TGIF! Wow! It’s been ages since I have posted! So much going on, and yet nothing to report….hmmmmm.
Madi and I are off to Sin City for the weekend for a softball tournament with her Softball Team. Weather is supposed to be nice…upper 60’s to low 70’s…yippee! Carl and Tyson are staying home for various reasons….Carl is working this weekend, Tyson has his last JV basketball game of the season tonight (Sad, I’m going to miss it), and a sweet 16 birthday party for a friend tomorrow. What is up with the Sweet 16 parties? Is it the ‘in’ thing right now, due to the MTV show My Super Sweet Sixteen? Tyson has been invited to quite a few this year for sophomores, and yet only one girl in his class last year had one….Interesting!
I’ve been scrapping a bit lately…need to post what I’ve done. Hopefully, when I get back! I was tagged by the ever so talented Melissa recently, and I haven’t had a chance to post MY weirdness! LOL! Have a GREAT weekend! Oh, and I got this cute FREE digi kit from Heather Ann Designs….how cute it this: MY VALENTINES!
I got this from Elsie’s Blog and thought it was fun!
A= Available~ nope! I’ve been married to Carl for 19 years! B= Best Friend~ I have a few – Kristyn, Debbie, Patti C= Cake or pie~ Neither…except I do love pie crust! Just not the filling. D= Drink of choice~ Diet Coke, no question about it. E= Essential item you use everyday~ Bath & Body Lotion ~ varying scents, but I use it EVERY day.I’m a lotion girl! F= Favorite color~ No real fave….love pink, yellow, red, black G= Gummy bears or worms~ Swedish fish? H= Hometown~ I live in Bountiful, UT …but I consider SLC, UT my hometown! I= Indulgences~ See “E” above!Oh, and Starbucks! J= January or February~ Feb! My birthday is on Feb. 11th, and Carl’s is on the 21st.
K= Kids and Names~ 2 kids ~ Tyson and Madison L= Life is incomplete without?~ my family (and diet coke!)
M= Marriage date~ August 21, 1987 N= Number of siblings~ 2 younger brothers (Kevin & Chris) O= Oranges or apples~ Both!Oranges especially at Christmas, and Apples in the Fall! P= Phobias or Fears~ my family getting hurt ~ and I HATE snakes! Ewwwww gross! Q= Favorite Quote~ Live Well ~ Laugh Often~ Love Much R= Reason to smile~ My kids and my niece!!They always bring a smile to my face! S= Season~ Summer and Fall T= Tag 3 or 4 people~ anyone who wants to play! U= Unknown fact about me~ I used to race BMX bikes and I took 3rd place in the World Championships in 2000…I was 35 years old!Go me! V= Vegetable you don’t like~ yams, maybe. W= Worst habit~ I procrastinate! X= X-rays~ Lots!Too many sports injuries! Y= Your favorite food~ Diet Coke, Onion Rings (from Crown Burger) Swedish Fish and Movie Popcorn with LOTS of butter!Healthy, huh? Z= Zodiac Sign~ Aquarius
Hello 2007! Is it gonna be a good year? Yeah, I think so!
Christmas came….and went! A good time was had by all! Time spent with family, good food, good fun & good friends….awesome. The kids had a great Christmas and were spoiled by Carl and I, as well as my parents and brothers….lucky, lucky kids!
Here are T and Madi putting out ‘cookies & coke’ for Santa (in their new jammies)…yep, they still believe! Ü
The only thing T really wanted for Christmas this year was Guitar Hero II…he was was thrilled to be able to rock like a rock star! And Madi was most excited with her White/Fur jacket from Zumiez and her Nintendo DS Pink
Other highlights: Baseball Camp, iPod, Clothes/Shoes/DVD’s for T, and Guitar Lessons Gift Cards/Clothes/Shoes/DVDs for Madison!
On New Years Eve…..My boy turned 17 years old! Where oh where has the time gone? I love you T and thank God everyday for giving me YOU!Not the best picture ever….but typical Tyson….reading in the car!
And finally…..Winter Formal was last Saturday night at Rice Eccles Stadium in the tower. Tyson went with Emma, his ‘girlfriend’ in the 8th grade. They had a great time…a catered dinner @ Emma’s house before the dance, H2 Limo Transportation all night and then the dance! Tons of fun! A few photos:
It’s Christmas Eve…. about 2:00 in the afternoon. The shopping is done, everthing is wrapped…the kids have cleaned their rooms and the rest of the house is looking pretty clean. Not much to do but relax and hang out until we head to Mass at 5:30. After Mass we are stopping by some to drop off a gift to some friends, and then we’ll head to our annual dinner with the Ringheimers, Hanings, Huffs and Cannons. We have SUCH A GREAT time with them every Christmas Eve! We all have kids in the same age range, and they have a ball together! I’ve taken a few shots of my house over the last few days….scenes of Christmas around the Moll house!!!
3 days and counting! I am at work right now….wishing I was out finishing my shopping, but I think we are closing at 2:00 today…so there is hope! It is SNOWING right now too! YIPPEEE!!! Maybe we’ll have a White Christmas this year?
Are you ready for Chrismtas? If not, what do you have left to do? I hope not as much as I do! Ü HAPPY FRIDAY!
* I’ve decided to only post once a month from now on…not really, but that seems to be the habit lately.
* I LOVE Christmas Music…all day, everyday from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day! My kids HATE to drive in the car with me because they are very, very tired of Christmas music. Carl is used to it…he probably just tunes it out!
* I want a White Christmas!
* I sent out almost 50 Christmas Cards this year….but I’ve only received about 15….how sad! Ü
* My job is still very busy and very stressful…but i love it!
* I hate egg nog….enough said.
* Only 5 shopping days left! YIKES! I’m not going to be able to shop today or tomorrow…so that only leaves 3 days! Can I do it?
It’s me. Ali. Stopping in for my monthly (whatever happened to daily or weekly) post!
Let’s see where to begin…..
Want a good laugh? If so, go here My Web Debut I was interviewed by Creating Keepsakes magazine for their new Clique Tv. It was fun…. but dang I look skeeeeery!! And do I really sound like that?
Football. It’s over. We made it to the quarterfinals, but lost a game we shouldn’t have to Bear River H.S. Tyson scored a TD and had a great game, but that make him feel any better….the loss was very hard on the team.
Basketball. Tryouts were at the beginning of the week. Tyson didn’t make the varsity team…..after traveling with them all summer, and being given every indication that he would be playing varsity this year. It was weird. But, he is going to play JV. And that is good.
Softball. We had an nice little break for a few weeks….but Carl and Madi left this morning for St. George for another tournament. As of 30 minutes ago…Madi was pitching (had 4 strike outs) and WE (Utah Sting) were leading 2-0. Go STING!
I’ve been scrapbooking a little here and there….maybe a little more this weekend. Who knows! The High School Tyson goes to is having their annual Auction Gala on Saturday night. I am attending (for the first time) with a few good girlfriends….I have to find something to wear though….. Cocktail attire, Black Tie encouraged…. Should be fun!
Happy Friday! I hope everyone has a NICE WEEKEND!!!!!
14 years ago today, I gave birth to the most beautiful little girl in the world….Madison Alexandra Moll! A 7lb 11oz girl with a full head of black hair came into our lives and touched our hearts forever! Happy Birthday Madi! You light up our lives and make us laugh! I hope you have a WONDERFUL day!!!!!!
Seriously! Where did it go? It seems like I just posted a day or so ago….but I guess not. Life has been busy! And my job…..well, it is good, but I swear I haven’t worked this hard in years! Ü I am busy from the moment I get to work, until the moment I leave work!!!! And, I never take a lunch! What is up with that? I do enjoy it though….so it’s all good!
What has happened since my last post? Um, football, football, football! It’s that time of year, you know! Tyson has fully recovered from his knee injury and is back playing full force. He is starting on both offense and defense and rarely comes out of the game. The last two weeks he has been named "Running Back of the Game", which we were all excited about! We were enjoying a #2 ranking in 3A for a while, but we lost to the #1 team (Park City)…. it was a game that was played in pooring rain. The field was a big old mud pit. The laundry was fun after that game! (Thanks Carl!) Since then, we haven’t lost a game yet, and we dedicated our new stadium last Friday night at Homecoming with another win.
Madi has been enjoying a nice little weather imposed break from softball. She went to St. George for a tournament a few weeks ago, and it was rained out. Bummer! And then a tournament the next weekend was rained out. She starts back up again with practice this Saturday, and then gears up for another trip to St. George in November. She been having a fun time with her friends hanging out at the high school football games….getting ready for being a student next year! I’m thinking the next few weekends will be all about football games, haunted houses and birthday stuff for Madi. Madi loves October! She LOVES Halloween and her birthday is on teh 23rd! Wow 14 years old! I’m getting old, if my youngest is that old! Ü
Here are some photos from the Homecoming/Football Field Dedication last Friday night. If you look closely, you can see the view that we have from the field. It is amazing!
Tomorrow I’ll post pictures and details of Tyson’s Homecoming Dance, aka "The Best Night of My Life"!
Where is has the time gone? Yikes! Happy Labor Day! We didn’t do much around here. Yesterday we attended an End of Summer Splash at some friends of ours. They have a huge pool party every year on the Sunday before Labor Day. It begins at 2:30 and goes until…. WHENEVER! Lot’s of food and fun! There have been some years that we didn’t get home until after 1:00 am! WOW! This year we were home by 10:00 pm. Still a long afternoon/evening. BUT FUN! Today was spent relaxing, cleaning, doing laundry, etc. Not too exciting. Tyson had film and football practice and after the pool party yesterday, Madi spent the night with a friend and swam all day today.
Tyson was able to play quite a bit of the game on defense on Friday night. The Judge Bulldogs beat the Woods Cross Wildcats 28-0. Tyson was bummed because he had been looking forward to playing the Wildcast since the schedule was announced last year. One of his best friends plays for the Wildcats and they couldn’t wait to play each other. Well fate intervened and Tyson hurt his knee, so he was questionable for Friday (which was bad enough in his mind), and then his friend broke his leg, two days later! What is up with that? While we were excited that Tyson was able to play defense most of the game, it was still bittersweet to look over at the Wildcat sidelines and see his friend on crutches! Bummer!
Next up…our Catholic School rival, Juan Diego. Should be intense! And Madi is off to St. George next weekend for a softball tournament! Fun times! Happy Monday! I hope this is a great week for everyone!
