Homecoming Week Cont...

On Friday we had the Midnight 5K at DSU.  It was fun, like always.  Except this year I didn't need to do the aid station.  This year Shayne and I stood in the intersections to make sure no one got hit by a car.  Everyone did great, even KYLE!  But Ben had a stomach ache and threw up a couple times.  He wanted to beat David but came it about 10 minutes behind everyone.  We all felt bad.

 Of course, every single year, I get blurry pictures of them running by.  So lets start with Drew.  He ended up take 2nd place overall.  Spencer's kids are super fast runners!

 Next was Ethan Gilmore, George, and Akalia.

 Then Austin Emmanuelle who is a great friend of our who grew up with Shayne.  Josh and he always try to beat each other.  

 Then Josh.

 Then my cute David.

 Then Ben came by.  He told me that he didn't feel good and ask if he could throw up.  I said, "Do what you gotta do."

 This blurry shot is President Williams. 

 Then Konnor and Joel came by.  It wasn't long after that they past Ben.

 The Kyle and Evan came running by.  This was the first time since the race started 9 years ago that Kyle has been able to participate.  Because usually he's in charge of it.

 Then Spencer, Seth and Jack came running by.  Spencer has a stress fracture in his foot and was running tenderly on it. 

 By the time the last person walked slowly past us we got down to the track to see the last of our group finish.  David was the first one to come past us.  He had a great time of 22:34.  he jumped up and hit the sign as he past. 

 Then President Williams came in.

 And Konnor and Joel.

 Their time was 26:32.

 Then Seth, Jack and Spence all came in, one after another.  The boys sprinted and Spence just jogged.

 Their time was around 27:45.

 Then Evan and Kyle came in. Evan sprinted and Kyle pretended to fall at the end.  He told us that he was pretty stiff the next day because it's been so long since he's run.

 He finished it under 30 minutes!

 Then I got really worried about Ben.  So I sent Josh out to look for him.  He wasn't too far away but right after he got done he went into the bathroom and threw up again. 

 Poor Kid.  Besides Ben, we all had a great time.

Homecoming Week!

This week is DSU's Homecoming week.  It started out with the Trunk or Treat at the alumni house that Shayne took David to.  Everyone else was super busy and David said it was pretty dumb.  So we didn't miss out there.  But then on Wednesday we had the groundbreaking ceremony for the new DSU Swimming Pool!  It was awesome.  Apparently the Ipson Family (Grandpa) donated over 2 million to the project.  Super awesome of them.  We had about 7 speakers and then Biff Williams, DSU President, got up and made an announcement that the Mayor is changing the name of 300 S. to Trailblazer BLVD.  So the new Swimming Pool will be on the corner of Trailblazer BLVD and University AVE.  Pretty Cool but the sign that they made up for the occasion said 300 E.  instead of 300 S.  It was pretty funny. 

This week Ben decided to try out for the 8th grade basketball team.  He isn't very excited but he is gald that he can play with his friends.  Our good friend Ryan Eaves is the Varsity Coach at PVHS and was helping out Coach Jarrett Shaw the JV basketball coach who is coaching the 8th grade team too.  Jarrett is the little brother to Todd Shaw, a good friend of mine and one of the PVHS Football coaches. 

 Ben wasn't very happy that I took picture's of him while he was on the Skin's team because you could see how skinny he is.  With growing and loosing weight he's gotten too thin. We are going to start him on the same protein shakes that Tyler is on.  Hopefully that will help.  At first Ben didn't want to plat basketball at all because it had been a year and he thought everyone would be better than him.  Well, they aren't!  He was sinking 3's all over the place.  He was by far the best one ob the court that day.  This was only half of the kids because the other half still had one more game of football season.  But Ben is a great basketball player. 

 They practice at Nets On Fire.  It's in the Green Valley Resort and Spa.  It's where the indoor tennis courts used to be.  One of the owners used to play in the MBA and has connections to some teams that were throwing away their old courts so he bought them and brought them here.  They are super nice.  They have a great work mantra.  They want the boys to become better all around people while playing basketball.  I think that they will be able to combat the Beckstrand's natural need to dominate and have bad sportsmanship that flows in his blood.  We'll see.  I have noticed that is gets less with each generation.  Ashley and Jaden are great sports.  Ben knows that as soon as that side comes out then he is out.  Out of the game.  He either takes himself out or I will.  So, hopefully Nets On Fire and his awesome coaches will help him love to play the game and not need to win.  Coach Shaw says that at this age of the game they don't even care about winning, it's about learning the fundamentals.  YEAH!  Ben also had to wrap his fingers because he ripped them while working out at the GRIP!

 It will be fun to watch Ben grow and see what he ends up doing.  Right now he still has rugby clinics every Saturday too.

David's 1st band concert!

David had his very first band concert this week.  It was really good.  I am always surprised by these Intermediate teachers.  They have to teach every instrument to these kids who have never played them before and then make it sound good.  It's quite an amazing feat.  His band teacher is Mr. Nielson.  Since Ben decided to not play this year, David is using his trumpet.  It's really sad that they have to choose between band only or a bunch of other fun classes.  For example, if you take band then you don't have enough class periods to take choir, art, or theater.  And if you are in the middle school then you also can't take Spanish.  I wish they could do them all!

 David did a great job.  We are very proud of him.  He practiced at home almost everyday getting ready for the concert.  Good job DAVID!