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Here are some pictures from M's race on Saturday. She finished 71 overall and FIRST again for her team! Yeah! Next thing you know...she'll be headed to Boston or something!

Triumph!

At M's meet this week, she did AWESOME! She finished 19 out of 77 runners and FIRST for her team! We are jumping in the car to head to UVSU this morning to see her run again! Too bad it is freezing and most likely will be raining! GO M!

Run, Run, as Fast as You Can!

Here are some pictures of M in her race tonight in Murray. She finished 4th for her team, but I don't have her race placing yet. See how seriously she takes the race, unlike the girl behind her. What do you think she is thinking about? I don't think you are supposed to smile as you run...






M had a big day! After her race tonight, she came home and had been asked to Homecoming. Cute huh? Just another excuse for mom to bring out the camera! (I wonder if she has warned the boy about me?)

Cross Country!

M is on the Cross Country team. She is just a little runner! Today she had a meet in Layton that was 2.75 miles (they are all different distances). She finished fourth for her team and 30th overall. That qualified her for the VARSITY team and a run at the BYU invitational this Saturday! YEAH!

This is how many girls ran today...




Take note...there is a Davis girl BEHIND her! She lives to beat Davis...

Happy First Day of School!

Well...here we go again - the first day of school! (Who's idea was it to start school on a Wednesday, anyhow?) M is a Jr. this year and L is starting fourth grade. They are both excited for the year to start. I guess sitting at home with your sibling all summer isn't all that great...

M was dressed and ready when we got home from the gym and L wasn't too far behind her! Check out M's new hair color! She said that Chloe didn't know who she was when she got home from having it done.

M is too big for a backpack these days. She had to have a "book bag" to carry her stuff around. I guess it is a lot cuter than a backpack, though! Notice the gym bag? She has her first cross country meet after school today. I'll let you know how that goes.





L wasn't ready for pictures yet when his sister left, so they don't have any pictures together. He rode his bike to school. I think he was afraid that if I took him to school, I would go in with him and take pictures of his teacher, his desk, his locker, lunchtime, recess, etc. I don't know...maybe I would have!





Anyway...Happy First Day of School!

Celebrating by Helping Others

M celebrated her 16th birthday this month! Can you believe it? It is a very exciting thing for her and a very scary thing for me!

Instead of having a friend party, M wanted to have her "party" at the Utah Food Bank. She invited some of her friends out and we sorted and weighed food to be sent out to needy families. Instead of bringing presents, M asked her friends to bring a food donation to the Food Bank. What a proud moment for mom :)! Here are a few pictures (did you think I WOULDN'T take pictures?) of the group.

Happy Birthday M! We are so proud of you!

Cowboy Up!

We went to the fair! M always likes to spend her birthday at the Cassia County Fair in Idaho. Here is a picture of my cousin, Todd riding his horse:



Ok...not really - that was from the rodeo. Here he really is. He was part of a cutting team and did really well. They finished in the top ten out of 100+ teams!

He's a Keeper!

L has been playing in the La Roca cup the past two days. Rush came in third overall. They are starting to mesh together as a team and did really great!

My favorite keeper met the goal post head on in his first game today. I was freaking out on the sideline, but after sitting out for a while, he seemed to be ok. Whew! What do you think they would do if the keeper's mom ran out on the field to see if her kid was alright? Just kidding...I wouldn't really (or would I??).

Anyway...here are a couple of my favorite pictures from the tournament...

2007 Powers' Family Reunion

Ok fans...here is the latest and greatest Powers' Family Slideshow. Just type in trusty at the Member Search page. :)

http://www.photodex.com/sharing/browse.html (You may have to copy and paste the link...)

Mckizzle

Are you tired of looking at the fireworks from the Fourth? Well to replace them, here is Miss Mckizzle. She has a fabulous new haircut and wanted some pictures to show it off...

Happy 4th!

Have a fun day!

Braces...

On February 14, 2006, M got her braces on. She was so unhappy! It didn't help that it was Valentine's Day and as soon as she got them on, she was going back to school for a dance!

Well...16 months and $4,500 later, she is brace free! HOWEVER...before I would take her to get them off, I made her take pictures with them on. So...here is what she looked like the day before they came off. I will have to bribe her into some "after" pictures!

Cody - All-Star!

We went to Twin Falls this weekend to watch Cody play in his All-Star football game. As usual, he did an awesome job! Cody...if you want to see yourself up-close, you can double click on the pictures to make them bigger (ha ha)!

Here are a few pictures from the game. I guess if you have a camera with a big lens, people don't think twice about you standing on the sideline of the game taking pictures!

The Beauty of Photoshop

The beauty of Photoshop is that you can take a picture of a boy eating a grilled cheese sandwich and change it to look like he was actually posing for a picture...

Grilled Cheese

M had her team banquet for track tonight. She wouldn't let me take my camera. :(

When we got home, L had to have a grilled cheese sandwich, because he didn't like the food at the banquet. I still got to take a picture, but it was L eating a sandwich and not M getting props for her track! Oh well! I'll take what I can get these days!

Ok...here's an update...

Here are the new countertops and the sink. Would you ever think that you could love a sink? I love mine!

Daily Kitchen Update

Ok...here is how my sad little kitchen looks this morning! Notice the cabinet doors today. Also, notice how clean the tops of the cabinets are...that is because my countertops are coming any minute now! Stay tuned..I'll post countertop AND SINK pictures later!

SLOWLY Making Progress

Here is how our kitchen looked yesterday morning. There have been some changes since this. We have most of the doors on the cupboards. They will be back again on Tuesday to hopefully finish the doors and the crown molding around the top. The countertops and sink will arrive on Wednesday, but I just found out that our plumber can't hook up the water until after Memorial Day! (YIKES!) Someday...I will have a functioning kitchen! By the way...I'm honestly usually more clean than this...