School spirit?

Yeah this is Kyle and friend's contribution to the local newspaper this week. I heard through the grapevine that he also jumped over the railing and did a pathetic cart wheel. Maybe next year when he isn't playing basketball he can suit up as a cheerleader.

Back to school...

I can't believe summer is over already! When I had 5 or 6 kids at home summer dragged so slowly. Now it whizzes by! They were all very excited and very nervous. Made it through the day and had a smile on their face.

Have a great school year everyone!!!

Happy Birthday!

I won't even try to out do Alli's Happy Birthday tribute...just Happy Birthday Drew - I love you!

Sleeping beauty

Who needs a fairy tale? Kohl's clearance sale. That's it. Lovely Hannah Montana nightgown complete with deluxe sleeping mask. When I took the picture she woke up...she didn't even need a kiss from a handsome prince.

Saturday in the Bay

We went to Moraga to St. Mary's College for Kyle's final summer basketball tournament. We had a great time and Kyle played great. On Saturday we went up early to do some exploring in San Fran and found a great spot to visit. We hope to return there soon when we will have more time to walk up and down the beach.



This was called Ft. Point. It is on the outermost portion of the San Fran Bay and is directly across from Alcatraz. You can walk around the fort and climb to the top. But the most interesting part is that it is at the base of the Golden Gate Bridge. It was very cool to see and look around. I got sort of creeped out when I actually realized I was under the bridge and could hear the cars over me. I have this fear of being under things. When I would waterski I always hated for my feet to be under the boat. I won't reach under the car for anything -you get the picture. So long story short I fled from under the GGB...we then drove across the bridge to return to Moraga. After Kyle's first game we returned to Oakland and visited the temple. We had a nice visit and it was a gorgeous day and could see across to San Francisco. Then - back to the games and home we came. It was a fun weekend!



While at the temple we were able to view some amazing sculptures that you can see on this website. They were all amazing - but the one that jerked my tears from my eyes was entitled "Free to Choose". The sister missionary asked each one of us which part of the sculpture stood out to us. We all had different choices - Matt's left me glad to be his mom. He said the top one of the little boy. When he was asked why, his response was that this little boy reminds me of me - if I saw the Savior I would put my arms out like this and run to him." The sister missionary looked at Matt and said, "that is my favorite answer".

"Free to Choose" by Angela Johnson

The picture you have all been waiting for...

Just kidding. Grace had a great time a cheer camp. We went the last day when they performed their cheers and did a little dance routine. I had this captured on video on my camera when my camera no longer had any memory. I quickly started to delete old photos and got carried away and deleted all of them. Argh!!! I had one left that I took after the show. This was her favorite cheerleader "Mia".