Boise Dive Meet

Stockton and I left Jeff's house early this morning, but not before we got to talk to two of their beautiful girls!  We were able to have a conversation with Sophia and Jane.  It was cracking both of us up! Jane was so adamant that she got her ears pierced AFTER her bunny party!  I was three!  Sophia thought it was after Jane's My Little Pony party.  Oh man, it was awesome!  Jane is a firecracker!  Stockton and I were both laughing, they were so cute!

Stockton's dive competition was about fifteen minutes from Jeff's house. That was convenient.  The competition took a lot longer then I anticipated.  It was fun though and we were both glad that we went. This is the first competition where Stockton had to be registered as a usadiver.  Not sure exactly what that means except we had to pay $35. The competition was divided by age and level.  Stockton dove on the 1 meter as a level 7 diver and on the 3 meter as a level 4 diver.  There was no one in his group for either boards, so we will say he got first place!

Stockton

 I like this picture of his pike dive.

 Reverse dive

 Guess which judge is Stockton's coach

 One and a half

 Inward

Stockton scored a 151.85 on the one meter with 7 dives and a 135.15 on the three meter with 6 dives.  Pretty good for his first bigger meet.

Stockton

 Now I'm annoying him

 Seriously Mom?

We left Boise about one o'clock.  We got home around seven.  I dropped off Stockton, then Mike and I went out to dinner for his birthday.  Steve and Shannon met us at the restaurant for pie.  What a day!

Jeff

When Stockton came home from school we hopped in the car and headed to Boise.  Luckily it was short day, so we were able to leave before traffic.  Unluckily it didn't matter.  We were stuck for an hour on a stretch of four miles.  It was ridiculous.  The flashing sign said 'left lanes closed' when in actuality it was the right lanes that were closed.  Very annoying!

We got to Boise about nine o'clock tonight.  I have to say, that is quite a boring drive!  I had no idea!  Anyway, we stayed at Jeff's house.  The girls were in bed by the time we got there and Stockton went to sleep right away.  I stayed up talking with Jeff until 11.  I loved it.  I can't remember the last time I had even seen him, let alone talked to him for any length of time.  It was cool to hear how all his family is doing.  I was able to tell him about all my brothers.  Also, I was able to be very grateful that I haven't had to deal with diabetes.  Jeff was telling me everything they do for Sophia.  It sounds unbelievably hard.  Jeff said, "I can't believe how easy we have it.  I look back at how we lived before Sophia got her pump and I don't know how we did it.  Especially because we didn't even know what we were doing."  I am so glad that isn't my challenge in life!  On a side note, Jeff totally reminded me of Uncle John.  Crazy.  

Thanks Jeff and Sarah for letting Stockton and I come.  Especially on such short notice.  I'm sorry I didn't get to see Sarah, I hope you had a great trip to Seattle.  Love it there!

Stuff

I asked Preston what I should blog about today.  He said, "The kids went to school, they loved it."  Preston had a big smile on his face.  He knows exactly what Stockton thinks about school.  Preston loves to make people laugh.  He is always trying to tell jokes and get people to smile.  He reminds me so much of his dad!

I took Maysen to pottery today.  She was excited to learn that she can save her large bowl.  That's great.  While Maysen was at pottery, I drove to the hospital to see our Young Womans secretary.  She had to have an out-patient procedure on Tuesday.  Things didn't go well.  She ended up having a hysterectomy and will be in the hospital until Saturday.  Yikes.  I guess it was really scary for awhile, she had to have a lot of blood transfusions, but she should be okay.  Thank goodness!

Sister Valentine

Our bishop's wife did a fireside for Young Womens yesterday.  She is a forensic nurse.  She did a great job.  She said that the population group that she mainly works with is 11-18.  Yikes.  She talked a lot about risk factors and how to stay away from them.  She said, "You might think I'm overreacting, but what I'm telling you is it is not worth the risk." Sister Valentine started off the fireside by talking about health in general.  She said that todays generation are more at risk with hearing loss then ever before.  Many might need hearing aids in their 30s.  That is when Maysen leaned over and said, "But if you needed a hearing aide, you can always turn it off when people are bothering you."  Way to look on the bright side Maysen.  Also, when Sister Valentine was making a point about how important it is to choose your friends wisely, Maysen said, "Another reason not to have friends."  She cracks me up.  Anyway, I am thankful to Sister Valentine for being willing to do this.  It's not an easy subject, but she was fantastic and because of her job she had immense credibility.  She said she is trying to talk to as many youth as possible, she fills like it is her mission.  Well done.

Random

I was able to watch Preston's entire t-ball game for the first time!  When Preston was on first base, instead of running to second, he ran to help field the ball.  Silly boy!  You just got to love t-ball!

Stockton was voted patrol leader in his scouts today.  I'm not quite sure what that means . . .

Mike spent the day working on sprinklers.  I love his job.

Hammer

I love it when Mike's on call.  Today he worked more on the shed. Preston was excited to help.  He is so cute!

Preston

Taco Haystacks

I was so excited about our taco haystacks today.  Look how many cool bowls we had to put the toppings in.  I love it!  Thanks for making them Maysen!

Empty Bowls

I just had to take pictures of the boys doing their chores.  They were so cute!  The girls were cute too, but I didn't take pictures of them.

Preston leaf blowing

 Stockton learning how to use the lawnmower.

 Mike had him take a few passes by himself.

Mike & Stockton

Maysen and I went up to her pottery class this afternoon.  She knew they were emptying the kiln today and she was anxious to get her work back.  We were able to get three pieces.  (The white cup is perfect for hot chocolate!)

Maysen's biggest bowl, the one she was really excited about, we found on the rejected shelf.  We are not sure why, we will have to wait until Thursday to find out the reason.  Our best guess is her glaze went all the way to the bottom.  Her teacher doesn't like that because it messes up his kiln.

Maysen and I then went to a fundraiser called Empty Bowls in Salt Lake.  There were a whole bunch of handmade bowls that you could buy for $15 a piece.  You then got soup and bread.  I actually thought they would put the soup in the bowls that you bought, but they didn't.  It was nicer taking a clean bowl home.  I let Maysen pick out the bowl.  This is the one she chose.

Today was a productive Saturday.  I love it when that happens!

Spoiled

Night swimming is awesome.  Especially when the pool is 90 degrees. 

Red Ticket

I can't even begin to describe the emotions I had while Mike and I watched Stockton compete in the school spelling bee.  When he won and the crowd erupted in cheers, it was simply amazing.  Here was this boy.  The new kid.  We had been so worried about him.  Worried he wouldn't fit in.  Worried he wouldn't find friends.  Worried he would feel like he didn't belong.  Now, just in school a few months, we sat listening to his peers cheer him on.  I was overwhelmed.  Even if he hadn't won the bee that day I would have left happy.  The kids were cheering him all the way.  They were cheering on the other contestants as well.  It was awesome.

After the bee was a different story.  Not with the kids, but with the teachers.  One of my beehives is in Stockton's class.  Zoe told me that another teacher came in and yelled at her class for cheering on Stockton.  She said it was rude and made the other kids feel bad.  I was confused.  I did not feel like the entire audience was rooting just for Stockton, there were cheers for everyone.  When Stockton finally did win, the kids went crazy; but I'm sure that would have been the same reaction for the other finalists.  Especially since the two hour bee was now over.  I'm sure Stockton wouldn't have felt the other students were cheering against him.  He would have been disappointed, sure, but I don't think he would begrudge the students cheering for the winner. I'm sure the other finalists weren't upset with Stockton.  I think it was the teachers overreacting.

Anyway, I knew this had happened, but I did not know Stockton was aware of it.  I took him home right after the bee, but he went to class to pick up his backpack.  I guess he heard the teacher yelling at them.  Not only that, this morning he told me that his teacher yelled at them as well.  I didn't know that.  The thing that really irritates me about this situation was the red ticket.  In Stockton's school getting a red ticket is a really good thing.  They are hard to get.  Jorja and Stockton have only received one the entire year.  One of the teachers gave a student in Stockton's class a red ticket because they DIDN'T cheer for Stockton. Seriously.  That's ridiculous and completely annoying.  I'm not sure which fact irritates me more, the fact that they did it or that they did it in front of Stockton.  Although if they didn't do it at all it wouldn't have been done in front of Stockton, so I guess I'll have to go with that one.  I wish I had known about this earlier.  I would definitely had a discussion about this at parent-teacher conference.  As it is, three months later, I will just let it go.  After I get all my frustration taken out on this blog that is.

Jill

I dropped Stockton off at diving today and went to see my friend Jill.  I have known her since Kindergarten at least!  We even roomed together up at Ricks for a bit.  We planned our weddings together,  we got married one week apart.  I love her!  Anyway, it was perfect.  Jill lives about five minutes from Stockton's lessons.  Jill and I went on a walk and got gelatoes.  My first time having one.  Won't be my last.  I enjoyed catching up with her.  I hope I'll be able to do that more often!

I got to Stockton's class right as he was coming out of the locker room. Perfect timing.  He had a big grin on his face as he was telling me about class.  His coach got the mat out for free time.  Stockton loves it when they do that.  (She puts the mat on the diving board, wets it with a hose and lets them slide off.)  Then, when there was five minutes left, she carried it up the high dive!  I wish I could have seen that!  Stockton said he slid and did a dive, but landed on his back.  The next time he slid on his knees.  He was so happy.  I'm glad I was able to visit with Jill!

Coach Mike

My dad flew to New York this morning.  He is doing a tour with a father and son before the son leaves on his mission.  Part of the tour will be in Ohio where he will see John, Cassie and Mallory!  Today Preston had a t-ball game.  It was a 6:30 game, so I had to leave as soon as it started. That left Mike to coach the team.  Mike was a little nervous about it, but survived.  I'm excited for next week.  It will be the first time I will be able to watch Preston's entire game!

Jorja Witch

Love her!

Perfect Sunday

We had a Parry family dinner at my house last night.  My dad, Bubs, Chad, Heather, Nathan and their families were able to attend.  I was so happy!  I love being around my family, especially my Parry family. What an amazing family we have!  We are hoping to get together again the end of July/start of August for a swimming get together.  (Elisa is due the start of July!  Yay!)  I'm hoping Katie will be able to come next time! (Congratulations on graduating!)  I'm also excited that Derek and Lauren will be moving down in the fall . . . I think.

Anyway, I took pictures of my cousins' kids playing outside.  I think it's funny how Alden looks SO much like a Parry!  I love Lily's scrunchy cheeks.  She looks so much like Heather!  Well I can see Heather in all of her kids.  Bubs said that Eric looked like a mix of Zac and Devin! Haha!

On a side note, I'm a little worried these pictures won't all come up like I hope.  If they do, blogger just became way too easy.  Although I would be okay with that!

Nathan's Norma ~ Love this picture!

 Nathan's Kate

 Chad's Eden

 Chad's Alden

 Heather's Eric

 Heather's Aubrey

 Heather's Jennifer

 Heather's Lily

Alden

 Ella & Abigail

 Jennifer

 Alden & Eden

 Norma, Abby & Ella

 Norma & Eden

 Alden

 Eden & Jennifer driving Kate & Norma

 Jennifer

 Jennifer & Eden

 Norma

 Alden

 Alden, Jennifer, Eden

 What a good big sister

 Success!

 To the tree!  To the tree! Up they go to the top of the tree!

 Alden - seriously adorable

 Kate & Norma

 Focus Kate!  Focus!

 Alden & Jennifer

 Jennifer

 Alden & Ella

 Alden

 Abigail & Alden

 Abby saying, "Good job!"

 Alden

 Lily

 Abby saying, "Good job" to Lily - love it!

 Aubrey

 Eric

 Preston - I could not get him and Max at the same time

What a perfect way to spend a Sunday!  Thanks everyone for making the effort to drive all the way to my house.  Can't wait to do it again!