Happy 22

Happy Birthday Hannah!

Hannah is 22 years old today. Can't believe how fast time flys. We love you Hannah.

Hope you have a fabulous birthday!

Update

It's been a long time since we've updated our blog. It seems that we've all been staying pretty busy. But, I'll fill you in on what's been going on with each of us.

Melinda - Still working hard for Muddy Boys. And spends all my free time with the family. And spoiling Riley, Raegan, and Reese as much as a Ninna possibly can. We all helped butcher the Thanksgiving and Christmas Turkeys this last weekend as well as the rest of our meat chickens. We're so glad that it's finished. It's a lot of hard and gross work.

Joshua - Still living and working in California. He recently found an apartment with a new roommate and moved in about a month ago. We're hoping that he'll get a few days around Thanksgiving to come out and celebrate with us in Snowflake. We love and miss him so much.

Krystal - Just moved back to Utah. She's been there almost a month now and found a job working at a JoAnn's fabrics for the holiday season. We're sad that she won't get to travel back home for Thanksgiving, but we're so happy she found a job and is loving life.

Hannah - Is still going to school at the community college. And spends most of her free time with friends, being the social butterfly. She continues to be a big help around the house. And is very active in her single's ward.

and last...Molly - She's still attending school at the community college and is READY for the semester to be over! She's doing very well in all of her classes but is ready for the winter break. Both Molly and Hannah are taking a trip back to Kansas during their winter break to spend a week with their dad. They're both looking forward to their trip and their sister time.

Happy Birthday Molly

Yesterday was Molly's 18th Birthday. We can't believe our baby is all grown up. We love you Molly. Love....Mom, Josh, Krystal, and Hannah.

MVP

We are so dang proud of Molly. This past Friday she had her Senior's All-Stars tournament. She rocked!! It was an all day competition. Begining at 8:00am check-in. There were fun contests all day long. Lots of practicing and they had a fabulous lunch at Licano's (mexican steak house). The girls were split up between North/East and South/West. There were 4 seniors from Snowflake. Technically they were supposed to be on the East team. However, there were too many girls from the East, so they put Snowflake with the South/West team. They played 2 games in the evening. Both games were pretty intense. The first game the North/East team won 9-8. They were neck and neck the whole game. And even had to play an extra inning to break the tie. They had a 15 min. break and then played again. The 2nd game was even more intense. It was in the 7th inning... the score was 12-11, and the other team was at bat. They had a player on 1st and 3rd. And then pulled Molly in to pitch (a mother's worst fear). Talk about all the stress!!!! Molly was FABULOUS!! She struck the first batter out. (PROUD MAMA) Then, the next batter up, she swings, and she hits the ball...HARD...straight into MOLLY'S GLOVE!!!!! What does Molly do???? Throw the ball to first, before the other girl on base could 'tag-up' for a DOUBLE PLAY to WIN THE GAME!!!!!!! There was lots of screaming and cheering and tears (on my part). We were so proud of Molly. She's an amazing ball player.

Right after the game, the girls lined up to recieve awards. There were 3 medals given...for something. And then there were 2 trophies given. One was for the MVP of the first game (from the winning team). And then one for the MVP of the 2nd game (winning team). The announcer says, " and MVP for the 2nd game...and my personal MVP for the WHOLE TOURNAMENT....MOLLY ORTON!!!!!!!!! More screaming, more crying, more hugging....blah blah blah....Molly you did it!!! She was amazing. Everytime Molly did something he would say, "and that folks is Molly Orton, from Snowflake High. She's been playing great Defense and Offense all day. She never lets us down."

The umpire takes Molly aside after the game and says....he's going to start making calls on Monday to get her into a JC to play ball. So, hopefully we'll hear back soon. Keep Molly in your prayers.

Molly we love you so much. We're so proud of you. And we're so excited for you. You had a great finale to your Senior year. You definately ended it with a BANG!!!

Krystal's Update

Krystal has been keeping busy. Her business is picking up for the summer, which we're so greatful for. Lots of waxing and body wraps. She also has been covering the front desk at the gym when she doesn't have clients. This gives her an opportunity to not only pick up some extra cash...but it allows her to advertise herself to the gym members. May was a VERY exciting month for Krystal. On May 5, 2009 Krystal had the opportunity to go through the temple and receive her endowments. She was so excited to get to do this. She started temple prep classes in March and went through the temple in May. It was a beautiful experience. She absolutely loved it. It was a special day with Me and my daughter. She was thankful that Marcie and Russ were able to go with her as well. We made a goal that we will attend the temple at least once a week...and so far, we've kept our goal! We also had the opportunity this month to go and do baptisms for the dead. At Molly's seminary graduation, the Stake President announced that you do not have to have a large group to go do baptisms. He said that as long as there was at least 1 adult, any small group of friends could go. So....the 4 of us girls went. Mel, Krystal, Hannah and Molly. It was a beautiful experience as well. We feel so blessed to have a temple right here in Snowflake. We love that we can see it from our street.