A Great Night For Ballgames

I arrived home from Hollywood Kids at 6:30 only to smell the dinner which was not quite ready and quickly fix the boys a sandwich before their games. I dropped Collin off at 7:00 and quickly ran to Braeden's church basketball game. They are in a tournament and were scheduled to play the toughest team. It was a great game. Our boys played hard and only had six players. The other team had about ten players to send in fresh legs. The score was 54-54 in overtime with seconds on the clock. Our team inbounded the ball to Braeden, who quickly turned and shot a three-pointer. As the ball was sailing toward the basket the buzzer went off and then SWOOSH!!! The crowd erupted! The team went crazy and picked him up and his mama couldn't help screaming for joy! He scored 26 points.

I congratulated Braeden and quickly ran to Collin's baseball game. In the final inning Collin was pitching. He had caught one fly ball, picked up a grounder and threw another kid out at first and had the tying run on third when he struck out the final batter! Another happy ending,

It was a great night for ballgames. Sometimes you're the hero and get the big win other times you're not so fortunate.

We arrived home at 10:00. I helped Katelynn with her homework til 11:30 and then had to start a new day at 5:20 a.m. Sheesh. No wonder I don't have time to blog!!!! hee hee

More fun news...Braeden was moved up to the varsity volleyball team and is playing in La Jolla, California right now. Katelynn and Caroline are at birthday parties and Collin and Tom ran to the store. I think this is longest amount of alone time I've had all day! Wooo hooo

Carolineisms

I know it's a shock that I'm writing right now. I have about three minutes to share a cute story about the crazy things Caroline has to say. Today is the 40 anniversary of the death of Martin Luther King and it reminded me of what she said on MLK day in January.
We had the day off school and work and Caroline suddenly piped up and said, "Oh yeah. It's Dr. Abraham Lincoln Jr.'s birthday today!" We all started to laugh and so she said, "What? He had a dream!"
There. I did it! I blogged for the first time in over two months!

fun pix!

Our first family picture since Collin was a year old!
Kate and Kole
Caroline, Drew, and Kate
Everybody who is crazy!!!

Braeden and Tom.

December Daze

Caroline and cousin Kaleah
Braeden enjoying his growth spurt and sizing up to Andrew
Katelynn playing some Christmas songs
Collin getting a new phone at Phase I
Kids and "Frosty"

Well. We made it through December.....barely. It was hard to get into the spirit of Christmas when all I did was run from one activity to the next. But we did get away to Utah and had a very nice, white Christmas. It was very cold and white. So we did all the winter activities: sledding, ice skating, snowman building, snowball fights and Braeden went snowboarding. We do Christmas in phases. Phase I is our own family in Vegas. Phase II is Santa. Phase III is the Wilson family, and Phase IV is Bolton family party. Here's a few pix of the family.

Happy Birthday Brooke!!!

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Hey Brooke!!! Here's a special something we cooked up for your birthday. I know how much you hate it when people give you birthday gifts in Christmas paper or Christmas cards, soooo this one's for you!!!
Love ya,
Jo

Concerts, games, recitals!!

Caroline posing with her picture on Santa's lap
after Eldorado concert.

Elementary school Christmas Concert. Love the enthusiasm!!
Concert with the Eldorado choir.
Katelynn playing at the piano recital.
Oops. I thought this was Collin.....it's so dark. Anyway, we'll just pretend it's him!!!

Since the first of December we have attended 10 different events.....dance recitals, basketball games, piano recitals, school concerts and so on. We only have six to go before the end of this week!!! Oh, and lets not forget hosting the teacher luncheon and two classroom parties!! And I wonder why I'm feeling frazzled.
The choir at Eldorado invited some kids from Caroline's elementary school to participate in their program. The choir sang a beautiful song from the movie, "Prince of Egypt" and the elementary choir joined in, singing in Hebrew. Caroline and a few other girls were chosen to sing a part of the song. You should have seen her trying to hog the microphone! Really.....where does she get it?!!!! Off we go to see Katelynn participate in the Youth Choir Concert tonight!!!!! SAVE ME!!

The latest

The holidays are always so crazy. There's never enough time to accomplish everything I would like. I did accomplish one thing this year that rarely happens.......family picture day! I made the whole family get up on Saturday morning and get ready. They all grumbled, but did it. I hope they turn out okay. We are a scary bunch! We came home and took a few pix in front of the tree. Stinkin Braeden is getting tall!

Kate and Collin had their piano recital Monday night. They did a great job! Katelynn is always sooo nervous and Collin is cool as a cucumber. Maybe it's because he really just doesn't care!!

The Hollywood Kids website is up and running and accepting new students (cross your fingers). We have signed a lease on our Northwest location and will start building two studios, a stage and a vocal room. We're in the Desert Saints magazine too. So spread the word, post us on your blog, tell your friends, tell them to tell their friends and so on and so on..........aaaaahhhhhhh!!!!