Mumford and Sons Concert

     We went to "Mumford and Sons" concert May 21st. Kristi does not come to many concerts with me, but she really wanted to see these guys and they did not disappoint. I have been to a lot of concerts in my time and it has to be in my top 5 concerts of all time. They are such great musicians and singers. Every song sounded like it was off the CD. We had a great time. There were so many people at the concert.
   
     This concert sold out in 51 seconds and I did not get tickets when they first went on sale. I checked back on the computer everyday for 3 days and I lucked out and got 2 floor tickets that ticketmaster had released. I only paid $60 per ticket. When we got to the concert and talked to the people around us, some had paid $300 per ticket just to get on the floor. Brad Wynder paid $200 and he was way in the back of the Saddledome.

Making Samurai hats in my
Social Class

Tyson and Bentley going for a
ride in his Escalade.

Camping May Long Weekend

     We have had great weather for the last few weeks, so is it too much to ask for good weather on the long weekend? I guess it is. The May long weekend is known for having crappy weather and this year was no different. BUT, we decided to go camping anyway. We decided to camp at one of our favorite little campgrounds in Fort McCleod called the "Daisy May". The kids love this campground because it has a free outdoor mini-golf, basketball hoop, park, beach volleyball court and an outdoor pool. The Boys love to ride their bikes around the campground. Justin and Jeff decided to camp with us as well. As we were leaving Perm stopped by and we invited him to come as well. So if the weather was going to be bad, at least the company was going to be good.

     We left Friday right after school and got to Fort Mc. in enough time to set up before the rain started to come down. The Kids are funny because they do not even seem to notice the rain or the cold. They still wanted to play outside and had fun riding their bikes in the rain. Tyson is a little hard to handle because he is always on the go and he is into everything. He is good at disappearing if you do not always have your eye on him. I will have him in front of me and I turn around to talk to someone for two seconds and when i turn back around he is gone. So there was a lot of "wheres Tyson?"

     We had a great time just hanging out with each other and joking around. Jimmy was the cook of the camp and everyone was calling him Chef Boyardee. He made a wicked breakfast every morning and was the main cook for the dinners. I am happy that he like to do that, cause I wouldn't want to cook for everyone, but he seems to like it.


     The biggest downfall of the trip was the "Fire Ban". Coming into the weekend the weather had been nice and warm so there was a fire ban in effect. Even after it had rained a couple of days the town would not lift the fire ban. So our nights we finished by gathering around a couple of lanterns. This does not have the same effect while camping.






 





  Jeff and Rae will be celebrating their 20th anniversary soon and so the renewed their vows at the campground.

Brody Finding Friends Everywhere

Just having fun for the camera

Bugging Jeff and Rae

Bugging Justin and Jo

Baseball and Softball Season in Full Swing

     Well baseball season has been on for a few weeks now and the boys are doing good. It sure is a busy week for us when I am coaching Brody on Monday and Wednesdays and coaching Haydn on Tuesdays and Thursdays and then playing softball on Fridays with Kristi. All this plus trying to get in practices for Haydn's baseball team and Kristi trying to work a few nights a week. So we will be really busy traveling here and there until the end of June when baseball ends.

     Brody is playing well and learning the game quickly. It is good to see him get better at catching and hitting each year. Haydn is in Minors and the team has played really good for the first 4 games. We have won 3 games and tied 1. Haydn has really improved this year from last season. He hits the ball well and he is throwing the ball way better when he pitches. He pitched in our game last night and he struck out 3 batters to end the game. He was so proud of himself for getting the outs. I love to see the boys start to really understand the game and get better each year.

 

















    Our softball team has gotten off to a good start. We have won our first 4 games of the season and have out-scored the other teams 82-17. We are the team to beat in our Lethbridge league because we have won the "B" division the last 3 years. I love to play on this team because me and Kristi get to play together and it is something that we both love to do.

     Our nights of softball in Lethbridge always end with a traditional trip to Wendy's. This is where some of the funniest parts of the night come about. We always sit at the round table and BS about the games that night.







Basketball Tourney 

     Haydn played in his first ever basketball tourney last weekend. He was so nervous because he had never played in a real game of 5 on 5 basketball. This tourney was a full court and regular size hoops tournament. He played really good and it was good to see him improve each game and understand what he was doing. The boys didn't win a game, but lost a few close ones. The boys did good considering almost all of Haydn's team was kids from grade 4 and they played against teams that consisted of mostly grade 5 kids. Haydn scored a few points in the last game and he was so excited. I was so proud of him when he scored in the game. I really think that if he works in sports he can be a great little athlete.

New Zealand

     There was man from New Zealand in Raymond a few weeks ago. His name is Sid Going and he was one of the best rugby players in New Zealand. Sid played with the famous "All Blacks" rugby team. He served his mission around Raymond and was good friends with Kristi's Grandma Fromm so he came for a visit. We were able to meet him at a family dinner that they put on in Raymond. It was good to hear the "Kiwi" accent again.

   Jeff and Paula Anderson work at the Junior High with me and they have a son (Lincoln) that was waiting for a mission call. He came up to the junior high to get the mail key to check if his call had came in yet. A few minutes later he returned with his call in hand. We were joking around and I was telling him that I hope that he goes to New Zealand. Linc and his family went into a room to open it with each other and a few minutes later returned to the staff room and asked me to guess where he was going, and before I could even answer they told me he was going to Auckland New Zealand, My same mission!!! I was so excited for him and hugged him like crazy. I probably embarrassed myself a little bit but I was so excited for him to be going to the best mission in the world!!