St.George & Las Vegas

We were excited to go to sunny St. George for baseball this year. I decided to leave Ellidy with mom for two reasons. Number one the long ride down there she would of hated and number two I wouldn't get to watch Easton play because I would be too busy chasing her. Thank you mom for watching her it made the trip a lot easier. Unfortunately Easton got sick the night before we went down there, so he didn't really play the first day. What he did play was a scary and great moment though. In the last game we were winning and our pitcher was starting to struggle. There were runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out and their big hitters were up. Matt likes to give me a heart attack, and puts Easton in to pitch. Ah yi yi! His first pitch he threw a strike, the next pitch was a little wild and got away from the catcher, luckily they were on top of it and ended up getting the kid out that tried to steal home! Okay now all he had to do was strike this kid out and he did! Whew! We won both games that day. The next day didn't go as well we ended up losing both games by only one and two runs. It was a bummer. Oh well next year we'll be back and ready to win the tournament.

Saturday we headed down to Las Vegas for something to do. It worked out great because Justin and Sarah were already down there. So we caught up with them and got to hang out with them for the day. It was so fun to see them and check out some of the sights in Vegas with them.

This is the biggest chocolate fountain. We were all in heaven looking at it. So Cool!

The M&M factory is always fun, but we spent way to much time there because Iailey had to find a souvenir from there.

This was way neat to, they made a model of the statue of liberty out of jelly beans. Those are all jelly beans.

My favorite place the Bellagio! Every season they change this indoor garden and it is always spectacular!

Super cute pic of Justin and Sarah!

The bumblebees are made completely of flowers. Amazing!

I can't remember the name of the artist that does the blown glass, but his artwork is in a lot of big cities at different monumental sites. Absolutely gorgeous!

What a year this is going to be. We get to see the statue of liberty on the west coast and the east coast! I can't wait to see the real one!

Hopefully I can see the real one of this one day to! Hint, Hint, I love you Matt! ha! ha!

Iailey's 9th Birthday!

When we seen that Ryan and Ashleigh (from So You Think You Can Dance) were coming to Pocatello, Iailey was so excited! It was the day after her birthday that they came, so she asked for that for one of her birthday presents. They gave a 3 hour workshop. Originally it was supposed to be hip hop and ballroom, but Ashleigh's shoulder was still hurt so they only did ballroom. Iailey hasn't ever done ballroom, but she did amazing. They taught a cha-cha. There were about 25 -30 people there and they pulled Iailey out and had her show all the older than Iailey people how to do a move they taught the crowd. Ashleigh laughed and told them that this little 9 year old had more attitude (in her moves) than all of them put togther. At the end when Iailey had her pic taken with them, they said that I should put her in ballroom and keep her at it because she was a natural. I was so proud of her, she did so well and did look so cute doing it.

The night before on her birthday Jan. 29 Iailey had some of her friends over for a birthday party. They had so much fun!

Alliyah, Kallie, Bailey, Alea, Iailey, Jensyn, Sydney, and Meggan

The girls made bracelets for Iailey's birthday. They did a great job!

Opening presents! She got so many cute things! Not only did we spoil her, but her friends spoiled her to. They all knew her so well, she loved everything she got.

The cute shirt her cousin Kortni gave to her!

I don't know why I'm so cute?

I don't know why I'm so cute? That's what this pic reminds me of. It is so cute, though.
Easton and Iailey dressed her up in Iailey's clothes, yes those are Iailey's jeans,
and they thought it was hilarous that she was running around in them. They kept bugging me to
take her pic. I'm so glad they did because I have this super cute pic!

She was so funny with this stuffed animal this day. We were getting ready to leave and she kept insisting on hugging and kissing it, so I finally zipped it up in her coat. She thought that was great and she just kept kissing it. She had it in her coat for a long time and I decided to run and grab the camera before we left to get a pic, of course once I had the camera she ripped it out of her coat. She still took it with her and kept kissing it. She is getting the silliest little personality, it's so cute, I love it!

Giving the puppy kisses!

TEAM T.R.U.E.

Team T.R.U.E. had their last game on Dec. 19, 2009. They ended up 9-1. Way to go! It was a fun group of kids that played together and they had a lot of fun.

One of the few times Easton actually left his feet and jumped. I'm not sure what his deal was, but the kid would not jump for a rebound! Oh well he'll learn his lesson.

Great job Team T.R.U.E.

Dance, Dance!

The middle of November I took Iailey to a dance convention in Utah called Nuvo. It was a two day convention with some big names in dance teaching them. She was so excited because two of them were on So You Think You Can Dance and one of them still choreographs on it. I was so proud of her, she is such a hard worker. The first day was Friday, so she got up and went to half a day of school and then we drove down there and she started dancing at 3:00 and didn't get done until 9:00. They work them, they danced non stop with only a 15 minute break. She was so tired, but she never gave up. She was such a trooper! The next day was the same and she didn't feel real great, but she kept on dancing. I was so proud of her, she has such an amazing little attitude. I figured after all that she wouldn't want to do it again, but on the ride home that night, she asked me if she could do it again next year. Whew! I don't know will have to see next year. Of course I forgot my camera, but this is her brochure of teachers. They all have worked with very famous people or been in a famous production. It was neat that she had the opportunity to get to learn something from them.

On Dec. 19 was DSDS's Christmas dance show. She did such a great job and looked so pretty! Every year she improves so much, she is so fun to watch!

In her ballet costume. They did it to Let it Snow, it was such a pretty dance.

Iailey and her friend Jensyn. So cute girls.

This was for her tap dance to Hot Chocolate off polar express. It was a really cute dance.

In the back left is Masi, up front is Lexi, Iailey, and Jensyn they are all friends.

Loved Iailey and Lexi's expressions on this part. Quite the little actresses they are.

Looking cute shaking it.

This is the look I got when she didn't have time for a picture, but I really wanted one she looked so cute in this jazz costume, even with the give me a break mom look.





This was the girls showcasing the next dancers in their last dance and guess who else danced in this dance for those of you who didn't know about it? Beat you can't guess.

Iailey danced a swing dance with her friend Chase in this dance, to All I want for Christmas is You.

Look close in that kick line, that high kicker is Easton! Yep, I talked him into doing the swing dance. It was so fun and he even ended up having a great time. All the boys did great and want to do it again next year!

This was the funniest kick line you've ever seen, right after the kick line they all turned around and shook their butts. I couldn't take a pic because I was to busy laughing!

This was Easton playing air guitar on his partners leg.

Look at those tough boys swinging the girls around.

Soooo Cute!