Mamma Mia

I had a wonderful time this weekend just hanging with my girls! (well one ditched most of the day) but it was still fun to just hang, shop, eat & play! We started off the day with a softball game for Jentry & Shelby then made our way north! We did some shopping, had dinner at Cafe Rio, took some pics at Temple Square then met up with my mom, sisters & nieces to see Mamma Mia. Definitely needed a fun day!

Blessings of a Missionary

Exactly 1 week from today Elder Ebell will return from serving in the Brisbane Australia Mission. He is my "adopted" son, he came into our family through Shyanne. He is one of those just very likeable kids, although was also the typical 17 year old punk kid, but our family always felt as if there was a greater purpose that needed to be served with this young man. The story of things that came about and the feelings that were felt concerning Creed are much to long to put in this post, but suffice it to say we knew that somewhere along the jouney of this youngs man life, we were to be an influence on him and get him into the mission field. Thank goodness for the spirit and the direction it gives us, he was called to serve a mission. The change and the impact that his mission has had on him is astounding, and the blessings and the example of it on my family especially my own 2 boys is something I will be eternally grateful for. I am grateful for the opportunity to have known this young man and for the example he is and for the blessings of a Missionary.

New Milestones

This weekend marked two milestones for our family. Austin graduated from 8th grade and now makes the big move to high school in the fall. Jentry graduated from 6th grade and moves on to middle school. Yikes!! They are all growing up way to fast! Shelby received a state award for her poster in the against drug & tobacoo competition, and Bubba received several math olypmic awards & track awards. I am so grateful & blessed to have these wonderful gifts from God in my life, I really don't know what I would do without them.

2011 Mt. Pleasant City Youth Volleyball Champions!!!

Woot Woot! We just finished up city volleyball and Austin & Jentry's team won the championship! It was a fun season, they got to play with their cousin Yellie, and their good friend Taylor Jorgensen. They pretty much dominated the whole thing, (even with the butt ugliest colored shirts you have ever seen) but they played hard and learned alot. So excited for lots of more volleyball years to come!

My 2 hot dates this month

I was lucky enough this month to be able to go out on dates with both of my boys for their birthdays. I have been trying to do that with each of the kids on their birthdays so that it is just a special day with mom. Bubba wanted to go to a jazz game for his date, so I got tickets for us back in february when they were running one of their specials. It just so happened that all the drama with the Jazz happened just a couple of weeks before we were suppose to go, and of course Bubba had gotten a D-will jersey for Christmas, so he wasn't too excited about wearing it, so he borrowed Jentry's really old Kirelenko jersey and off we went. We had dinner at Olive Garden, where they made a big deal about him since he was still supporting the Jazz by having his jersey on, and he told them how we were going to the game for his birthday, so they brought him out a free cheesecake and sang to him for his birthday and for not giving up on the jazz. So of course he is thinking the whole time that he needs a new jersey so we get to the ESA and he wants to go into the fanzz store and check them out, but just outside of the store was a kiosk that was selling genuine jerseys, but you could personalize them and i thought well it will be to expensive, but it was the same price as the regular jersey's with the players' names on it, so he picked his own number and had his name put on the jersey (they can't trade him) and now he has his own genuine jersey with his number and name! A few weeks later I was able to take Austin out for his birthday date. Anyone who knows Austin, knows of his love for volleyball! So we figured it would be fun to go catch a BYU men's volleyball game. Austin also chose Olive Garden for his dinner out also, although they weren't as friendly as the one in Sandy had been, so no free cheesecake or singing, even though I told them it was his birthday :( We were able to do a little shopping and get him some badly needed new church pants and then went to the game. We had a great time watching the game, they are so fun to watch and I think it was really good for Austin to get to see how the men play. I loved these outings one on one with the boys, and the good times and great conversations that we had and look forward to being able to continue doing it each year!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY BOYS

March is a very busy month for me because it just so happend that both of my boys were born this month, with their birthdays only a day apart from each other. Bubba turned 10 on the 16th and Austin is 14 today (the 18th). What a joy that they have both been in my life! It's funny when looking at some of their pictures how much they look alike at times, yet they are probably about as opposite as 2 brothers could be. I love my handsome boys!!!

Austin then

Austin Now

Bubba Then

Bubba now

Snowboarding & Just Dance

The kids are loving the mountains of snow that we have this year, I could do without it, but that's what you get for living in Utah right? We have been able to get in a few snowboarding trips and "knock on wood" no broken bones this year! But one of our funnest things of late is a Christmas present that the kids got, a new game for the Wii call just dance. We have been having just dance parties and it has been great! We were finally able to get the whole fam together for a night to play and lets just say there were alot of great memories made, laughs and crying from laughing so hard! So if your looking for a fun family activity I would highly recommend it...plus its a pretty dang good workout!

I love this pic... Shelby's face says it all!

Shelby

Jentry ... she is a little more daring :)

But its Bubba who is the little daredevil :/

Austin is a little more timid??? Can't imagine why after breaking his arm last year