Van- 10th Grade Football

Van had never played football before, but the football coach saw him at school one day and asked him why he wasn't on the team? The coach told him to be on the field the next day.

He was able to play in the last 4 games of the season and even played a couple JV games.

I found my favorite thing about UT when I went to Van's football dinner and they blessed the food. What a difference the influence in Utah is than it was in Las Vegas. Some parents had asked me why Van had never played football before and I told them that the influence in Vegas football was not what I wanted for him. The coaches in Vegas start swearing at the kids, even using the F word towards them by 8th grade football. The head coach here in UT has a rule if any of the kids swear they need to do 10 pushups, what a huge difference in influence between the 2 places. Van says the boys here will pray before the game, not the coaches the boys on the football team, it's so awesome!

I think so many people take for granted how blessed we are to live here.

Big boy Van on the sideline talking to the coach, #60.

Mom & Walt cheering for you.

Isn't that an amazing view?!

Apparently, Van got a tackle, but I was trying to turn on my video and missed it, bummer!

Turf burns on the last game.

Field Trip with Jane

 

Hike with the Finken's

Utah is beautiful!

School Year Pics 2022-2023

Max looking sharp with his new haircut.

Hanna looking tough with her new haircut.

 

Van 10th grade.

Daisy 9th grade.

Walt 9th grade.

Jane 2nd grade.

Mom is working at the TME as a Preschool Aide.

HOCO for Van

Van & his friend looking sharp for Homecoming!

Danny's Work BBQ

 

Clark Scores!

This is a face of one happy boy! On the way to his game he said

he was going to score a goal. He scored

Clark is pretty creative. He made this Tremors Worm out of clay.

Hanna & Van Football

 Hanna’s playing intramural flag football and tonight she got a touchdown and a 2 point conversion right afterwards, which helped her team win the game 26-25!

The football coach asked Van last week why he wasn’t playing football. Tonight was his 1st game. He played against his best friend’s team, but unfortunately Van couldn’t play tonight because he needs 5 practices before playing in a game. It’s his first time playing football and he’s already shared some funny stories of his coaches trying to teach him a few important skills like how to stand and how to slide. Wish him luck!

Playa del Carmen

We actually stayed in Playa del Carmen which is about 40 mins. from Cancun.

We stayed in the RIU Playacar all inclusive resort.

Last night we went to the Xplor Park. We went on 7 different zip lines through the rainforest while raining, so we got the full experience! One zip line brought us through a ring of fire and one ended in water after going through a waterfall. We drove through the jungle and flooded caves in an off road vehicle, we walked/swam through an underground cave with real bats flying just a few feet above our heads. We floated through an underground cave and went on a hammock zip line. It was a night of adventure, which I was hoping for and it was awesome.

We also enjoyed drinking lots of non-alcoholic pina-coladas and relaxing by the pool and beach.

We are now heading back to reality.

Thanks to my mom for watching the kids for the week!