All Star Game 2010

The Second Chance Foundation of Utah had it's annual All-Star Baseball game.

This year it was at UVU and the event turned out great!

The best part of the night was awarding the Dave Palreyman Scholarship. 

It was given to Austin Haws. See the story here.

This is the Palfreyman family. 

They were great and worked really hard and were so supportive of the Scholarship

Minute Man Bowl

The Second Chance Foundation put on another great event.
The first annual Minute Man Bowl. It was a full contact football game. 

It was so fun to watch Neil put on football pads and play football. He also looks cute in his uniform.

Schools out and fun things in Spring!

Schools out and everyone is so happy to sleep in and have no homework.
The kids did some fun things in the Spring. Even if the weather wasn't too cooperative.
Color Festival, The Wedge, Kite flying, Cruise to Mexico, Cheer pool party,
Animal protests, Photography, friends, the cute dogs and family time.
There was alot of snow and rain but ever time the sun would shine everyone hurried outside.
Bring on Summer and all the sunshine!

Prom 2010

Day date...Go-carts...Lots of fun!

Sammy wore sandals so she had to wear hair nets as socks and some funky shoes they had to borrow.

Getting Ready...Make-up by Mac...Hair by Sienna. (Thanks CC your the best)

Photos...we didn't have much time for too many photos so I hope Kinsey will do a photo shoot, Sammy you looked so beautiful. I am so glad you had a good time at Prom.

Friends came from other schools to see how she looked and lots of other friends.

Sammy said she had a great time at Prom. I'm so glad Sam. Love ya!

She made it!

Sammy was a cheerleader at Orem High her Sophmore year then didn't do cheer her Junior year and transfered schools to Timpanogas High. Sammy was thinking her Senior year she would do work release and just focus on getting out of high school. But she was persuaded to try out for Timpanogas Cheer and She Made it!

Sammy was a little nervous trying out because she hadn't been doing cheer or dance for awhile and Timpanogas Cheer is really good they took 4th in Nationals this year. But Sammy got her lucky number 22 and she made the Varsity squad. She is really excited and we are excited for her. Now for the fundraising. Yikes this wasn't in the plans but somehow it will work out. So proud of ya Sammy Charmer.

Spring Break 2010 Mom and Me trip

Mom and Me Trip 2010

Sammy and I had a great trip to Las Vegas. We stayed at the Hard Rock Hotel. It was so fun talking laughing and making memories. Here are some highlights. A comfy bed and very cool hotel room. Sitting by the pool. It was an Amazing pool. We felt like we were really away in a tropical destination. There was even sand. Shopping til we dropped, Sammy being so excited about her new purse, Sammy popping her head out of the sun roof as we cruised the strip as she tried to get the perfect picture, people watching and eating at fun places. Thanks for the memories Sammy Charmer. I love you and hope we can have many more trips.

Sugar Factory We were told this was somewhere fun to go. No not really just a candy store that sold blingin sucker sticks that were $25 dollars. Sucker not included. We were taking pictures and the girl at the store gave Sammy one as a prop for the photo. Who would pay that much for a dumb bling sucker stick. 

Madame Tussauds Wax Museum was so much fun. It was kinda freaky though. They looked so real. More real than the photos. The photos make them look shiny but in real life they are more realistic. The measurements are exact and the hair is real. The clothes are really donated by the famous person. There was a security gaurd that talked to us and told us all sorts of fun things. The famous people sign off on their wax image and there is a big unveiling party. He said the nicest person was Simon Cowell and that Cameron Diaz was the most rude. She made all the workers sign a paper saying they wouldn't even talk to her. Rude...I like Cameron Diaz but famous people have issues. It was so strange to see how short and especially how tiny some of them are. We snuck and checked sizes on clothes yep mostly size 0.

Serendipity 3 I went here in New York and had frozen hot chocolate so I had to bring Sammy and she loved it too. Such a fun dessert to share.

Moments that make your heart swell

We all have them- moments that make your heart swell. Moments that you take notice of and give a special thanks to heaven for. I am getting better at recognizing these moments. However small or uneventfully they may seem.

As a young mother I would look ahead or to the next task or thing I needed to do. Or live in the WHEN. When this happens or when that works out then this. No there is no when and no if. There is now and there is this moment.

As I have gotten older and life has taken turns and twists I have grown. I have learned that life truly is made up of small moments of joy that we can sometimes miss if we aren't paying attention. How I wish I could go back in time and re-live moments and have more apprecition and more gratitude for them.