What is Really Right about SPORTS

This story brought back to my mind so many memories of my years in sports. I wouldn't be who I am today without amazing coaches and my teammates who have been the best friends anyone could ask for. My Team Family helped me through my Dad's Cancer, moving, boy problems, and homework. I don't know what I would have done without them.(also their parents who where always there to give a smile, hug, or words of encouragement when I needed it) Some of my greatest times of my life took place on team bus rides, team dinners, practices, games, and team building activities. I am so glad with all of the negative that we hear about competitive sports that someone took the time to point out the good.
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Cutest Boy Ever!

Grandma Triptow turned the BIG 9-0 this year so we had a big party for her on the 16th. Everyone was able to make it, so we took the opportunity to take a big family picture. Shane took the photos and he is amazing! I love all the ones he got of Andrew, I have tried to get these kind of photos and I will tell you it is not as easy as Shane made it look!

Clifford is ALIVE and WELL!!

Remember my 1st car Clifford? You know the "Big Red Dawg"? Well I sold him last year, because it was time to grow up and get a car that was baby appropriate. So I found a good home and sold him to a girl that is going to SUU. I felt ok about it because I figured that is where Covertible cars go to "retire". Somewhere warm, where the sun shines lots, and where he can be enjoyed by another crazy college student that will hopefully love him half as much as I did. Well tears ran down my face as Cifford drove off into the sunset, and I figured I would never see him again.





Fast forward to today, where I get a text from my brother in law Ben. He is a mechanic in Orem. He starts asking me questions about Clifford, like the kind of stuff memories are made of, that make him unique. Then I get this Picture message from Ben...


Clifford is ALIVE & WELL!! Ben happened to get him in the shop to do Saftey and Emissions! I actually teared up, seeing him again, and knowing that he has been well taken care of. So hooray for 1st cars and all the wonderful things you get to experience in them. I will always love you Clifford, and I am glad to see you are doing well.

Love, Me

I can't believe they let me do that!!

Since I got pregnant I often find myself thinking about all of the fond memories I had of my childhood. The more I ponder on them and my growing baby I realized that there are many things that my children will probably never experience.

• Leaving the house first thing in the morning and not returning ALL DAY until it started to get dark. We never told my mom where we were going, and if anything would have happened to us my parents would have had no idea where to start looking
• POGS/SLAMMERS~ I loved to play pogs, my favorite part of it was winning other pogs from my friends. Kinda like playground gambling.
  
• Dirt/Mud~ My all time favorite toy growing up. I had a crazy active imagination and filling small bottles and old pans with dirt/water/and rocks to make everything from pies to slop for pigs to special molds to find evidence so I could catch the bad guys.
  
• Firecrackers~ I loved to blow up EVERYTHING with firecrackers. I was very young and George and I had no adult supervision.
  
• Riding my Bike to “TOWN”~ we lived 7 miles from Drummond, and I loved to ride my bike on the Frontage Road to my Dad’s Mechanic Shop.
  
• Selling Cool-Aid to strangers off of the frontage road. I have had many great discussions with Truck Drivers.
  
• School Ski Days~ Twice a year we got to skip school and go skiing instead. My mom always made the best lunches EVER!
  
• Running over/Skidding on Rattle Snakes with the 3-wheeler. Enough Said.
  
• Hopping over fences and going through rusty “treasures” and ending the day early because you stepped on a nail and have to go get a tetanus shot.
  
• Having your parents drop you off in “Town” so you could go Trick-or-Treating with your friends. Being able to circle Drummond TWICE, and NOT having to check our candy before we ate it.
  
• SATURDAY MORNING CARTOONS~ I remember waking up before the sun even came up and sitting 6 inches away from the TV waiting for the blue screen to turn off and the cartoons to start. I remember talking to my dad as he laced up his work boots and him laughing at me as I shook with excitement. None of this Cartoon Network crap!
  

There are many things I can’t think of right now but those are a few I have been thinking about over the past week or so. Do you guys have any thing that you did as a child that you would never let your kids do? If so, leave me a comment.