If that picture looks cold, wet, and gloomy, that’s because that’s how our weather was this week.  No me gusto!  I guess summer is really gone?  Am I in denial here?

Sarah’s tennis match was postponed.  This is another lovely thing about tennis.  They don’t play in the rain.  They definitely don’t play in the snow.  What a civilized sport!  It’s no wonder Sarah likes it so much!

Megan did freeze her little fingers off doing cheer this week.  Because, as we all know, football is far from being civilized, and they do indeed play in the snow.  Aack!  She had great fun being with her friends, though.  Also, since it was the last game of the season, the football coach came over to thank the cheerleaders, saying they owed all their wins to their superior cheering skills, and gave them each a carnation.  Wasn’t that nice?  I’m thinking that football coach is teaching those boys more than just football.  He’s teaching those girls, too!  Yay for gentlemen!  (Even uncivilized ones who play in the snow!)

Gratefully, it was a bit warmer, though not any drier on Saturday morning when Savannah had regionals for cross country – her last cross country meet!  The meet was held at Springville High, so we all walked over to be a part of the excitement and cheer her on! Dad had Bethany in the stroller over by the finish line, but they were there, too!  And Savannah, of course, was there too: She did great!  She took a whole minute off her time from the beginning of the year.  That’s a whole lot of running and she can do it pretty darn fast!  Way to go, Savannah!  We all think you are a winner!

Sarah came home really excited from school last week.  It appears she is now a published journalist!Here she is holding a copy of Springville Junior High News, of which she is a contributer!  She is taking Journalism this semester at the junior high and having a great time with it.  She gets to wear a press pass and get out of class on official business and of course, get her articles printed in the school paper.  She has an article in this edition about the artwork newly present in the hallways.  Her picture is also in the paper with the tennis team.  It is very cool!

Kevin found a little bit of time to watch a little baseball this week.  He finally has a buddy to watch it with, too! 

Savannah went out with her friends to Reams this week to take pictures.  With Savannah there, this is a lot more fun than it sounds!  She’s so funny.

And . . . if this picture looks like it was taken from the roof above our driveway . . . . . . I’m afraid that’s because it was.  But it wasn’t Savannah.  It was Mariah!  She has recently discovered the roof and it is one of her favorite places.  Sometimes, I think, the girl just needs to get away and get a new perspective on things.

Have a great week!