Hudson Celebrates turning 10 with friends

On Hudson's actual birthday he was playing baseball in Heber City at the Firecracker tournament so he didn't have a party. I was fine with that, we don't need parties and gifts EVERY yr. But he felt sad. His friends Andrew and Landon were also having birthdays so we just combined them and took all their friends (including girls this year) to the Roy Pool. (no gifts) :) Hudson has such a great group of friends and I'm so thankful for that! It's the best thing about living in South Weber.

taking a break to eat cupcakes, we bought 10 pizza's and they boys scarfed them down!

Wild tricks off the diving board

Just coming in from playing football

Hudsons best friends: Connor, Jake, Kobe, Jack, Kaydon...Don't know who the boy in the goggles is ha ha

Andrew's little brother Aaron is one of Parks' good friends from hanging out at RedHawks games together. He invited Ty also, his best friend who is also in second grade.

Nikki, Connie, Angie, me and Leslie

Nadia and Bryce tie the knot

My mother-in-law was so gracious to offer her beautiful backyard for The Bridal Shower Waiting in the SLC temple lobby

Nadia and her dad

It was the hottest day of the year I'm sure!

Boys finally stripped all the way down...guess the airconditioning wasn't reaching them on the ride home.

Chudri, Bryce, Nadia, Cynthia and Bashar

They had a photo booth but no one was there to take my pic, but this was an inside joke between Nad and I

Hudson arriving late from a swim birthday party after a baseball tounament, which they won. YAH!

I hope the bartender was keeping track of how many they have had!

Mom swinging with "moustache"

Larry took over as bartender

My dad and sister

Mom and Aunt Raylene busting out their moves

Need to cool down with an Italian soda after dancing!

My nephew Kyed, me, Bashar (Chudri's brother) and Tierra

Jon supplied the music, he's awesome!

Sparkler farewell
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The get-away

in a messy marshmellow covered car!

Country Fair Days Rodeo

Parks Mutton Bustin'
Parks chasin' sheep with money taped on their back. He got $2 And this will eat at me for a long time! Logan didn't want to do anything at the rodeo. But it's a tradition to practice the Sunday before up at Gram and Pops with all the cousins so after he did that he changed his mind. They chased chickens and caught them, they practiced running the barrels, they rode Larry and Michael as their sheep.
Hudson wanted to ride a steer but he was the only one who signed up so they didn't bring a steer! He was disappointed.

So anyway it costs a fortune to enter 3 kids into all these events and Logan was lined up with about 15 other kids to run the barrels. They all ran it wrong except for one older girl and Logan! So I have him all built up to get a ribbon and they don't announce his name at all. To make it worse they announce his cousins name which there are 12 adults (counting Tierra and a friend) from our family who can verify that Logan ran it right and she didn't and no one says a thing! I went and corrected the judges and she tells me "it's Ok". What's Ok? That we forked out $30, won, got jipped for it & they left Logan wondering why he didn't get his ribbon for doing it right? Don't patronize me! How hard is it to correct that? Do they really think I'm up there lying to try to get my son a ribbon when he really lost??? Please. Go ask the family...they will all tell you who ran it right and who didn't. At least I hope they would. And then you only have to exchange ribbons with the cousin so it wouldn't have made that big a deal. I knew I should have videod it instead of pics! I'm still letting him ride in the SW parade for the winners!

He's freakin' only 4 yrs old and didn't want to come, but then is brave enough to do it all and does it RIGHT (being one of the youngest which makes me even prouder!) and he doesn't even get to take a ribbon home for it? C'mon. And don't tell me you wouldn't feel the same way if it was your child! Oh well Logan is happy cause I dug out an old second place ribbon that Parks had won from yrs. past and gave it to him.
And people wonder why I hate SW days???
Next yr we'll be on vacation again!!
Sorry I just had to get this all out cause it would just eat at me if I didn't.

Hudson doing the goat throw.

Hudson taking 1st in the goat throw

Skrapper taking 2nd in the mutton bustin'

Believe me I'm not the kind of person that gets mad when my kids don't win cause we're use to not winning at the rodeo and just having fun. We just got lucky this year and when my kids DESERVE it then I do take it personal.

RedHawks take bragging rights for a year!

Pioneer Tournament in South Jordan over the 24th. The RedHawks take the Championship 5-0. Hudson's team (with Larry coaching) won 2 games on Friday and 2 games on Saturday to put them in the final championship game. They won that 6-5 in the 7th! Hudson pitched well, wasn't hitting so hot until the 7th, we were down 2-5, when he led off the inning with a base hit. We kept on hitting and scoring. The Lehi Tigers were home team and got last at bat, but we held them! It was a nail biter, stomach twisting, jumping screaming FUN game! Hud pitchingGunner wanted in on the victory

They have earned bragging rights til next season! Great job boys!
Larry got his first Gatorade bath

Moms making a tunnel for our boys to exit the field.