Carly's 11th Birthday

Carly had two parts to her 11th birthday.

Two days before her birthday we were in Idaho Falls for spring break. So we had some dessert and she opened her gift from Jill and from Grandma Carol. We also played a how well do you know Carly game. 

Her birthday was on Monday so we grilled steaks for dinner. 

Lucy gave her tickets to 3 episodes of Heartland. Thanks, Lucy.

Spring Break Trip to Meet the Boy

We decided to go to Idaho Falls for spring break. We had lots of good reasons - visit our Idaho family, look for a grad dress for Hanna, and meet Jill's friend, Larsen Perkins.

Our first stop was to go to Pocatello to watch Creighton John's high school baseball game. It was fun to watch him, but it was soooo windy. 

Then Austin called Les & Hollis and invited them to come to dinner in Pocatello. We went to our favorite place - Texas Roadhouse. 

We also went to every single story in Idaho Falls to see if Hanna could find a grad dress. She ordered one from China, and it is okay, but we were looking to see if there was something she loved. After going to Dillard's three times, Hanna did buy one.

We also went to watch Tyce play baseball in Idaho Falls.
And we met Larsen. And Carly quizzed him endlessly. So Larsen....
And he passed our test. He handled the interrogation like a champ.

We also had an early birthday celebration for Carly.

Easter

Easter Sunday

Missing Jill

Austin and I spoke in Sacrament Meeting

New Easter dresses - bought online - tears forcing everyone to wear them - no one has ever worn them again - it was a good thought

Hanna's 18th Birthday

All Star Basketball Game

At the end of every basketball season, the coaches all vote for the top 20 players in the league. Then they divide the girls into two teams and play an all-star game.

The girls don't really play defense on each other and they just shoot a lot of three-pointers, and they usually get to 100 points.

But it is an honor to be chosen. Hanna, Madison Leishman, and Madison Barfuss were all chosen from Cardston High School. Then at the end they give awards. Hanna was chosen as a first team all-star.

Go Hanna! 

Ellie Wilde, Hanna, a girl from Winston Churchhill, Jenna Taylor, Montana Berezay, a girl from Chinook. Front row is Madison Barfuss, Madison Leishman, Lauren Payne, Ellie Wilde

(All of these other girls are from Magrath).

Coach Shelly Quinton, Maddie, Maddie, Hanna, Coach Jeff Johnson

Hanna & Montana Berezay

And with that - Hanna's high school basketball career has come to an end.

Lucy's Basketball Season

Lucy was excited for grade 8 basketball season. 

Her first tournament was at Gilbert Patterson. They lost to Stirling, and then beat St. Francis and Nanton so they were the consolation champs.

The next tournament was in Medicine Hat - her first overnight tournament.

They won their first game in overtime. Then they played Barnwell which had a couple giants and they lost. They won the third place game. It was a fun weekend.

Carly and I were on our way to Medicine Hat to watch Lucy's tournament when we decided to see if Annie-Jo would want to come with us. So we stopped in Taber on our way and picked her up. We had a fun time. We stayed at a different hotel than the team, but we went and swam with the team. Carly was freaked right out that we were going to get in trouble for it. But it was so busy no even noticed. Hanna had two games so Austin stayed home to watch her.

Lucy also had a tournament at G.S. Lakie. They won their first game against R.I. Baker. Their next game was at 8:15 am so they had to leave at 6:30 am. Austin took her in to drop her off at the bus and then decided he was going to watch her. So he came home, changed his clothes and drove to Lethbridge to watch her first game. Then they lost to Stirling and won their third place game. We had a southern circuit rodeo that Saturday so we missed her last game. 

Lucy's team is really fun to watch. During their regular season, they only lost 3 games - one to Raymond in overtime and twice to Stirling.

In divisional playoffs, they beat Spring Glen and Raymond and lost to Stirling. Yes, we played Stirling five times and got closer to winning each time. She ended up second in divisionals.

Then it was time for zones. They played against Raymond and won by quite a bit. Her team played outstanding.  Hanna was playing at the exact same time at LCI so we were watching Hanna online when we were at Lucy's game. 

Lucy's team played against Gilbert Patterson in the zone final. Her game was once again at the exact same time as Hanna's game - and it was Hanna's senior night so we went to Hanna's game and got updates for Lucy's game. It was a hard battle, but Lucy hit two 3-pointers at the end that brought her team within 3 points. But then the other team built a lead again and Lucy's team lost. Aunt Sarah and some of her kids were there to support Lucy, and Jewel Hardy sent updates and pictures. Lucy got player of the game!

 

Lucy, Skylie Holland, Nya Pierson, Hallie Litchfield, McKenna & Tori  TailFeathers, the managers

Coach Burt, Kamree Schaffer, Brooklyn Hardy, Taylor Heninger, Hallie Anderson, Camee Card, Katie Leavitt and Raygen Norton another manager