JUNIOR PROM 2009

JUNIOR PROM 2009

OK all you Bloggers who grew up with my older kids, the little boy you all used to tease and laugh at is now 17 years old . Junior Prom was on Saturday night, March 28th. I know, I know time sure goes by quickly. The day started at 10 am with a Zipline ride at Park City Olympic Park. After 2 fun screaming rides down with frozen faces they went to lunch then back home so the girls had plenty of time to get ready...........The white stretch limo arrived at South Summit High School to get the boys. And off they went to pick-up their dates. Dinner was at The Roof resturant in Salt Lake City. Back up the Canyon to the Dance and Promonade. It was a lovely event. Prom is a town dance , alot of townspeople young and old dawn the fancy clothes to watch the beautiful gowns come through. Each Junior is announced with an escort. Their is even a parent-teen dance where your son or daughter asks you to dance. All in all it was a fun time for us. Then the party of 10 arrived at our house for bannana splits and more fun! By around 1:30 am they were all on the way home......... Yep our little Denny is now a man............

BRINGING BASEBALL BACK.........

Last weekend the South Summit Wildcats played in thier first tournament ever. As you could imagine it wasn't a pretty one, but I think they all had a good learning experience. Nile is so good and patient with the boys, until last year most of them had never played baseball before. They all have alot of heart and willing to learn and practice hard. Super League is huge in Salt Lake and Utah counties, some teams have tryouts each year to build stronger teams to be more competitive. At the tourney I overheard one coach talking to another about a tryout he had in January. He asked how many turned out for his tryout, mind you he only had 2 positions to fill.

When he replied" around 70-75" I thought holy cow!! That is almost how many we have in the whole 6th grade!!! No wonder they are so solid. But like Coach Hansen says "Baseball is about more than winning". So this little team is a work in progress.

OUR LITTLE DEAF DOG

O.K. for those of you who know me well, I have a big soft heart for dogs. It is probably because as a child we had sooooooo many animals. All five sisters had a pet of their own to take care of. Mine were always dogs and horses. And after loosing my sweet little Faith, I decided to try to find a Jack Russell to take her place. We soon found a little male on ksl.com He is full of energy and a great little man, and has made the adjustment great, considering he had 4 homes before we got him from a gal that rescues dogs. Well feeling like he might like a playmate, I went back to ksl.com and found a cute little female. When we went to see her, she was so sweet and cute I told the girl we would take her. Then came the shock, she said " Will it matter if she is deaf?' What ? A deaf dog? But me liking to take on a challenge, I said oh no thats ok.

I am know wondering if any of you have ever had any experience with a deaf pet? If so I would like to hear any advice you would like to share...... She is very sweet and gentle , but how to communicate with her is a challenge......this is her, her name is Lil Bit and Copper has been just great with her , its almost like he knows something is just not right. I would appreciate any feedback.