All Stars Baseball!

The Highland/Ceder Hills
All Star Baseball Team.

Bradon was picked to play on the All Stars team this year.
(He is in the middle row, second in from the left.)

Bradon loves baseball and considered this an extra treat!
We of course were very proud of Bradon. He has a really good work ethic and ALWAYS gives it his all. He's a really good ball player and it's nice to have him recognized in such a way.
Bradon is a very consistent hitter and a clutch player. No matter the circumstance he doesn't get flustered and tends to always pull through.

One thing about Bradon and baseball is that HE GETS IT! His knowledge about the game and his mind quickness is really good. And I'm not just saying that because I'm his mom, he really is good!

One thing that David and I have really been impressed with is that Bradon doesn't act like he's all that. He's a great team player. He doesn't boast about his own stats or trash talk anyone. He just goes out there and gets it done. No matter what the coach wants of him, he never complains, begs, or puts up an attitude. He plays with a lot of class!

It was a lot of fun watching him play in the post season All Star tournament. His team ended up taking 4th place in the state. The final game was a long hard fought battle that could have gone either way. The boys gave it their all and had no reason to hang their heads down. We couldn't have been more proud of them.

Another special bonus to playing on the All Stars team was that his Grandma Adair, cousin Emma, and Grandma and Grandpa Haws all got to see him play.

We also discovered that one of his teammates is his 3rd cousin. At one of the games I got to talking with the guy next to me and it turns out he's my mothers 1st cousin Tom Arnett. His daughter and my 2nd cousin is Melanie Nelson, and her son and Bradon's 3rd cousin is Tanner Nelson. Oh it's a small world!

Coltin Adair

Our nephew Coltin came to Utah for a BYU 7 on 7
passing football tournament.

It was exciting for us to go see him play.
Coltin is FAST! He runs the 40 in 4.4 seconds!

The game we watched was played at the BYU Smith field house.
When we got there we were trying to figure out where the Mesa Mountain View Toros were playing. I saw a man carrying a tournament schedule in his hand so I asked him if he knew where they might be. It turned out that this man was BYU's recruiter Coach Tidwell and he recruits out of Arizona. He hadn't realized that Mountain View had come to the tournament and seemed pretty excited to watch them play. I put in a good word for Coltin and told him to give him a look. Before the game started Coach Tidwell came over to me and ask, "which one is your boy?" I pointed Coltin out and and he said, "I'll watch him!"
Us Adair's would LOVE more than anything for Coltin to come play for BYU! And weather Coltin knows it or not, we think BYU would be a perfect place for Coltin to play.

After the game Coach Tidwell gathered the boys together and gave them a little pep talk. He thanked them for coming to the tournament and let them know how much he likes and respects the Mesa Mountain View Toros.

2 1/2 year old fun!

Talan seriously couldn't be any cuter!

This kid wakes up each day ready to explore his world. He is into everything. He thinks he can do anything and everything anyone else can do. And his favorite thing to say is, "DO IT!" Which means, I'll do it! If by chance you have done something for him such as opening the car door, he will quickly say, "DO IT!" and proceed to shut the door so he can open it himself. It's fun to see him learn and try new things but it can be sorta annoying to go places with him. Everything becomes a production! The grocery store is almost impossible! He wants to push the cart! He wants to put the stuff in the cart, including things I AM NOT PURCHASING! He wants to do it all! This morning I took him to Walmart with me and while I was checking out in one lane he was scanning his own box of Nerds at the self check out lane by himself. The self check out employee came over and told me "It's nice to see that your boy knows it's important to buy his candy before he eats it." He got a kick out of watching him scan his candy from his tippy toes.
Talan is much like a parrot. Talan is in a mimicking stage of development. VERY CUTE... but sometimes a little embarrassing! He loves trucks and tractors but struggles with the pronunciation. He shouts out #uck! #uck! Everytime he sees one! I'm working on getting him to just call them tractors!
Unfortunatly it's sort of coming out #uckers!
Today I said, "Excuse me Talan." He repeated with, "Screw me!" And then walked around the house repeating himself 100 times over.
Oh well, we'll just keep working at it and receive a little entertainment from it in the meantime!
You've got to love a 2 1/2 year old!

Ethan

Anyone that knows Ethan knows that he doesn't like to do anything that's going to attract attention to himself. He likes to lay low and do all he can to slide under the radar. Since turning 12 he has began to bust out of his little shell, explore new things and even draw a little more attention to himself. Good, bad or indifferent, that's just the way it is!
Ethan is very low maintenance. He doesn't ask for very much or expect very much. You can walk this kid through Walmart and tell him that he can have anything he wants in the whole store and he'll want nothing! This isn't just an example I've pulled out of the air... This has really happened, and he really wanted nothing!
Ethan loves to have his hair buzzed. Not because he thinks it looks cool but because when it's buzzed, he doesn't have to comb it! He's a simple man! The simpler the better! The other day I was helping Ethan get ready to go to scout camp. We were going through his list of things to pack and when I read off the toiletry item "comb" Ethan insisted that I buzz his hair again. I got out the buzzers and went to work. When I was finished I told Ethan to go in the bathroom to look at it. You should have seen the look on his face when he saw what I had done. "A MOHAWK! NO! CUT IT OFF!" I tried to convince him to just keep it for scout camp and he refused, "NO! CUT IT OFF!"
Ethan may be coming out of his shell, exploring new things and even drawing a little more attention to himself but one thing is for sure, this kid has boundaries and a Mohawk is crossing the line!
Have I mentioned that Ethan has decided to play football this year? This is definatly one of those busting out of his shell and stepping out of his comfort zone things. So who knows, maybe by the end of football season we'll get him to strut the Mohawk after all!

Ethan loves to mess around on the computer. He loves to design logos, fliers, and animated characters. He can literally work on the computer for hours at a time designing new things. This is his latest Adair logo.

And this is the latest sign he's designed for the front door of any barber shop or beauty salon. Pretty cute huh? I think Ethan just might have a future in graphic design or computer animation.
It sure is fun watching our little boy grow into a young man.
I am so grateful for Ethan. He's such a big help and a great kid!

Excuses Excuses!

I realize that I am failing as a blogger this summer! We have been really busy will all sorts of exciting things and I promise that I will get everything updated as soon as I can. Stay tuned for a blogging marathon soon to come!

Toy Story 3

Toy Story is one of those movies in our house that can be quoted from start to finish from almost each and everyone of us. Talan can't quite quote the movie but by far he has the biggest Toy Story obsession! He wakes up in the morning talking about Buzz and goes to bed in the evening talking about Buzz! When we heard they were making a Toy Story 3 we could hardly wait to see it. Everyday Talan would beg to see the Movie Trailer on the computer, and everyday we would let him. So you can understand how thrilled we were when the movie finally came out. And how double thrilled we were when the Gledhills asked if we wanted to go see it with them as an Axiom Financial perk at no charge to us! Everything about it was thrilling!
Well except for one simple thing....
It turns out that 2 year old little boys named Talan only love movies in a mesmerizing type way after seeing them for at least 15 times. Even though Talan was very excited to see the whole Toy Story gang on the big screen, the thrill didn't last as long as a mother would have expected, enjoyed or had hoped for! Before long I was out in the side aisles doing all I could to entertain the young boy, along with a few other boys that appeared to be about Talan's same age and other mother's who were equally annoyed at the situation they found themselves to be in!
The Movie was adorably cute and we can't wait for it to come out on DVD. It will become apart of our DVD library as soon as possible!
Thanks Tom and Michele for thinking of us.
We loved it To infinity and beyond!

Baseball season comes to a close.

Bradon and Carsten and the Colorado Rockies had a really good season. They were undefeated up until the championship game giving them 1 loss and 2nd place.

This is Bradon playing 3rd base.

And Carsten at the bat.

I made the team baseball cupcakes to finish off their season. I know that an undefeated season and 1st place would have been a much "SWEETER" finish than these cupcakes, but a cupcake is better than nothing!

It was fun watching the boys play on the same team together. And it was an added bonus to have a great season filled with wins! Good job guys!

Memorial Day 2010

For Memorial day David and I visited Gracie Gledhill's grave.

I found the cutest metal flower at Tai Pan Trading and just had to get it for Gracie. It looks very GRACIE to me!

An Allen Visit

So my most very best childhood friend, Kristin (Smith) Allen came for a little visit. I know it's hard to believe, but I didn't take one picture of her and I together. However I did take a few pictures of our kids together.

We went to the Thanksgiving Point Dinosaur Museum. No matter how many times we go there the kids never tire of the hands on erosion activity (Even big kids like Ethan and Bradon). They could play in that sand and water for hours!

This is Kristin's Megan and my Reagan.
Aren't they adorable?

And Kristin's Justin and my Carsten.
I sorta think that Kristin's kids and my kids have a similar look about them. Like they could be cousins or something.

Talan felt the need to taste the sand.
It wasn't what he was hoping for!

We all had a good time together.
I wish that the Allen's would move closer to us so that we could play more often!

Bear Lake 1/2 Marathon pictures.

Since Amy and I were alone for our 1/2 Marathon we couldn't take pictures of ourselves at the event. A few weeks ago Mammoth Marathons posted pictures and I purchased a few.

In this first one Amy and I were feeling pretty good. We noticed someone with a camera and thought we would smile for the picture. Lucky for us they posted it!

So I had a friend once tell me that he saw me out running and thought that I looked painful. This is a picture of me crossing the finish line of my first ever 1/2 Marathon and I would have to agree! Not only did I look painful... It felt painful! But like they say, at least I was getting the lead out! That is what they say isn't it?