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!

The "Three Days of Memorial Day Weekend"

How much can you possibly cram into three days? We thought we would test the limits....What a crazy weekend! To sum it all up, we had six baseball games between Loveland and Ft. Collins, four graduation parties, one graduation ceremony, one Bolder Boulder race and one very sick husband. Poor Lar must have gotten a bit of food poisoning because he was very sick. He still managed to be the best tag team partner ever, getting Tony to the games I couldn't. Love you Lar!

Tony's team took third place in the tournament and only lost to the first place team by two runs in an earlier game. Alec finished the 10K in 51 minutes. I finished in 58 minutes and my goal was under 60 so I was pumped! What a great weekend, now it's time to go back to work to get some rest.......

Mall of America

This is the amusement park in the heart of the Mall of America. This is also where Alec & Tony spent the majority of their time. What an amazing place! 520 stores, every type of restaurant you could want, miniature golf and even an aquarium. We were exhausted by the time we left, but had a wonderful time!

Alec's new ride....

While the boys and I were in Minneapolis for Spring Break, Lar arranged a deal with a friend of Todd's and the purchase of this sweet new ride. This beautiful 2000 green Dodge Durango only had 50,000 miles and has been parked/babied in a garage it's whole life. Alec passed his driving test when we got back and is now officially loose on the streets of Brighton. Look out!