Prom

Prom

 Carie and Chase headed off to the dance.

 

The day before, Carie ran at the Toro Invitational and got her PR for the season 

2:27 for the first leg of the 4X800. 

(She cleans up nicely!)

Venture Scout Triathlon

 Matthew and ET got up early Saturday morning and headed to
Pima, Arizona 

for the Varsity/Venturing Triathlon.  

Matthew was #1124

He started the race by swimming 3 laps of the pool in FREEZING cold water! (1min 20 sec)

Then he biked 6 miles. (30.01 min)

 

  And finished by running 2 miles (17.12 min)

He finished in 48.33 minutes and made it home in time to mow the lawn and get to basketball practice!

Easter Sunday - March 31, 2013

It was wonderful to have Katie home for a few days!

 The occasion, Haley Brown's farewell and Easter Sunday!

Spring Break

Spring Break started early for us this year!

Grandma & Grandpa were able to come visit AZ for a couple of days.

Courtney and Matthew opted to skip school and go horseback riding

with the Glenns & Grandma & Grandpa in the McDowell Mountains.

 

 

 

The desert was beautiful this time of year - very green!

We saw two bald eagles and some wild horses.

 

We also hiked to the Wind Caves with the Glenns & Grobergs.

 

Grandma Jeanne, Anna, and Carie all did a headstand at the top.



 

We then took a QUICK trip to Palm Springs

 and the BNP Paribas Open.

 

(There was a small earthquake that morning that shook us up a little!)

 

The tournament was so much fun.  I can't wait to go again!!!

 I guess I do really like tennis.

The highlight for Matthew was having Roger Federer sign his BYU hat.

 

That evening we relaxed at the hotel and then rode bikes through Palm Springs the next morning.

We are now home and getting ready to send the boys off to Mountain Man.

 

February Fun

February 14 - Boys City Track Meet

 We spent Valentine's Day evening at the Boys City Track Meet.

Matthew competed in the long jump and the discus.  He did great!

 February 15 - Yesteryear at Highland

 Courtney had fun riding on a horse drawn covered wagon with her friends,

 Square-Dancing,

 

and quilting.  I had so much fun helping the kids tie their class quilt.  I actually enjoyed making it. My awesome neighbor showed me how to do the strips and I think it turned out okay!

 Matthew received his Eagle Scout award on Sunday, January 6, 2013

 We had a short and sweet court of honor in our home that evening with family.

Pictured below:  Grandpa with his 5 grandsons - all great young men.

Christmas

We started off the Christmas season by hanging lights at the temple - we actually only tightened and twisted lights, but it was fun to be a part of this huge undertaking that we get to enjoy every year.

For our family, Christmas began when the girls got home.

Katie arrived first and we got to spend the day in Phoenix watching Matthew play in his last volleyball tournament.

He did a great job!

Kimerly arrived next.

We had a fun time hiking Camelback Mountain with Chase.

We had a great Christmas Eve with everyone who was in town - and missed everyone who wasn't!

After a yummy dinner, we reinacted the Nativity.

Tia, Brett, and baby Landon stole the show!

We ended the evening with a cousin gift exchange.

The next morning we enjoyed sleeping in, eating our traditional Christmas morning breakfast and then opening presents. 

 

Courtney LOVED her microphone!

And everyone had fun singing along with her.

That evening we had another yummy dinner at Grandma and Grandpa's.

It has been a wonderful week and the best part about it has been having everyone HOME.