State Drill Competition

Brooklyn is getting excited to try out for Bingham's drill team so she has been going to as many competitions performances of theirs as she can. I was gone for Josh's work event but I still got her and Brayden tickets to go and support the Minerettes at the state competition. She loved going and they won!! It's the 4th year in a row that they have won the state title! Even though Ashlin is injured Brooklyn still loved going to support her and the other girls. Hopefully it will be her next year!

 

Bingham Ball

Just a few pics of Brayden during the game against Herriman. Their team has really begun to click and it's fun to watch them get better and better!

 

Lil Sis, Big Sis

Sometimes my kids disappoint my by how they treat each other, but other times they exceed my expectations and surprise me. Britney called me crying from the studio bc she had a headache and her ballet teacher told her she couldn't sit out of class. I told her to go find Brooklyn so she could help calm her down. Brooklyn called me and I told her to help calm her down and that she didn't need to go back to class and that she could sit in Brooklyn's class and watch since I couldn't go to the studio at that time. Well when I got there an hour later not only did I find Britney in Brooklyn's class but she was up and participating. Brooklyn and the other girls on her team were helping Brit learn the steps they were working on and were all so sweet to her. I asked Brooklyn about it after and she said, "I told Brit after she stopped crying that if she was going to be in my class she needed to get up and dance." I love it. She is such a mini mom and makes great decisions when it comes to the other girls. And not only did she tell her to get up and dance but she helped her with the steps. Warms my heart.

 

Bball Dinner

The team dinner for the freshman and sophomore basketball teams was at our house this week. We did a nacho bar and the kids loved it. Normally they eat and take off but tonight they hung out for hours. Brayden even left for piano lessons and a bunch of kids stayed lol. They played in the court, the ball pit, and hung out in the theater. Great group of boys.

 

Driver’s License

I've been waiting for this day longer than Brayden has lol. He turned 16 back in November but bc of scheduling conflicts with basketball and Christmas break it took 6 weeks to get all his range and driving hours completed. We finally had everything done and headed to the DMV to get his license. We got there and since we had an appt we skipped the long line and started the process of getting it all done. Ummm...there was a traffic test apparently he didn't take since he did all the course work online. None of the driving teachers at Bingham told us we had to get that done so we were blindsided by it and I wasn't happy. So we stood outside where we could get service and together we guessed on the 40 questions, memorized the answers, then completed the exam so he could get his license. I was NOT going to leave the DMV without a license. Of course we had already used our appt spot so now we had to stand in the long line of people without appointments. I was annoyed. But we got his license and walked out of there on cloud 9. We stopped at Brayden's favorite restaurant for lunch then got him back to school. Life is about to change and I couldn't be happier about it!

 

BFF’s?

I love hanging out with my sister's and definitely consider them some of my best friends. I frequently wonder if our girls will end up being friends when they are older since they tend to be typical siblings and fight often. Since I'm thinking about this all the time I also notice all the times where they genuinely enjoy being together. They are always playing games, dancing, and being together so it gives me hope that one day they will consider each other bff's and end up choosing to be together when they don't actually have to be.

A Little Distraction

Brayden is working on being a more consistent shooter. He goes at 6am every morning and shoots at the high school with the automatic ball return so he gets up hundreds of shots every morning and has a really high percentage. But during the games he doesn't all hit his shots consistently. So we decided he needs to get better at shooting with distractions. We may have taken it to a whole new level as the girls chased him around the court, flapping their arms like birds, and yelling "Caw! Caw!" It was pretty hilarious but so awesome that the girls were willing to pitch in and help.