Baseball

Now that Stephen's Baseball season is over, Bryce's is just starting.  SHS had a tough baseball season this year.  Better luck next year Devils!

 

Bryce is playing catcher for his team "The Dodgers" this year.  Stephen also played catcher this year.  So, one baseball season ends and another begins.  

I just love a teenage boy in a uniform. Baseball, football, basketball, soccer, lacrosse,  scout, or priesthood,you name it....it's all so cool!

Sweet As

sweet, adj. — fine as far as I'm concerned. The use of 'as' as an intensifier for adjectives has spread, for example 'It's cold as outside', or 'This summer has been hot as'. 'Sweet as' was, until recently with the exporting of NZ television and humour, unique to NZ.

For those of you that follow Elder Nelson's letters from Australia you have probably noticed  him using this phrase many times throughout them. Well, I finally decided to look up the phrase "Sweet As". And yes, it is a commonly used term used as stated above. And boy does he use it! 

 His 3rd  companion Elder Modlik, was from New Zealand and I believe that this is when he first started to use this term consistently.

We have heard from many of our friends about how funny this term sounds. As it does to us as well. However, it is real and I have a feeling we are going to be hearing it a lot more often as Elder Nelson comes home and settles into his American life again. But, I will so much more enjoy hearing it first hand out of his mouth instead of reading it in a letter!

 Elder Nelson's homecoming is certainly going to be "Sweet As"! Cant wait!

Is there any wonder?

Just did some laundry...

Is there any wonder who lives in my house?

The Jitterbug

Byce had his first dance performance on Tuesday. 

His team performed the "Jitterbug".

They were terrific!

This was his dance partner Tiffany.

And here are all his dance buddies!

What a fun group of kids and what a great bunch of dancers!

Sheet Rock going up

Insulation went in last week upstairs...

And downstairs.

Then on Saturday the sheet rock started going up.

We had to rent this contraption to help lift it up to the ceiling.

Stephen got to help ...a lot!

They worked hard all day and really didnt get

as much done as they had hoped.

But most of my bedroom got done. And this is where we will enter the closet from

between the archway.  On either side is our vanities in the  master bathroom.

My Father in Law knows everything! 

He is such a trooper at 82!

More sheet rock this week to come!

Happy Mother's Day

God could not be everywhere, so he created Mother's!

I am so thankful to be a mother and to have 2 wonderful mother's in my life!

I truly have the best of both worlds.  A mother who nurtured me and showed me by example just how loved, valued and cherished I am by her and my Father in Heaven.  And a mother who taught me how to fullfill my responsibilities

 and duties of motherhood. 

Mother's are the heart of the family.

 Mother's love you like no one else in the whole wide world.

Mother's cry for you like no one else.

Mother's are always your greatest fan.

Mother's will walk thru fire for you.

Mother's will give you their last dime.

Mother's will feed you til you burst!

A Mother's Love is second only to God's Love!

Mother's make the world go around.

For you I will

Well, here's how Stephen looked this morning when he left for school.

And here is the video of when he sang to Elsie to accept her invitation to

 "Last Chance" which is the last dance of the year...girls choice!

(btw..this was in Girl's Choir class)

He's got a lot of gutts...that's all I gotta say!