State Tennis

Well, we have had our last state sporting event. It went pretty good. Jared and Megan played really well. Their first match was against Moscow, and they won 6-0, 6-1.

The matches were played in the Boise Racquet and Swim club, it is a very nice facility with about 12 outdoor and 12 indoor courts.
Brian got to have his official coaching badge again.

Their 3rd and 4th matches were played outside. It was very nice weather. They lost to Century 5-7, 2-6.

They played a team from Skyview next, and won 6-4, 6-1

Having a word at the fence with their coach.

Their last match Saturday was against Emmett, it was a little too much like last year. We had to end the tournament with a loss to them, 6-2, 6-7, 2-6. They have nothing to be ashamed of, they played extremely well.

Randy got home!!!, well, to Boise

We were able to have Randy fly into Boise because we were there to watch Jared play in the State Tennis Tournament. It worked out absolutely perfect, he came in between Jared's matches. Jared's partner Megan and her mom Tammy came to the airport so they could take him back to the next match, so they kindly took pictures for us! Thank you so much! I cannot describe the feelings I have as I wait for my boys to walk off the plane! I have never felt so much joy as when I get my first glimpse of them! The only thing I can think of is "heavenly" . Randy looked so confident and grown up as he walked toward us. I love you Randy! We all dressed up in our "Randall" shirts that we made when he was playing basketball. Grandpa's shirt was changed from "GO" to "Way to go". Here he comes!!!

Oh, that feels wonderful!!!

Wonderful!!!

This is why Cindy came early!

I needed more hugs!

Now the picture is complete!

Cindy came!!!

The weekend really started on Wednesday last week! Cindy flew in so she could be part of all the fun!

I had to take a picture of her coming off the plane!

She tied yellow ribbons around everything she could find, before we left for Boise on Thursday.

Even Poke and baby!

State Tennis, Here we come!!!!

This year it was very important for Jared to make it to State Tennis! Randy comes home on May 15th and he is flying into Boise, because state tennis starts on May 15th! Cindy is also coming to see Randy come home, but she was also excited to see some state tennis. I'm sure Jared felt a lot of pressure to make it to state! He plays mixed doubles with Megan Dalley and they ended the regular season right at 500. District tournament started yesterday, and what ever happened in the season didn't matter any more, only what happened in the next few matches.

They ended up getting a really tough opening match against the Hillcrest #2 mixed team, and lost! Now things are getting really scary! Now the best they can do is 3rd place, which still goes to state, but they have to win 3 more matches.
Their next match was against the #2 Bonneville team. Jared and Megan started out like a steamroller and were up 2-0 when the heavens opened and it poured, and hailed and poured some more. We all ran for the car and were soaked to the bone by the time we got there!

They moved the matches to Apple Tennis Club, but we had to wait a long time to get on court. They were able to finish out the match 6-0, 6-0! Only 2 more matches to go!

The last match was against Rigby. We knew it would be a fight, there has kind of developed some bad blood between Jared and Megan and John & Lisa from Rigby. Jared and Megan played extremely well again and were able to pull it off!!! They won 6-4, 6-4 so it was tight, but they did it! Way to go! I am so proud of you! Boise here we Come!

Prom

Jared's last Prom was tonight. He planned to have dinner here, there were supposed to be 4 couples, then it turned into 5, then 6, then 7 and last night it turned into 8 couples! 16 people to feed and sit, half of them with huge dresses. We had to get a table and some chairs from the church. I had to use paper, because I don't have service for 16! It turned out ok, the kids were all really nice and polite. I fixed sweet and sour chicken, and the boys brought rice, beans, rolls, salads and dessert.

Here is our table set for 8.
Here's the table from the church, set for 8.

Jared and Danae Pierson

I don't know all the kids real well, let's see if I can remember names... L-R Curtis & Ashley, Logan & Valerie, Colby & Marin, Nate (of course being weird) & Alicia, Jace & Danielle, David? & Sarah, Jared & Danae, Jake & Stephanie.

Now they are being a little goofy, and they got mixed up! Curtis & Ashley, Colby (he's from IF) & Marin, Logan & Valerie, Jace & Danielle, Jake & Stephanie (she's from Snake River), Jared and Danae, Nate & Alicia, David? (I think that's what he told me) & Sarah

Jake wanted to be tall in the pictures, this is the only way he could be tall, then Jared stood next to him and he still wasn't tall. Curtis, Colby, Logan, Jace, Jake, Jared, Nate, David

It's a surprise!!

Way back in 2005, Blake bought a 1965 Ford Pickup from his Uncle Richard. The pickup had actually belonged to his Grandpa Grant before it was Uncle Richard's. He wanted to restore it and paint it up nice. He took it to Blackfoot High School in the fall of 2007 and had the automotive classes rebuild the engine. A year ago, he took it to a man to have it painted, we finally got it back on Thursday. Jared decided that he wants Randy to be surprised when he sees it in the shed, so we're not telling him that it is all painted and running. There is still a lot of work to be done on it. They have to put everything back in the interior and all the trim on the outside, but it will be a sweet truck when it's all done. Here are some pictures of the loading up process, for some odd reason they are not in order, but I can't seem to change them. Then there are a couple of videos of the loading and unloading.

Pictures of Randy!

I was lucky enough to find Sister Beki Winchel on facebook. She served in the Winnipeg mission with Randy. He was her zone leader for 9 months. She posted a lot of her mission pictures and I found some really good ones of Randy. I cropped some of them to post here. I love them, because he looks so happy! Can you believe that we get to see that smile in person in 26 days! I don't really know the circumstances behind the photos, I just know that he seems really happy!

Picture Tag

I am supposed to post the 6th picture from the 6th folder on my computer. Since I have two picture files, I'll post one picture from each file. One file is for older pictures and one for more recent photos. This is Randy long jumping at a track meet at Idaho Falls High when he was in 8th grade. If I'm remembering right, this is the meet that he cut his finger on his spike and Cindy almost passed out when she saw it!

This was taken Jan. 4, 2008 at 8:01 am, very pretty sunrise!

The last....

It seems we are having a lot of lasts in our lives lately. Today was the last time we will go to a Parent Teacher Conference. Some might say "yipee"! But I'm a little sad... Parent Teacher Conferences have always been a pat on the back for me. I really need to compliment all four of my kids! Even if they haven't always had the best grades (mostly the grades were pretty good), they have always been well liked and respected by their teachers. The teachers always tell us how polite and kind our kids are. I've lost track of the number of times I've been told that they wish their whole classroom was full of Cindys or Brians or Randys or Jareds. It makes me so proud to be their mother! Thanks to all four of you for being such good examples to me! Today was no exception, Jared had all A's, but I think the compliments on his behavior are even more important!

Got Veins?

Blake was teaching Brian how to find good veins for starting IV's. They practiced on each other then on Celia and I. The only problem was that Blake put the tourniquet so tight that Celia and I had a fit, then they called us whimps!