Monthly Archives: June 2014

The BYU Men’s Soccer Team was in town for a couple of games and they held a clinic at a nearby high school, so we signed up the boys to go.  The players taught the boys a lot of skills and helped them to become better.   Zach really wants to play soccer now because of this.  After the clinic, the players hung around, signed autographs, and talked more with the kids.  Ben got his ball signed by a couple of them as well.

Tonight we went to the game to see them play!  It was really fun!  Turns out that the BYU Men’s Soccer organization is actually semi-pro!  They won so many national championships that they needed more competition, so BYU actually bought a semi-pro club and now the team competes all over the nation!  🙂

The boys really loved the game and sat down as close to the field as they could.  At halftime, they got to go down on the field and cheer the team as it came back out on the field.  It’s really amazing to see that no matter what sport or event BYU is involved in, the kind of crowd that comes out to support!  The stands were filled with BYU fans!  🙂

Today, Angela took Kirstyn, Zach, and Ben to the Denver Mint on a field trip.  They had a great time and learned a lot!  Zach especially likes these kinds of historical/social studies types of trips.  He really eats up the knowledge that can be gained.  🙂

Ben’s favorite part was that he got a penny rolled out and stamped from the mint.  🙂

Zach and Ben are in swimming lessons now, as normal, love them.  They are just two fish out of water we think.  The recreation center teachers are good and the boys like them.  Zach especially likes going off the diving board.  🙂

They both passed their classes with flying colors and can’t wait to get into swimming lessons again!  🙂  Great job boys!

Ben started t-ball and is SO excited to be playing!  He had his first game today and loved it!  He did quite well considering he’s never played before.  He may just turn into being one of the best hitters on the team.  He sure has an eye for the ball!

He has a great set of coaches, and all the kids on his team are from Aspen View so he knows all of them.  It’s really fun to watch them play and we all as parents have a great laugh seeing them try and figure out how to play the game, where to run after they hit the ball, etc.

Great job, Ben!

Happy BIG 18th Birthday Brittany!  When Brittany woke up this morning, she let us know that she was now an adult and was fully responsible and could do whatever she wanted now.  🙂  Not sure what the life-changing event was between 11:59pm last night and 12:01am this morning that would make such a difference.  We got a good laugh about it (although we don’t think Brittany thought it was that funny).  🙂

We celebrated and she opened her presents.  Sarah gave her some leggings she found at a store there in CA and Brittany was really excited as you can tell!

Kirstyn also had a practice hike for girl’s camp today.  She’s really excited (but a little nervous) about her 4th year hike.  She’ll do great!

Today we inherited a new friend for the summer.  Brittany’s best friend here, Sierra, just moved (which was VERY sad for Brittany), but she had a pet gecko that she couldn’t take with her.  That said, she decided to give the gecko to the biology teacher at the school when classes start up again.  Brittany volunteered keep her pet until school started again.

Needless to say, the boys love it and they think it’s really fun to play with!  As long as it doesn’t get out, stuck in a heater vent and die, I’m OK.  🙂

This last week was a crazy but fun week!  I decided to lump all o f the craziness into one post…  On Sunday after church, Angela packed Kirstyn, the boys, and Josh Ahlstrom (a friend of ours) into the van and drove out to Utah.  The whole week Kirstyn and Ashley Smith, her best friend from Illinois went to EFY at BYU in Provo (reason we took Josh out too).  They had a blast and could not stop talking about it, even after they came home.  🙂

While Kirstyn was at EFY, Angela and the boys met Carla and most of her kids in Park City where they stayed the week at Brian’s (Angela’s brother) vacation home there.  They went to see Grandma Burns, Auntie Carla, Mark and Jocelyn, played outside, went to a couple temples to visit, and of course, they went shopping too.  🙂

Where were Brittany and I?  We were at home working.  🙁  We had some fun though and it was actually quite relaxing!  🙂