Boys weekend and girls weekend

THE BOYS:   

Mike and Preston headed to BYU father and sons basketball camp for Memorial Day weekend, along with Loren and Ben and their boys.  It was a fabulous time--lots of bonding time, rubbing shoulders with the BYU athletes, good food at the Cannon Center, Temple square on Sunday and some time with Emily too.   Mike has been several years with Christian but this was a first for Preston.   

 Someone needs to teach Mike and I how to tie a bow tie!

 Emily caught up with Sister Chen, an old companion, on Temple Square.   

 THE GIRLS:

While the boys were away, Bethany and Sean came to visit and we had a wonderful time together....canoeing at Lake Steilacoom, shopping downtown Tacoma, Gibsons and movies.   

Missing Emily!   

May's a blur

It's been a very busy month.   Can't believe it is the end of May.   

I've been working 2-3 days each week as a school nurse as well.   

Here's a little summary:

SOME EXTRA KIDS

Ben and Rachel went to Hawaii and we had the pleasure of keeping Allie and Braden.   So much fun to have a little baby in the house.   Hannah was in heaven and such a great help to me.   She was a great sleeper and just a delightful little personality.   And Braden and Preston had a blast together.   Never a problem between them the whole week long.   

AN INVITATION

 to Prom for Katie....it was a sweet moment during halftime of a water polo game.  

 WATER POLO
Varsity bonding activity.   Katie and her group were the Kissettes.  

   Katie got the "Best Dressed" award.   Her friend Alissa was in the Pussycat Dolls.

The WP state tournament was very exciting.   So exciting in fact that we forgot to get pictures.   Bummer.   Katie's team won their first 3 games easily.   Then they had to play first seeded Enumclaw...and WE WON!  6-5  in double overtime.   It was the most exciting game ever.   We made it to the Championship game and played Gig Harbor, lost 7-9.  2nd in State was a pretty great way to end the season.    It was a well fought game against a very tough team.   The girls had such a great season and pulled together and improved as a team.   It was so much fun to watch them play.   Katie had a great season.    She and Alissa were a great support to each other and look forward to another great season next year.  We enjoyed having parents, WP players and their friends over for a party after the game--probably about 75 people partying it up inside, outside--playing basketball, 

bonfire with smores, lots of food and relaxing together.   

I love having parties at our home on warm summer evenings, it's the best. 

SCRIPTURE MASTERY 

with Mackenzie, Sara, Sarah and Kadyn.   Katie did a great job helping her class and was the last one standing from her class in the Master Scriptorian competition.   Her friend Fletcher did awesome in the 4 year Master Scriptorian--he battled it out with another for a long time and then took 2nd place.   All the kids were impressive!

MOD PROM

Getting ready--

When her friends from WP found out she had 1 hours to get ready for her Mod Prom, they wanted to come help.   She was pampered, and they had her looking beautiful.   

Before the dance pictures..

Cheryl and I were in charge of recreating Pike Place Market and we spent weeks scheming, planning, delegating, recruiting help and creating.   Knowing our kids were going made it worth it and we feel it all turned out great.   The kids enjoying interacting with the vendors as they entered the building.   Once inside they had dinner at the Space Needle, complete with elevator ride.   It was a fun event...glad it is over...haha  Enjoy the pictures.   Oh and Mike was an amazing fish vendor.  

Pinewood Derby

Preston had a wonderful time creating his Pinewood derby car with his dad.  They designed, sanded and painted.  Preston put a lightning bolt on top and they added weights for speed.   He made it to one of the final heats and was happy to win even just  a couple races.   There were 30 cars in all.   He received the award for "Best Use of Cub Scout colors"  and was very proud.   Yeah for Cub Scouts!

Tacoma Weekly

We are nearing the end of a busy Water polo Season and have enjoyed some very intense moments in the pool.   Katie had a great game against Rogers last week and it was highlighted in the below article in the Tacoma Weekly sports section.   The State tournament is next week.  I know it looks like Katie is torturing this player but it is all part of a good defense...keep your eye on the ball Katie!  

 

ARTICLE FROM TACOMA WEEKLY:  

Alissa Noland, Katie Bateman and Sophia Spurlock scored three goals apiece as the Curtis water polo team displayed a variety of weapons and played stifling defense in cruising to a 14-3 win at Rogers on April 30.

“The girls definitely played with a lot of intensity,” said Curtis head coach Dennis Piccolotto, whose squad remained in first place in their division, at 9-0, despite having just one senior on the team. “The girls have been working really hard. Today I think you saw our team defense, we were pretty aware. We had an idea of what they were going to run.”

After quickly falling behind 1-0, Noland evened the score by grabbing a deflected shot off the post and slamming it in, and delivered a beautiful pass to the left less than two minutes later to Caralee Rendell, who scored for the 2-1 lead. The Vikings would never look back.

Spurlock and Bateman scored late in the first quarter, and Spurlock skipped a shot in early in the second for a commanding 5-1 lead. Joeli Reim and Hannah Holly added goals later in the period to give the Vikings a 7-2 lead at the half.

“We don’t have one or two girls that carry the weight of the team, we have different girls that step up each game,” Piccolotto said. “As a coach, you really can’t ask for anything but that. The girls are really unselfish. They love to give the ball to each other.”

Bateman twice outraced the defense for breakaway goals in the third quarter, and Noland scored by firing the ball through five defenders after the Rogers goalie was sent off for a penalty as the Vikings built an 11-2 lead. Curtis continued to wear down the Rams, as Katie VanRiper and Summer Rosengren sealed the victory with late goals in the fourth.

“I think we condition as much if not more than any other program,” Piccolotto said. “In the fourth quarter of the game or in overtime, we’re ready to go, we’re not tired…when we get into the fourth quarter, we still have gas left.”

The Vikings have an eye toward the postseason as they close out the regular season at home on May 10 against Stadium. After falling to top state contenders Enumclaw and Gig Harbor earlier this season, Piccolotto knows his team will have their work cut out for them, but also has confidence. “At the state tournament, I think it’s going to be anybody’s game. It’s just which team steps up and rises to the occasion.”