We Beat Payson!

The St. Johns Redskin football team were awesome tonight. They came to win and win they did. Payson is the Arizona defending 3A State Champions and St. Johns is the defending 2A State Champions. They had twice as many boys on their team and they were bigger but we were better. Sean had several great tackles. He is starting on both Offense and Defense. Alec played really well to making some great blocks. The Redskins now have a 26 game winning streak and two( back to back) State Championship titles.

Go Redskins!

Sean and Alec turn 18

Today is Alec and Sean's 18th birthday. We had planned a party for them for Saturday night. We had the swimming pool rented for an hour and then were going to have the kids come to our house for a movie out on the lawn with Cafe Rio sweet pork salad for dinner. The boys had rented the movie "Frisco Kid" to show their friends. We hung lights out around the front yard and gathered lawn chairs. But everything changed as we got the first big thunderstorm of the season! It started to rain about 2:00 so we took down all the lights. Then it stopped raining so we put the lights back up. It started raining again so we scrubbed the outdoor movie idea and took the lights down again. It was still raining when it was time to swim. They wouldn't let us in the pool because of lightning. So Rich told all the kids to head to the Movie Theatre and he would pay for them all to see "Harry Potter" When we got to the theatre, the projector wasn't working so NO MOVIE! Every one came back to the house and we fed them the Sweet Pork Salad which turned out really good. Then we cleared the furniture out of the living room and the kids watched "Frisco Kid" projected on the wall. After the movie we served cake and ice cream. It turned out fun but not the way we had planned. The boys opened their presents today and we put cups in the chain link fence at school with their names and the number 18. I think they got sung to in several of their classes because everyone saw the cups. Unfortunately Alec came home from football practice tonight with either stomach flu or food poisoning. He is so sick. I think we are in for a night of it.

This was the birthday cake I made for their party. Alecs MGB and juggling balls for Sean. They are all out of cake.

First Day of School and Visit From Lauren

Alec and Sean started school on Monday. I barely caught them as they were leaving to get a first day picture for the last time.

Lauren and Klayton have been able to come and visit us during their break. It has been so fun having them here and getting to know Klayton. He and Lauren have been friends since they met in May. Klayton is from Palmdale, California and they first drove to California and spent a week with his family. While they were there, they went to Disneyland (one of my favorite places). They will be leaving on Sat. It will be hard to see Lauren go. I always go through withdrawal when my kids or grandkids leave.

Lauren got a new haircut. Pretty short! She looks really cute.

Summer is coming to an end!

Tonight was the red and white scrimmage for the football team. The varsity offence plays against the defence under the football lights. It is the last night of two-a-day practices, which have been going on for the last two weeks. It gets everyone excited for the new season. I didn't take any pictures but it was fun. Next week we scrimmage against Blue Ridge. Then the first game is the following week against Payson (last years 3A State Champions) which will be a tough game. This is Sean and Alec's last year of football.

Sean and Alec start their Senior year on Monday. They are excited for school to start. I think they are kind of bored with summer. I always hate the summer to end. It is fun having the boys around and my favorite part of summer is the swimming pool. I go swimming almost every morning with Mom and Christine. There is only one more week until they close the pool.

I made another wedding cake this week for Katelyn Lefevre. It turned out really pretty. It was just what she wanted.

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