Hurricane Beryl

July 8th Hurricane Beryl hit as a category 1 with strong winds. We woke up to our back fence down and no power. We were able to purchase a window unit and enjoyed some family game time with Matt's unexpected time off work. Our neighbor let us hook our fridge and freezer up to his house generator. Fortunately, we were only without power for 4 days.

Animal Safari

We picked Caleb and Carter up from FSY, and enjoyed a family outing to an animal safari on the way home. Unfortunately, the experience was also accompanied by a flat tire. 😣 We loved having the animals come right up to our window. Matt enjoyed trying to maneuver getting an animal to stick its head in my window because it was a little too up close and personal for me!

High Adventure

Matt and Caleb went on a High Adventure trip with the young men in our ward. Before meeting up with everyone, they did some sight-seeing in Salt Lake City. They stayed in a member's property on Bear Lake, and enjoyed a 4 days of hiking, boating, and relaxing.

Other May Happenings

 May was a whirlwind of finishing up the school year!

Caleb and Carter played in a school fundraiser tournament together.

Caleb was inducted into National Honor Society

The younger 3 had a chance to go to a MLB baseball game with Dad.

Texans game

Neighborhood luau

Austin and his 2nd grade teacher, Mrs. Nesbit

2nd grade music program--Austin is short so he is generally on the front row

Watching the class pet, Peanut, for the first week of summer 

Tennis Banquet

I served as the treasurer for the high school tennis team and thus stayed very involved all year. The tennis banquet was the culminating event of the year.

Caleb, Varsity coach, his friend Tyler, JV coach

Caleb will be a tennis captain next year.

Voted "Most Dedicated" for the Varsity boys

Voted "Best Sportsmanship" by his peers

Voted "Best Ground Strokes"

 

Spring Sports

Bryson had an enjoyable baseball season, but we are ready for a new coach next season. Hopefully, that will be his dad!

Austin played his 2nd season of baseball and grew leaps and bounds. We are still frustrated that he gets overlooked due to his small stature (he didn't get selected for a premier team), but he had the highest batting average on his team, caught 4 fly balls, several thrown outs from pitcher to 1st base, and just played a smart heads up game when fielding and running bases. 

Carter played on the junior high tennis team (#2 on the 8th grade boys team) and also played on a flag football team. He really enjoys football! Unfortunately his team of 8th graders couldn't keep up with the teams of 9th graders they played against--height and pre-puberty made all the difference when opponents just had to throw a high ball. His team worked and played hard, though. When deciding between football and tennis for high school, he went with tennis due to the environment of young men. Carter made the JV team for tennis next year.

Caleb had more wins than losses, but there are two incredibly tough [and super rich] schools in our district that have amazing talent. It makes winning district and advancing to region and state a steep uphill battle. He's working hard to fight for it next year. He played #2 on the Varsity boys team and will be the #1 spot for his senior year.

Simply Prom

Caleb asked a friend to Simply Prom and enjoyed the evening of pictures, dinner, the dance and then an after party.