KINGS! 2010 Spring Champions!

So proud skating with the cup!
The Kings!

As I have said before, this was Seth's first year playing roller hockey, and he loved it. He started out wobbly on the skates, especially with a stick and all the gear, but a few weeks in he had improved so much. By the end he was skating like a pro, making shots on goal, and even played goalie twice. The man who runs the whole show for every age group is amazing! He just wants the kids to have fun and feel great about themselves. He is always yelling praise and words of encouragement to the kids. And it doesn't get any better than to make it into the playoff game to win the championship! The kids played so well, and the score was always either tied or a one point difference. With 30 seconds left on the clock the Kings scored to move ahead by one! The kids were so excited when that last buzzer went off and they were the champions!!! So much fun to watch and very tense!! Great season Seth!

Seth's 1st Pinewood Derby!!

Seth started Cub Scouts in January and couldn't wait for the Pinewood Derby. Matt took the challenge about as seriously as a dad could. Let's just say youtube is his best friend (in every facet of his life :) Seth helped a lot, but I don't think he understood how fun it would be to see the cars racing down the track. It was fun to see the boys running back and forth to put their cars up on the track. With Matt's expertise and Seth's car, Seth came in 2nd place in his first Pinewood Derby!!! Great job guys! As Matt's brother Marc stated, "I am sure Seth will come in first place next year!" A fun night!

Choir Concert

Paige joined the vocal group at school this year and had a great time singing fun songs and hanging out with her good friends! Thursday was their spring concert with the wind ensemble and band. It is amazing how much they learn and progress throughout the year. The songs were amazing. Plus they get to go to Disneyland and sing this Thursday. How fun to play at Disneyland all day with your friends from school. We will tag along and listen to them sing and try not to embarrass her :) Good job Paige.

HAPPY 40TH BIRTHDAY KENDRA!!!

Have a wonderful birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!

Braces and Contacts

The beginning of May Paige started the process of braces! She got the top ones put on and will get the bottom on the first week of June. She decided a few days later that it might be time to try contacts! Which is amazing since she said she would NEVER get contacts because you have to touch your eye. She let the eye doctor put them in, but taking them in and out twice while at the eye doctor posed a challenge. Each day she spent 20 minutes trying to put them in and then another 20 trying to get them out. After about 4 days she got them in on the first try, and after a week she can get them in and out in one try. Thank goodness. She looks great!!

Spring Skiing

This year Seth asked to go skiing. We told him we are fair weather skiers, so spring break would be the time to try. We went to Utah for spring break to visit family and let the kids try skiing for the first time. We had a couple snow storms the beginning of the week which made for perfect skiing later in the week. Sunny skies, warmish temps, and walk on (ski on) lifts. They still had 100 inches for the mid base pack. We rented skis, got the kids lessons for the morning and then hit the slopes as a family. Matt and I had never been skiing together, so we both hadn't been skiing in over 17 years. It is just like riding a bike, you never loose it :) We even went down a black diamond run while the kids were in lessons. Skiing was definitely hard on the knees, but we finished the day with no major crashes or injuries!
Learning to ski with Mike.

French Fries make everything better :)

Watch out for this kid on the slopes!

Taking the lift up link, the kiddie slope they learned on.

Cheese!

Graduating to the Moonbeam Express lift! They were amazing!

This video was taken the one time there were a few snow flurries, the rest of the day was beautiful! Seth is the yellow helmet and Paige the red.

Roller Hockey and Race Cars

Seth is doing so much better at roller hockey, practice really does help :) Here is Seth in ALL his gear. Padding everywhere, mouth guard and new skates.

Seth's friend Kelly had his birthday party at an indoor race track this week. We had wanted to go there for a long time, but just never made it out there, so it was fun to be able to race against 7 of his friends. The huge helmets were so funny on the skinny boys, almost like bobble heads :) I prepared Seth that this was just for fun and that it didn't matter if he got first place and not to get worked up over it. Fortunately, or unfortunately, he came in second the first race and first place the second race!! ( he even had a major crash the second race because his hair net slipped over his face and he couldn't see a thing and smashed into the wall. After stopping the cars electronically Seth recovered and sped off to victory. So much for that lesson.