Good Job, Daniel and Mason!

I really hate to advertise my incompetence on Sara's beautiful new Mac, but I couldn't figure out how to make this bigger! So I will just have to tell you what the article says.

Stephenville (10-3-1) used three second-half goals, two of them by Daniel Taylor, to break open a game that was tied at half-time and defeat host Fort Worth All-Saints 4-1 Tuesday night.

Daryl Kilcrease matched Taylor with two goals for Stephenville, which was without star offensive midfielder German Chavarria.

"We were a little rusty after not playing last Friday and we were missing a few players, but we fought our way through it and got a win." Stephenville head coach Ramsay Wright said.

Kilcrease opened the scoring midway through the first half off an assist from Mason Taylor.

All-Saints tied the score on a free kick seconds before halftime. Kilcrease scored again in the second half and Daniel Taylor added his two goals to put the game away.

"We were missing a few players, but we had guys step up." said Wright.

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Double the Blessings!

No, Stephen didn't cry. He not only gave Creigh a wonderful blessing, but he gave Creigh to his mom and then gave Kyjah one too. And not a tear. Really! Kyjah has on a dress made by Kim's grandmother that they use for all the little girls in their family. They have a dress that her great grandmother made but had to retire it about six years ago. Kyjah's Gramps thinks she is the most beautiful baby girl and we all agree.

Creigh has on Mason's blessing Tux. Most of our boys have worn it and they all have looked adorable in it. It has a bow tie and tails. We did make a new pair of pants. The original ones were pretty funny looking. Thank goodness for DI. I found white polyester to match. I know it is hard to believe that someone else would have given a pair of white polyester pants away. They both were asleep during their blessings, which is a minor miracle. It seems to me that one or the other is always awake.

Their after blessing outfits were so cute. Getting both of them to look at the camera is imposible. Creigh was hungry or something he was not in a good mood. I didn't take one picture of him when he wasn't crying. He is usually a pretty laid back baby. I wish he would have smiled because he has a dimple in both cheeks.

Jeremy and Karen, Boyce and Christie. They are very loyal Stephen friends.

Cameron, looking so old and smart! All of our boys looked so nice in their white shirts and ties. There is not a bad looker in the bunch.

Can Reese get any cuter? She loves the camera. We didn't lose Tyson today. Maybe he learned to stay with the group. Luke didn't feel very well, but he is all smiles when a camera points at him . And where is Carson? I did find him in a locker, playing hide and seek and all he said to me was "I need jam".

We didn't take a group picture as usual, but Aleisha, Sara, Amy, Carrie and Sean (in his brand new suit looking very GQ) were also there with us. It is so nice to have children (and grandaughters) who know how to help. I am more than willing to let them do it all if they want. We all did a bang up job on the luncheon. Potato bar, rolls and Kim's family brought lots of desserts.

Easton was sick with a fever so Jennie and Curt and fam stayed home. We are sure it didn't have anything to do with the Super Bowl. Easton is not a very good patient when he is sick. We missed them, but it is the right decision to stay home when kids are sick.

Oh, and by the way the Saints won.

Mother's, count your children!

When you go on a family activity, you should bring everyone home. That should be a rule, a law, a goal. You would think that with two mothers, one grandmother and one aunt that we could be responsible enough to count the kids before we left Jumping Jacks. But apparently not. We had just all unloaded the kids from the cars when Amy realized we were short one, Tyson! She jumped back in her car and raced back. Just as Sara was looking up the number of Jumping Jacks, they called to tell her they had a very upset little boy there. When we were getting everyone's shoes on and loading into the car, Tyson decided to hide and we left him.

Jennie could relate to Tyson's experience. She remembers being left at home alone when she was three. We were loading up the car and I asked if everyone had a jacket. She didn't so I sent her in to get one and then we left! She remembers calling Deb telling her that her family left her. We were about to the airport before we realized she was missing. She says she was scarred for life.

Carrie wasn't with us at Jumping Jacks, she was at a bridal shower. That will teach her to trust her siblings and her mother with her children.

Jumping Jacks was really fun for the kids. They chased each other, jumped and jumped for an hour and a half. Cameron was sopping wet with sweat!
Chase got a rock tumbler for Christmas and wanted Gramps to supply him with some rocks from Delta. He has enough now for a year or so of rock tumbling.

That is Tyson in the orange striped shirt. How could anyone forget such a cute little guy? Carson, Cameron, Reese, Chase in front and Luke, Easton and Allie in back.

Tyson wasn't the only child forgotten by a parent on Saturday. Carson went to basketball practice or it might have been a game and when Sean went to pick him up he couldn't find him. The gym was empty and no cars in the parking lot. Sean said he was only five minutes late. hum.....Carson was pretty upset by the time they found each other. Word to the wise...teach your children your phone number! Carson didn't know either of his parent's phone number.

Reese wanted me to take her picture. So I did. "Let me see, let me see! Oh, it is beautiful!" She is such a girl!

We topped off the day with the girls fixing a great dinner, and then watching the Cougars beat the Utes! A really good day.