A little RCC

Jayd and I played in the 3rd annual RCC (Ramon Calderon Cup) sand volleyball tournament.  For this tournament, you sign up as an individual, and then they put together the teams.  Luckily for me, Jayd and I were placed on the same team along with my good friend, Vicki and another player that we didn't know previous to the tournament.  Despite a rainstorm on Thursday, and a cloudy, overcast day at home, the weather at the beach was picture perfect.  It was sunny and eighty degrees.  Our team worked together well.  With the boys doing most of the hitting and blocking, Vicki and I split the setting and digging in the backcourt duties.  Our team did well, we only lost 1 game during pool play by one point, then lost in the quarterfinals of the tournament play by just 2 points.  It was a very fun and relaxing day.

Primary no More

This week Gabe turned 12. So this week was my first week without a child in primary in 16 years.  It was a very sad for me.  I am still in primary (15 years and counting!), but my children are not, they have moved on to better things!
We had a grand celebration.  On his birthday, Allie invited two of his friends over to ambush him when he came home from scouts.  I think she had more fun planning the ambush than Gabe did being ambushed, but it was all done with love.  He certainly enjoyed having his friends over for the afternoon.
Since 12 is a super birthday, we also had a grand party for Gabe on Friday afternoon.  Twenty boys came to the park to play Capture the Flag with Gabe.  It was quite the party.  They had a great time running all over the park, attacking and retreating, and imprisoning each other.  It was very fun.

Mormon Prom

Last night was the Mormon Prom.  Each year, our stake sponsors a prom event for the youth.  It is for the youth that are 16-18 years old.  They provide a dinner and dancing for the evening at a very reasonable cost.  They do require that the youth come as couples.  Jayd was able to escort a very lovely young lady to the prom last night.  He went with a bunch of his friends in an enormous van.  I was told that he and his date raced to the van to get the back seats, then climbed out the back upon arrival.  Sounds just like Jayd!  They had a nice evening and topped it off with a trip to McDonald's.  All of the couples looked so nice and fancy.

Maddie is home!

Our darling daughter Maddie came home this week.  It has been exciting and interesting to have her home this week.  We all are going through a little transition, good and bad, but definitely more good than bad.  Allie was so excited to have her sister back home, but had to spend several days cleaning her room, and now needs to keep it cleaner.  We spent a few days with suitcases strewn all over the floor, but have settled in.  Maddie stuck to her college schedule and started a movie at 10 pm.  That kept mom up until 1:00 am on a school night and made for a slightly grumpy mom the next day.  But then Maddie made it up by taking Allie to her high school open house that night while Mom went to the volleyball game.  Jayd has enjoyed having someone his age around the house.  They have spent many hours hiding in his room talking and having fun.  In addition, he is taking advantage of having a personal tutor around.  Gabe has just flown under the radar, but is taking advantage of that strategy to get extra video game time....that will come to an end this week!  Jeff is enjoying having a fellow night owl around the house.  In a nutshell, it is nice to feel a little more complete as a family.  We are looking forward to spending the summer together all in the same house!