Hali's Soccer Tournament!

Hali's soccer team is undefeated!!! I got these photos from my friend. Her daughter and Hali defended each other the whole game. And they are good friends. Kinda fun huh. They are so serious here about soccer and Hali and Kora are loving it. Kora has not played games yet, as her season doesn't start til mid September. But, we cannot wait! They are having so much fun with soccer and school now that's all they do. They can't believe that they get their own locker in school! And I can't believe that I didn't have to buy school supplies!
Korbin's first day was yesterday also! I found myself bringing home a carload of boys all stinky and smelly and ready to play in the dirt. Korbin has 4 boys just on our block who are in his class. What a blast! And Hayden, well, he was a bit sad and not knowing quite what to do with himself yesterday. He calls himself, "mom's helper" and he thinks that is pretty cool.

THE 2008 OLYMPICS!!!


I hope all of you are watching the Olympics this year! If the purpose of this blog is to have a type of journal for our family, I just have to take a moment and run along with my theme and look into “Kami’s Locker”.
The Olympics mean so much to me and after watching yesterdays events I was just in tears! I have to first explain myself….Jason and my first date. We were in Provo and drove back east to Atlanta, Georgia, for the 1996 Olympics with a big group of friends. From there, we knew we were destined to be together. We saw a ton of events there and knew we shared the same passions! We spent endless nights getting to know each other better, talking all night long…We stopped at many stops along the way. Some of the fun stops were…the muddy river of Green River, CO…taking a swim. Grand Junction, CO where we spent the last 5 years and have just recently moved from, spent the night in Glenwood Springs on a mountain(not recommended!!!the worst sleep ever.). We stayed the night at a church building in Little Rock, Arkansas. We hiked up some cliffs and swam in a water hole in Mississippi and went water skiing in Raleigh, North Carolina. The trip was full of so many activities and the best part is that we have it all on video tape. We took along a camcorder for the whole trip!
Well, I decided this last April that I would run “The Boston Marathon”. Every marathon that I’ve ever run, I had qualified for this race, but never had the desire to actually run it. Well, I had a group of friends that qualified this last year and we all decided to go! Needless to say, I am so glad that I did. We had a great time there and had the opportunity not only to see a lot of history(which meant everything to Jason), but we were able to see the “US Olympic Trials in the Marathon for the 2008 Olympics. There we got to see the favorite for the 2008 Olympics win the race, Deena Castor. It was such an unbelievable experience to be so close and be able to take pictures like you’d see in Runners world(magazine). This for sure was the highlight of my trip!!! The Boston Marathon was also a great experience in itself. So, yesterday was the Marathon event of the Olympics. I was so sad to see Deena drop out from a foot injury early on in the race. But, I felt the passion of every individual runner in that race. I realized then, that there is something in me that just LOVES this gruesome race! Watching each of them come in, some in tears, some with smiles, others with blank looks of exhaustion. I have felt each one of those feelings at the end of a race. I have so much respect for each one of those women as I know how hard and excruciating their pain was. It makes me appreciate the human body that our Heavenly Father has given us. Another great and historic moment was Phelps winning the gold for the 8th time during these games. You could see the gratitude written all over his face. I don’t know if it was hormones or what but I was an emotional wreck! Another moment was to see Tyson Gay loose his spot in the 100m (track and field). He was one of the most humble people out there. It’s so hard to see people who have worked so hard including Deena Castor, not finalize their ultimate dream. I’m excited to watch the rest of these Olympics. I feel like I haven’t gotten much done around the house these last couple of days, but, they’ve been worth it. I’m including photos FINALLY of my Boston experience!

Friends, Family, and FUN!!!

The summer is nearing it’s end! I can’t believe it. It has gone so quickly! There have been so many changes for our family. It’s been a BLAST! We had our next door neighbors from Fruita come and visit last week! It was so good to see them again. We spent a couple of hours at the water park and then they were off to Yellowstone for a visit with their friends. The kids just ate each other up, as they miss having them right next door! We hope it’s not too long before we see them again.
On Wednesday Hali had another Soccer tournament…she’s LOVING being able to play so much SOCCER! They won the GOLD! Jason and I were so proud of her. She played her heart out, helping them to win their semifinal game with a goal as a midfielder. She also assisted almost every goal that was made, as well as saved quite a few goals being both up and down the field. Good thing she has some kind of endurance in her blood, because they RUN her like crazy. Kora also won the GOLD also and didn’t have to play a single game. All of her competition forfeited their games. She was sad at first but quickly realized that meant she won without even having to put on her cleats! Yeah! We also had a cousin swap with John and Kara this last weekend and that was fun. Korbin had a blast at their home in Highland, playing with Adam. And, we got Maddie, our 12 year old niece, who also plays soccer. It was a lot of fun, but, she probably thinks her Aunt Kami and Uncle Jason are going to have a heart attack from the games. Maddie, Hali, Kora, and Hayden got to play in an ambulance and turn on the sirens on Friday night. I have lots of photos of that. Hayden LOVED the ambulance. We are adjusting quite well here in Utah and are realizing daily what a great move this was for our family. We have been so blessed! We are so grateful for this opportunity to have moved here the timing was perfect. We LOVE the fact that we are close to old friends and family.

Hali got braces!

She got braces about 3 weeks ago but I have neglected to post these beautiful things. We are very proud of them. She says she can touch her whole tooth now on the bottom of her mouth. I'm kinda jealous! She looks so cute with these on. She picked turquoise for the color and keeps her mouth extra clean. Hali had a tournament this last weekend and learned how to use wax for the first time!!! Her team did great, I forgot my camera, and I am so sad! Some old friends from Grand Junction told me they were going to be there and I still forgot it. Her old soccer team from Grand Junction played in the tournament and it was fun to see everyone again. We had a great time in Park City!