Easter Weekend!

As you can see, I wasn't in Bountiful when I took this picture :)...  Grayson and I left Thursday morning and drove to Vegas for a basketball tournament with his 9th grade Wildcat team.  The coach let the boys swim and goof around before/after their games so they had an awesome time. (Grayson is the one with his legs crossed and his friend Taylor in blue is sitting on him.)

They had their first game Thursday night at 9 pm and the next one Friday at 1:30 pm.  They played tough teams from Vegas and California and lost.

#24 Grayson playing point guard

On Saturday morning their first game was at 8 am and because I'd seen the calibre of teams at this tournament, I fully expected to be on the road heading north easily before noon.  However, they won that game so they played at 1:25.  Won that game, so they played again at 5:45 pm.  Won that game, so they went to the championship game of their bracket which was at 8:00 pm!  They lost, earning them 2nd place but they were still pleased with the outcome--especially their coach.

Grayson and I got to St. George at midnight, slept until 4 am and drove back to Bountiful so we could make it to 9 am church and all of our family Easter activities!  Our immediate family egg hunt is getting quite small...

Hailey received the rest of the things she needs for her mission and a movie to watch before she goes...

Grayson was quite ecstatic about his loot...

We're glad cousin Courtnie has so many darling kids which made the next egg hunt at Grammy & Papa's in Sandy so fun and entertaining!

Our last stop was in Kaysville where John's sister hosted the 4 sibling May birthday celebration (since we're all too busy to do it next month).  

We got home before 10 pm so I calculated I had driven more than 500 miles in a 24-hour period and had 3 hours of sleep!!!  Good night to me!

This Whirlwind Called Life!

I have been neglectful of my blog of late as I tend to instagram the pic of the moment and don't have/take the time to download photos and post... however, I NEED to blog for my friends and family who don't use instagram as well as the missionaries in the family who I print my blog off for to keep them up to date with this whirlwind we call LIFE!

On March 22, John's mom Barbra Tebbs celebrated her 80th birthday!  She wanted a birthday lunch at Robintino's.  The cousins love getting together and are always laughing about something...

Grayson had a fun experience participating on the WXHS JV basketball team in a recent AAU tournament.  He was able to show the coach what he can do with a few 3-point shots and awesome ball-handling skills. 

 General Conference weekend... We LOVE the girls' shopping trip (with money envelopes from Papa!) while the men attend the Priesthood Session.  We meet up with everyone for dinner at Olive Garden.  Hailey had fun with her beautiful little cuz Capri :)

We were so lucky to attend the Sunday morning session of Conference and enjoy Music & the Spoken Word prior to the session.  We loved it!!

I was able to participate in a fun service activity for the sister missionaries in the SLC Mission at their transfer meeting.  The ladies who participated are all missionary moms so it pulled a little on our heartstrings as we made/packed/served lunches to these missionaries.

Enjoyed attending gorgeous Ashlyn's baptism (the oldest great grandchild of my parents).  Ashlyn is Capri's big sister and a great helper and example.

 The highlight of this recent whirlwind of activities was going to the temple with Hailey.  It was such a beautiful day--inside and out--and I felt so blessed to be there with her.  It's one of those places in life where you reach it and you revel in the moment, knowing your child is one step closer on the path of returning to their Heavenly Father.  3 down, 1 to go...

St. George Tennis Tournament

Grayson is pretty new to tennis.  He decided to pursue this sport once he gave up comp. soccer last Spring.  He has been working hard and developing a passion for it.  He was one of two 9th graders to make the WXHS Tennis Team and he plays doubles on their JV squad with 10th grader Xonjay.

They're an awesome group of boys, learning great character and life-building skills and they've been very welcoming and supportive of Grayson.

The Varsity team moved on to the tournament finals and won the championship!

This may be the year WXHS takes State Tennis!  Good luck Wildcats!!

Holiday Trees

 

It's fun decorating our trees for each holiday.  Gotta get the green decorations down and the the pastels up quickly before Easter is actually here!  Hope your St. Patrick's Day was fun... Happy Easter!

Marching into March!

Grayson plays percussion in the Symphonic Band at So. Davis Jr. High.  He was in a group with 8 other percussionists to compete in a solo/ensemble competition.  His group was able to move on to District where they scored a Superior rating.  

He also found a new love at Hires--cheese fries with BACON!

Hailey is enjoying her coaching position with the Alta JV girls lacrosse team.  The league had a JV Play Day at Woods Cross High School Saturday and her team played Davis and Cache Valley and won both games.  She loves the girls and the girls love her... (she's in the white puffy coat)

I was glad Hailey's games were over by noon because we had to get Grayson out to his AAU tournament games in SLC at 2, 4 and 6 pm.  His Wildcat team won all 3 games and Grayson scored a total of 40 points between the games; 18 points in the first one.

This tired group of 9th graders headed to Crown Burger for dinner and of course, more fries :)

Hailey and I ducked out of Grayson's last game a little early so we could see "Bring It On" The Musical at Capitol Theater.  Hailey has watched every "Bring It On" movie (I think there's at least 5) and owns most of them.  She'd really wanted to see this so we were glad it came to SLC.

And the last GREAT news of the day was Grayson found out he made the Woods Cross High School tennis team and starts practice Monday!