Jr Olympics - New Orleans

Just wanted to say Congrats to Kenz on her fabulous first time at the AAU Junior Olympics over the past week. After surprising the kids with a limo ride from the hotel, I think Eric had as much fun playing with buttons as they did. It was on to a busy week of competition. Here are her results: 5th overall in floor out of 10, 14th overall in double mini and out of 20 and 11th overall in tramp (after placing 2nd in flight) out of 26. Her words after double-min "at least I didn't get last". She also received a plaque for Iowa finishing 2nd in Tramp. Not bad for having to compete agains at least 3 AAU National team members. Her coach Joyce surprised us all with the news that she wants to move Kenzie and Jenny up to Sub-Advance on tramp so they can do synchronized tramp. How cool is that! There are photos below:

Jenny, Kenz & Brady

Kenzie after astounding us all with her fabulous tramp routine.

Kenzie and Coach Joyce
Kenzie, Allison and Jenny during the Parade of Athletes

Kenzie representing Iowa with a 2nd place plaque in Tramp and Allison representing Iowa with a 3rd place plaque in Double Mini.

Congrats, Kenzie!!!

Graduation Saturday

Then it was on to graduation Saturday. We were so thrilled that Jon and Benj and their beautiful families could join us. We filled an entire pew in the church, and then had lunch at our favorite Mexican food restaurant in celebration. It was a great day!

photos, hopefully

Hannah's graduation

It was a whirlwind week and weekend here for Hannah's graduation. Thursday was Baccalaureate Service, and Hannah received an award for outstanding graduate in psychology. Better yet, she received a stuffed neuron, or brain cell, from the teacher. A new prized possession. She also received a certificate for scoring in the top 10 percent of all Utah high school students taking the ACT test in the following subjects: everything. The blog is not letting me attach photos, so I will post them separately.

Softball Awards Banquet

We went to the softball awards banquet last week. Woo-hoo. Hannah was named Offensive MVP and got big praise for her consistently strong hitting. She was also recognized as the queen of left field, which she took over about half way through the season and had everybody wondering why in the heck she hadn't been playing left field her whole life. She OWNED it!

She is on a backpacking trip this week, then has graduation Saturday, June 4th. Sorry if the announcements are late. We were trying to get a photo shot to include and the Utah weather has not been at all cooperative.

Well, here are some photos I know you will enjoy, and one in particular that will remind you who Hannah's hero is.

Photos, hopefully

Hannah's Prom

As many of you know, because I have called and asked for advice!, Hannah went to the senior prom last night with her good friend Philip and a wonderful gaggle of other friends. We counted back and we are pretty sure she hasn't worn a dress since the 8th grade, so this was a pretty big deal. Thanks to Aunt Chris for the hair tips. We scrunched her natural curl a bit and then pulled the front back with the bobby pins as you recommended. She really like it. And as you can tell from Philip's cute red cheeks, he liked it too. Of course, he arrived early, so had to sit and chat with Dave (no, no shotguns in sight) while she pulled on her first pair of panty hose and we got her into her shoes. When she walked down the stairs he said, "Oh Hannah, you look lovely!" Then we had the tying on of the wrist corsage, and me pinning on the boutonnière, because there was no way Hannah was going to do it. Sounds like they did more talking and laughing than dancing because the music was way too loud. But Hannah had a great time. Ah, another milestone.

Well, unfortunately the blog is not letting me post photos, so I will post this and see if I can figure out what is going on, and post the photos.