NYC or bust!!!

We started off July with a trip to New York City.
Brit came along for the first couple of days, and got to enjoy the subway (once she made it through the doors that almost smashed her), also she will not forget the crazy cab ride back to the hotel after we got off the subway late at night in a not so nice part of town.
the Statue of Liberty,(way off in the distance, it really isn't that big)
and the Yankees-Red Sox game (The Red Sox won 7-0, which made Trevor very happy).
We also went down to ground zero, Time Square, and saw the Empire State Building. Although Brit was sad to leave Jake, she had a fun time seeing the sights and spending time with us.
After we left Brit at the airport to go back home, we started our journey to Cooperstown. The distance is not all that far, only about 215 miles, but traffic, the 1 1/2 hour stop at Wal-Mart and the winding roads made for a long day of driving.

We arrived in Cooperstown just in time for dinner and to get the boys checked into their barracks at the Dreams Park. The boys got to stay with the coaches the entire week.
The whole experience at Cooperstown was awesome. The boys played so well and made it to the Sweet 16 in the playoffs. Trevor hit 5 homeruns and pitched great too. In the end they tied for 9th out of 98 teams. We couldn't have asked for better weather. Tye decided to get to know my camera really well, and took a lot of terrific pictures. This is one of Trevor hitting one of his homeruns. I didn't even have to buy any pictures there, because Tyes were better.

Winners

What a jam packed June it has been. Baseball, baseball and even a little more baseball. We started off the month with a trip to Denver for a Triple Crown tournament. As part of the festivities, we all got to attend a Colorado Rockies game. In a pre-game parade, the boys all got to go down on the field and walk the entire circumference of the field. We were supposed to sit in nose bleed heaven, but Sam finagled some seats in the lower bowl right field side. The Rockies beat the Milwaukee Brewers. (Trev thought it was cool to see Cecil Feilder anyway) The tournament wasn't that great. The boys didn't win, but they started playing better by the end.


So this last weekend, we finally made up the rest of the rained out Memorial Day tournament. We went in as the 7th seed. We barely beat the Dirt Dogs in extra innings, 7-6. The next team, the Bangers, we beat 15-0. Finally the game/team we had been waiting for....The Dingers. We have struggled against them the last couple of years, with them getting the majority of the wins. All of the boys played great and we came away with a win 10-7. It was great to get this win just before we head off to Cooperstown, New York in 2 weeks for the biggest tournament ever.

Losing....

So here it is the middle of May, and I am saying to myself "where did April go?" I must have lost track of time. Things have been pretty busy around here since the wedding date got moved up to right in the middle of baseball season. Between planning and shopping and all that goes with wedding stuff, Trevor has had a lot of baseball.
He has had league games and 2 more tournaments since the beginning of April. His team has done fairly well in the tournaments, but lost in the semi's in both. So no new championships to talk about. Hopefully they will be able to redeem themselves during the Memorial Day tournament.

Speaking of losing....I guess we should be saying were gaining a son-in-law, rather than say we are losing a daughter, but sometimes it feels that way. In 2 weeks she will be married and off on a new phase of her life. She is very excited for that. They will honeymoon on a 5 day Baja cruise and in California. Then they will come back to the real world and live happily ever after. Brit also has started a new job at the hospital. When she isn't working, she will be spending time doing things to their new home, like painting and planting a garden.
So if you see me at the wedding or anywhere else the next few weeks and I seem a bit lost, I am sure those marbles will find their way back soon. Just remember, Marc is the one losing his hair, I am just gaining gray ones.

March Madness

March Madness is a term that is used to describe our month. A brief synopsis of our month includes spring break in St. George(flying and baseball), Brittany's wedding, Simon visiting from New Zealand, Trev snowboarding, and going to a Blaze game.
Marc's friend Steve owns this plane. While we were in St. George, Marc got to take it up twice with the boys and their friends. First on Friday with Tye and Kesler, and then on Sunday with Trev and Daylor and Jordan.

So the whole reason we were in St. George was for Trevor's baseball tournament. He did great pitching and hit 2 homeruns (almost 5 if not for some great reaches over the fence). His team ended up going into the playoffs as the 8th seed, but came together and pulled off 3 big wins to win the whole thing.

Our kitty got to come along with us as well. He did pretty good on the ride down and back.
On Saturday, Marc was given tickets to the Blaze game from Delta. We got to sit in the Delta suite, which was pretty nice. The Blaze lost, cuz they aren't very good...0-4. Tye brought Tazz and Trev brought Daylor. Overall it was lots of fun.

Now that Trevor is off-track for 3 weeks, Marc is trying to take him snowboarding/skiing before the snow all melts. This last week they went to Brighton for night skiing and took Trev's friend Cody.

Next, Simon is here visiting from New Zealand for 2 weeks. He goes back on April 2. He wasn't able to bring Jetaime and the kids, but we will take what we can get. He has been helping my parents and visiting with everyone who misses him. We were able to have 2 family dinners to get to spend extra time with him.

So last, but not least....Brits wedding! Well lets just say that she is still getting married, but now it is May 28th instead of August 2nd. Of course those who know me well, know that I am not too thrilled to have it so soon, but will do the best I can to still make it a great day for Brit. They bought a house up in Ogden that Jake will be moving into soon. Brit also got accepted as an alternate into the nursing program at Weber State for the fall.

Happy 17th Birthday Tye...Boy did that go by fast!

And I don't just mean the last 17 years, I mean that little red car the cop just clocked at 53 mph in a 35 mph zone.(Who knew the sunbird could even go that fast. Maybe the cop has dyslexia 53..35) What a fun birthday gift for Tye. He was returning to school from lunch and apparently couldn't get there quick enough. Tye says he was really only going about 45 mph before he realized he was going so fast and began to break, so how he was ever at 53 mph he isn't quite sure. At least the cop was sort of nice and only wrote him up for 50 mph. If I was Tye I would have said hey it's my birthday, can I have just a warning?
Anyway, Tye is generally a good kid and we are sure glad he is a part of our family.
Happy Birthday Tye!

Sweetheart a la MONO

Tye went on another date. Hard to believe, but true. He went to the Sweetheart dance with Lauren. Too bad he got sick and barely made it an hour before coming home to throwup. Yes, Tye has been sick for some time now.

You can't really tell in the picture, but he has lost a bit of weight since he hasn't been able to keep very much down since just after Christmas. I know what you're thinking... We finally did take him to the doctor and all the tests came back negative (phew, he isn't pregnant. All that throwing up had us worried for a minute), but the doctor does believe that he is recovering from Mono. (something about really high numbers having to do with a viral load???) Then, just to give Brittany something to remind her of him, she too got mono.

It's a boy...New addition coming in August

Scared you there for a minute didn't I? Just kidding!!! Actually we are adding a new member to our family on August 2. Brittany is officially engaged to a nice young man named Jacob (Jake) Jensen. I know, me and Marc are much to young for this, but that is what happens when you start a family early too. We have plenty of time to plan and prepare which is good so it can be the best day of Brit's life. She met Jake up in Ogden through a group of Janessa and Ben's cousin. They hit it off from the very start. Jake is 25, just graduated with a degree in computer science, and served a mission to Argentina. He is the oldest of 5 boys. Poor Brittany adds 4 more brothers to her life and to top it off, another Trevor. She is so excited, so feel free to drop her a note (a link to her blog is on our blogging friends).

Hair gone bye-bye

It was that time again. My hair had grown fairly long and it was time to cut it off and donate it to "locks for love." I had measured out the 10 inches required to donate and knew that it should be just below my shoulders. Or that is what was suppossed to happen until the girl didn't know how to cut a straight line and kept on trimming and fixing. I was starting to freak out that I was going to have a butch cut by the time she was done. Well she finally got it done, and I ended up losing the 10 to donation plus an extra 1-2 inches of hair I wasn't planning on. I guess I will have to live with it. Hopefully by the time Brit's wedding comes along it will be a better length for me.

Tye and his lack of Wisdom

So Friday I took Tye to get his wisdom teeth out. It was a long 4 day weekend for him, so I figured it would give him plenty of time to feel better before going back to school on Tuesday. The whole surgery only took about 20 minutes, but coming out of the anesthesia was another thing. They came to get me after he had been in post-op about 10 minutes, and they were having no luck getting him to wake up. I spent the better part of 30 minutes trying to get him awake and alert enough to get in the wheelchair and go home. ( If he wasn't going to wake up I was going to take a picture with the cell phone) Of course when he did wake up just barely, the first thing he asked for was the cell phone. He doesn't remember much, but he did sing to me and was a bit giggly. He wasn't going to be able to eat much, but he did want a slurpee on the way home. He also told me I was going the wrong way to get the slurpee, but I assured him I knew where I was going. Notice the red lips, and the cell phone in his hand while he was sleeping. So now there is no geting around it when Tye is acting stupid, I guess maybe he has an excuse.

MERRY CRUISEMAS

We had a wonderful time on our cruise and made it home just in time for the big snow storm on Christmas Eve.

All the kids seemed to get along most of the time, and I got along with everybody most of the time too. We had 2 fun days at sea before our 3 ports in Acapulco, Ixtapa, and finally Manzanillo, Mexico, and then 2 more fun days at sea before returning to the real world.

The weather was beautiful and warm in all our ports and even in San Diego.

We also had a nice little Christmas the day after we got home. Santa did find us and leave the kids some little gifts. Our kitty was happy to come home and see us.

Now it is time to start a whole new year of fun memories. I am sure it will be filled with plenty of baseball and hopefully some more fun family trips.