Monday, June 30, 2014

Tyrell's 17th Birthday

I took the day off for Tyrell's birthday. We took him to Fortune Buffet for lunch then went to see Transformers 4. Mum came with us to eat but took Erana home with her when we went to the movie. It was a pretty good movie. Tyrell had a few friends over in the evening. They sat around the firepit and talked and ate hot dogs. We made him a tres leches cake. We just gave him a bag of goodies and money.

He his growing so fast. I am proud of the young man he has turned out to be. I still worry about him having a serious girlfriend already though. He spoke in another ward the other week as part of the Stake youth council. He talked about his Temple trips with the ward. On the 19th to 21st of June, he and Wiramina went on their youth ward conference final trip to Utah Temples. They went to Manti, Monticello and back up to Vernal and did baptisms in all the temples. They did baptisms in all the temples in Utah except Payson which isn't open yet and Ogden which is being renovated. They had a good time on their trip. Tyrell scraped his face on the bottom of a pool when he dived in. He had scabs on his chin, nose and forehead.

On the 27th and 28th of June, Candi and I, Jaxon, Leila and Erana went to Cedar City for Jaxon's rugby. It was the Utah Summer Games and they invited rugby. 8 of Jaxon's team came. It was hot. We had 2 games Friday and 4 on Saturday. We lost all but 1. We were missing our 2 of biggest boys. Jaxon did ok at times but when he doesn't feel like it he will not make an effort to tackle. He likes to hand tackle and grab and pull them in like a squid instead of going straight in with his shoulder. He also needs to be more assertive and in control on the field but isn't. He is slowly getting it but it is his 4th year so I expected more progress. One frustrating thing has been other teams cheating by playing bigger and older kids. The kids were tired as on the 3rd and 4th games Saturday. I was glad it was over. We stayed the night at the Knights Inn. The kids played in the pool.




Monday, June 23, 2014

June Happenings

June has been a nice and warm month. I started coaching Jaxon's U12 rugby team back on the 29th of May. Another parent named Andrew Buehner helps coach. The kids are Blake Stewart, Jackson Buehner, Jackson Zander, Fau & Joe Alusa, Dallin Thornton, Konnor Humes, Landon, Taliafi, Tyler & Mason Ludwick and Loimata Mauga. Loi broke his hand riding a scooter so he is out for a while. They had their first 3 games on the 14th. We tied all the games and were so close to winning each one. Jaxon scored a try by out-running everyone across the field to score in the corner. It was good.

The next day we went to Tama Peterson's grad party at a chapel in Sandy. We danced to songs after. Had a good time. When we got home Candi, Tyrell and I went to see a movie, Edge of Tomorrow. It was good. Candi and I have been eating at Burger King a lot lately on Friday's just because they had some good coupons such as 2 Big King combos for $6.99 and they have a big variety of fizzy drinks. They add cherry, vanilla, raspberry, lime, grape, etc to other soda drinks like ginger ale and sprite, etc. We like trying all the drink combos.

Father's Day they got me breakfast in bed and a nice card. Candi also got me some chocolates and treats. I love my family very much.


Friday, June 6, 2014

Erana's 4th Birthday

For Erana's birthday we went to the zoo. She had a great time. It was just our family on a hot day. She loves to look at the animals. W brought sandwiches and ate them there. But I can't believe she is 4 already. Our little angel is growing up so fast. We had her cake and presents in the evening. Kage and Drey came for that.