5 games in 4 days...

McKenna's Rampage soccer team traveled to Cedar City to compete in the Utah Summer Games. The team went 2 years ago and left with all three games in complete shut out. We didn't score a single goal the entire tournament. This year was a far different story. Our girls played the most amazing games and fought against some of the hardest teams we have ever played against. Our first game was the night we arrived against the Spitfire, our long time rivals. We were shut out 1-0. These girls fought back in their second game the next day against the Sharks to a 1-1 tie. Later that day we played the Bombers who we shut out 2-0 for a good end to a tough double header. That moved us to the Semi-final round where we played Dixie Dragons and won 1-0. This was the most emotional game for all of us because the winner of this game got to play in the Gold Medal round the following morning. After this win there were no dry eyes in the house! The next morning, at 8 am on a windy Saturday morning, we entered the Gold Medal round against none other than.....Spitfire. All things considered, they played like the champions we always knew they could be. We were beat 3-0 and still came out the winners in the long run. Our team won the Silver Medal in the U-12 girls division, but in the hearts of everyone who saw how far they had come, they were the champions!

5K Walk for Briggs

Kristi, Kathy, Staci, Me, and Mom

We had a very busy Saturday, we also did a 5K charity walk for a little boy named Briggs. He is the little brother of one of Dalen's good friends, Quayden. He has a form of brain cancer and they arranged a walk to raise $ for his medical care. Since it was a more than worthy cause, 6 of us got out of bed early and walked 3.1 miles (5K) around the streets of Hooper. They had a great turn out and we had a lot of fun. Realize this was 8 am and I had worked till 11 pm so forgive the fashion statement we are all making. Here are your pictures KATHY!

Three generations of walkers!

Kenna and Grandma happy it's over!

Rock on...

Saturday was Casey's first "gig" with his band on an actual stage, at a venue where people have to pay to get in. They have played family parties before, but this was their first official hired "gig". They played at Lorin Farr Park along with the car show and MMA fights. Unfortunately it was sort of a bust but a good experience to get their feet wet. They are hoping this could lead them to some other "gig's". It was still just family and friends for the most part, but they sounded great. It was such a difference listening to them through professional sound equipment rather than in a basement or backyard. The show started with Angel Street, then Brewster Cogburn, then Shadow. They are all friends of ours so it was awesome to have them all on the same stage. The weather was wonderful and I was so proud of my hottie of a husband!

Angel Street

Daddy's little roadie

The "crowd"!

Shadow

The Fam

Hooper Field Day...

Dalen and Tiernan at field day

Friday was the elementary school Field Day. McKenna has hit the elite position as 6th grader, therefor earning her position as a dunkie for the Dunk Tank. It just so happened that her group was chosen to go at the exact same time the first grade was having their turn at field day. Dalen was more than happy to take the first shots of his sister sitting atop the dreaded white board. I was volunteering that day for the PTA and was witness to this blessed event. Dalen took great pleasure in enacting a little revenge on the Big Sister. He also enjoyed the sheer look of terror on her face as she realized what was about to happen! Even though he didn't hit the target with the balls provided, he still gave her the splash she deserved.

McKenna in the aftermath...

Good Job Bubba! It was hard to see this event as one of the last they would ever share at the same school. Now she is moving on to bigger and better things, and soon he will be the one in the dunk tank.

Her first dance card.....

6th grade dance card

McKenna and the rest of the tortured sixth grade had their very first dance. They had a luau theme with fruit and slushes, a blow up tiki hut, and inflatable palm trees. Each kid had a dance card that they had to fill with names of the opposite sex and those were to be their partners for the dances. Kenna's group of friends and her friend Austin's group of friends sort of stuck together. They worked for weeks with their teachers to learn line dances and partner dances so they should have felt prepared. After they got the first dance under their belts the nerves subsided and they were having a great time. Their teachers were great with the planning so nobody was left out. It was fun for the mom's to watch, too. Till it hits you that you are now old enough to have a child who is dancing with the opposite sex!!! The beginning of the end..........

Kenna and Austin's first dance

Getting the "go away mom" evil eye!

Kenna and friends under the tiki hut!