Just the girls

This week has been just like all the others. But we have decided we need to have more fun and less soccer. Kennedee took that to the extreme this week and severely sprained her ankle while playing soccer. It is the same ankle that was broke and luckily it is just sprained. She played the whole game with it hurt and the minute the game ended she realized just how bad it hurt and couldn't walk on it. She is out for a couple of games, luckily the fall season is almost over.
Friday I get off work earlier than normal and I had the rare opportunity to take a quick nap and friday night I took Kennedee and some of her friends to the Haunted Forest and while they were there Madi and I went to Liberty Land and hung out. Saturday morning we headed to watch Kennedee's team play and stayed up North to hang out with the family.
Here are some pictures taken from my phone of Madi having fun.


She thought if she blew on the ball it would roll in the hole.




Wow!! She is flying in the go-cart.

Awww

This weekend was a relaxing one. Saturday we slept in until 8 and got up to go to Kennedee's game. Her team is not winning many games but they are playing against girls 2 years older than them. The team on saturday was running over Kennedee's team like a freight train. Kennedee is doing really well. She is learning this teams style and she is doing great.
After her game we spent the day in Park City. We met Jaime, Stran and Grandma up there and we shopped and went to lunch. Those 3 headed home and us 3 headed up to the Alpine Slides. We were so excited to go on the slide and had Madison talked into riding her own. We bought our tickets and went over to the ski lift. We were standing on the little feet right where the lift would go and they said "Oh no, we need to shut the ride down for lightning". We were so sad. We missed it by seconds. They gave us our money back but Kennedee and I were disappointed. Madi was relieved.
We headed back to the outlets so Kennedee could check some more stores out. She didn't buy much. But we headed home and did nothing for the rest of the evening, (what was left of it). We didn't go to Madi's game on saturday. She is having a hard time with her coach telling her she can't keep scoring and putting her in the back field. We are not to please with this, but since she is taking dancing, she is happy.
Sunday we got up and headed to church. I have told the girls all week, that on sunday after church I am laying on the couch and chilling. And I did just that. I didn't nap but the three of us chilled. It was just what we needed.
I think we are rested enough to do it all over again. This week will be just as busy if not more so than last.

Calgon take me away Part 2

This week has been the same as last week. Busy, busy.
Last weekend I stayed at my moms and visited Nana. She is doing very well. I wanted to come home early sunday to chill but Madi and I stopped at Jaime's and Stran is so fun to play with we hung out there giving him lots of kisses.
Monday night Kennedee had practice. Tuesday Madi had dance, I have a class and Kennedee had practice. Wednesday Kennedee had a late game and by thursday morning we all were dragging. Thursday Madi had practice and friday Kennedee had practice and Madi had a birthday party to go to. By friday morning the three of us had the hardest time getting up. Poor Madi cried while she got dressed and they had to run to the bus stop so Kennedee didn't miss it. 3 more weeks of this and the fall season is over. We are so ready for a break.
Saturday will be our usual soccer games. But we are going to go to Park City and ride the Alpine Slide and the Zip Line. (depending on the weather).
The new job is going great. I am learning a ton and I love the line of work I am in. The flexibilty is so nice. Friday I left at 2:30, just because.. Hurrican Ike hit our Corporate office and wiped out one of our buildings. We have had a slow go this week with the computer system, but I have had time to sit with most of the people I need to, to learn all I can. Hopefully we get time to chill this weekend. We all need it.

Calgon Take Me Away

This week has been so crazy. I hate it when we have time to mess up the house but not enough time to clean. I hate coming home to a dirty house!!
Kennedee had practice monday night, Madi had dance tuesday night and Kennedee had practice. I have a class I am taking on tuesday night but when the kids and I tried to get in the house that night, the door handle broke, so I spent my evening running Madi to dance and trying to get the door unstuck. (Scott took Kennedee to practice). I finally fixed the door. Kennedee had a game on Wedneday and Madi had practice tonight. The kids are going with Scott this weekend and he gets to run them to more practices and two games. Although I just had a vacation I think I need another one. I don't think soccer will ever slow down. I am so glad I get off work earlier, it reallys helps out. The kids do homework in the car and eat on the run..
Gotta love being a full fledged soccer mom.
This weekend I am hanging out with Jaime and Mom and Dad. Nana is in a rehab center and I am going to spend time with her on saturday, then we are taking Jaime out for her birthday. The big 30!!! Happy birthday Jaime!!!!

Fun Fun

Our weekend consisted of the normal soccer soccer soccer. Kennedee had a game in Kaysville saturday morning. They won. Madi had a game in the late afternoon in Orem, they also won. We had lunch in Layton with the family and hung out on saturday evening. Kennedee went babysitting and Caden was over so we all chilled. Sunday was stake conference and I have been promising Madi a trip to the fair to see the pigs so we went with Stran, Mimi, Grandma and Grandpa. Madi almost had Grandpa talked into buying her a pig. She loves them.
I started my new job on monday and I think I am really going to love it. The company is AWESOME, the benefits are wonderful and the people are great. No drama.. I don't have to punch a clock and my time is not set in stone. Lots of overtime is offered. But I am just happy to be able to get off early enough to be home with the kids and run them to all the places they have to go. What a relief. The company is buried and I am glad I get to jump in and get to work. Yay for change!!!

The trip that almost didn't happen

The kids and I were headed to CA on Wednesday after school. I called Jaime to see how things were and she tells me Nana has fallen in her closet and couldn’t get up. After a while of her trying she was exhausted so she fell asleep in the closet. They called 911 and they came and took her to the hospital. I couldn’t decide whether to go ahead and leave or head up north to see if she was ok. Everyone told us it would be fine to just go get the kids and go. They would keep me informed. What a weekend. It was touch and go most of the time and one morning they thought she would be gone by noon. Of course they didn’t tell me until that night. One night mom and Aunt Mame slept at the hospital because they didn't think she would make it until morning. But today she is in a care center with a new rod in her broken hip and she is doing well.
We stayed in Mesquite the first night and we just chilled; we got up early and took our sweet time to CA. We stopped along the way and shopped a little here and there. When we got to our hotel the kids were in awe. This hotel was beautiful. All of the ten floors overlooked the court yard below. At breakfast the next morning, my kids were the only ones there. We went to Disneyland and had a lot of fun. The lines were short and we did everything we wanted. Kennedee’s favorite ride was the Tower of Terror. Madi liked them all, except Indiana Jones and I just enjoyed watching their faces. When we were totally exhausted we headed back to the hotel and what a difference. It was packed with kids. There were so many soccer teams staying there. It was so fun for the kids. The managers were on overtime, keeping order. I thought they were a little extreme but the kids had so much fun going from room to room playing with their friends. They stayed up late and played cards and just hung out. They said a kid throw his soccer ball over the railing on the tenth floor and his whole family was kicked out of the hotel. It was so chaotic, but fun.
Kennedee played so awesome in the tournament; she scored in 2 games and had a couple of assists. She started the last game and she is really coming back. I am so proud of all the hard work she has put in. She can see it is paying off. Her team lost to the team who won the whole tournement in the quarter finals. Her team has jumped up to 27 in the nation after this tournament.
The coolest thing they saw all week was a live tarantula walking through the dirt and a baby rattlesnake. You could tell the girls have never seen that before, they all got their camera phones out and took pictures.
After their last game we went to dinner and PF Changs and then to Laguna Beach. I wish we would have spent more time at the beach, it was so pretty. The waves were so big. We didn’t take swimming suits because we decided not to go back to the hotel.
The girls stood in the water and laughed at the waves coming and hitting them, until Madi got taken down by a big wave. She finally stood up and was crying. We tried hard not to laugh, but those waves were huge, they had a great time until then and Madi cried and wanted to leave. I made her strip down in the car and put on different clothes. She had sand from head to toe. At the hotel she got in the shower but still had sand on her pillow in the morning.
We were sad to leave the hotel and all the friends we made. These tournaments bring everyone closer. We drove to Mesquite and hung out by the pool and chilled out before we headed home to start the short week.
We missed my mom terribly but understand why she stayed home and we are glad she did. Hopefully the next one in November everyone can go with us and we can have even more fun.