Easter 2014

NO BULLY RUN

The kids did the one mile fun run again this year.  Baylor told Delaney there was NO way she could beat him.  Of course she set out to prove him wrong and she did.  She was actually the first girl to finish, earning a first place medal.

The boys love it when I make them pose for pictures! 

Baylor finished 8th overall, not far behind his sister. 

Cheer Weekend

Our last competition for the season was at Frontier City.  We decided to take a day off from school and head up Friday morning so the girls could really make a weekend of it. We stopped at Pops and spent a little time at the outlets.

We couldn't have asked for a more perfect day except for the high winds. As luck would have it, the winds always seemed to pick up every time the girls went up for a stunt, but they didn't let that hold them back.  Their performance wasn't quite as clean as last time, but they did extremely well.  In fact,  they actually earned another first place win beating out four other teams in youth level 2 and even sweeter, they earned  high point grand champions, beating 6 other Junior teams and 2 senior teams. It's been amazing to watch these girls transform into a solid squad and literally go from the bottom to the top. 

In between competing and after awards, the girls had plenty of time to enjoy the park.  Delaney finally rode an upside down roller coaster.  She was so proud of herself and squealing towards the end of the ride, "I did it, mommy.  I did it.  I met my goal!"  I find this humorous because only Delaney would set a goal in an amusement park!  

Over all, it was a fun weekend. I loved the warm weather and riding roller coasters with my girl.  It certainly makes me long for summer even more.  

Even though, I wasn't super excited about being a cheer mom, I've come to really enjoy it.  It helps to be surrounded by so many other great moms and girls.  I am actually going to miss it and can't wait to watch these girls do their thing again next year! 

What a Weekend!

Delaney competed in her 4th competition for the year, today.  It's been kind of a rocky year. They've placed last or next to last in each competition, which for my highly competitive girl has been very disappointing.  The team itself has been through some challenging times but it appears new coaches have really taken the talent these girls possess and have brought them to a new level.

The girls hadn't competed in almost two months so they were fired up and ready to go this morning.

They took the stage like they owned it and it showed!  After their performance, I knew it was our personal best but didn't know how we would fair against the other teams.

The girls ended up not only placing first in their division but also earned the highest score in level 2 competition,  beating three senior level teams and four junior level teams.  I think we were all a little shocked but in a good way!  We were so happy to see their hard work pay off.

The great thing about these girls is they are always finding a way to have fun!

Saturday's in Spring

Our Saturday's are getting interesting. Baylor played his second soccer game of the season, today & he served as one of the Captains.  He's really enjoying playing on his new team.

 Jax made his debut at playing Lacrosse.  Today, they scrimmaged Jenks and Broken Arrow and dominated both teams.  This a new sport for me so I'm still trying to figure out what's going on. All I really know is that Jax seems to enjoy it.

Spring Break 2K14

If you ask the kids, it was the best of times.  If you ask Rick, it was the worst of times. And if you ask me, it was probably a little of both.  I will admit that I like skiing more than I ever thought possible, but I will always prefer sun, sand, and a nice relaxing beach.  I also still can't figure out why placing your feet in death grips, also known as ski boots, and then hurling down slopes, without injury is fun.  For me, it's pure torture at times, not to mention exhausting. 

Then, there is my ultimate need for sunshine.  In fact by March, I am just down right blah and a litttle cranky so I can't say as I was all that excited as we prepared for our trip, but the family was excited to return to Colorado so I was going to make the best of it.  

This year our drive to Aspen was uneventful, unlike last year.  Monday, Rick took the kids exploring around the hotel, we visited the hot springs pool, and the kids even hiked up a mountian.  Colorado is absoltuely beautiful!

Monday evening we went to dinner and shortly afer this picture was taken things took a turn for the worse.  Rick came down with what we are certain was food posioning.  It was a very ugly night for him and the sickest I have ever seen him.  Fortunately, the kids can sleep through anything so they were  oblivious until morning, but I on the other hand had only a few hours of sleep.  

Our first day of skiing at Buttermilk was a bit chilly, over cast and light snow.  The kids took their first run down the bunny slope before ski school and seemed to remember everything from previous year.  In fact, I saw Baylor about an hour into ski school and he was crying and begging me to get him out. They were reviewing some basic skills and he felt he was well beyond that.  I made him stick it out and after lunch, he began to have fun after they started taking runs on greens and blues. 

On our second day of skiing, we went to snowmass village and Rick was determined to give it a go but he was miserbale.  In fact, he felt so bad that he ended up staying back at the hotel for the third day. 

The weather was almost perfect the last two days.  I would have to say my favorite part of skiing is probably just enjoying the sunshine.

On the third day, the kids don't go to ski school so that we can ski as a family.  However, my kids can WAY out ski me.  I stick to the green run and at a granny pace I might add, while they want to do advanced blues and jumps.  Luckily, our friends took turns taking them for parts of the day because they are way too cool to stick with mom.  

Here we are at the top of the mountain.  It's a beautiful picture, but it also makes me sad knowing someone is missing from the picture. I believe I learned a real lesson this trip.  While it was stressful at times knowing I was responsible for all three kids in situations that I wasn't completely comfortable with, but luckily, we had wonderful friends to step in and assist.  Most of all, it was a reminder that my world just isn't the same when he's not around.  I really missed him.  I missed his energy, his spirit and his all around good nature. My world had truly lost some of it's color. 

Rick has already promised me a beach vacation next year and while I feel really horrible that he missed out on skiing, I am probably going to hold him to that.  But, I also know for certain, at some point, we will go skiing again.  Baylor's already mentioned that he's moving to Colorado some day.  

Happy Birthday!

Not sure if Rick wished for snow, but he got it.  I made a home cooked meal of chicken fried steak and gravy, and Delaney served up some cheese cake.  

Happy Birthday!