Kendrick's 1st Birthday

September 18, 2011 was Kendrick's 1st Birthday! We celebrated by having a family birthday party at our house. Luckily the weather great, because we planned on barbecuing hamburgers and hot dogs and eating outside.

We spent a lot of time on Saturday shopping and getting everything we needed for the party. I had to work BYU concessions with my drill team that evening/night and when I got home that night around midnight, I finished decorating Kendrick's cake. We made a "teddy bear" cake, since it was his "beary" first birthday!

The day of Kendrick's birthday/party, we went to church and then came home to prepare for the party. Kaycee & Jason, Hollie and Amanda were down to help us get all set up.

Scott was the cook - he started cooking before everyone arrived. Here are some pics from the event:

Scott, cooking the burgers and dogs.

Brock, Heidi, and Hunter.The Birthday Boy!

Makenzie, Hollie, and AmandaCousins and unclesTook this pic of the big "1" balloon.Opening presentsAll the kids gathered around to see what Kendrick got.Fun blocks to play with!A cool helicopter! - He actually got two of these, but we took one back and got another cool toy!The Teddy Bear Cake.Kendrick didn't really want to wear his birthday hat.Me, Kendrick, and his cake.Blowing out his candle!Eating his birthday cupcake!Natasha, Gavin, and Greg.Sophie - wearing two party hats!Jim and Ryan.Kendrick liked his cupcake!Still not sure about the party hat!Kendrick had a great birthday!

The party turned out really great and we had a fun time seeing everyone that came to Kendrick's first birthday! Thanks to all of our family who were able to come and for the gifts too!

Ward Swimming Party

Our Ward had its annual Swimming Party on August 20th. We went so we could take Kendrick swimming. We really didn't take him swimming this summer! He is only 11 months--next year we will go more and probably take swim lessons too.

Amanda was down that weekend, so she came with us to the party. Annie, Jim, and their boys were there too. Here are a few pics:

Kendrick and dadJake and AnnieScott, Kendrick, Amanda, Jake, and Annie.Kendrick had a ball splashing!I think he liked being at the pool.

We will definitely have to take him swimming more next summer!

Family Birthday Parties

So, getting my blog caught up was on my list of things to do during Fall Break. And, here it is, Sunday evening, Fall Break is almost over, and I'm just updating my blog. I'm going to do a couple of posts, and then my new goal is to get all caught up by the end of the month!

September starts a bunch of birthday parties in our family! We celebrated Madeline & Ethan's on September 4th and Cade's on September 11th. Then, it was Kendrick's first birthday on September 18th.

Well, back on September 4th, my sister Emilee had a combined birthday for her kids, Madeline and Ethan. It was at the Levan Park and we had a lot of fun! Here are some pictures that we took at the party.

Kendrick checking out the slide with Ethan and Dallin.

Madeline got a pink Utes jersey.Madeline opening the mini dolphin pillow pet we gave to her.She loved it!Ethan opening the Shrek movie.We also gave him some little cars from the movie Cars."E" opening the cars.Kendrick was having a good time walking around and playing at the playground.A "3" cake for Ethan and a "9" cake for Madeline.Ethan and Madeline with their cakes.Getting ready to blow out the candles.Madeline blowing out her candles.Dad and Kendrick hanging out on the swings.Kendrick loves to swing!Kendrick - with a bow around his head!

On September 11th, we headed out to Alpine to celebrate Cade's 11th birthday. Here are a couple of pics. We didn't bring our nice camera, I just had my phone, so that is why I didn't take a bunch of pictures. :(

Cade, getting ready to open his gifts.

Opening the Ute t-shirt that we gave him.

Family parties are always fun. The next one is Kendrick's first birthday! I can't believe it has been a year since he was born. Stay tuned for pictures from his party.

Drill Team Fun

Well, another school year has started, so that means football season! The Elleves have been busy performing and attending MMHS football games.

It all started on August 12th at the annual Maroon/Gold football game. I can't believe another school year is here already! Here are some pictures from a few of the events the drill team has been involved in lately:

2011-12 MMHS Elleves at Maroon/Gold game.

The drill parents get t-shirts to wear to games and competitions. I decided to get Kendrick one this year. It was a little big on him, but he wore it to the 1st official home game for Maple Mountain. Here are some pictures I took of him in his MMHS Elleves shirt:

"So Big"

Pat-a-cake!

"Circle talk/prayer" before performing our halftime routine, "Until the World Ends".

On September 2nd, Maple Mountain played Payson at Payson. We had been "sister teams" with the PHS Paysetters at BDT Camp this past summer and we had learned some of the same routines. Payson invited us to perform the camp dance at the game. We faced our crowd and they faced their crowd. It was a fun experience, especially since Payson was where I taught before I went to Maple Mountain. And the Paysetter coaches, Chelsea Judd and Ashley Hendrickson, were former Paysetters themselves and I was their coach!

Paysetters and Elleves - Sister Teams!

Just before the performance!

On September 9th, Maple Mountain played Springville at Springville. The Springville drill team, the D'Velles, invited us to an ice cream party before the game started. It was fun to meet with them and get to know them a little bit.

The game was awesome because Maple Mountain won! Oh, I forgot to mention, MMHS won the Payson game too!

Elleves and D'Velles!

On September 16th, we had a home game and wouldn't you know it, there was a downpour that started about 3:30 p.m. and lasted until about 6 p.m. Lovely--rain makes performing on the grass football field very slick and muddy!

The rain stopped, and so we decided to chance it and dance anyway. We were performing our hip hop routine in our new costumes. It looked so good, even with the conditions. We did have one girl slip and "fall" into position! But, I felt like the team did pretty good considering the field conditions!

One bad thing--I didn't take any pictures!

Then, September 19 - 22, we had our annual Jr. Drill Clinic. It was a big success this year! We had so many girls! And we started a boys hip hop class that went well too! We had around 130 participants! The Elleves did a great job with the teaching and choreography for the clinic. I also thought the boys hip hop class was great too.

Here's a few pics from Jr. Drill:

Some of the kids learning the "jam".

We had a "team lunch"--everyone brought their lunch and sat together outside and ate together. It was a great day for a picnic!

We still have two more home football games and three away games. Then it will be full-force in preparing for competition!