Football

Josh has been playing amazing the last few games.  He has been playing both offense and defense.  He got an interception last week.  And this week he got a touchdown and later caught the ball for the 2 point conversion. He has been on fire.

He "poned" that kid as Josh likes to say.

He caught the ball and ran it 30 yards for a touchdown.

Look at the face.  He is so determined.

He got the touchdown!

And received a pass for 2 points later in the game

What you may notice in these pictures is that Josh's fingers are taped.   In the first quarter, he tackled a kid and when he landed, his pinky and ring finger did the splits.  Although it hurt pretty bad he asked his coach to tape it up and refused to sit out.  He played through the pain  and played out the rest of the game.

We took him to the urgent care immediately after his game and discovered that he actually broke his finger.  He will be seeing an orthopedist tomorrow for a cast!

Josh turns 12

Joshua turned 12 this past week. A big day for him. Ike and Dallin flew up from Prescott to attend his Ordination. We really enjoyed having the Ellis' here. We figured they didn't get too much snow down in Arizona so we took them up to the mountains to experience playing in the snow. Aside from Dallin throwing up all over the car, it was a really fun day. On Sunday we had my Parents come up to attend the ordination and then went back to the house for a back-yard barbecue. To get my dad and Ike away from watching golf on TV, we then walked over to the park to enjoy the nice weather. Here are the pictures for the couple days:

Ellis Visit

Let's play some football!

Josh had a great game last week. He was making all the right plays, hitting hard and having a great time. In the picture it looks like Josh is a shrimp. However, he is far from that. To put it into perspective, Josh is about 5'2" and 100lbs. The other kid, #64 was huge! We were so proud of Josh to hold his own.

Josh and Rachel start school

Today was the first day of school for Josh and Rachel. Neither of them would let us walk them in (so sad). When Rachel arrived at school she was greeted by upper classmen cheering, "welcome to high school". Both had a great day and are excited for tomorrow. Rachel starts Seminary (6am) on Monday so we will see if she is still as happy then!

Boulder Kids Triathlon

The kids all participated in the Boulder Kids Triathlon today. We all had to wake up at 5:00 am to get to the Reservoir on time. The kids all setup their transition areas, got marked up with Sharpies and headed to the starting line to start the race.

The race starts were a bit chaotic, but they all managed to get through it and survive.

Rachel hated it and refuses to participate in another Triathlon. The other kids all loved it and can't wait to race in another one.

Robyn and I ran a 10K just going back and forth between all the kids events to get photos.

Swim Season

Rachel, Josh, and Caitlin all participated in the Summer Swim program. They all did fantastic. Josh and Caitlin made it to the Boulder Valley Finals and placed as high as 4th place in some of their events.

Josh's Triathlon Pictures

Josh competed in the first leg of the Colorado Junior Triathlon Series. This event was a Junior Triathlon held in our home town of Superior.

Josh's Age Division

Swim – 100 meter
Bike – 3.1 mile ride
Run – 0.6 mile run

Josh came in 8th place overall out of his age group. He was 3rd place on the swim times.

Here are a couple of the pictures. If you are interested in more, email me and I will send you all of them.