West Fest 5K Again!

So I ran, okay I walked a lot too, the West Fest 5 K again this year.  Noah did it with me but he goes on way ahead of me so I don't see him until the end.  I didn't beat my time this year which I was a little discouraged about but I still felt like I did my best.  I was about 2 mins. slower this year.  Me, my mom and Kristi did some 5 K training that was offered through the rec center every Saturday for 10 weeks prior to the race.  They gave us shirts and helped us with some running tips and tricks for getting through the race.  We all did well and made it.  Tara was here and did it as well as my parents.

6th Grade Graduation

Noah is officially done with elementary school. I can't believe that I will have a jr. high kid next year. It makes me feel totally old (and I am old). they had a little program and presented awards to the students.   Noah received awards for Honor Roll and Outstanding Student in Language Arts.  He had a great 6th grade teacher too.  I'm really going to miss her.  She knew some of the struggles Noah was having and really tried to help him in those areas and build up his self esteem.  Junior High, here we come.

Noah on the stage getting his award

Noah with his friend, Sydney

Noah and Tyler

Noah and Mrs. Creager

Last day at West Valley Elementary

Mom's Retirement

My Mom has finally retired after 23 long years. I know that place is going to miss her. She was such a good employee. To celebrate, we all went to Maddox for dinner in Brigham City. That is my parents favorite restaurant. I forgot how good it was. We bought her flowers and a cake. It was a lot of fun but we missed Loyd, Tara and Raleigh who weren't able to make it. 



All of us at the restaurant.  The pic was taking with my cell phone so it's not the best quality.



Mom with her cake...Her eyes are closed but it's the only pic I got.

Baseball

The baseball season is now over.  This was the first season that he played real baseball.  He had only done Tball and machine pitch before.  Noah had a good time. He started off a little sluggish and was struggling at bat. He wasn't sure he was really enjoying it but towards the end of the season, he started getting some good hits and starting liking it a lot more. He is already excited for next season. He had some really nice coaches and knew most of the kids on the team.

His team was the New York Yankees

Roadshow

Noah was in our ward roadshow. I was surprised he wanted to participate but he did a great job and had a lot of fun doing it. He was Flash (the superhero) and a Jedi. He had a couple of lines but they are hard to hear in the video.  We had to come up with his costume on our on own.  I made his shirt with felt and then we bought some old rain boots at DI and I spray painted them yellow and then we made him a mask.  He said that all of the leaders kept telling him how cool his costume was.  We also got a dvd copy of the whole show too.  It was pretty funny.

Spring Break

Spring break came and went so fast this year. Noah got a whole week of school off. We tried to do a few fun activities to break up the monotony. We rode the Frontrunner train to Layton and ate lunch and rode it back home. It was kinda cool to ride on but kind of expensive. We went and saw "Wrath of the Titans". Not my first choice, but Noah really wanted to see it so we did. We went shopping up at the Park City outlets and had dinner up there. We also dyed Easter eggs. Noah also had a baseball game, played with friends and went swimming with his cousins at the rec center. Now we are back to the grind of school again. It was a nice little break and made me look forward to the summer. We had Easter dinner at my parents house and a  Easter egg hunt for the little ones. We had the bigger kids hide the eggs.

Baseball

Baseball is officially in full swing. (literally) lol. Noah's first game is this Saturday. He is pretty excited and seems to be enjoying it. I really like his team and his coaches. They put in a lot of time in for these boys. Here's to a great season. I just hope the weather warms up quick. I sat outside today and watched a practice game and it was pretty chilly.