La familia de los BURNETTS

Mitchell's Band Concerts - October and December

2010-12-15T07:25:00.000-08:00

Kyle's Birthday and Ward Christmas Party

2010-12-15T07:16:00.001-08:00

Varsity Football Banquet

2010-12-15T06:55:00.000-08:00

Sophomore Footbal Banquet - Kyle

2010-12-15T06:48:00.001-08:00

One more season ending . . . . .

October: Halloween, Girls Pref and Last High School Football Game for McKay . . .

2010-12-15T06:37:00.000-08:00

Sophomore Football

2010-10-30T17:01:00.000-07:00

What an AWESOME football season for Kyle's Sophomore team! They ended 7 - 2 (losses to Bingham and Alta - both pretty close games)! He is still practicing and dressing with the Varsity!

Senior Night :(

2010-10-18T07:20:00.000-07:00

I can't believe McKay had his last season, home game (AKA Senior Night)! I never thought this day would come! They announced all of the seniors and I cried all day in anticipation of this, but I actually didn't cry that night.

The after-game party and two moms of seniors who are smiling on the outside, but crying on the inside.

Homecoming Dance

2010-09-30T08:28:00.000-07:00

Homecoming Game against West Jordan -

Riverton 37 - West Jordan 20

Homecoming Dance Pictures - McKay and Lai

Football!!!!

2010-09-18T15:31:00.000-07:00

McKay - #58
Kyle - #64

So far it has been a great year for football! It is already going way too fast! I can't bear the thought of this being McKay's last year of high school football! Riverton is undefeated so far 5-0 and should be able to go far this year! Kyle is playing Sophomore football as a freshman this year. He has been dressing for Varsity and we are so excited that he has been able to play a little in two of the Varsity games so far. The sophomore and J.V. teams are also undefeated 4-0! Mitchell is taking a year off due to a not-so-good experience last year. He is already regretting that he didn't play and looking forward to next year!

The poster is an answer from Lai to McKay after asking her to homecoming! After each game the football team runs over to the fans and sings their fight song. She had this banner waiting for him when he ran over :)

And, finally, a heart-warming (for their parents) video of McKay and Kyle talking on the sidelines after Kyles comes off the field with Riverton having a 55-3 lead over Copper Hills.

Driggs,Idaho Centennial Parade - August 2010 Grandma Green - Grand Mistress!

2010-09-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

Grandma Green was the Grand Mistress of the Driggs, Idaho Centennial Parade and Mitchell and I were able to go see her! Mitchell and some cousins were able to ride on the wagon with her!

Mitchell - Track and Field 2010 - County Track Meet

2010-09-18T14:55:00.000-07:00

Trip to California/Oregon June 2010

2010-09-18T14:09:00.000-07:00

Mitchell turns 12!

2010-09-18T14:03:00.001-07:00

5A State Champs

2010-06-08T11:34:00.000-07:00

Way to go Riverton High Boys and Girls Track and Field!! State Champions! McKay took 5th in Shot Put and 7th in Discus!! He was disappointed, but I think for his first year it is amazing escpecially considering how many throwers their were!! Here are pictures of the State Track Meet and the year-end banquet getting his "Most Inspirational Thrower" award from Coach B.

All-Star

2010-06-08T08:02:00.001-07:00

No pictures to prove it, but Kyle made the All-Star Lacrosse team along with one other player from his team and had a game last night! He played awesome. He had 3 assists and brought the ball down the field several times. It was a great game to watch and his team won 12 - 5! Great job Kyle. I'll post some pictures from the regular season.

2010-05-04T21:47:00.000-07:00

Snow Boarding at Brighton

2010-03-27T21:08:00.001-07:00

Las Vegas Lacrosse Tournament

2010-03-27T20:57:00.000-07:00

Jr. Prom

2010-03-27T20:51:00.000-07:00

Look at that Limo! The boys surprised the girls by having a limo come pick them up and take them to dinner and the prom. Thank you Mark!!!

Velasco Reunion

2010-03-27T20:31:00.000-07:00

Hiram's grandma from Mexico, his mother from Arizona and all the brothers and sisters had a family reunion in Utah. It has been a long time since we have all been together! We spent time at Temple Square, playing card games, eating, visiting, eating, visiting, eating . . . .

Sisters Weekend

2010-03-27T20:27:00.000-07:00

My sisters, mom and I all went to Margie's for the weekend to watch Chris in a production. We had a great time with lots of good food and best of all - visiting!

Simplot Games

2010-02-22T06:21:00.000-08:00

What a fun weekend! McKay and I spent the weekend in Pocatello so he could participate in the Simplot Games. It is a National Track Meet. There were 95 boys competing in the shot put. They narrowed it down to 20, then to 12. McKay made it to the final 12! He did awesome! Another teammate made it in the final 12 also. It was a fun time! It ended up being a nice little vacation for me too. I got caught up on some reading, we ate out, stayed in a motel and had no responsibilities except to get us to the meets on time!

This is the guy who took 1st place from Georgia. I took a picture because I think we will be seeing him in the Olympics!!

Catching Up

2010-02-16T07:14:00.001-08:00

Hiram's first time snowboarding - pretty impressive! We all thought he would spend most of his time on his bum, but he proved us wrong!

Mitchell still has it!

I didn't even entertain the thought of snowboarding, I played it safe with skiing. I couldn't believe how it came back - just like riding a bike (almost). The only time I fell down is when all of our boards and skis got caught as we were getting off of the lift and we all fell flat on our faces! Pretty entertaining!

McKay's football coach talked him into throwing the shot put for him this year and has decided it is pretty fun, especially when he took 3rd place at the BYU invitational! He went with no expectations, but now he feels the pressure to do better each time. He has been to two more meets since then and has always placed in the top 5. We are off to Simplot Games this weekend.

Checking out his lettermen jacket that he got for Christmas. He lettered in football and now he will get one for track.

He was named MVP Lineman for our region in Football so we surprised him and framed it for Christmas.

The annual "picture on the stairs" as they come down on Christmas morning. They are getting so big!

Posing with his new aviator sunglasses that he got for his birthday.

Rubbing it in!

Kyle bet Hiram that he would pass him up by his birthday. Almost, but not quite - I think they are pretty much even.

Kyle's 14th birthday.

Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go . . . .

2009-12-03T18:43:00.001-08:00

All Region MVP

2009-11-12T13:02:00.000-08:00

HE won't let me put it on facebook because it is "bragging" but HE won't need to know that I blogged about it! HE was named All Region MVP! The West Jordan Defensive Lineman Coach nominated HIM, Bingham Head Coach seconded it and then HE was voted in!! Way to go!!! HE worked his tail off all year and it paid off! This person's name has the letters Y A K C M in it!

2009-11-02T13:38:00.000-08:00

Don't ask me why Mitchell decided to wear his horse costume from when he was 4 or 5 years old!!

Here is one of our future missionaries! He tried on Hiram's old suits from his mission and they pretty much fit!! Hiram was having a ball with this!

Meet Sandy and Danny from Grease!!

Sadly, the football season has come to an end for McKay. :( They played such a great game against Pleasant Grove! We really were the better team - ahead at half time, but after two interceptions, we lost the game. What will McKay do with his time now? He did so well and will miss it so much!!

It's on to the playoffs for Mitchell's team! Beat Bingham!

Kyle's team moves on to playoffs. Beat Alta!!!

2009-09-23T17:10:00.000-07:00

Hey, for any of you who have listened to or looked at my playlist (songs), I apologize! I was editing my playlist today and found that some horrible songs got put on there. We've had problems with that website before. It is a shared website and I'm guessing that some sick person did this. Hopefully, none of you were on my blog long enough to listen to those songs. They were on the bottom of my list!

Football 2009

2009-09-22T20:59:00.000-07:00

Mitchell #84

Kyle #84

McKay #58

Family 2009

2009-09-22T20:56:00.000-07:00

Homecoming Dance

2009-09-22T20:53:00.001-07:00

First Homecoming Dance

Mitchell had a birthday!

2009-08-18T21:48:00.000-07:00

My baby turned 11! We took him and his friends swimming.

Good Things Utah

2009-08-18T21:37:00.000-07:00

I'm the counselor over the MiaMaids in our Young Womens and for an activity we went to be in the audience of ABC's "Good Things Utah". We had a blast! One of our young women was asked to help teach the "Hoedown Showdown" from the Hannah Montana movie. She was awesome! She's the one in the pink shirt.

Lots of Pictures From Bryce Canyon Trip Because it is so beautiful!

2009-06-30T20:20:00.000-07:00

Rocky

2009-04-15T21:24:00.001-07:00

Grandma Green

2009-04-15T21:18:00.001-07:00

While Grandma Green was here for a short visit, Margie and Karin brought Karin's and Matt's and Chris and Erin's kids to visit with Grandma. Here are a few cute pictures we took while they were here.

Escalante State Park

2009-04-15T20:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Escalante State Park over spring break with 5 other families in our neighborhood. We had such a great time hiking, visiting, eating, and relaxing. Friday we drove 50 miles down a red dirt road (wash board) to go on a hike. We heard it was a moderate hike so we thought it would be fine for the group of people ranging from 3 yrs. to 45 yrs. It was fine until we came to a wall that we had to climb to go any further. After crying, I convinced Hiram I couldn't go any further. So I, along with one other, waited for the rest to go on and finish the "Peekaboo" hike. They came back and said that my family and 7 others continued on to the "Spooky" hike. When they came back, my husband admitted that it was a good thing that I didn't continue on! Here are some pictures of the wall that needed to be climbed in order to continue on. That is where I stopped, so that is where the pictures stopped!

This is for you, Kayleen!

2009-03-05T20:18:00.000-08:00

It's facebook's fault - or whomever introduced me to facebook!! Now I have to play catch up and that is bad news because my memory is terrible. January and February have been filled with lots of snowboarding for Kyle and basketball for everyone! Kyle and Mitchell have been playing Jr. Jazz and doing great, it's just the team they are on that really struggles. Mitchell is done for the season and they didn't win one game, but they sure came close to winning a couple! Kyle has one more game and we are hoping that that will be the ONE. McKay has been playing church ball and made it to regions. They had their first game tonight and won by 1 point! We were down by one and McKay got fouled and put in the two foul shots to win the game!! It was pretty exciting (even the part where one of our high councilmen who happens to be in our ward was kindly asked to leave the gym)!!

In Kyle's defense, his knees were bothering him (osgood schlatter's) and he didn't wear his knee bands that night.

Merry Christmas!!

2008-12-30T14:05:00.000-08:00

It was so nice to have a very white Christmas!! Although it was a little bit scary driving home from Bountiful from the Burnett family Christmas party! We had a great time visting with family, opening presents and sharing germs!! There were quite a few of us that got the stomach flu. Yuck!

My picture-taking skills are taking a turn for the worse. It seems like all of the pictures I take are blurry! I must be doing something wrong!

We had another fun get together with Hiram's brothers and families the next day! It's not very often that all four of them are together. We really miss Robert and Jana and family and are happy to have Blaine and Cindy and family back!!

Kyle had a birthday, shout hooray!

2008-12-30T13:54:00.000-08:00

I think Kyle enjoyed his birthday. He went snowboarding most of the day and then spent the evening with his friends watching movies and eating pizza and donuts. Kyle is such a sweet and easy child to have around with a lot going for him! We love you Kyle!

Before the party was over we received some sad news. Hiram's sister, Holly and her husband, Tyler, lost their sweet little Elle Marie. She was born at 21 weeks. We were able to leave the party and go to the hospital and see the sweet, perfect little girl. Holly was pregnant with twins and the little boy is doing well and has made it to 23-1/2 weeks. Holly has been in the hospital for 3 weeks and will stay until the baby is born. What a trooper!

Because we left to go to the hospital, there are no birthday pictures for Kyle so I'll post a picture from the Burnett family Christmas Party with his awesome cousins!

Last football post . . .

2008-12-30T13:48:00.000-08:00

We went to McKay's football banquet without the camera! It was very crowded with most of the 60 players and their parents. The coaches had a lot of good to say about McKay and we are very proud of him for how hard he played and how well he did! This is the first year that the coaches got trophies for a sophomore team at Riverton High, but because they were undefeated, they thought it was the least they could do! They've got a bright future ahead of them!

2008-12-02T20:59:00.001-08:00

Mitchell's football banquet was lots of fun! It was at the new "My Noah's" with pizza, salads, desserts and a visit from the BINGHAM coach with cookies in hand (paying up on a bet). The kids enjoyed dodge ball, pool, ping pong and just hanging out together!

2008-12-02T20:36:00.000-08:00

It's hard to share your birthday with Thanksgiving, but it happens to McKay every 7 years! He did get to celebrate with friends before we left for Idaho for Thanksgiving. Happy 16th Birthday, McKay! We love you!

We had a great Thanksgiving in Idaho - lots of yummy food and hanging out with cousins. Thanks Kayleen and Roy for opening your home to everyone!

Then on Friday Roy was nice enough to take the boys on rides in his parachute plane thingy! They loved it! Thanks, Roy, for spending all day taking one of us for a ride, repacking the chute, moving the plane, unpacking the chute and taking the next one for a ride, then starting all over again!

And, of course, the highlight of our trips to Idaho - Grandma!

Sisters Retreat

2008-11-18T14:28:00.000-08:00

I had a wonderful weekend with my mom and sisters in Park City. It was so much fun to be with them with no distractions. We stayed in an awesome condo and I have to say I was not ready to leave when it was time to go. Maybe I felt so sad because I got in my car to leave and all of the rest got in another car together to leave (except Margie). We had fun shopping, eating out, having birthday cake, playing a game and mostly reminiscing.

Raingutter Regata

2008-11-18T14:17:00.000-08:00

This post is to celebrate our final pinewood derby or raingutter regata ever!! It's been fun . . . c ya! Mitchell won about 5 out of his 8 races. Thanks to McKay for helping Mitchell with his boat!! What would we do without big brothers?

Accident Prone Part II

2008-11-18T14:03:00.000-08:00

Did I mention Kyle is accident prone? Brighton Resort opened last week, so Kyle got out the snowboard and his friends and headed for the hills! We went to pick them up and there was Kyle with a big bandage on his face and a limp! He went off a box (rail) and tried to 180 off of it and instead did a face plant on ice! And so, I give you Kyle . . .

A little bit of this, a little bit of that . . .

2008-11-06T10:27:00.000-08:00

Look what we woke up to yesterday! (Not the dog, the SNOW) Love it, love it, love it!! This picture was taken after the snow had some time to melt, but we did have about 4".

A mixture of fall and winter! I thought the orange trees against the snow was beautiful.

My handsome husband.

I just loved these pictures, so . . .

McKay's and Mitchell's masterpieces. Kyle was too busy to carve? and my masterpiece was on the other side of the porch. These were a couple of the pumpkins from our garden! We grew about 14 pumpkins from our two plants.

Happy Halloween!

2008-10-30T19:06:00.001-07:00

Mitchell and I had a lot of fun with some Halloween projects! I'm so glad that I have one child that likes to do fun things like this. His big brothers might be "too big" to help with the activities, but they will definitely eat them! We made mini-carameled apples, twinkie mummies and eyeballs!

Accident Prone

2008-10-30T18:49:00.000-07:00

As I look through my blog, I notice that there is a child that I have neglected! Poor Kyle, having one injury after another, has had to take a break from sports. Being the sports nut that I am (when it comes to my kids) I have to remember there are other activites that they are involved in. Here is Kyle whom we love just as much as McKay and Mitchell, getting ready for his band concert (beginning percussion). He did a GREAT job and he is so dang cute!! The turkey wasn't anywhere to be found after the concert until we looked behind us just in time to see him HUGGING HIS GIRLFRIEND!

Her he is at the concert. The picture is kind of dark, sorry . . .

Kyle is on the back row, right in the middle.

I've been Tagged!

2008-10-25T10:42:00.000-07:00

Thanks, Brittany!

5 things I was doing 10 years ago

1. Having my last child and enduring the week long stay in the hospital.
2. Moving into our current home.
3. Making new friends in our new neighborhood.
4. Chasing a 5 year old and a 2 year old around.
5. Supporting Hiram as he began his career as a Sheriff's Deputy.

5 things on my To do list today

1. Go to Mitchell's last football game of the season before playoffs.
2. Watch Hiram and the boys winterize and cover the trailer.
3. Pick up a new expensive dog run that is less expensive than it could have been because we are getting it at a yard sale for our dumb dog who chews through the dog run that we already bought that we hope to sell to recover some of the money back!
4. Watch Hiram fertilize the lawn for the winter.
5. Clean the kitchen floor, do laundry, Halloween activity with Mitchell that I promised him we would do today (I'll post a picture later), and work on my data entry.

5 things I would do if I were a millionare

1. Pay tithing
2. Pay off my house
3. Savings for kids college and missions
4. Buy a house for my mom and Hiram's mom and dad.
5. Live comfortably and help family members as necessary.

5 places I have lived

1. Driggs, Idaho
2. Rexburg, Idaho
3. Salt Lake City, Utah
4. Sandy, Utah
5. Riverton, Utah

5 jobs I have had

1. Heath Engineering Company
2. Stanley Consultants
3. PermaPlate
4. Jr. High Lunch Cashier
5. Coburn Drug in Driggs, Idaho

5 people I tag

1. Tara
2. Mikki
3. Jenny
4. Alicia
5. Holly

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, then goes to their blog and leaves them a comment letting them know that they’ve been tagged and asking them to read your blog. Let the person that tagged you know when you’ve answered the questions on your blog.

More Football (bear with me)

2008-10-17T16:14:00.000-07:00

McKay wasn't able to practice last week or play in the football game against Kearns this week. The trainer has been keeping a good eye on him. He should be good to go for their final game of the season. He definitely did have a concussion, so now I get to be one of those worried, nervous mothers that can't relax until the game is over! I really hate that.

Kyle now has to take prednisone for 12 days to help his osgood schlatters disease and NO sports until he can do a squat and extend his leg with resistance. It's killing him to not be able to play lacrosse.

In the pictures below, Mitchell is taking a hand-off and then goes for a TOUCHDOWN! Then he is stripping the ball from East and gets it! I still can't figure out how to put the description next to the picture it goes with! Just look for #84!

2008-10-09T21:33:00.000-07:00

These are a couple of the cards I made at a "card party" that I thought were pretty cute, especially because I'm not that creative! It helps, though, when the cards are pre-cut for you and all you have to do is stamp, and adhere! I made 5 different kinds (5 of each) for my mom to send out to her 160 members of our family for their birthdays.

This is a birthday present that "someone in our family" gave to his girlfriend on her 16th b-day. How sweet and fun is that!

Headline: RIVERTON beats not only BINGHAM but the referees!!! 20-18

McKay is on the top of the pile.

No kidding! The referees were the WORST I have ever seen! To our approximately 20 penalties, Bingham had maybe 2 or 3!! They did everything they could to help Bingham win, but it didn't work!! We were up 14-0 in the first half and I guess Bingham coaches paid the refs during half time! After half time Bingham scored twice, but didn't get there extra points, so it was 14-12. Then they scored again the last 2 minutes to make it 14-18 (no extra point). One minute to go and we headed to our end zone. With 10 seconds left we scored!! 20-18 You would have thought it was the championship game (I guess it kind of was since they were our only competition). Our side of the bleachers were so full and everyone was crazy with excitement!

Picture above: McKay is making an awesome block.

Below is a picture of the Riverton vs. West Jordan game. Look for #56 near the right.

The only down side was at the end of the 3rd quarter Mckay came out and the coaches sat him down on the bench and took his helmet off. The medic was continually checking on him. I was going nuts not knowing what was going on and it took everything in me not to go down and see. If I would have gone down, I would have been disowned by McKay. After the game, I found out that in the 2nd quarter, after a huge head to head hit, saving the quarterback from getting sacked, McKay sustained a possible concussion. There he is sitting on the bench.

They are now ranked the #1 Sophomore team in Utah!

Wait . . . I'm not done yet . . .

The Varsity coach approached McKay last week and asked him to practice with the Varsity during playoffs! He wants him to start as tackle for the Varsity team next year! The coach can't wait to get his hands on the Sophomores next year!

Side note: All three touchdowns by Bingham were scored in the fourth quarter while McKay was out with his injury.

Okay, now I'm done.

I MISS MY MOMMY

2008-09-19T10:48:00.000-07:00

It It has been such a wonderful three weeks having my mom around! She left us yesterday. Margie and Blair picked her up and made an overnight stop at her house and took her with them to Billings, MT, to an opera that Chris is starring in! Mom was my constant companion for three weeks, so now I'm learning how to do everything on my own again! She was the backup homework helper when I was off to mutual, or picking up/dropping off. She was my co-captain as we traveled many miles running errands and taxiing kids. She helped me can 15 quarts of peaches (helped as in I peeled maybe five peaches)! We took a trip to WalMart where mom tried out the motorized shopping carts!! I was so proud of her and she only crashed into a display once and I laughed so hard! It was so much fun! She was always there to help with dinner, etc., etc., etc. When the kids woke up this morning, they asked where grandma was before they remembered that she was gone!

Update on football/lacrosse games:

McKay's Team: Riverton 40 something - Hillcrest 14

Riverton 45 - Jordan 12

Highlight: McKay got through the line, the quarter back threw the ball, McKay jumped into the air and tipped the ball to our player, who made a 25 yard run to the 5 yd line - next play - TOUCHDOWN!!

Mitchell's Team: Riverton 12 - Alta 6 (overtime)

The game was 6-6 from 5 minutes into the first quarter! It was a nail biter, literally! I have no nails now!

Sad news: Forgot camera!

Kyle's Team: Riverton 3 - Bingham 8 (Lacrosse)

Highlight: Kyle scored!!!!

Sad news: Forgot camera and this may be his only game this season!! He injured his knee! We spent 3-1/2 hours at the doctor's office yesterday (missing 3/4 of McKay's football game). He was playing night games and jumped over a can (kick the can) and it felt like his knee cap jammed. We watched it for five days and waited for the swelling to go down before we took him to the dr. They took an x-ray and 3 HOURS LATER they received the reading. They made him stay in a wheel chair and he thought that was pretty cool! No fracture, just his Osgood Schlatters Disease was reaggravated. Only cure: no running, playing sports for a couple of months!!! Then later we received a call from the dr. saying he may have torn the ligament that attaches his patilla and tibia. So, we have to wait and see if there is any improvement in the next couple of weeks. If not, off to an orthopedic specialist! So we will cross our fingers that he will be healthy enough to use his snowboarding season pass that we just bought him!!

2008-09-05T09:09:00.000-07:00

Just another cute pic of Mitchell coming off of the field (#84).

2008-09-05T08:46:00.000-07:00

We had a relaxing Labor Day weekend at Palisade State Park. We left right after Mitchell's football game and stayed until Monday noon so we could get back to McKay's football practice that evening. This is our one and only picture of the weekend, because I forgot to take the charger to the camera and, of course, that battery ran out right after this picture! The weather was perfect and it waited to rain until during the night on Sunday. All of the tents you see in the background had to pack up and leave during the night because of the down pour. We played games, read, ate, played games, ate, went to the lake, ate, ate . . . We promised the boys there would be NO hiking or sight seeing this trip. Yes, we were lazy and we loved it!!

Mitchell's team played Cyprus and creamed them 48-0! Mitchell even got two touchdowns!! He normally doesn't run the ball, but because we were so far ahead, the coach was letting anyone who wanted to run the ball. Grandma Green was there to witness it all! He's turned out to be quite the football player!

McKay's team played Pleasant Grove at Pleasant Grove. We won 48 to 14! McKay did great! Grandma Green was there and seems to be enjoying watching her grandsons play ball. She should be able to get to another of McKay's and Mitchell's games and Kyle's lacrosse game.

2008-08-29T21:35:00.000-07:00

Okay, he is totally not supposed to be on the couch, but how do I get mad at that!!

2008-08-29T21:20:00.001-07:00

We are so happy that Grandma came to visit. She was able to see McKay's first football game and will see Mitchell's first one also. I don't think Kyle will have a lacrosse game while she is here, though. Whenever grandma comes to visit, she gets us caught up on piano lessons. She's a lot more fun to play for than mom!!!

McKay had his first high school football game. He is starting offense and defense. He's in the middle there somewhere!! He did a GREAT job and his team beat Orem 56-0!

McKay started high school this year!! He's one of only 3,000 students and he is enjoying it a lot!

Kyle started Jr. High and he loves it!

Clean, Clean, Clean!!

2008-08-23T19:49:00.000-07:00

I am so excited about a purchase we made today, that I just had to share! I really love our dog, Rocky, but the shedding has been driving me crazy!! I've been wanting to get a Dyson vacuum especially for homes with pets and so Hiram took me to Sears today and we bought one!! I was going to take a picture of the load of yuck the vacuum sucked up, but I didn't want to make you sick! The house feels so clean now!!

Goodbye Summer!

2008-08-21T17:46:00.000-07:00

Mitchell's heading to school with his best friend Branson. He's starting 5th grade.
I welcome cooler weather, but these are some of the reasons I hate summer to end . . . .

The kids going back to school, football, lacrosse and cooler nights are sure signs that summer is coming to an end. It's sad to send everyone back to school, and end the lazy days of summer, but a regular schedule is very much needed.

I spent Monday at Girls Camp in Park City which included a nice, steep, hot hike! Then on Tuesday our family went to the Burnett Family Reunion outside of Heber which was really nice and very beautiful. I could kick myself for not taking the camera. There was a beautiful lake that we were able to ride on canoes and pedal boats. Kyle and his cousins, Alex and Clay, were having so much fun that they tipped over. Of course, Kyle was wearing his brand new school shoes!

McKay made the 1st string offense and defense on the Riverton High School Sophomore team. He is very excited for his first game on the 28th. I will be posting pictures.

2008-08-01T18:58:00.000-07:00

This is serious stuff!! High School Football here I come. McKay is in the middle of high school football training and loving it but it is VERY hard work. Go McKay!!

2008-08-01T18:50:00.000-07:00

Mitchell is spending quality time with Rocky. They are best buds!!!

2008-08-01T18:48:00.000-07:00

Kyle's just hanging out. Sometimes you just need some down time.

2008-08-01T18:46:00.000-07:00

It was Mitchell's birthday in July. My baby is 10 years old!!! We love you Mitchell!!

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Mitchell participated in Track and Field this spring and competed in the Javelin, Shot Put, High Jump and 50 yd dash. He received a lot of ribbons! He took 1st place in the shot put at the Salt Lake County Track Meet which included several clubs throughout the county.

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This was at the Green Family Reunion hiking up to where Grandma and Grandpa Green lived when they were first married.

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Hiram and McKay are all geared up to paintball at the Green Family Reunion!

Keeping Up with the Times

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I can't believe I'm doing this! I've secretly kind of laughed at bloggers wondering why they would blog and how they would find time to blog. Then I became curious and checked out a lot of blogs and found myself spending a lot of time checking them out. Then I found myself getting addicted. Then I found myself limiting my time checking out blogs so I could get things done and get to bed at a decent hour. Then I found myself buying a digital camera (yes, we are way behind). Then I found myself starting my own blog! So, here I go . . . .