SPORTS SPORTS SPORTS

I feel like our life revolves around sports sometimes.  Soccer, softball, T-ball, baseball, tennis, cross country.  And they all love it! 

Kyler is awesome at soccer.  He is fast and scores lots of goals!

Talmage is awesome at soccer too!  He loves it and never wants to have a break.

Talmage playing T-ball

Kyler is a good hitter. He plays coach pitch baseball.

Shanee was named MVP  by her coach and was awarded a keychain for free frostys for the year.

Kaden continues to be a great student

Kaden once again managed to keep a 4.0 even though he missed 16 days of school the last trimester.  We received a couple of post cards from his AP Physics teacher commending Kaden for his hard work.  He was excited to receive this award from the Airforce.  Are they trying to recruit him?

Stoker Family Reunion

Here are some of the grandkids with Grandpa and Grandma Stoker in front of their house.  We played all week while Ryan and Jayme visited.  We all wore the same shirt that said Stoker Summer Splash 2014.  We didn't get to stay down the whole week.  We had to keep driving back home for games and practices  but these are the things we got to do with them.
Sunday--Dinner at Judy's and they played battleship with water balloons and played on the slip & slide
Monday--Bean Museum and lunch at BYU Creamery
Tuesday--Cami went through the temple for her endowment and then swimming at the Lindon Pool
Wednesday--Waterslide on billboard at the park
Friday--Lagoon

Pentathalon

Shanee competed in her school's pentathalon and had a great time.  She won the 40 yard dash and the 400.  She won a new pair of running shoes and passes to Crystal Hot Springs! She loves to run!

First Lose Tooth

Talmage lost his first tooth on June 11th. He bonked his mouth into Kyler's head and out it came a few minutes later.  He is only 5 and not yet in kindergarten so this seems too soon to be losing teeth!  But he was sure excited to get $10 from the tooth fairy.

Kaden is 17!

Kaden turned 17 on April 14th.  Hard to believe he is that old.  He has a new hobby, robotics and has been busy building a robot with the Atlas Engineering Club.  For his birthday he asked for an Arduino so he can program things....???  He continues to be a great student.  We love you Kaden!  We went out to eat at a fancy Mexican restaurant in Ogden and ate apple pie for dessert.

April Fools Day

I tricked the kids by making them sundaes.  I told them they could have dessert before dinner so they were really excited.  The sundae was mashed potatoes with gravy.  Sounds good but it was cold.  It looked just like a hot fudge sundae so they were very sad.  Talmage started crying!
They had fun the whole day playing tricks on each other.

Spring Break

We went to Moab for Spring Break.  It was fun to get away for a few days, especially since the weather was cold.  We invaded Chad and Margaret for four days!  They were very nice and we had a great time.  We visited Arches National Park several times and hiked around and I even went mountain biking.  The kids loved riding Chad's chopper and playing with Wred.

Riding the Chopper

Delicate Arch

Easter Fun

We had a fun Easter this year.  We had a big Easter egg hunt at Grandpa & Grandma Stoker's house with the cousins.  Grandpa caught one baby bunny in a trap and the grandkids caught three more.  We took home two bunnies, Peter and Cottontail.  Peter is black and Cottontail is brown. They have been fun to hold and fun for the kids to take care of.   We haven't had any pets for a long time so this is heaven for them.
We were also able to spend some time with the Harris Family at Wred's birthday party at Draper City Park.  We had fun playing kickball and eating cake with them.  Grandma Harris came up to visit on Sunday afternoon. It was a beautiful day outside so we roasted hot dogs and had a picnic.

Darren has a 3rd degree A-C Separation

 Darren was riding his bike in Snow Basin and crashed.  He has a 3rd degree A-C separation.  It has been very painful and has forced him to stay home and not do much for a few weeks.  He is doing much better now that  it has been 5 weeks since the accident. He is gaining mobility but still  can't lift his arm very high and the bone is very prominent.

Learning to Sew

Shanee has been learning to sew this summer.  She learned how to cut out a pattern, cut the material and sew up a  pair of shorts with her friend Mariah and her cousins. It took almost an entire day to finish the project but she did a great job.  They even have pleats!  She says they are pajama shorts but I think they are cute enough to wear to school.  I was very impressed!
Last night at Young Womens we learned how to sew a pillow case.  She sewed this cute Halloween pillowcase.  Her brothers are begging her to make one for them.

We are the Champions!

Winners of the Perry 4th of July 5K race.

Kaden won first place for his age group and 4th or 5th place over all

Shanee  won first place for her age group 

Kyler won 2nd place for the mile race for his age group.

And Talmage completed the mile race!! He worked really hard to finish and ran/walked it all.

Tina and Margaret ran the 5K as well.

Here are the winners!

Kindergarten Graduate

Kyler Graduated from kindergarten!  (Just a little behind on the posts!)  The photos I took on my phone will not open up anymore so I had to re-take some photos of him in his graduation cap because it is so cute.  He had a fun year in Mrs. Espinoza's class at the new charter school, Promentory School of Expiditionary Learning.  School starts again in only 20 days!

Tavaci Graduate

Shanee had her last Tavaci concert on May 4.  She has been in Tavaci since she was 3 so she graduated with a 9 year trophy.  It is huge!  She has loved it and has learned so many fun songs. Both of her grandmas came up to watch her and we went out to eat at Maddox to celebrate.

 

Kaden has his first date!

Kaden got asked to MORP by his friend Celeste.  They were in a group with four other couples and had a lot of fun together.  They played ping pong and board games, ate hamburgers and went to the dance.  Hopefully we will see some more pictures from the date in the next few weeks because Kaden says they took pictures.
When Celeste came to pick him up I embarrassed them by making them get their picture taken.

The Ugly Tree Bush is Gone!!

This bush has been driving me nuts.  So I dug around it and cut off the roots and tried to push it down following the advice of some claimed expert.  This didn't work at all.  But when I put a chain around it and hooked it up to the blazer it came out in no time at all.  It looked even more huge when it was down.  It was a pain to get rid of but I think it was worth all the effort to have it gone.

o glad its out and it was worth all the effort!

Shanee finishes seemingly impossible puzzle

We got this puzzle as a gift from Jana a few years ago of Brigham City.  We have never put it together.  Shanee and Kyler started putting it together on Sunday and today (Wednesday) it got finished with the help of dad and mom and Shanee's continued effort.
It was difficult because all of the pieces looked like they were about the same shape and the picture to follow was so small.
It looks awesome so we glued it together and plan on framing it.

Watch Out, Kaden has his drivers license!

Kaden was so excited to get his license.  His birthday was on Sunday so he had to wait until Monday during his lunch hour to go get his license.  I picked him up from school and in no time he had it.  He has been very disappointed that he hasn't been able to drive to school yet this week because Darren is using both the subaru and blazer for work.  But he will be able to drive to school on Thursday and Friday.  He has taken Shanee to practice for me and picked up Darren from the post office.  He is very willing to do any errand I need done!

Spring = Mud

Kyler finally got to ride his Christmas present today, The Green Machine.  We have had so much snow that today is the first day we could get it out.  Dad and Kyler put it together.

A couple of weeks ago the power went out in our neighborhood.  Rocky Mountain Power knocked on our door at 10:20 PM and said they needed to dig up the power line which happened to be in our yard.  The ground was covered in about 2 feet of snow.  Now we can see the big mess they made.  Our yard is so ugly!

4.0

Kaden got a 4.0 again this trimester making it about the 3rd or 4th trimester in a row.  We are so amazed at how well he is doing and thankful he is taking school seriously and know it will really help in his future education.  I am continually impressed with his motivation and work ethic when it comes to school and running .

Yesterday Kaden and his fellow long distance runners were running on Main Street in Brigham and a boy, (Ethan Merideth)  just a few seconds in front of  Kaden was hit by a truck.  Luckily he is okay but the driver did not stop!  And none of the kids thought to get the license plate number.  He was crossing the street on a cross walk by Smiths.