All About Morgan

Morgan will be graduating at the end of her Junior year here in Cody, so she is enjoying High School life to the fullest as if she were a senior

She was just sustained in Stake Conference last Sunday to be on the Stake Youth Committee. She and her partner Corrie left for tennis state championship in Cheyenne today. She has straight A's and will be getting a scholarship to Northwest College for next year, and had a marvelous weekend hiking Zions and going to Homecoming with Harry who lives in Hurricane, UT.




She's gone so much, that I thought I had more pictures of her....hmmmm...that's a problem. I'll have her send some from Cheyenne. We'll keep you posted. They placed 3rd at regionals last week, so they should do pretty well.

Managing Mayhem

First of all, let me do some catching up of the 'Good Byes' we did during our last two weeks in Utah. and then, until I can download the pictures of the move off my cell phone, we'll have to skip to the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, which was one week after we moved to Cody, Wyoming.

We said 'Good Bye' to American Preparatory Academy (which the kids have since missed sorely once they began school in Cody)

One last 'Hurrah' at Raging Waters. See that slide in the back? We all went down that!

After 12 years, we said our final 'Good Bye' to Echo Reservoir where we skied EVERY single Monday the entire summer without missing one single year!

Bradley learned to slolam this year

Morgan's ride of the summer.

The BEST Helaman Scout Camp in the world!

Wes Murray and his watermelon warrior's mask

The BEST ward parties ever!

Wes Murray again, only that normally he's bald.

We said 'Good Bye' to our house...our home.

"Good bye" Hawaiian sunset dream retreat

Leaving behind spring blossoms....

Nope, we're not leaving him behind. He's too cute!

And just a short 8 hour drive over the hills and through the canyonlands we find ourselves in the little town of Cody.

And here we are, one week later after we've moved and it's the kids first day of school. It's 'the most wonderful time of the year'. I challenge you to find anyone who disagrees with me!

What do you see in Cody that you don't see in Salt Lake you ask? A tree of vultures. This one is one block away from our house. I wonder what attracks them to our neighborhood. I hate to think about it!

You also see deer in your neighbor's yard. They eat everything...

That's why our bushes look like this. That's as far as they can reach up

And when your best friends are not in Salt Lake, that's because they're visiting you!

And they brought with them a little bit of home to help ease the Bradley Blues.

Oh darn, it's Fast Sunday and we're all cheering a delicious breakfast!

Yellowstone National Park is literally a stone's throw through this canyon.

More pictures of the house and Morgan (which I have some how left out) are on the way! Stay tuned.

CODY, HERE WE COME!!!!

It's official! We are moving to Cody, Wyoming! Hee Haw!!!
We move Sunday August 15.

Here are some of the posts from this year to look back on.
We're going to miss UTAH!

Kids' Spring sports

Once all the festivities of December are over, January starts us off with a year-long array of sports, And even though there's still some snow on the ground, it always feels good to get outside!

Morgan tried track this year. She started on the JV team and by the end of the season, she was on the varsity team. Had she been able to compete in the finals, she would have taken first place in the 800 m. She got her mile down to under 6 minutes!

Bradley played futsal, indoor soccer.

So did Brian.

Brandon tried volley ball for the first time and loved it!

Bradley and Brian also did baseball again, but this year they were on the same team. Bradley was the pitcher and Brian was their star batter. What a fun season we had!

And that's how we start off the year. We snow ski on Wednesdays, so I don't ever schedule sports on those days but then our Saturdays are filled up with the rest of it.

For the summer, the kids play tennis and we water ski every Monday and when school starts up, the kids also start up outdoor soccer and then basketball. And then the whole routine starts over again in January with the spring sports! Needless to say, I live out of my car for those 9 months. There are days when all I'm doing is chauffering kids around that I don't even get to watch their games! But I say, hey, what else does a mother have to do, right?