Ephraim Lions Club Tournament

Game Day #3 - Lions Club Tournament

Baseball - Gunnison #1 vs Ephraim at 3:30

 

 

 

 

Trey's team was heading into today's game with one win and one loss.  One more loss and they would be eliminated from staying in the brackets for the rest of the tournament.  Another thing that they had against them is that there are inning and or strike restrictions put on each pitcher to what time they have at the pitchers mound.  Trey started pitching the first few innings, he did a great job in holding off the opposing team in keeping them from scoring.  However, because of the rule for the pitcher, Jeremy put him in as catcher and let Colter King have his turn at the mound.  Colter did a great job pitching, but after several innings and with our team behind, he got frustrated and it reflected on the rest of the game.   The last inning, Trey was thrown in as pitcher just to get the other team out and put our team up to bat.  Trey was able to get up to pitch and get that third out that our team so desperately needed.  This put our team up to bat and all we needed to do to get two runs in to win.  This however was not our game, because our team was out in three and they lost the game by one point.  These boys were pretty sad, but regardless of even loosing, they boys played awesome!  I am especially proud of Trey for stepping up and playing so good when the team so needed him. 

 

 

 

Game Day #2 - Lions Club Tournament

Softball - Gunnison #2 vs Ephraim at 5:15

 

 

McKenna was pretty excited for today's softball game against Ephraim.  After a tough loss on Wednesday, these group of girls were ready to come back and prove themselves.  They played awesome right from the very beginning, when they were in field and out field.  McKenna was able to play in the outfield for almost every inning.  She worries that sometime players get stuck out in the outfield, because they are not very good.  But she has definitely proved herself in the outfield and now realizes that it takes a strong outfielder to keep the other team from scoring.  She has a strong arm and a hustle that helps when a hit is shot in her direction. 

 

When it came to batting, McKenna also was able to get on base a couple time this game.  She wasn't afraid to get up to bat and try to knock that ball as hard as she could.  She was able to get on base with each of her hits and eventually ran in to score for her team.  This Gunnison team by the bottom of the fourth inning had ten runned the other team, and with that said, these girls were able to win, placing them 3rd place in this tournament for their age division in softball. 

 

 

Way to go Gunnison Girls Softball!



 

And of course, softball and baseball would not be the same if these two girls didn't ahve each other.  There is always a constant stream of giggles coming from these two.  So glad they have each other to hang out with on long hot afternoons like today!

And at the end of the day, I am super proud of these two. 

They work hard and love every minute of this baseball / softball season!

Ephraim Lions Club Tournament

Game Day #2 - Lions Club Tournament

Baseball - Gunnison #1 vs. Fairview at 4:15

  

 

 

After yesterday's big win, Trey was pretty excited about today's game.  Jeremy and I both woke up with the flu, so we were unfortanetly unable to attend this edge of your seat ball game.    I had Kim Sorenson text me occasional updates on how the game was going.  It wasn't fifteen minutes into the game that she text me and said that Trey was pitching and he struck out the first three batters to start the game off right.  He pretty much held the game for the first three innings of the game.  However, they switched pitchers and put Trey in as catcher and that is when the game tied up.  I hadn't heard anything from Kim on the game and based on the times up rule, I expected her to text me the final score.  After an hour and a half after the game had started, I text her and she said that the game was tied and the other team had last bats. She said it was pretty intense!  Trey's team ended up loosing by three points, they were all pretty disappointed after such a close game.  But on to game three tomorrow, they had to prove themselves to play again on Saturday.

 

McKenna's team did not play today, tomorrow will be her big game.

Ephraim Lions Club Tournament

Game Day #1 - Lions Club Tournament

 Baseball - Gunnison #1 vs. Mt Pleasant at 5:45

 

 

 Trey was pretty excited about his game today.  He started off catching with Aiden O'Neil pitching, they did this for two innings.  At the top of the third inning, Jeremy switched them around and had Trey pitcher with Colter King as catcher.  Trey was able to pitch for two innings, neither inning did any batter get on base, he struck them all out!

 

It was the bottom of the fourth inning and because we were the home team, we had last ups. We knew we had to score because the score was tied 4 to 4.  Zach Brackett struck out and so Trey was next in the line up to bat.  Trey got up and hit one down the third base line.  We was able to make it to second base and then after that, he played it smart and was able to steal when the pitcher threw balls past the catcher and finally made it home to win the game!

 

 

 

  A pretty excited group of boys!  Way to play tough!

 

 

 

Nothing makes ballgames more fun than to have friends to play with.  These three kiddos, Ally, Shae, and Lottie, have had a lot of fun hanging out with each other at almost every game we go to, whether it be for Trey or McKenna. Tonight they had fun playing tag, playing leap frog, eating sunflower seeds, and sneaking off to the park.  Needless to say, there is never a dull moment with these three!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Game Day #1 - Lions Club Tournament

Softball - Gunnison #2 vs. Nephi at 7:00

 

McKenna was pretty excited and looking forward to this weeks softball tournament.  Her softball team played a team from Nephi, which they have never played before.  The Gunnison girls did a great job playing against this tough team.   The final score ended up being 16 to 6 for Nephi.

 

McKenna had an awesome catch out in Left Field.  This seems to be her signature play lately, because she seems to be at the right place at the right time to catch these hits.  This wasn't her first awesome catch, but only one of many more to come.  She was able to get up to bat twice, but unfortunately she struck out both times.   

  

 

 

The ride home with these two was pretty entertaining.  When one would stop talking about their highlights of his or her game, then the other one would chime in with another highlight from the game.  It sure made the ride home go by fast as we had a play by play of each game.

 

 

I am so proud of these two, they both have a huge love for their game. 

They both played awesome today and we are looking forward to the rest of the tournament watching them play.   Trey's team plays again tomorrow and McKenna's again on Friday.

Blog Overload :)

Just a fair warning, you will soon see a huge overload of post showing up on my blog.  My last post was March 26, 2014 and as you may wonder if I have been Missing In Action, well I have.  April and May have been extremely busy, with almost something going on every single night and sadly enough the last thing I have wanted to do is stay up to blog.  Well now that school is officially out, I don't feel so bad about staying up a little later or getting up a little earlier to get things caught up.  I think right now I have about a dozen posts sitting is draft status, so be prepared!  Plus, lots more to add to that I haven't had time start uploading pictures too.  So enjoy!

2 More Days and Counting :)

 

Look at those cute kids, counting down and looking so forward to summer.  Today was a short day for McKenna, she called me and was out of school by noon. Trey was busy at participating in the track and field day at the high school.  And Allyson turned in her last day of homework, as well as did some fun end of the year work sheets.  Ally brought home all her projects and stuff  from the entire school year.  I tried to crack jokes with her that they must have send home a back pack full of rocks because she was so loaded down with all  her stuff.  But sure enough it was a lot of her class projects as well as a darling binder that Mrs. Oliver had put together as a year book for Allyson.  This book had art work that Ally had down through the year as well as pictures of Allyson at their different class activities.  She was pretty excited about it and that was the first thing she wanted to show me when she got home.

 

Allyson and Trey took their teacher presents to school today.  I have learned in years past that if you wait to the last day, then a lot of the teacher's helpers are not there, so you worry if they get it or not.  I made eight soda's for Allyson to take, between her teacher and all of the helpers that she totally adores, it added up quick.  Trey went with two this year, one for Mrs. Arleen Jensen and one for Mrs. Otten. 

 

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Track and Field day was so fun for Trey to participate in today at school.  Trey invited me to go and watch him participate in this school activity.  This track and field day consisted of all the third, fourthe, and fifth graders.  Each student could pick out whatever event he or she would like to do.  Trey picked to run in the 100 meter, 400 relay, 1600 relay, softball throw and the long jump.

 There were so many kids that ran the 100 meter, that ended up being the only event that I was able to see Trey do before I had to get to work.  I could see this was going to be an all day event!

Trey did a great job running the 100 meter race against the other fourth grade boys,  He took second place in his heat of runners.    In the long jump, Trey jumped 5 feet 10 inches and he threw 137 feet in the softball throw.

Kennadi Knudsen, Trey, Shea Anderson, and Kort Sorensen ran both the 400 and the 1600 relays.  They ran an awesome race, especially on the 1600 relay beating the times of all three grades with a time of 5 minutes 53 seconds.  Trey was the third leg for both races.  He had such a fun day!

Caught Playing in the Pond

One attraction at Grandpa and Grandma O's house is their pond in their backyard.  Grandpa was out back working in the yard when we showed up, so the little girls disappeared and before we knew it ended up kicking their shoes off and heading right to the pond.  They splished and splashed, I was quite surprised they didn't walk away wetter than they did!

 

 

 

And of course, you can't leave without seeing Grandpa's puppies! 

They are the best puppies around, loved by all!

3 Days and Counting :)

Wow, I can't even begin to believe that there are 3 days left of school.  Today was a busy day for all three kids.  Allyson was able to go on her first field trip which was to the Mayfield Park.  All the kindergarten kids met at school first thing on Wednesday morning.  She said that the best thing about the park was the parachutes, the little house, and the playground.  They fed them all snacks and then they were able to go home.  Trey's year-end field trip was hiking in the White Hills to see petroglyphs.  Afterwards they returned back to school for lunch and then they went to the Casino Star Theatre to watch the recently released movie 'Rio 2'.  Trey said that best part about his field trip was it all, but he thought the movie was pretty good.  McKenna was looking forward to today because they received their yearbooks and was able to spend time signing class mates year books.

 

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 With school coming to an end also means an end to homework. Yay for mom!  Here is a picture of Allyson doing her very last work list and story.  She has been very faithful in reading the word list three times every nights as well as the story two times.  The last little while has gotten a little harder to get them all done because we get home after work and school we go and so when we get home late, Ally has been too tired to do homework.  So we have been doing homework in the morning while she is getting her hair done.  So that part of summer I know I will not miss!

 

 

 Today was the day that we finished putting together the presents to give to teachers.  I had Allyson and Trey write their own name on the cards and tied them to these bottles of soda.  I think they turned out pretty cute and from what the kids say, there were a hit.

 

4 Days and Counting :)

 

Wow, only 4 more days.  The rest of the week is pretty busy, so this is probably the last day that they actually will learn something since the rest of the weeks is tied up with field trips and school getting out early.  Allyson did have homework, word lists of course! Trey spent a lot of his day cleaning out his locker and desk.  McKenna also spend time cleaning out her locker.  It seems just like yesterday that we were just starting, kind a little sad to see it come to an end.

Barnett Orthodonitics - Casting Call for Models

 

 Okay, so I don't know what got into her, but this was all McKenna's idea.  No, it wasn't really try outs for the Barnett Orthodontics new brace face model, it was just one of those out of the blue, fun times.  I didn't even bribe her at all to keep going, she honestly just got way into it.  She was telling me that there are kids that actually wear this shirt to school and so when she was handed it today at the ortho, she couldn't help but laugh knowing that she would rather die than be caught dead wearing this shirt to school.  Jeremy and I were outside looking over the lawn, she made her grand presentation all nerded out, sporting her new shirts, nerd glasses, her pants hiked up and a smile full of metal.  Gotta love it!  McKenna is full of spur of the moment fun and this is one I was glad to catch on camera.  Years from now, she will die that she let me take all this pictures, but hey it wasn't my idea!  But if there was a casting call for models, you would definitely win my vote!

Composition Piano Recital

Tonight's recital was composed of the students performing solos based on composition pieces that they made up by themselves.  Trey made up an up beat piece called 'Sun Up Sun Down'.  It was a fun, upbeat song that used a variety of notes to make the song go loud and then soft.   He worked hard and put a lot of thought into making this sound just right.

 

McKenna played a piano solo called 'Someone Like You'.  This song is actually sung by an artist Adell, but because McKenna was able to learn this song by ear without any sheet music, Hannah said that was a perfect composition piece for her to play.  As a side note, McKenna has been able to learn the words to this song as well, so not only does she play it all the time, but now she can sing and play it together.  Which, might I add, she sound awesome.

 

 

Because this is the last recital of the year, each of Hannah's piano student's received a piano award based on how she felt the student's strengths were throughout this year.  McKenna received an award for exceptional performance in theory and technique.  Trey's award was for exceptional performance in piano solo.