in Utah.  All of his hard work  finally paid off for him.  He still has a lot to learn as most of the wrestlers have been wrestling since they were little.  But we are so proud of him.  Their team ended up winning the tournament against 32 schools.  Derick place 6th.

New Years Party

This year for New Years Eve, we went up to Lori’s.   It was a blast.  Lot’s of fun playing games, laughing, laughing and more laughing and plenty of snacks.

Church Ball

Church Ball season has started at our house.  Tyler loves it, Derick not so much.  There team did a great job on their first game.  We shall see how the rest of the season goes.

Derick’s Christmas Tour at Temple Square

Happy Thanksgiving! 2011

We had such a wonderful Thanksgiving this year in Cedar City.  Everyone was there with the exception of Chad’s Family, but we were able to visit them via Web Cam.  Aunt Paige brought apples, cubed cheese, grapes and toothpicks for the kids to make turkeys.  That was lots of fun and yummy too!

The kids also went out to the shooting range and shot Clay Pigeons.  It was a blast but SUPER COLD!!!

This is cute little Ashdon wearing a Hand Me Down Dinosaur hat that Aunt Paige made Derick for his birthday when he turned three.  Isn’t it so cute?

Annie Get Your Gun!

Cool Cousins

We recently had a family photoshoot and this layout is from one of the snapshots that Lori took.   I just love the one  of all the boy cousins.  And we are really lucky if we can get a picture of Trav smiling so I had to include that one.