Soccer, Soccer and more Soccer

This weekend was all about soccer for Britton. It is the end of the season for 5 United (the team that Tyler coaches) But we will continue on for the rest of this season with Dynamo. We were lucky enough to have Grandma Donna in town and she was able to see every one of Britton's games.

Britton had a soccer clinic on Friday then Friday evening Dynamo had a game. We ended up winning!

Saturday Britton had three games. One for Dynamo and two for 5 United. 5 United had two games because it was the end of the season. We won all three games! We all had so much fun watching. I took bananas for the kids to eat in between their games because they didn't get much resting time. We had a game at 10:20, 11:10 and 12:45. They were so tired by the third game they could hardly move. It was our hardest game, we played 10 year old's and won by one point. Way to go kids!

After all of the games were done we took pictures and handed out cards for free ice cream cones.

Beckhams friend(?) Mckeye, Shayna Beckham, Tyler, Jonnie and Britton

The whole team. 5 United

From top to bottom:

Tyler, Jonnie

Prince (Rafael), Britton, Dallen, Jarom, Beckham

Garret, Zach, Jake, Julion

Britton's feet were so sore after the last game that I had to carry him out. Poor kid ran his little heart out. I was so proud of him and his team. They are a great group of boys with awesome parents and they were lucky enough to have an amazing coach. Not to brag or anything but we have three of the top 10 players in the league on our team. That would be Prince, Britton and Dallen. Way to go boys!! 5 United took second out of all of the teams.

When we got home I soaked Brittons feet in mint fizzy water, Then gave him a nice foot massage with mint exfoliating scrub and finished off with tingling mint lotion. Lucky boy! He felt much better after that.

That night we had my parents, Shane and Grandma Donna over for dinner. We ate the most delicious artichoke chicken, french bread and salad. Desert was turtle pie. YUMMY!!

Britton's desert was a fun dip.

That can't be healthy.

My Dad and Shayna kept themselves busy with arts and crafts.


Good work you two. You make some amazing masks!

Happy Birthday Tyler!!

Well, we started off our long weekend with a Bang! Tyler took Friday off of work. He didn't get Monday off, so he arranged his schedule so that we could spend Friday together while the kids were at school. But, Shayna got the stomach flu. She started with it Thursday night. So we kept her home on Friday and the three of hung out all day. Fortunately it didn't last long and she was feeling much, much better by Friday afternoon.

Saturday, Tyler's Birthday, Shayna woke up early so that she could make him a sign.

She did it all by herself! She is so thoughtful. She wanted to do something special for her Dad. I don't think it gets any better then that. What a fun thing to wake up to. After he opened gifts we got ready for the day and headed out to breakfast. After that we had two soccer games to go to. Britton is on two different teams. That's why he has so many games. We lost a game and won a game. My parents and Shane came over to our house for a Birthday dinner. We had chili and corn bread. That night we put a movie in for the kids and the adults went down stairs to watch a scary movie. We saw paranormal activity 2. It was really dumb and not scary. Sorry Mom and Dad. And then we let the kids "camp out" in the living room.

Sunday morning we woke up to a blizzard but Tyler and I had plans and I really didn't want the weather to stop us. We dropped the kids off at Grandma and Grandpa's (thank you Mom and Dad) and Tyler and I headed to La Caille for Sunday brunch. Thank you to my c0-worker for an awesome gift certificate. It took us forever to get there because of the weather but it was worth it. It was a three course meal and I couldn't eat everything so I brought home a lot of left overs. I told Britton he could eat the bacon and when he pulled it out of the fridge it dumped all over the floor. I was so upset. My $20 french toast was scooped up and thrown in the garbage....so sad! Britton felt awful, poor kid. After that we decided to play Uno. We played a lot of Uno this weekend. And by a lot I mean A LOT! I am so impressed with Shayna. She caught onto the game so fast and she even counts her own cards. I think it will be great for her math. Sunday night we also had Family Movie Night! We watched Karate Kid and ate tapioca and whatever other treats the kids could get their hands on.

Monday I had off of work and the kids didn't have school but Tyler had to work. I let the kids just play and do whatever while I cleaned and did laundry. The kids had swimming lessons, my Grandma came into town so she got to go with us and see how well the kids are doing. Tyler was even able to get off of work early enough to join us. Then we headed over to my parents house for dinner and some more Uno. The kids just love that game!

It was another very busy yet fun weekend. It's already looking like next weekend will be just as busy. I love it!

My special Valentine!

Shanya's class made these very cute Valentines. On the back they were allowed to write whatever they wanted to, without help. I love what Shayna wrote and I love her spelling.


This is what is says:

I know a girl she has blue eye's and she is 5 feet tall she has long legs she is cute she has long hair and she is my mommy she helps my teacher. And she watches me and protects me.

How cute is that.

I love you Shayna!

Wow! What a weekend!!

This was a really busy weekend for the Carver Family. We had a lot going on so there wasn't much time for rest.

Friday:
I was really busy on Friday. I helped out in Shayna's class, just like I do every Friday. Then I ran to Michael's Crafts to pick up some supplies I needed for decorating cookies. I then ran to my hair appointment and had just enough time to get home and grab something to eat before running back to the school to pick up the kids. As soon as I got them we ran to the store to buy Valentines for both of their classes, we made it home just in time to get the kids a snack and get Britton dressed in his soccer gear and then head to his soccer clinic. I am going to take a little detour here and talk about the clinic.

Britton doesn't really like clinics but they are good for him. He thinks it is boring to have a coach tell him what drills to do and then they have to do it. But when the coach stopped Britton and asked for his name and wrote it down then gave him a thumbs up he was really excited. And that is exciting because now he has been recognized. These coaches are kind of like scouts. They are searching for the good players to be on their teams, you have to be invited. Britton says he is never going to miss a clinic and he is going to do his best at them....we shall see!

After the soccer clinic we went grocery shopping. I NEVER take the kids. Shane and I always do it while they are in school but I just didn't have the time. I will NEVER take them again. It's not that they are bad, they just want everything and then they get bored and run around. It's just hard. Especially after a long day. As soon as we got the grocery's put away I started cleaning the house for our company that was to arrive. Tyler got home soon after and made dinner for us. Kip and Misty (friends from Moab) were supposed to get to our house around 7:00 but didn't make it until 9:00 and of course we had to stay up playing cards and visiting. We didn't get to bed until one in the morning. PHEW! That was a long day.

Saturday:
Tyler got up and made a nice breakfast for everyone. Soon after Kip and Misty left and we had a relaxing morning. We started getting ready around 11 for our busy afternoon. The first thing on our agenda was Britton's soccer game. We played against ten year olds and they killed us. We went back home for a little rest before we had to head back for Britton's second soccer game. I stirred up some cookie dough and made arrangements for my parents to keep the kids for the night so Tyler and I could celebrate Valentines/Anniversary. Britton's team won the second game. It was such a good game. Very intense, I love those games where your sitting on the edge of your seat the whole time. Awesome. My Parents took the kids straight from the Soccer game to their house so Ty and I went and did some Valentine shopping for the kids and picked up some snacks and desert (cheese cake with fresh raspberries) . Then we went to Starbucks because we were both tired from the late night/early morning. For dinner we decided on Sushi again. I don't think I like it and I'm afraid I won't be so gung-ho about it next time....sorry Ty. I tried. I really did. When we got home we watched You again. It was ok, kind of funny, some dumb parts. Typical comedy I guess. All in all I had a lot of fun. Thank you Tyler for being my Valentine and giving me the best ten years of my life.

Sunday:
We didn't pick up the kids until 11:00. They kept calling us saying they were not ready to come home. How sad. I missed them like crazy and all they wanted was to be with Grandma and Grandpa. It's not like they don't see them everyday. O'well. It gave me a nice relaxing morning. As soon as they got home it was work, work, work. We made Valentine Box's. By we I mean they. They did their very own box's and didn't want any help. They did a great job!


Britton didn't want anything "girly" no hearts, no pink, no XOXO's. Nothing. I don't blame him one bit. He did a great job.
We worked on Valentines for all of their classmates. Sorry, no pictures. I was a little busy. And then we made Valentine cookies. And by we I mean ME! Britton went down stairs to play the wii. Tyler sat in his Man chair and watched TV and Shay went outside to ride her bike. She did come in long enough to decorate a few cookies so I did appreciate that.


I think our cookies turned out really cute. They were very time consuming but I think once I get the hang of it it won't take so long.

Aren't they perty?


Then it was laundry, laundry, laundry and since the weather was so nice, we decided to Bar-b-q. Perfect ending to a busy day.

Monday:
Happy Valentines Day! Or if you are Tyler then Happy Anniversary!! Of course Tyler had to work. I took the day off hoping we could do something but it just didn't work out that way. I owe a huge thank you to my parents for taking the kids on Saturday so Tyler and I could celebrate our Anniversary. I kept myself busy on Valentines Day and it actually turned out to be a really great day. I'm so glad I took the day off.

I got the kids off to school, Shayna wanted hearts in her hair for the big class Valentines party.


and then I came home and made Tyler a Pecan pie.

Both of us love pecan pie but don't eat it much. I found a recipe that I thought I could handle so I gave it a try. I even made the crust. Too bad I cooked it to long. The crust was a little hard but it actually tasted pretty good. Then I cleaned my house and did some more laundry. Then Mom and Shane and I went to lunch. Thanks Mom for the Valentine lunch. I had a lot of fun! After lunch Mom and I went to a cute little home decor shop and ended up buying Britton and Shayna a world globe. Just one more thing to add to all of the Valentine gifts. Then we headed over to the school to pick up the kids and take them to swimming lessons. I really enjoyed watching them. I don't ever get to because it is during my work hours. They are doing really well. Then we headed home and made dinner and set the table so everything would be ready when Tyler walked through the door.

When he got home he said "Happy Valentines everyone and pulled out a Marie Calendars Pie. My very favorite. So I turned around and grabbed the pecan pie off of the stove and said "and Happy Anniversary to you". It was pretty funny that we both had the same idea.

We made the kids go down stairs so we could get out their little gifts.

Then we all ate dinner. Sloppy Joes and Tator Tots. Hey, at least it wasn't pizza.

Britton and Shayna drank sprite out of their Minnie and Mickey wine glasses

and it was a fabulous night!

It was a crazy busy weekend but I loved every minute of it. It was great!. Thank you to everyone involved.

Personality Plus

This girl has got such a funny personality. She always keeps me on my toes. I never know what to expect from her. And she is ALWAYS making me laugh.

Here are some more pictures off of my Mom's camera. I bet between the two of us we have at least a million pictures of Shay making faces.

And the most recent picture.....

I have million more of these pictures but I think you get the idea. One of these days I am going to go through all of my pictures and make a huge collage of the many faces of Shay.

Self Portrait

I found this picture of Shay. She took it all by herself. I'm not sure what it is about this photo, but I LOVE it!

Ma and Pa at Antelope Island

I love going through the photos on my parents camera. I really should do it more often. It's quite entertaining. A few days ago Ma and Pa headed out to Antelope Island.

They got some really pretty scenic views

My Mom got a nice shot of my Dad

And then they got these.

HAHAHAHA!

I can't stop laughing.

Seriously so funny!

They wanted to make these pictures look like they were really climbing. HAHAHAHAHA! That's awesome!

But this one is even better. Seriously Mom, your a better climber then that. I love that you can see that she is standing on the ground. And even better, my Dad's shadow is in the corner. Oh my gosh I can't stop laughing.

I find these next two pictures extremely funny as well.

I think it must be the hats.

They are opposite in color....Hysterical!



You know what's even funnier. I made those hats!

HEHEHE!

Can't.

Stop.

Laughing.