Baseball time again...playing MAJORS

Conner is back playing his favorite sport, baseball. He is playing majors on the D-Back team.
Their first game was played at the Big League of Dreams fields, cool!

Conner is growing up so fast. He is such a good boy who is always ready to jump in and help. Love to watch his games. Last night he went 3 for 3 hitting and came in to wrap up the game pitching. Thanks Papa Larsen and Dad (Erik) for taking time to help him with his batting!

the k I S s

Cole give me a k-i-s-s pllllllleeeeaaaasssseee????

Score....

I love you Lindsey! They have a special bond!

new way to deliver MAIL

Conner decided he would ride to the mail box...

notice safety first - HELMET!

troooooouble

my b-o-y-s

We love MOLTEN volleyball!

The week of Valentine's Day Lindsey's coaches gave each girl a rose with this cool saying. Lindsey has the best coaches. They not only help the girls develop volleyball skills, but build them up inside. They give them assignments in their journals and are constantly giving POSITIVE feedback. We feel so blessed to have Lindsey involved in such a great program. Thanks to all!

Jump Street

Last month I took the older kiddos to Jump Street. It is a place where there are tons of trampolines and the kids can do really cool tricks. There is a section for dodge ball and let me tell you - I am glad I was watching (kids throw hard).

Dallin Edwards and Conner
Olivia Knapp and Lindsey
We decided as a teenager you have to plan to take lots of your friends there all at the same time.

Megan Lavold and Carly

They had a blast. Glad they wore comfy clothes! One hour of jumping was just perfect...expect they were starving. Stopped and visited Peter Piper.

Cousins supporting Cousins

Saturdays have turned into sport-days! We are having fun watching and playing ball. We went to Whitney's game (what an awesome team they are) and she came to Carly's game! It is fun to see them progress...both girls love to play basketball.

Wordless Wednesday

Why do we have to get OLD?

Sweet Grandpa Larsen is in the hospital. He went in because he was having problems breathing. Lucky me I got to hang with him most of Monday. We talked and shared stories, I read to him out of Grandma's Life Story Book.

He found out today that he has emphysema...yuck! He will probably have to have oxygen at home and the biggest blow to him...NO more driving (he told the doctors that he was still going to drive)! Poor Grandpa! He was so sweet and kind to the dear nurses and Dr.'s Monday. Whatever they asked him (This is the food on the menu for dinner, do you want it or do you want to choose something else? He would answer that is fine. Do you want water or milk? Water is fine!) I think the only thing he said that made us laugh was he flirted with the CUTE nurses and Dr.'s. It was obvious which ones he thought were cute!

I am so sad that he is having troubles breathing. He has been so healthy and strong. I hope this doesn't slow him down physically or with his happy spirit!

Just writing this makes me cry. I love him and don't want him to be in any pain or discomfort. Why do we have to get old?

Lindsey sprained her RIGHT thumb!

Monday afternoon I promised Cole we would go on a bike ride. Everyone wanted to go except Conner (Marley even went). The bike ride was great! As we were pulling our bikes into the garage a bike hanging from the ceiling fell and landed on Lindsey's right hand. She instantly started to cry (she doesn't cry easily). We put ice on it and gave her some CHEWABLE motrin and had her take it easy.

The next day it felt much better. She went to volleyball practice and when I picked her up it was obvious something was wrong. Once I finally got her to talk she started crying and said her hand really hurt (especially her thumb). I guess she bumped it again in practice and tried super hard to play volleyball even though it hurt really bad.

Wednesday I took her in and got x-rays. Luckily it is only sprained and the doctor said for her to take a week off volleyball to give it time to heal, BUMMER!

I love this OLD man...

While the Romney's were here in December we went and had lunch with Grandpa Larsen at Serrano's. He is so fun and just tells it how it is. He is full of stories (he has one heck of a good memory) and loves to talk about how much he loved Grandma and what a beautiful woman she was. He is a great example of serving the Lord (through temple work and fellowship the less actives). Enjoy the time we get together.

(Tyler, Me, LaSchelle, Grandpa, Oma, and Dad - Kurt took the picture)

Snow Musical Performance

Queen Creek Elementary 2nd Grade Holiday Performance

Carly sings and moves to songs that talk about SNOW!

Her most devoted fans...Papa and Oma! Now let's go eat at Serrano's!!!

Hiking with Conner's 11 year old scout troop

I was lucky enough to go with Conner and a few of his buddies on a hike (Hieroglyphic Trail Canyon - 3.5 miles) for 11 year old scouts. I am so happy he still lets me tag along. Jared Price also came (Tallin's Dad). The boys loved hiking up the hieroglyphics. Some mom's would have freaked, but I tried to control my fears (remember I am trying to be a COOL mom).
Tallin Price, Conner and Gunner Larson
I love this kid!!!

Conner leaves Webelos!

Conner is one driven young man. He loves to be busy and active. He love scouts and is sad when he misses den meetings. In December he earned his Webelos badge, Religious Knot and ...

his Arrow of Light!!!! Way to go Conner. Bro. Jess Aguinaga was his Cub Master. Sis. Mitzie Brown and Laura Cummard were his Webelos leaders.
Conner I love you and am proud to be your mom!

Sunday, January 31 Oma and Papa talked in their ward.
The subject: The Blessing of the Temple
One of Papa's favorite loves! They did an amazing job. I learned something new about Oma, she was sealed to her parents along with her sisters when she was a teenager (wow I bet it was neat for those who attended to see all 6 of the girls in white dresses).
Papa shared so many neat stories: I loved his reminder that Jesus walks the halls of the temples. Why would we not want to go visit there and do the Lord's work? I want my kids to know that I have a testimony of the temple and the eternal covenants we make there. Love you Papa and Oma, thanks for being such great examples!

Volleyball in Prescott

Saturday, January 30 Lindsey's volleyball team had their FIRST tournament. It was in Prescott, first game starting at 3pm. Since Erik had to work the night before he stayed home with our other kiddos. Carly also had a basketball game we didn't want her to miss. Lucky for Cole Shelene Webb (Liesl's daughter) came over to do respite for the day. Cole got to hang at home and have fun with Shelene. Girls waiting for their second game. The tournament was held in a BIG warehouse, can you say COLD.
Billi, one of the mom's, braided all the girls hair super cute!
Lindsey had so much fun - the girls had lots of time to bond! Oma and Papa came with us... we sure enjoyed their company!
Me and Oma were freezing. Thank goodness we brought blankets to wrap around us! We packed snacks and food, so we just sat around, cheered and enjoyed the atmosphere.
Cute hair Lindsey!

Really MOM...more pictures.

Did I say we CHEERED? Thank goodness we also packed chairs (no bleachers).

Our last game started at 8:30pm (the girls played 4 teams) and we won! We came in FIRST place - winning all our games!!! What a way to start out the season. Go MOLTEN DIAMONDS!

Fun day - thanks Oma and Papa for coming along!

Pulled into our drive-way at midnight!

And tHen it raiNed

Last week it rained so much that our yard flooded bad!
Thinking maybe we should build an ARK!

Amazingly...it dried up in no time!

Carly's eight

January 8 Carly turned 8...

stay tuned...

Chocolate

I was helping Carly do some homework when Cole came in and asked for some chocolate. I said OKAY and gave him a small square out of a GIANT size Hersey bar. Told him no more. Well I went back into the piano room to help Carly finish up her homework. What seemed like minutes later he comes in with this face, "Hi Mom". I said what have you been eating? "Nothing" he replies. I take him into the bathroom mirror and said, "well what's that on your face." We both start laughing and I cleaned the little chocolate ghost! Marley (our dog) found the left-overs hidden in the playroom.

Chocolate was everywhere!! His fingers were covered in it! SO much for the shower I had given him.

K-i-d-s

the truth, had it had almonds in it I would have already devoured it...

Basketball STARS...

Our Saturday morning started early...Crew's (Lance's oldest son) game started at 8:45 in Chandler. He plays for the Jr. Suns team. He did such a great job. Wow, what an improvement from last season. His dribbling was fantastic and his defense great! Good job buddy! Carly's playing on an all girls basketball team. It is her first time to play on a team. She has had 2 games and is picking up on how to play very quickly. She made 6 baskets Saturday. Way to GO Carly girl!

Conner also had a great game. He is playing on a 5th grade competitive team. He enjoys being on the same team as Dallin Edwards and Donovan Hanna two of his favorite buddies!

Me, Oma, Heather and Lance I don't know if we laughed more or cheered more????

Great game Carly....can't wait to see how you do next game!

We look over and boys are sitting on their basketballs watching the game...too cute!