Jessica's Catapult Project

Jessica and Roy worked on a project for school. It was building a catapult. Jessica with the help of Roy were able to draw a design for the calapult and build it. Jessica's catapult was a 3rd Class Lever. It is suppose to throw a tennis ball. They designed the catapult so it has three different ways to throw the tennis ball depending on how far you want it to go. They went all out on it! She ended up getting a good grade on it. We had the whole family involved in the excitement of the practice launches. :)

Ammon's Science Project - All the way to BYU!

It has been quite the school year for Ammon!  Ammon worked very hard on his science project.  He did his on "Which Potato Chip Has The Most Grease".  He was able to use wax paper, graph paper, and roller to smash the chips to monitor how much grease was on the paper.  He did so well that he was chosen from his school to go to Brigham Young University to show off his project.  He did a great job and definitely deserved the recognition for all of his hard work.  Good job Ammon! 

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Kaitlyn was able to hang out at the Gold's Gym day care while Roy was training people for an hour.  I am always amazed at the creativity people have for different holidays.  I thought this St. Patrick's craft was pretty cute and Kaitlyn had fun making it. :)

A Good Kite Day

Back in March the wind was going and the kids found a kite in the closet that I had forgotten about. I just knew it was cold outside. I didn't think the kite would fly since I thought the wind was too strong, but I was wrong. It ended up being a nice day. Ammon was the only one able to get the kite up, but the girls had fun watching. :)



Roy's 5th NPC Body Building Competition

Well it has been a big weekend!  Roy competed in his fifth NPC Body Building Competition.  This time he followed a food plan given by Kiyoshi Moody, the three time Natural Mr. Olympia.  His last two weeks, Kyoshi, helped him with workouts, posing, and final tuning to get him ready for the show.  On average per day, there were four hours spent in the gym a day.  Between morning cardio, afternoon lift, and afternoon cardio. Plus time was put in practicing posing, preparing food and other essentials for the show.  While he was preparing, Roy was training others.  One was Karim Johnston.  She was going to compete in the Ladies Figure Novice and the Open Figure B.  This was her first competition ever!

When the big day came Roy was able to finish the competition with three trophies!  He came in 1st in the Ironman Natural Heavy Weight, 2nd in the Junior Masters and 2nd in the Open Heavy Weight division.  Karim Johnston placed 5th in the Novice division, and 2nd in the Open Figure B.  Pretty impressive!  They have worked so hard for this!

Also a huge thank you to Roy's sister, Vickie!  She made Roy's posing trunks and Karim's suit.  She did an amazing job.  She made her own pattern to make these.  She definitely has a talent!  Another huge, thank you goes to Roger & Gina, and Diana & Brian for watching our kids while this was all going on.  Amanda and Kaitlyn had a blast at your homes.  Thank you everyone for your support! 

Here are some pictures of the show! Enjoy!

 Karim Johnston in the middle

Roy receiving his trophy for 1st place. 

 Karim with her trophy

 Roy and Karim.  With her trophies.

The trophies all combined together.  We had to put in the Reeses Peanut Butter Eggs.  This was something they would have to prep them before they went on stage.

Dean's List

I was just thinking this past week I have been back to school for 6 months now.  It is hard to believe it is going by fast, but I feel not fast enough.  I am pleased to say I made the Dean's List this past semester at Stevens-Henager College.  I was pretty excited to see that.  I have been working very hard and has been quite a juggling act with working full-time, being a mom, step-mom, and wife, helping with kids homework, and piano practices, etc. Life is definitely busy at this time.  Yet I feel I am being very blessed to be able to do all of these things.  I know I wouldn't be able to do all of this without my Heavenly Father's help.  There are times I just want to give up or think I can't do all of this, but I am seeing I can.  There is definitely a lot of sacrifice taking place.  There is definite less sleep and I have to admit it is hard to not be training for running races.  This may sound crazy, but I miss the long runs running up the canyon.  I am trying to remember there is a time and place for everything. In the meantime, I am gaining more knowledge, and realizing I am able to do things I never thought I could. :)

Dress-up and Dance time

I had to share this little video of Kaitlyn.  She will turn the demo music on our digital piano and will dance around.  She put on some dress ups for the occasion. :)  Don't mind the toys all over the room.  Just makes our house look lived in. :)

Amanda's First Piano Recital

In January, Amanda was able to perform in her first piano recital.  We are so proud of her!  She has been taking since August of last year at Art City Music Academy.  She is in the Piano Pals group (4-5 year old children).  She has done so well practicing.  She usually gets up at 6 or 6:30 a.m. to practice everyday.  Here is a video clip of her two songs she performed.

Kaitlyn's 3rd Birthday

It is hard to believe my baby is three years old!  She just had her birthday last week.  She is the sweetest thing ever!  She is always concerned when someone is sad and offers her blanket to comfort them.  She is my little helper.  I notice she will try to do the things I do, like help sweep the floor and help set the table.  She is a big cuddler too.  I love that!  She just recently learned how to climb out of her crib.  She will hop out and say "I did myself!"  I think we need to change her bed to a toddler bed. :)  She was pretty excited to have her birthday and I am pretty sure she had a great day.

November Birthdays

Roy and I both have birthdays in November.  It is fun since we are the same age for 21 days.  I always tell Roy the next year for him isn't too bad, since I had some experience. :)  We both had nice birthdays.  It is always nice to spend time with family.  Here are some photos on our birthday.