Defeat

What a difference a week makes. At Tay's last game my heart was pounding with excitement, so much I thought it was going to jump right out of my chest. This past Friday though it had sunk right in to my stomach and it felt like it might never go back up. Ponderosa played Legend, a rival school here in town. This was one of those games that the team already had down as a win, but it did not go in their favor. In the beginning we were up 21-0, even with a touchdown being called back on a bogus hold penalty. Then things got ugly, nothing we tried went our way. It seems like every time we ran the ball or threw the ball for any significant yardage, there was a penalty. It came down to the last 2 minutes, Legend had just scored a touchdown. The score was now 21-24, I watched as our boys tried everything to score. I looked at my Mom and said " This can not be happening, we can not loose to this team".  As the clock wound down, I looked at our side line and saw a bunch of distraught boys with their heads down. At the end of the boys was one of Tay's good friends D.J. He had fractured his foot in the last game and was out for the season. This had broken my heart because he would never play football again. But when I saw him this night I lost it. He was slumped over and his body was shaking, he was bawling. A few minutes later Tay came up in the stands, sat down and started sobbing. I was heart broken for these boys who worked so hard and were clearly the better team but now felt complete defeat. I think one of the worst parts of being a parent is feeling helpless. Especially where teenagers are concerned. Band aids have lost their magic and they usually don't want you to talk. Chad and I just sat next to him with our arms around him and let him cry it out. Almost a week later things are still not better and defeat is still in the air. But around me are boys who have grown and I have to remind myself that really thats what it's all about.

What a Great Night!!!!

This past Friday Ponderosa played Rock Canyon and boy was it a nail bitter. At the end of the 4th quarter we made a field goal to tie 48-48, which sent the game in to overtime. We stopped Rock Canyon on the 1st yard line from scoring a touchdown. Tay's friend Drew kicked a field goal to win the game 51-48. Tay had his best game ever and ran in 3 of the touch downs. During halftime Hannah performed and it was absolutely adorable, let me tell you I was one proud Mom that night.

Foxy and Tay feeling a little pooped after the game.

OH, Logan

Logan loves to go into Brooklyn's room while she is sleeping and put all his clothes, blankets and pillows in her bed. All the sudden I'll hear both of them laughing, when I get up stairs this is what I find.

A very excited and hyper little girl.

Tay's Birthday

This year on Tay's birthday he had a game which they won 60-13. At the end of his game after the team sang their school fight song the whole crowd sang "Happy Birthday" to Taylor and the team lifted Tay up on their shoulders, it was awesome. After the party we had all of Tay's friends come over for a surprise party to celebrate.            

Does he look surprised????

I guess it takes a lot of concentration to light candles.

He finally got his snowboarding pass.

Taylor's girlfriend goes to another High School, so now it was her Homecoming.

Chad's traditional pre-dance kiss.

Weekend Getaway

A couple weeks ago Taylor's game was in Montrose Colorado, so we loaded up the kids and made a weekend out of it. My Mom, Megan and Andrew also drove from Salt Lake to join us, oh and I can't forget about Daisy. Unfortunately the game was kind of a bummer, we lost 14-36. We also did not get to spend much time with Tay, who had to head home Saturday afternoon to finish up some homework. The drive was beautiful, have I mentioned I love fall. The leaves were amazing and were so bright they looked fake. Saturday we did some hiking in the Black Canyon and then came back to the hotel for some swimming. That night we hung out playing games and eating lots of yummy treats. It was such a fun weekend and wished it could have been just a little longer.

Brooklyn slept in the tub, I think she even thought it was crazy.

Brooklyn was so tired.

Peyton and Hannah were going crazy because all the rocks had crystals in them.

Logan kept showing Andrew that their shoes matched.

Yea, these guys are not that strong.

Everyone trying to skip rocks, Peyt and Chad won.