After turning five only about a month ago, Nicky lost his first tooth today. I guess it makes sense that he would start losing them early since he started getting teeth when he was only 10 weeks old. It also helps if you bite on a blanket and your sister yanks on the blanket.
Matt is a football fanatic and has been for several years now. He will watch whatever football game is on...College, NFL, Arena League, Canadian....you get the picture. So this year he decided to actually play football. He has been working his butt off practicing and conditioning with his team for the last 5 weeks. He plays for the Bingham Midget (that's what they call the 12-year old league - midgets) Bronze Team.
Yesterday they had their first game - a practice game against Copper Hills. Above they are warming up before the game. Matt (#87) plays tight end and wide receiver on offense. On defense he plays corner back, linebacker, and defensive end. He also kicks off and returns kickoffs.
Here he is practicing catching kicks. On the first play of the game, Matt recieved the kickoff and ran it all the way to midfield where he got tackled hard right in front of Jen. She got a little emotional about that, but luckily Matt jumped right up.
Here Matt helps the center work on his long snaps. His team doesn't have a ton of really big guys, but they are athletic and fast so when we saw the Copper Hills team they were about to play yeterday, we were a bit worried because they had some really big kids on the team.
But once the game started it was a ton of fun. Matt's team was awesome on defense and didn't allow the other team to move the ball much. They did not allow them to score at all.
Here Matt is chasing down the Copper Hills QB. That kid was running for his life the whole day. Matt's team won the game 36-0. The offense was awesome moving the ball down the field pretty much at will. Matt caught two passes and ran them both in for touchdowns. I think he is having a really good time with this.
At the Bingham complex there are 6 fields and 6 games going on all the time. Needless to say it is crazy there with all the people. Parking is a nightmare. This little team form Kearns was warming up right next to Matt's team and I couldn't resist snapping a picture. I guess I really am a Cougar at heart.
Here is Tay on her first day. She catches the bus at 6:45 am. She is on the block schedule where she goes to 4 classes a day for an hour and a half and then the other four classes the next day.
Matt is out the door at 7:30 and has all 7 of his classes every day. So far I think his favorite subject is lunch. No more recess, but he does have a gym class every day.
Becca is in 3rd grade and has Mr. Lovell as her teacher. He is one of the students' favorite teachers in the school. He is a joke teller and Becca comes home with a new joke or two almost every day.
I didn't get a picture of Nicky's first day of school. But here is a bonus shot of him on his Birthday in his new Utah football jersey. He has Miss Kim again this year and has been doing really well. He is the oldest in the class and is setting a good example for the younger kids.
Nicky with his sisters and brother the day he was born
Nicky just a couple weeks old with Matt
Nicky and Becca playing in the family room
Having a laugh with Tay
Easter eggs with mom
Say Cheese!!
At the Utah football game
Wearing Matt's football stuff (Go Bingham!!)
Shepherd in the Christmas play
At the zoo
Big boy bike
On Traxx with dad
Becca held a Burmese Python
Taylor held a Tarantula spider.
