Ryan, Deni and I were hanging out re-watching an RSL game this evening. There was a player that had a huge Texas tattoo on his arm. Deni looked up to see why the tattooed player had a Texas tattoo, and it turns out he was born in Texas.
I then said "... it's too bad I can't claim I was born in Texas"
Deni said ".. I was born in Texas"
then Ryan said "...Dad, that means you're Texan, by marriage."
Sunday, March 13, 2016
Saturday, March 12, 2016
The Impact of a Disease
Very rarely does Sydney like people knowing she is Type 1 Diabetic (T1D). She quietly takes care of the disease. Quietly doing finger pokes, counting carbs and riding the sugar highs and lows of this crazy disease without most noticing she's even doing it. As a precaution, she wears a bracelet identifying she has this nasty disease, in case she ever goes low and passes out. Other than wearing the bracelet, you'd never know she is T1D.
As her parent, I can't imagine the amount of stress and weight she carries knowing this disease will never go away. I wish I could take it away from her. Unfortunately she has worry about this nasty disease 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for the rest of her life. I wish she could just be a kid and not worry about it.
Today Sydney and I went to the first RSL home game in Sandy, UT. RSL was playing the Seattle Sounders. The Seattle Sounders recently acquired a new player, Jordan Morris. Jordan Morris is a name we've known for a while in our home. Jordan Morris played soccer for Stanford University, as well as played on the US Men's International team as a college student. The US Men's International team is made up of the best of the best players from all of the Major League Soccer teams in the United States, and then there is this Jordan Morris, a 20 year old college student that is added to the team. Pretty impressive. Jordan Morris is also a Type 1 Diabetic. It's great to see athletes that are able to perform at the highest professional level, despite being Type 1 Diabetic. While Sydney hasn't personally told me this, watching and knowing someone like Jordan Morris also has T1D, has given her hope.
Jordan was diagnosed with T1D at age 9, the day after Christmas. He's 21 now. Jordan recently got a tattoo stating he was Type 1 Diabetic, kinda like Sydney's bracelet, but a little more permanent.
Back to the RSL game today. Sydney was excited to see Jordan Morris play. Even though he was on the opposite team, I think she was quietly cheering for him. Luckily RSL won, but it was fun to watch a someone with the same disease as my daughter play professional soccer.
As soon as the RSL game was done, Sydney and I quickly left the stadium and headed to her Futsal game. We had about 40 minutes until she played and without traffic it would take us about 35 minutes to get there. We weren't sure we'd make it, but ran to our car in an attempt to make it before kick off. As luck would have it, we were able to make it to the game a few minutes before it started and Sydney was able to make the first goal and help her team win.
As her parent, I can't imagine the amount of stress and weight she carries knowing this disease will never go away. I wish I could take it away from her. Unfortunately she has worry about this nasty disease 24 hours a day, 365 days a year for the rest of her life. I wish she could just be a kid and not worry about it.
Jordan was diagnosed with T1D at age 9, the day after Christmas. He's 21 now. Jordan recently got a tattoo stating he was Type 1 Diabetic, kinda like Sydney's bracelet, but a little more permanent.
Back to the RSL game today. Sydney was excited to see Jordan Morris play. Even though he was on the opposite team, I think she was quietly cheering for him. Luckily RSL won, but it was fun to watch a someone with the same disease as my daughter play professional soccer.
As soon as the RSL game was done, Sydney and I quickly left the stadium and headed to her Futsal game. We had about 40 minutes until she played and without traffic it would take us about 35 minutes to get there. We weren't sure we'd make it, but ran to our car in an attempt to make it before kick off. As luck would have it, we were able to make it to the game a few minutes before it started and Sydney was able to make the first goal and help her team win.
Friday, March 04, 2016
Initials please
A few weeks ago, the Novell signs came off of the building, replaced with the Micro Focus name and logo. One of the N's was saved and painted Red to be hung up within the building as reminder to our Novell past.
We had a quick meeting today and we were asked to stop by and sign the N.
We were told the N was going to be out for the next few days for us to sign and because there was such a long line, I decided to wait. Bad idea, when I came back a few hours later, there wasn't really much of a place for me to sign. I think I found the only open spot and there was only enough room to get my initials signed, right in the middle of the N (and to the right of Carl Wells 1987.)
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
The Internship
Ryan has been waiting on pins and needles for the last few weeks. He applied for an internship through Advanced Learning Center, where Ryan takes college classes while he's in High School. The deadline for the internship had come and past, however he hadn't heard anything. It was driving him crazy. And then he got the email. He had been accepted into the internship and he is 'working' in a Novell building that I worked in years ago.
His internship is twice a week for two hours each day for 10 weeks and instead of working on the company's products, he and his fellow teammates will be mentored by a few employees and allowed to work on a project of their choosing. Ryan and his teammate chose to make a Role Playing Game (RPG). They will be using and learning Python, AngularJS, and CSS to complete their project.
The nice thing about Ryan's internship being located on the Novell campus is that on the days he's at his internship, I stay an hour or so after work to bring him home. It was a little weird staying at work until 6pm today, as most people head out around 5pm, but it was nice and quiet while I waited for Ryan to be done.
Ryan was super excited when he came out this evening. You would have thought he had won the lottery. I'm not sure I got a word in the whole way home. Ryan had a list of things he needed to brush up on by Thursday.
His internship is twice a week for two hours each day for 10 weeks and instead of working on the company's products, he and his fellow teammates will be mentored by a few employees and allowed to work on a project of their choosing. Ryan and his teammate chose to make a Role Playing Game (RPG). They will be using and learning Python, AngularJS, and CSS to complete their project.
The nice thing about Ryan's internship being located on the Novell campus is that on the days he's at his internship, I stay an hour or so after work to bring him home. It was a little weird staying at work until 6pm today, as most people head out around 5pm, but it was nice and quiet while I waited for Ryan to be done.
Ryan was super excited when he came out this evening. You would have thought he had won the lottery. I'm not sure I got a word in the whole way home. Ryan had a list of things he needed to brush up on by Thursday.
Wednesday, February 17, 2016
I lost a stone
On Dec 28, 2015, I began watching what I ate. I also set out to exercise at least every weekday. Now six weeks later, I weigh one stone less. (one stone = 14 pounds). Current weight: 163.7 lbs. My pants are loose, I've had to go a notch in on my belt. I can see a difference and I can feel a difference.
I'm not sure why my weight is coming off 'easily' for me, but it has. It hasn't been that easy, but it has been successful. I've been hungry, I've wanted to skip workouts, I've wanted to not drink Diet Soda, I've wanted to eat candy, I've wanted to have 2nd helpings of my favorite meals. But I haven't done any of that. I've logged every meal (minus one meal this previous weekend at Chuck O Rama) that I've eaten for the last 52 days. Everything. Including my 4 hershey kisses each night, assuming I still have calories left. 6 weeks later, that 3lb bag of Hershey Kisses is almost gone.
When I work out and I "earn" extra calories that I could eat, I don't. I decided I wouldn't eat those calories. Maybe after I hit my target and level off.
My goal is to lose about another nine to ten pounds by June 2016. That would put me at 11 stone or 154 lbs as my target weight. We'll see how the last ten pounds goes.
I'm not sure why my weight is coming off 'easily' for me, but it has. It hasn't been that easy, but it has been successful. I've been hungry, I've wanted to skip workouts, I've wanted to not drink Diet Soda, I've wanted to eat candy, I've wanted to have 2nd helpings of my favorite meals. But I haven't done any of that. I've logged every meal (minus one meal this previous weekend at Chuck O Rama) that I've eaten for the last 52 days. Everything. Including my 4 hershey kisses each night, assuming I still have calories left. 6 weeks later, that 3lb bag of Hershey Kisses is almost gone.
When I work out and I "earn" extra calories that I could eat, I don't. I decided I wouldn't eat those calories. Maybe after I hit my target and level off.
My goal is to lose about another nine to ten pounds by June 2016. That would put me at 11 stone or 154 lbs as my target weight. We'll see how the last ten pounds goes.
Monday, February 15, 2016
Rage Invitational - Finalist
The championship game started at 11am. We had played and lost to this team on Saturday, 2-0. We shouldn't have lost that game and the girls were ready to win. Before the game, as the coaches, we talk about how we had played the first game and what changes could be made. We made a few adjustments.
The game was a close one, better evenly matched this time around. We were tied 0-0 and then got a penalty called on us in our box. It was a Penalty kick. They scored 1-0. It wasn't too much longer than another penalty was called in their box. Our turn to even the score with a penalty kick, which we did. 1-1.
The girls fought hard back and forth, but at the end of the game, we were still tied 1-1. The girls were exhausted. This was there 4th game in as many days, with only Sunday as a rest day. Since it was the final and there had to be a winner, we went into two additional time 5 minute halfs. We were still tied after the two additional time 5 minute halfs. Which took us to 5 PK's. Five for each team, alternating teams until there was a winner. They shot first, our keeper blocked it. The sideline erupted. I was screaming at the top of my lungs. It was our turn to pull ahead with our shot, but our shot was also blocked as well. The game ended after the other team got 2 shots in.
Syd was one that had taken a PK and missed. The goals were tiny and she kicked it high and wide. She was sad for a few minutes after the game, but ultimately was happy with how hard they had played. I was proud of how they played.
Immediately after the game, we drove into St George to be awarded 2nd place for our division, or as they called it "Finalist'. Waiting for our turn to receive our medals.
Each girl (and coach) received a medal, which is around our necks. This was a great accomplishment for these girls and a great start to our Spring season.
The game was a close one, better evenly matched this time around. We were tied 0-0 and then got a penalty called on us in our box. It was a Penalty kick. They scored 1-0. It wasn't too much longer than another penalty was called in their box. Our turn to even the score with a penalty kick, which we did. 1-1.
The girls fought hard back and forth, but at the end of the game, we were still tied 1-1. The girls were exhausted. This was there 4th game in as many days, with only Sunday as a rest day. Since it was the final and there had to be a winner, we went into two additional time 5 minute halfs. We were still tied after the two additional time 5 minute halfs. Which took us to 5 PK's. Five for each team, alternating teams until there was a winner. They shot first, our keeper blocked it. The sideline erupted. I was screaming at the top of my lungs. It was our turn to pull ahead with our shot, but our shot was also blocked as well. The game ended after the other team got 2 shots in.
Syd was one that had taken a PK and missed. The goals were tiny and she kicked it high and wide. She was sad for a few minutes after the game, but ultimately was happy with how hard they had played. I was proud of how they played.
Immediately after the game, we drove into St George to be awarded 2nd place for our division, or as they called it "Finalist'. Waiting for our turn to receive our medals.
Each girl (and coach) received a medal, which is around our necks. This was a great accomplishment for these girls and a great start to our Spring season.
Once we received our medals, we all parted ways. We had already checked out of our condo. We were packed and ready to head home. But before we did, we went to Chuck O Rama for a celebratory lunch (by request from Syd).
The drive home was hard. The traffic was horrible for most of the 250 miles home. But this was one of the best weekends we've had in a long time.
Sunday, February 14, 2016
Petroglyphs in Santa Clara
After we had hiked the arrow, we checked in with the kids. They were doing fine, relaxing at the Condo.
It was Valentine's day and we had a great time hiking to the arrow so we thought we'd try to find some petroglyphs that I had had read about near Santa Clara, UT. The trail we were looking for was called the Tempi'po'op trail. Tempi'po'op is pronounced 'tumpee poo oop', which means 'rock writing' in Southern Paiute. We plugged the coordinates into our phones and began driving.
We found the trail, although it's not marked with a name, as I would have thought. However there were about 10 cars at the trailhead.
The hike into the petroglyphs was about 15 minutes and very easy hike. The trail ends at these boulders. It didn't look too special from the top. People were climbing in an out of the boulders. So we went down and then there we were. I would have never known there were petroglyphs there. These are some of the most amazing things I've seen.
You could walk right up to them and touch them. They were amazing.
It was Valentine's day and we had a great time hiking to the arrow so we thought we'd try to find some petroglyphs that I had had read about near Santa Clara, UT. The trail we were looking for was called the Tempi'po'op trail. Tempi'po'op is pronounced 'tumpee poo oop', which means 'rock writing' in Southern Paiute. We plugged the coordinates into our phones and began driving.
We found the trail, although it's not marked with a name, as I would have thought. However there were about 10 cars at the trailhead.
The hike into the petroglyphs was about 15 minutes and very easy hike. The trail ends at these boulders. It didn't look too special from the top. People were climbing in an out of the boulders. So we went down and then there we were. I would have never known there were petroglyphs there. These are some of the most amazing things I've seen.
You could walk right up to them and touch them. They were amazing.
Deni demonstrating the size of this 'bear claw'
All throughout this area were boulder size rocks that had ancient drawings on them. Ryan says the guy on the right has a tail. I'm not sure that's a tail.
We spent about 15 minutes walking around and looking at these amazing drawings. This is something that everyone that goes through St George should see. As we were leaving, we talked about wanting to bring the kids back tomorrow after Syd's last game.
The Arrow
A few years back, a friend posted a picture of gigantic cement arrows created across the United States during the 1920's and 1930's. The arrows, along with their corresponding small buildings and beacon towers, were called Airway Beacons and were used as a transcontinental airway system.
There was one remaining outside of St George, UT. We had tried to find it once before, however I hadn't used Google Maps to my advantage and we were unable to located it. But this time, I knew where it was located and found the trail that led to the cement arrow. The kids wanted to stay at 'home' and rest, so Deni and I headed out to find the arrow.
A little bit of history on the arrows. They were funded by the United States Congress in 1923. The first segment of arrows and beacons were built between Chicago and Wyoming. The giant arrows (and corresponding beacons) enabled aircraft to depart from either coast in the daytime and follow the lighted airway by nightfall. The lighted airfields were set up every 15 - 20 miles. The first nighttime airmail flights began in July 1924. By eliminating the transfer of mail to rail cars at night, the coast to coast delivery time for airmail was reduced by two business days.
By 1927, the lighted airway was completed between New York and Salt Lake City, Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Los Angeles to San Francisco, New York to Atlanta and Chicago to Dallas. A total of 4121 miles in total. By 1933, the Transcontinental Airway System totaled about 1500 beacons.
These Airway Beacons were a substantial navigation aid in an era prior to the development of radio navigation. Along with the gigantic cement arrows, were twenty four inch diameter rotating beacons, mounted on a 53-foot high tower. The beacons were five million candlepower and rotated at six times a minute.
During WWII, many of the arrow markings were removed to prevent from aiding any potential enemy bombers in navigation. However one exists outside St George, UT and I wanted to go to it.
Little did I know that up on top of a bluff, right next to where we played our first tournament game, was one of these arrows. As we drove to the trail, the roads and surroundings seemed awfully familiar and then I realized that we had played our first game just around the corner. (see the Bluff in background of this picture from our first game - look in the top left of the pic below).
When I looked at the trail on Google Maps, I didn't realize it was on top of a bluff. I looked at the satellite view and saw a few switchbacks, but didn't think it was on top of a bluff. The good news was a woman that was most likely 8 months pregnant was coming down from the trail. The trail was only about 1 mile up, so we headed up the trail. It took us a little less than 20 minutes to get up on top. It was fun to finally find it. There was a log book, but the pen was dead, so we didn't get to login and note we had been there.
There was one remaining outside of St George, UT. We had tried to find it once before, however I hadn't used Google Maps to my advantage and we were unable to located it. But this time, I knew where it was located and found the trail that led to the cement arrow. The kids wanted to stay at 'home' and rest, so Deni and I headed out to find the arrow.
A little bit of history on the arrows. They were funded by the United States Congress in 1923. The first segment of arrows and beacons were built between Chicago and Wyoming. The giant arrows (and corresponding beacons) enabled aircraft to depart from either coast in the daytime and follow the lighted airway by nightfall. The lighted airfields were set up every 15 - 20 miles. The first nighttime airmail flights began in July 1924. By eliminating the transfer of mail to rail cars at night, the coast to coast delivery time for airmail was reduced by two business days.
By 1927, the lighted airway was completed between New York and Salt Lake City, Los Angeles to Las Vegas and Los Angeles to San Francisco, New York to Atlanta and Chicago to Dallas. A total of 4121 miles in total. By 1933, the Transcontinental Airway System totaled about 1500 beacons.
These Airway Beacons were a substantial navigation aid in an era prior to the development of radio navigation. Along with the gigantic cement arrows, were twenty four inch diameter rotating beacons, mounted on a 53-foot high tower. The beacons were five million candlepower and rotated at six times a minute.
During WWII, many of the arrow markings were removed to prevent from aiding any potential enemy bombers in navigation. However one exists outside St George, UT and I wanted to go to it.
Little did I know that up on top of a bluff, right next to where we played our first tournament game, was one of these arrows. As we drove to the trail, the roads and surroundings seemed awfully familiar and then I realized that we had played our first game just around the corner. (see the Bluff in background of this picture from our first game - look in the top left of the pic below).
When I looked at the trail on Google Maps, I didn't realize it was on top of a bluff. I looked at the satellite view and saw a few switchbacks, but didn't think it was on top of a bluff. The good news was a woman that was most likely 8 months pregnant was coming down from the trail. The trail was only about 1 mile up, so we headed up the trail. It took us a little less than 20 minutes to get up on top. It was fun to finally find it. There was a log book, but the pen was dead, so we didn't get to login and note we had been there.
Deni standing on the arrow, pointing toward Salt Lake City.
We had an amazing view from up top. We spent a few minutes looking around, taking a few pictures and then headed back down.
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Soccer Tournament in St George
In June or July we booked a Condo for an upcoming Soccer Tournament for Sydney St George, UT.
The previous time we went down to St George for a tournament, we stayed in a hotel, ate out most, if not all meals, and didn't really enjoy the trip all that much. It was nice to get out of a cold northern Utah winter for a few days, however it wasn't the best experience we've had and it definitely didn't live up to all the hype we had heard. We were 'lucky' enough to have early games that year and the other teams staying above us must have had later games (and no adult supervision) as they were running up and down the stairs yelling at all hours of the night. We didn't sleep well. We didn't look forward to going back to our hotel.
This time was going to be different. As soon as we decided as a team we were going to be going to the Tournament, we rented a Condo for the 4 days.
While it is not 'our home', it was a nice home away from home. 1000% better than a hotel, for not much more cost wise. We had a kitchen, living room, tv, wifi, etc. Everything we needed to be able to relax in between games.
Today we had 2 games. One at 9:30am and the second at 6:30pm.
We lost the first game. 2-0, however the team was not better than us. We had a few mistakes that cost us a few goals, but nothing we can't correct if we play them again. After that game, we went back to the Condo for a little down time.
Ryan most likely watching some educational YouTube videos.
The kids even had time for a quick swim in between games. Ryan wasn't sure the water was warm enough, but he went along because his sister wanted him to. They both had fun in the pool for about 30 minutes.
The evening game for us was do or die. If we didn't win, we couldn't move on to the Championship game. If we won, we'd be tied with another team for 2nd place, but we could pull ahead if they had lost their game played about the same time as us.
The sun went down behind the mountains about 6:15, our game was at 6:30. We were going to play under the lights. Earlier in the day, I went and scouted the team to see if we could get an advantage. One thing I realized while watching the team play was they did not deviate from their kick offs. I shared the information with Syd and the other girl starting as Strikers. The opposing team kicked off first and they played the exact same kick off as they did earlier in the day and since I had shared that with the girls, we were off to a fast start with Sydney looking like she read the play and almost stole the ball on the kickoff. That set the tone of the game. Our girls played hard and played better than they had in any previous games. In the first half, we scored. 1-0. Our sideline erupted. We were excited.
At halftime, we explained the situation (about needing a win and possibly 3 goals to move us into the Championship game.) The girls were excited and played to win. Shortly into the second half, we scored again. It was now 2-0. I saw Sydney play like she's never played before. At one point, while dribbling up the side she got double teamed and with no one to pass to, she stopped, possessed the ball, and waited for an opening. When the opening came, she did a self pass and ran around the defender. It was impressive to watch. The final score was 2-0.
Throughout the game all of the coaches would pull out their phones and refresh the results hoping to see what had happened at the earlier game (which was about an hour before us). The results had not been posted.
We ended the game with a 2-0 win. It was a great game and a great win.
We packed up and headed for some dinner and we got the text from Syd's Coach. The other team's results had been posted. They had lost and which meant we were in 2nd place and going to play in the Championship game. And now we wait. The final game is on Monday at 11am.
The previous time we went down to St George for a tournament, we stayed in a hotel, ate out most, if not all meals, and didn't really enjoy the trip all that much. It was nice to get out of a cold northern Utah winter for a few days, however it wasn't the best experience we've had and it definitely didn't live up to all the hype we had heard. We were 'lucky' enough to have early games that year and the other teams staying above us must have had later games (and no adult supervision) as they were running up and down the stairs yelling at all hours of the night. We didn't sleep well. We didn't look forward to going back to our hotel.
This time was going to be different. As soon as we decided as a team we were going to be going to the Tournament, we rented a Condo for the 4 days.
While it is not 'our home', it was a nice home away from home. 1000% better than a hotel, for not much more cost wise. We had a kitchen, living room, tv, wifi, etc. Everything we needed to be able to relax in between games.
Today we had 2 games. One at 9:30am and the second at 6:30pm.
We lost the first game. 2-0, however the team was not better than us. We had a few mistakes that cost us a few goals, but nothing we can't correct if we play them again. After that game, we went back to the Condo for a little down time.
Ryan most likely watching some educational YouTube videos.
Sydney resting/watching TV and Deni enjoying a moment on the couch.
The kids even had time for a quick swim in between games. Ryan wasn't sure the water was warm enough, but he went along because his sister wanted him to. They both had fun in the pool for about 30 minutes.
The evening game for us was do or die. If we didn't win, we couldn't move on to the Championship game. If we won, we'd be tied with another team for 2nd place, but we could pull ahead if they had lost their game played about the same time as us.
The sun went down behind the mountains about 6:15, our game was at 6:30. We were going to play under the lights. Earlier in the day, I went and scouted the team to see if we could get an advantage. One thing I realized while watching the team play was they did not deviate from their kick offs. I shared the information with Syd and the other girl starting as Strikers. The opposing team kicked off first and they played the exact same kick off as they did earlier in the day and since I had shared that with the girls, we were off to a fast start with Sydney looking like she read the play and almost stole the ball on the kickoff. That set the tone of the game. Our girls played hard and played better than they had in any previous games. In the first half, we scored. 1-0. Our sideline erupted. We were excited.
At halftime, we explained the situation (about needing a win and possibly 3 goals to move us into the Championship game.) The girls were excited and played to win. Shortly into the second half, we scored again. It was now 2-0. I saw Sydney play like she's never played before. At one point, while dribbling up the side she got double teamed and with no one to pass to, she stopped, possessed the ball, and waited for an opening. When the opening came, she did a self pass and ran around the defender. It was impressive to watch. The final score was 2-0.
Throughout the game all of the coaches would pull out their phones and refresh the results hoping to see what had happened at the earlier game (which was about an hour before us). The results had not been posted.
We ended the game with a 2-0 win. It was a great game and a great win.
We packed up and headed for some dinner and we got the text from Syd's Coach. The other team's results had been posted. They had lost and which meant we were in 2nd place and going to play in the Championship game. And now we wait. The final game is on Monday at 11am.
Friday, February 12, 2016
No hovering mom here
As we headed to St George, UT for Syd's soccer tournament, we let the kids pack themselves. They both knew how long we'd be in St George (4 days). They also knew the temperature in St George (daytime highs in the 70's vs daytime highs in the 20's at our house). They knew we were going to attend church on Sunday and go to the St George Temple.
Sydney brought jeans, shorts, dress clothes and pretty much brought what she needed to have a great weekend. I did double check to make sure she had both soccer uniforms, including socks, shin guards, and shoes. I knew if she didn't have those things, she wouldn't get to play.
Ryan on the other hand - didn't bring any shorts. Did I mention the daytime highs are 70 degrees! He assumed that Google and the weather reports were inaccurate. (He now knows better.) He also forgot his church shoes (even though I handed him church socks). So Ryan got to wear his tennis shoes with his suit tonight to the St George Temple.
For a while tonight at the St George temple, a gentleman watched Ryan and laughed to himself about Ryan's choice of shoes. Deni saw the gentlemen smiling and proceeded to let the gentleman know "that's what happens when you travel and let your teenagers pack for themselves." He replied by saying that it's good for him to not have a hovering mom. He also said he had taken his son hunting and his son didn't pack a jacket. "He almost froze to death. He won't do that again."
As normal, we teased Ryan. We're hoping that he'll remember his sunday shoes next time.
One of the dads had set up a time for anyone interested to go to the St George Temple. About half of the team showed up.
Bayleigh, Audrey and Syd waiting for the others to show up.
Sydney brought jeans, shorts, dress clothes and pretty much brought what she needed to have a great weekend. I did double check to make sure she had both soccer uniforms, including socks, shin guards, and shoes. I knew if she didn't have those things, she wouldn't get to play.
Ryan on the other hand - didn't bring any shorts. Did I mention the daytime highs are 70 degrees! He assumed that Google and the weather reports were inaccurate. (He now knows better.) He also forgot his church shoes (even though I handed him church socks). So Ryan got to wear his tennis shoes with his suit tonight to the St George Temple.
For a while tonight at the St George temple, a gentleman watched Ryan and laughed to himself about Ryan's choice of shoes. Deni saw the gentlemen smiling and proceeded to let the gentleman know "that's what happens when you travel and let your teenagers pack for themselves." He replied by saying that it's good for him to not have a hovering mom. He also said he had taken his son hunting and his son didn't pack a jacket. "He almost froze to death. He won't do that again."
As normal, we teased Ryan. We're hoping that he'll remember his sunday shoes next time.
One of the dads had set up a time for anyone interested to go to the St George Temple. About half of the team showed up.
Bayleigh, Audrey and Syd waiting for the others to show up.
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