day one hundred fifty six

LOOK ABS!!! I'M ALIVE! Back to the grind. I've been AWOL but not to worry I'm back in the picture-a-day game!  Here is Taylor's last volleyball game. Don't you just love the warrior paint? They are looking tooooo fierce!

Taylor serving with impeccable form!

Waiting for the other team to serve. Volleyball has been so much fun to watch this season!

Here is Taylor's favorite coach. Rachel has been the most supportive coach ever! The first time Taylor got a serve over the net she jumped up and almost ran on the court she was so excited!

day one hundred twenty one

It has been raining like crazy lately!! Today Jacki's soccer game got cancelled because the rain. She was NOT happy about this turn of events.

Rainy days are conducive to baking and loafing around on the couch (Jacki is still mad though).

But volleyball isn't cancelled! Taylor did so very excellent today. She got two serves over the net! So proud of her!

She just keeps improving with every game. It is so fun to watch her play!

Jacki babysat Lyla tonight. She is an excellent babysitter! 

After the game Pace, Bailey, Taylor and I got to go to the stake center and listen to Jeffery R. Holland and president Robbins speak. They were both amazing and we left motivated having felt the spirit.

day one hundred seven

Saturday Sport Day! Volleyball first for Taylor and the Warriors. Isn't she just so cute?

Team huddle

Warr-iors (clap, clap, clap) Warr-iors (clap, clap, clap)  Serve it up Taylor!

On to the soccer game. Jacki is an animal this year on the soccer field! Jade has even told her to stop playing football (taking people out) and get to playing soccer. Who knew that day would come.

Soccer Swag

And last but certainly not least we have our motocross sporting event that Jade is participating in, in Hurricane UT. The QR wouldn't scan on his picture so I had to take a picture of his picture. Not the exact quality I wanted but oh well. Here is WORCS race round 6... 

day one hundred

Today is Taylor's first volleyball game! So exciting! Taylor was so nervous but she did just great!

WARRIORS!

Bumping like a pro

Maintaining the official stance

Waiting for the other team to serve...

A couple of Warriors before the game. Cute girls!

day ninety nine

I've been taking Taylor to her volley ball practices. I love watching her play. She's never played before and she's improving like crazy!

And Jacki who had a birds eye view of Taylor practicing...

See how Taylor is playing in socks with no shoes? That right there is exhibit A of why we go through hundreds of socks a year!

day ninety seven

LHS track meet day! Here is PayPay running the 100m. I la la love watching him run!

I forced them all to line up for the obligatory group shot.

Look at Pace's face. He's about to start the 400m. This is his most hated race. It really is brutal. Good luck! I'll be sunbathing in the bleachers while you run your guts out. #suckstobeyou

day ninety three

Soccer bright and early at Anthem this morning. Check out this awesome action shot of Jacki! Oh and she scored another goal today. This of course means we go to Great Harvest after the game and get her a grilled cheese sandwich.

We went to Home Tampon right after the game and acquired all the supplies to make Jessi a gated community. Jacki calls it a cage. It is simply the means by which I will be keeping the newly planted grass intact with Jessi in the picture.

day seventy five

My eyes are still swollen shut from yesterday but I pried them open so they could see Pace at his first track meet of the season. I love watching him run!

Here, my friends, is the fundamental difference between boys and girls when a picture needs to be taken.

What a beautiful stride he has coming off the final straight of the 400. That is one very brutal race!

day seventy two

Here is my beautiful little singer all ready to attend festival at Green Valley High School. Why must festival be so early on a Saturday morning? I think I am destined to be sleep deprived.

 Off to the soccer field to see Jacki and her fabulous soccer moves!

 Gooooooooooooo Desert Divas!!!

day sixty five

Soccer season is upon us again! I swear I blink and 3 months have passed. Jacki was so excited to "take people out" in her first game.

She informed me that when she "takes people out it's all legal".

 Watching Jacki play soccer on a beautiful morning is a great way to start a Saturday!

two hundred ninety five

 Here are some fantastic action shots courtesy of Jade. Pace is ON THE MOVE!

Here's Jeff in his standard position berating the refs. 

It's getting a bit chilly out for these games! MaryAnn, Justin and I are all snuggled up.

two hundred ninety three

I was in charge of taking the soccer pictures today for Jacki's team. They turned out pretty cute if I do say so myself!

two hundred eighty eight

One more "Mams Fail" to add to the books. I had to work in the concession stand for the 1st half of this game. Of course Pace played and I missed it. They were SO far ahead that they just let the clock run for the 2nd half. So by the time that I made my way over to the stands and got out my camera the game was pretty much over and this is the only picture I got! 

two hundred eighty one

Here's Pace on the kick off. This was a camera (Carrie) fail since I had the wrong lens on and couldn't change it in time. 

Here's the after game team meeting. I wonder if they ever get uncomfortable kneeling on one knee like that for so long?  Can you see my boy? He's #56. It's kind of like Where's Waldo. I spied him right off!

two hundred seventy six

 Another Saturday, another soccer game...

Check out this crazy contortion Jacki is doing. It hurts my knee just looking at her!

I will clarify what is happening in this picture. The little girl in the green was apparently bothering Jacki throughout the game so as Jacki explained to me later... "I had to take her out". This picture is of the little girl on her way down. The best part is Jacki did it all "legal" within the soccer world of rules and regulations. Am I proud? Most definitely.

Pass it to MEEEEEEEE!

The priesthood session for General Conference was tonight. I begged them to take a picture after they got home. As soon as they got together Pace tooted his hiney horn. This is Jade smacking him for stinking up the whole room. Immediately afterwords Jade left and I couldn't talk either of them into taking another one. #boyproblems