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Blogging has turned into such a chore, but I'll give it another try.

Ryan has been playing soccer for two weeks now and their team has yet to win a game. Last week's game was interesting. Ryan's team only had five players (out of 10) that showed up, so they had to play the entire game with no subs. Ryan made four goals, but their team still lost by one goal.

Yesterday's game was brutal, to say the least. The other team scored 8 goals to our 0. Ryan was pretty upset during the first half because our goalies tend to stand there and watch the ball go by. I know they are still learning, but it was still disappointing they didn't even try.

Anyway, after Ryan got a pep talk at halftime, he came back and played harder (he moped the first half and didn't try). They did much better. Ryan is an awesome forward.

Tonight is game three and we'll see if they do better. I hate being so competitive; it isn't helpful to my kids and makes me look like a bad person.

Can you tell I'm venting here?

Long time

Sorry everyone. I guess I'm not much of a blogger. I hate remembering the passwords to everything, and I'd forgotten the one to this. Plus, I haven't had that much time to sit and blog. This week is Spring break so I have nothing going on.

Austin has a soccer game Thursday. He is playing indoor soccer in Lindon with the high school kids. Our school doesn't have a soccer program, so this is a club. Austin is one of the youngest on the team. He is playing goalie and hopefully learning something.

Ryan starts baseball in a week. His first practice is tomorrow, weather permitting.

Em is staying the week in Cedar with her aunt and uncle and cousins. She wanted to help babysit and visit, so she is hopefully doing her share. We will pick her up on Sunday when we go down for Kaylee's baby blessing.

Not much else going on. See, I am a boring person.

Girl Scout Cookie Time

Em is selling Girl Scout cookies again. She has a goal of 500 boxes, the same as last year. She gets $10 in activity credits for every 50 boxes she sells and that money goes to pay for her summer camp. She wants to attend Trefoil Ranch in Provo Canyon for the 3rd year so she can ride horses.

We went out for a few minutes today around the neighborhood. Not many people home. Hopefully she can catch her regulars later this week.

I remember selling cookies when I was in Girl Scouts. I hated talking to people. Always a shy girl, but, it was worth it to go to camp. I really enjoyed riding horses at Trefoil, too. Like mother, like daughter.

I've already ordered my cookies and plan on getting a deep freeze for the basement so we can store them better. Not much room in the fridge/freezer.

Ryan takes 3rd in wrestling

Ryan took 3rd place at the Little League Tournament Wednesday night. He figured out what to do after his first match. He needs to work on the finer points of wrestling, including not letting the kid up. That gives the other kid a point. Oh well, he'll learn.

As for me, wrestling is not my favorite sport, and I chewed on my nails the whole time. Ryan was wrestling one kid who kept head-butting him. The other kid ended up with a bloody nose, accidently of course. Ryan felt very bad and cried for a few minutes. The other kid was okay.

Out of four kids in his weight and experience class, Ryan took 3rd. Not too bad considering he's never wrestled before, except in practice.

Nephi on Lockdown

It was pretty intense yesterday while picking kids up from school. I got there like usual when my neighbor came knocking on my window and told me we had to go into the school to pick up our kids because the school was on lockdown.

Apparently, the man who shot the Millard County deputy has a girlfriend or family member here and the police thought he might be hiding out at her house. The house was a block away from Nebo View Elementary (my kids go to Red Cliffs, thankfully).

So, I took my kids to the newspaper with my mom, grabbed a camera, and went to the media setup to get a picture. I waited for about fifteen minutes and the cops opened the roadblock. They didn't find the suspects. Heath was with me and we drove down to the house and tried to get pictures of the Utah Co. SWAT searching the premises. Not much going on.

My kids weren't told anything at the school and they came out nervous and scared, asking me all kinds of questions. I guess I told them too much because Ryan came into our room last night, about 10:30-11:00, telling us he heard noises in the kitchen. It was the dishwasher. He ended up sleeping in Em's room.

I hate that my kids have to live in a world where people do things like this, murder. It was too close to home for my comfort. I hope they catch him soon and let the rest of us breathe easier.

Had a Merry Christmas

Well, Christmas is over and hopefully I didn't throw any of the presents out with the wrapping paper. I tried to keep everything together, even making the kids get their laundry baskets to collect their booty.

Austin received RockBand 2, which he has been having a ball on. The rest of us have tried it and found that our musical talents need some work. Emily received a karaoke machine and has found it to be fun. It needs some updated songs, though. She doesn't know many that came with it. Ryan received lots of Star Wars toys and a new sled. Haven't tried out the sled, yet. The snow has been melting too fast. They also received the basics of Christmas: clothes, underwear, tinker toys, and candy. Also, snow boots and pants (to go with the sled) and Em received Bella and Edward Barbie dolls. Posters, games, movies and gift cards round out the Christmas booty. We all overate and have been enjoying the down time.

Austin will be going snowboarding for the first time this week. I'm a little nervous because I'm not going to be there. He is going with his uncle, Sean, to Park City. I have to realize that he is growing up and doesn't need his mommy everywhere he goes. Yet, I will be praying for a safe return, nonetheless.

We are going to be celebrating Austin's 13th birthday on January 2. It just happens to be my Dad's birthday, my niece's birthday and my sister's wedding anniversary. Busy day for all involved.

Band Concert

Just got home from the Juab High and Junior High band concert. Austin is in the Jr. High beginning band playing the drums. I guess he played during the songs; he was in the back playing the bass drum and I couldn't see him.

Anyway, he also plays with the JHS drumline. My little brother Sean is band president and drumline director. They played balloons. It was quite funny. They all did a good job and the beginning band sounded really good.

Austin has been helping out the drumline at the basketball games, too, playing the cymbals. He hasn't figured out the self-discipline part of it and tends to get distracted. Sean gets on his case.

The bands sound really good and the orchestra did really well for their first year. The new band director is doing a really good job and seems to have the kids motivated and enjoying themselves.