Homecoming 2010

This great group of kids dropped by tonight.  They were all looking spiffy and ready to dance the night away.  Jake's date is Hannah Featherstone.  It looks like fun to be young again.

Experiment: FAILED

Looking for a change, I started an experiment last fall, almost a year ago!  Wow!  I haven't had a haircut since the end of last year.  I wanted to do something different.  Try something new.  Maybe I was just a little bored.  After a year of this, after discovering that I had naturally curly hair (who knew?), after lots of hair in my face and 20-minute hair-dos rather than 5 minute hair-dos, I declared this a failed experiment and I'm back to the real me!  Which is to say short, short, short.

Y?

I've had some time to think about this, so it's not a fresh wound, but when I first heard that Evan had been cut from the BYU baseball team, my reaction was Y?  He had an awesome try-out, even hitting the center field fence on the fly in a game situation (that's a heck of a long way).  And when comparing himself to the other candidates, he felt really good about his chances.  But, it was not to be.  When we heard, Craig and I jumped into the car and went down to Provo to take Evan out to dinner.  Upon reflection, I decided it is a real blessing to feel like you did your very best at the try-out.  Then you know it just wasn't a good match.  Evan has told me several times how happy he is in Provo and that he's in the right place.  Also blessings.  With Jake probably running track this year rather than playing baseball, we will lose two players in one year.  A sad time, but how grateful I am for the many hours of entertainment Evan has given me on the baseball diamond.  I wouldn't trade a minute.  And we can go on to enjoy many fun years of cheering on the Yankees together.  I am as proud as I could possibly be. 

Football Is Back

It's a great time of year. It's already cooling off. School is back in session. And it's football season.

Week 1 was up and down for the Parrys. Sam's team played a very tough Bingham team that has only lost three times in three years. We led the entire game, even overcoming some very bad calls, but gave it up in the end and lost by one point. Sam caught a pass that went for about 30 yards and a TD, we think, but the officials called him down on the 1-inch line. Sam plays receiver and cornerback.Isaac's team didn't score this week and also lost to Bingham. Isaac plays center and D-tackle. It's hard to cheer for the line because I never know when they are doing a good job. I aso hate it that he has a big black X on his helmet. I think the weight limits are ridiculously low and protect the little kids way too much. The sophomores played a good Logan team this week, which was their second game. They played Lone Peak last week. Jake was a captain last week against Lone Peak. Jake plays linebacker, but his specialty is the kick-off team. He's almost always the first one down the field and often makes the tackle. This week in the varsity game, the put Jake in on kick-off, he made the tackle, and they announced his name. A very fun moment.

Parenting is a Racket

Pareting is a racket. It must be. Why else would we have to send our kids out into the cruel world after nurturing them and teaching them and helping them for 18 years. I think the kids who head off to college are probably ready, but the parents aren't. I know I'm not. It's all downhill from here. Evan will barely be home a few weeks at the end of the school year before he's off on his mission.

The good part? He texted me today and said, "this is where I'm supposed to be". So if he's happy, I'm happy.

He's gonna love BYU and he's only an hour away!

First Day of School 2010

Yay! The first day of the school year has arrived (despite the best efforts of the kids to ward it off). NAME: Isaac
GRADE: Fourth
SCHOOL: Valley View
TEACHER: Ms. Kotter
HEIGHT: 4'11"
WEIGHT: 107 lbs.

NAME: Samuel
GRADE: Seventh
SCHOOL: Millcreek Jr.
HEIGHT: 5'1"
WEIGHT: 117 lbs.

NAME: Caroline
GRADE: Ninth
SCHOOL: Mueller Park Jr.
HEIGHT: 5' 6 1/2 "
WEIGHT: Nunya

NAME: Jake

GRADE: Eleventh

SCHOOL: Bountiful High

HEIGHT: 6'

WEIGHT: 173 lbs.

NAME: Romeo

NAME: Jeter

End of an Era? ...

...hopefully not. I've been watching Evan amaze people with his baseball skills for 15 years now. Today was the last day of his summer league and I've been wondering all day if it's the last time I'll get to watch him play baseball. It's been a priviledge. In typical Evan fashion, he hit the ball 420 feet today twice. He was also hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, bringing in the tying run. It was fun watching him goof with his long-time friend, Masen Fenn (#7). Although he was told by the BYU coaches to come prepared to join them for conditioning in the fall, we're not quite sure what to expect. So for now I'm gonna hold onto all the memories I have of my boy playing a lot of really, really good baseball.