Boise State Football Camp

Tony and I spent four days at his beloved Boise State attending football camp.  We had no idea this was such a big deal.  There were over 1500 players and 40 teams.  It was intense!  There was a team there from Germany, players from England, Amsterdam, Alaska, Pennsylvania, New Mexico to name a few.  We stayed at the Red Lion, student housing was already full so he had no choice.  The hotel was awesome and our room had a balcony overlooking the pool.  Larry flew out Friday afternoon to watch his 7 on 7 scrimmage and the Bronco Brawl on the famous BLUE turf Saturday night.  This was a great experience for all of us and "T" came home decked out in Blue!

Wizarding World of Harry Potter Dec 2010

The long awaited trip to the Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando was even more than we expected. The Dragon's Challenge is a twin roller coaster that comes within 18 inches of the "twin" coaster. Very scary in the front row. Hogwarts Castle is amazing too with a simulation of flying through the air with Harry chasing dragons and fighting with the Whomping Willow. The boys even humored me to go on the kiddie coaster which was the Flight of the Hippogriff. What can I say, I wanted to see Buckbeak. We had lunch at the Three Broomsticks which consisted of fish and chips and turkey legs. Our favorite beverage was butterbeer which also came frozen. It tastes like a cream soda. Our least favorite beverage was pumpkin juice. Ewwwww nasty! We purchased chocolate frogs at Honeydukes and shopped for other gifts at Zonko's Gift Shop. Tony couldn't decide which wand to purchase at Ollivander's Wand Shop (no wand chose him so he must be a muggle) he ended up with three; Harry Potter, Dumbledore and Lord Voldemort. He brought home Harry's wand to his buddy Ian. Alec chose Lucius Malfoy's wand which is cleverly disguised in a cane with a serpent head. My best surprise was using the ladies lavatory only to hear Moaning Myrtle giggling and laughing. What a magical place! A must see for every Harry Potter fan.

Cross Country Nationals year 2

Alec competed
at the ESPN
Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World for the second year in a row. He improved his time from last year and had a great time doing it. The weather was much better this year, no rain and no high humidity. Great job Al!

Mr Mac 8 All Conference

Tony was named to the Mac 8 All Conference Honorable Mention team while we were in Orlando supporting Alec at XC Nationals. Quite an honor for a sophomore to be recognized by coaches from around the league. Tony also received several academic honors. Love you Voot! Keep up the hard work.

Mom and Dad celebrate their 50th anniversary!

After raising four children, who at times have been (total knotheads) fifty years of marriage seems pretty easy. The four of us Dallin kids were able to "surprise" mom and dad with a celebration at Ruby River in Ogden on March 13, 2010. The plan was for Steve & Bridgit to bring mom and dad here for lunch and then to meet up with the others who were already waiting upstairs in the banquet room. The look on their faces as they came up the stairs, heard all of us shouting surprise was priceless. After a lot of tears, a few speeches, a fabulous picture presentation put together by Rob, we had a wonderful lunch. What a great way to celebrate two wonderful people. Love you Mom & Dad!

AmaSING!

Last Monday, June 29, we attended the Mormon Tabernacle Choir concert at Red Rocks Ampitheatre. The place was breathtaking. It is a naturally formed theatre made from the Red Rocks found at the foothills. Larry, Alec and Tony were less than excited about going, but the concert turned out to be amazing. The choir didn't just sing "hymns", but many selections from around the world. They finished the evening by singing some patriotic numbers and I even heard Tony singing on the way out. Nice! The highlight of the evening was when Lloyd D. Newell of "Music and the Spoken Word", introduced President Monson. WOW! If you make the first picture bigger, you can see him down in front turned around to address the crowd. What a great night!

I just found out from Dave's email, that my nephew Nathan, serving in the Oklahoma City mission, was an usher for this great event the week before. Denver was the last stop on the tour before they returned home. I can't wait to see how Nate liked the performance.

"Piotrek Koroluk" our Polska exchange student

Welcome Piotrek! Our Polska exchange student arrived Thursday, May 28th at 11:45 pm. The plane was only delayed about a half hour. We are so excited to have him with us for three weeks and hope we give him the right impression of Americanskis. We are so excited for this experience with him!