Allie and Tommy's Cooking Show

Allie and Tommy performed a Cooking Show skit in their school talent show. They were fantastic!!!



Here's a video of their skit. This was in front of about 700 kids!!! Listen to all the laughing! Even the mom (me) who was holding the camera couldn't hold still when she started laughing so hard. I'm so proud of their bravery to get up there and do this. Way to go, Allie and Tommy!

Tennis Tournament

These three girls have been playing tennis together now for more than a year. Love them!!!

Allie played in a tournament in February.

I love to see her interact with her opponent that she just met before the match. They keep score and trade sides between games.

She's off the ground!

Go Allie!

I'm sooo proud of her! She won 4 games against girls who had more experience than her! Great job, Allie-bear!

Family ski trip

We took the whole family up to ski at Sunrise! It was the kids' first time, so they did one day of ski school, and then, the second day, they all skied with us and Grandma and Grandpa Weber. This photo was on our way up the 4-person chair lift for the first time.

Tommy LOVED skiing, always smiling and giving us a thumbs up!

Allie loved it too!

Macy and Grandma on the way up the lift.

Jack looks like a regular ski pro!

Jack is headed down the mountain.

Here comes Macy!

It was soooo nice of Grandma and Grandpa to invite us up to their cabin, and come skiing with us. Thank you!!!

A little tired out after two full days of skiing. A really wonderful "tired out".

It is football central when the Super Bowl comes to town

The Pro Bowl was one week before the Super Bowl. Steve got a pair of tickets from work, so he and Jack went.

They had a great time watching a good game of "two-hand touch" football, Jack told me. That's his way of saying none of the players wanted to get hurt, and it was all just for fun, so they all went easy on each other.

A few days before the Super Bowl, Steve and the boys headed downtown to check out the NFL Experience. It had tons of exhibits where participants got to try out exactly what the pro football players do.

They sure look tough! I think they had fun wearing pads.

Jack got drafted onto the AZ Cardinals!!!

These boys had such a great time! Thanks to Daddy for taking them!

Our Virgin Islands Adventure

Cane Garden Bay Beach on the island of Tortola, in the British Virgin Islands. Such a happenin' beach! This is where we stayed for our first 3 nights.

The Baths on the island of Virgin Gorda. These giant boulders were amazing!

The sand was perfect, the water pretty warm, and God's creation, awesome!

The uninhabited island of Sandy Spit. It is only about the size of a football field, a full circle of sandy beach.

Another uninhabited island, called Sandy Cay. At least 2 times bigger than Sandy Spit, with more vegetation. Absolutely beautiful!

The Captain of our boat - love him!!!

White Bay Beach on the island of Jost Van Dyke. Home of the popular Soggy Dollar Bar. Great place to relax in a hammock.

Smuggler's Cove on Tortola. Need a jeep to get here, so it is not very crowded. So pretty!

We took a ferry to the island of St. John in the US Virgin Islands, where we stayed for 6 nights. This is Trunk Bay Beach. It has an underwater snorkeling trail (with signs to guide you). We loved getting here pretty early in the morning to enjoy the place to ourselves for a little while.

Solomon Beach. You have to hike to get to this beach, but it is worth it!

We spent several hours per day snorkeling. The corral and the fish were amazing!

This is a huge "brain" corral, with other small corral growing on it.

We saw about 5 sting rays during all of our snorkeling. Sometimes they had a fish buddy that just hung out right on top of them.

Same with this big sea turtle! He and the fish must be friends. We must have seen 6 or 7 different turtles on our trip. They don't seem to mind all of us snorkelers.

I love to see all the hundreds of fish in this photo, along with some corral. It was so fun to live in their world all week.

We spent a day kayaking out to another snorkel spot, and taking along our picnic lunch.

The whole trip was one great adventure. The kids had a great time with their grandparents, friends, and cousins. Thank you to everyone who so willingly helped out! We are truly blessed by each of you.

Boy Scout Crossover

Jack received his Arrow of Light for completing Webelos. This is at the Crossover Ceremony, where the boys cross over from cub scouts to boy scouts.

The new Screamin' Eagles Patrol follow the lead of their awesome helper, Daniel.

Jack's parents are super proud of him!

Arizona Wildcats in the Fiesta Bowl!

Our Wildcats played in the Fiesta Bowl against Boise State. It just happened that the game would be played on the coldest day in 2014, December 31st.

Great tailgating weather! We made some awesome quesadillas out there in the freezing cold.

Completely by chance, we ended up parked right next to some of our awesomest college friends - how cool!

We packed up our tailgate, and are ready to head into the stadium. First, we met up with some more great friends, the Sorensons, who took this photo of us. Thanks guys!

It was much warmer in the stadium, but still chilly. We are ready for the big game!

My three big boys who LOVE football. And I love them!

The Pride of Arizona represented our alma mater well. The game didn't turn out so well. We lost 38-30, but the second half was really going our way. We just ran out of time to get back in the lead. It was a great game, nonetheless! Way to go Wildcats!