Basketball

Original title for the post right? We just finished another season of Jr. Jazz. It was an interesting season. We started out on a competitive league and after 2 horrible losses, we were switched to recreational. I'm still not sure if it was because we lost so bad or what. It was nice because we had almost the same exact team as last year except for 2 new kids. They played a lot better after they were switched to a recreational league and finally started winning some games. At the end of the season, they ended up doing a tournament. They played 2 games last Saturday and lost horribly. I don't know if they just didn't play well or if this team was way better than ours, but we got killed. Last night they played at Olympus Jr. High and ended up losing by 4 points but they played much better and I think it was a much better match up. Noah was a little disappointed that they lost and that it was over. I think basketball is his favorite sport and he seems to improve each year. Now we are on to baseball. The fun never ends. (: This is his first year trying it except for when he did t-ball when he was 5 and 6 years old. We'll see how it goes. He knows a few of the kids on the team. He has already had 2 practices and says he likes it so far so we shall see. I didn't get very many pictures and the ones I did get aren't very great. Oh well. It's hard to get good action shots.

Field Trip

I went on a field trip with Noah's class the other day. It was the whole 5th grade. We went to the state capitol. I haven't been there in years. It's really beautiful inside. We sat in on a legislative session. In all honesty, it was a little boring and I felt like they were speaking a foreign language. I am so politically challenged..lol. We had lunch and then headed back on the bus to the school. I was in charge of 6 kids. I kept trying to get them to let me take pictures of them at various spots in the capitol but they didn't want to but did give in to me on a few. Sometimes its kind of a hassle to go on these field trips but I know that when he goes to jr. high, there won't be anymore so I try to take advantage and be involved as much as I can while I still can.

This is a statue of Brigham Young
Noah and Frankie in front of the Science and Technology statue
Frankie, Mikey, Jr. and Noah
Notice where Noah's hand are in each picture. It's his "GQ" pose.

The Liberty Bell
On the bus. Noah sitting by his friend Mikey

D Will

Well, it's official, D Will is no longer with the Jazz. I'm torn as to if this is a good thing or not. It seemed like he was kinda acting like a spoiled brat these last few weeks and I do feel that he played a part in Sloan's resignation despite what the media has said. It didn't seem like his heart was in Utah anymore. On the other hand, Noah is a HUGE fan of his and just a couple of days ago bought a new D Will trash can for his room. He is even considering becoming a Nets fan now. I just wonder how the Jazz will survive. I guess they are looking to the future and what will be best for the team. It's kinda like they are starting over and rebuilding the team. We'll have to wait and see what happens. I've always been a Jazz fan at heart and have gotten more into them these last few years since Noah has been such a fan. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Noah's Room

Noah has had a Spiderman room since he was about 4 or 5 years old. He has told me for the last couple of years that he has outgrown it and wants something different. Finally this past weekend, we moved the furniture around in his room, (not a whole lot of places to change things around in his very small room), dejunked his closet and drawers, and finally got rid of the Spiderman comforter and accessories. We found a nice sports quilt at Target. It's like he has a whole new room now. It's so nice and clean too so let's hope it stays that way. He likes to keep everything and his room gets so cluttered so I usually throw things away when he is gone...lol. He really likes the new room and has kept it pretty clean so far. He still wants to get some posters for his walls too.






I should have gotten some before pictures too but trust me, it looks much better.

Valentines Day

For Valentines Day, I took Noah to see the Justin Bieber movie. It was a documentary type movie about his concerts and how he became famous. Then we went to Olive Garden for dinner. For his school party, we made an Ipod Valentines box. I saw it on the Internet and thought it would be a cute idea. It was actually really easy too compared to the shoe boxes we have tried to decorate in the past and they never seem to turn out that great.



The headphones were shoelaces with little foam hearts glued on the ends for the ear buds. The whole thing was made out of a cereal box.

Snow Brrrrr.......

This was from the really big snow storm we got on New Years Eve. Noah was shoveling the stairs and sidewalk. He was having fun playing in the fresh powder. It was up to his knees.

Noah's #11

My son turned 11 on Thursday. I'm feeling so old and wondering how he can already be this old. With each birthday, I keep reminding myself to cherish those everyday moments and simple pleasures of these growing up years because they are quickly being taken away and won't be there to enjoy. On his actual birthday, I took him to Red Robin for dinner and then he had basketball practice that night. On Saturday, I took him to Fat Cats for his friend birthday party. He had 7 kids come including Josh, Skyler, Cody, Nick, Frankie, Tyler and Trevor. They all bowled 2 games, had pizza and played arcade games. They all seemed to have fun and I can't believe how hyper eight 10-11 year old boys can be. lol. Today, my family came over and we had dinner and cake. I told Noah that he got to have a birthday weekend. I hope he had a nice birthday. I'm proud of the sweet young man he is becoming and am so proud to be his mom.
Noah getting ready to blow out his candles and closing his eyes..lol. I forgot to buy birthday candles and my mom brought over the two that she had so we just made the candles into an 11.


Grandma gave him a BYU jersey...Lloyd insisted on being in the photo..lol

Noah's friends at Fat Cats. They all had to pose.



Cody and Tyler

Skyler