Worms!!!!

Have not posted for a long time..... maybe my TITLE caught your attention.....NO I dont have worms or the swine flu..... its just Kades annual pumpkin contest at school.

3rd Annual pumpkin decorating contest!!!

Kade is now in the 2nd grade! This is our third Halloween and third pumpkin!!! He decided to smash up cookies for the dirt, and poke holes in the pumpkin and put worms coming out all over the place. We have won every year so...... we had too hold up to our previous year.

Let me try this again.........

I posted these pictures a few weeks back, however they were taken with my phone and uploaded really small so here we go again the pictures from our Roberts family reunion.

Sarah and I had corn on the cob and it shows.....


This was the cool whip and m&m challenge. There were 15 m&m's on the plate then Linda (my mom) covered them with cool whip and you had to use nothing but your mouth to retrieve them. Also a fish was the prize. Dal won the older group and Brynnli won the younger group. Kade didnt try as hard he had already won his fish and wanted Brynnli to also win a fish. She did by one m&m.






This is Kade getting ice cubes out of a pool with his feet and trying to get as many as he can into his bucket.... this was too win a fish. Well lets just say Kade was determined and was not going to pass up an animal or pet of any sort. HE WON!!!! It was so funny. I even played it and I won too.

2nd Grade!!!

Well, were back to our 6:30am wake up time. Kade was so excited for school to start today. He has lots of kids in his class from last year that he knows and excited to meet his new teacher. He learned the "FIRE POWER" move while spending time with my cross country team at high altitude camp. He was so funny this morning I was just taking pictures and he says "Mom, Firepower..... woot woot." So funny he didnt understand why I started laughing. He is such a good kid, I told him to respect his teacher and he said, "oh mom I always am, I only back talk you." Oh Thanks KADE!!!!

Running Camp at Joes Valley

Kade and Dal went on the run with us Friday afternoon to the CCC trail. These are the pictures from on the trail overlooking Joes Valley.
After the kids finished the run we cliff jumped off this rock and Dal was determined to do it. He is a good swimmer, he looks small in the picture but that is him. The team had a blast jumping as well.
Kade enjoyed hanging out with Grandpa and Dal fishing and burning stuff in the fire. My athletes taught him tons of "new" tricks to do in the fire. Lets just say Kade was just playing monkey see monkey do.

Swimming at Helper Pool.....

Kade, Jack, Aiden and Cindi swimming at Helper Pool. It was a little chilly but they still had fun. Aiden had fun on the steps, wanted nothing to do with the yellow tube to float around in. That night Kade and I went to the movie in the park with the Brackens and watched Kung fu panda.

Were back with lots to update about...........

We weren't far just out of touch.... (no computer) I was actually getting used to it and didnt mind it until I needed word perfect to type something or well pretty much I missed it but learned to live without it. Kade and I will be catching you all up and I have opened my blog up so I can get in touch with everyone again and obtain emails that I have lost in the computer fiasco....

Weekend in Moab.........

Seven Years!

On Sunday we celebrated Kades birthday with cousins! Finally a warm day to run around and play outside. I cant believe I have a 7 year old.......... WOW!

Tied up..........

Track meets, track meets, track meets............ Atleast once a week I have a track meet sometimes twice a week. This past weekend we hosted our home Invitational. Fourteen schools attended the meet. Our girls team brought home a 2nd place trophy both Jimmy and myself were very pleased with all the girls performances. We ran tough relays as well as some top performances in individual events. We are looking forward to a very successful season. Here are a few pictures of my sunburned face at the meet.

Spring is in the air.....

This has got to be my favorite thing! I love my close line! Especially for my sheets. It is such a nice day today that I have torn the beds apart and am washing everything! I love it! Tonight is going to be a joyous night in clean sheets. Kade and I are going to put the tramp up as well, hopefully we have seen the last of the snow. I will probably jinx myself but I cant wait and neither can Kade.

Charlie bit my finger - again !

Oh my gosh, when I need a good laugh I just pull this video up on youtube and watch it. It makes me laugh so hard! Enjoy if you have not yet seen it.

Flash Back.................

12 Years ago during high school I attended the simplot games in Pocatello Idaho with my team. We ran the 4x800 meter relay. This is the largest indoor high school track meet in the nation. (left to right...... Sinika, Me, Lindsey and Angie. The picture is a bad copy but I am excited I found it.
This past weekend I took 11 of my athletes to the Simplot games in Idaho. My girls team ran the 4x4 relay as well as my boys. It was fun to be there and participate from a different standpoint.

Parent teacher conferences........

Yesterday was parent teacher conferences for Kade. For those of you who, who do not know, Kade is in 1st grade. He will be 7 in April. The reason I am explaining all this is because his teacher informed me yesterday that he is above grade level in all his academics. However................ He is struggling in social. Not that he is shy or does not get along well with his classmates. He is a social butterfly with the GIRLS! or as the teacher would say, "Kade cannot keep the girls away" UH OH! He has to be moved everytime he is seated next to a girl. The teacher thinks it is hard on Kade because at first she thought it was him doing all the talking and distracting, however after she observed and listened to what Kade would tell her she realized the girls just like to talk to him. Long story short he has received FOUR valentines already from girls in his class. This is what most of them say..........


I am only posting this because the teacher was concerned for Kade because he is being distracted in class. He tries to ignore the girls and now his teacher is well aware of the situation and steps in when she needs too.

Big Lips!

100th Day of school

January 26th is the 100th day of school for Kade. His teacher had his class do a homework assignment that consisted of finding 100 things around the house and sharing them with the class or making something and sharing it with the class. I suggested sugar cubes to Kade and he loved the idea. Last night we glued the 100 cubes to a file folder and used food coloring to spice it up a little. I took Kades picture this morning before he left. He has had a cold and he looks a little sick but this is his project.

The Snow JAK!!!!!!!

Kade and his sno/scooter! Today before practice we went to Washington park and tried out our new sled. It was so fun.... Kade was a little reluctant until he got the hang of it. His good buddy Matthew also got one for Christmas so they were in heaven. We are going again today.

Going Private.........

I have most of your emails..... However not all of them. Please comment on this post so I can add you. Thanks

CHRISTMAS........ HOLIDAY BOWL......NEW YEARS!!!!!

First things first! Christmas was so exciting this year. I could not wait for Kade to unwrap his gifts. He also was very excited. He asked for a snojack....(aka a sno scooter/snowboard) dominoes, chia pet, nintendo ds game and much much more! He was so excited Christmas morning..... most favorite gift was his CHIA PET! The kid loves growing things. This year he spent the week before Christmas with me and on Christmas day he went with Danny to spend the 2nd half of the break with him.

Second...... Christmas night in all the snow I flew to San Diego with Bowl Games of America. After being delayed three hours for deicing and snow removal from the run ways we were on our way. For those of you whom I did not tell I was doing this personally, this was a job that a friend asked me to help her staff. Amy Ursenbach (Campbell) event director from Bowl Games of America, her company produces the half time shows for 8 of the bowl games across the nation. The Holiday bowl was her event. After years of planning and coordinating it came together so well. It was a great experience and definetley "NO TIME FOR SARCASM!!!!" This was our little joke amongst Amy, her husband Jeremiah and myself. It was go go go all the time and we still found time to crack funnies and enjoy ourselves. This is a picture of Amy and myself sitting behind the bands taking a little breather before we began bringing the 16 schools of bands onto the field for the half time show.
Lastly..... New Years! On New years eve I was flying home from San Diego however once I got home I went and had sushi YUM YUM and celebrated at the sushi bar. New years day my family celebrated our Christmas party because I was out of town for so long they had it when I got home. Kade came over for the day at my parents and we played the bloomer game, ate yummy food, played do or die with the foam dart guns, and those of you who know Linda..... games, games, games! Then I drove back that night to Price to a driveway full of snow that took me nearly three hours to clear! YEAH! I will have more pictures once I get them. Happy New Year ALL!!!!!