Happy Memorial Day!

What a beautiful Memorial Day!  Saturday and Sunday were a little bit stormy, so we were worried about today's weather, but it turned out to be fantastic.  We definitely took advantage of the sunshine!  We had a family filled day today!

First, we started off with a big Fairbanks (Scott's Mom's side) family breakfast at the Ellsworth's complete with delicious crepes.  While we were there, we played some doubles ping-pong matches, which is always a good time.

After breakfast we went down to a park in Orem for the annual Clark family barbecue.  The Clark family is gigantic and I was surprised to see so much of the family there!  Grandma and Grandpa wanted to try and get a family picture, which was a pretty funny sight when you consider that they have 13 kids who all have pretty big families of their own.  After the pictures, we had a competitive game of kickball.  Our team won in spite of all my Dad's base running errors:)

Tonight we went up to the Ellsworth's and went on a nice bike ride through Draper.  When we got back to the house, Nate was ready to get a fire going.  So we spent a little time around the fire, roasting marshmallows and making s'mores.  We had such a great day.  We feel blessed that we could spend so much time with both of our families.  We are making sure that we take advantage of having them around, at least for a little bit longer!

Good News and Bad News

The good news for the weekend is that my little sister, Sarah, won a conference championship with her SLCC softball team! We were able to go and watch her pitch in the championship game yesterday. Her team went through the winner's bracket for the entire tournament. It was a lot of fun to watch her being the starting pitcher for every game. Not only did her team win the championship, she was named conference pitcher of the year as a freshman! Good job Sarah!



Because her team won the tournament, they get to play in the NJCAA tournament this coming week. I'm excited because this year the tournament is in St. George so I will get to go down with my mom and watch her play. Her team is ranked 5th in the Junior College standings right now, so they should do great this week!

Now for the bad news. Fortunately for us, our bad news was also surrounded by some great blessings! Yesterday morning we decided to walk to the clubhouse in our complex to workout. On our walk back, we noticed our car parked in a place in the complex that we did not put it. At first we both just stared it at, trying to figure out how it got there. As we walked up to it, we saw that it had been broken into. Someone took our car in the night, jimmied the ignition and drove the car to a secluded area of the complex so that they could steal the stereo. In the process of stealing the stereo they made a mess of the car, to say the least.

As we stood there trying to make sense of all of this, we realized so many ways that the Lord had blessed us. First of all, we stumbled onto our car, instead going to get in it and not knowing where on earth it could be. We didn't have to frantically look for it. Second, when they broke in, they didn't brake any windows, which will save us a lot of money! Third, they left the most expensive things sitting in the car like Scott's sunglasses I got him for Christmas and his golf clubs in the trunk. They only made off with a very cheap stereo and the $3 of change we left in there. Fourth, we still have the car! We feel so blessed that they didn't take the entire car with them. It is truly amazing how the Lord watches over us and blesses us. Sometimes it is so easy to see all of the awful things that happen in our lives, but within almost every awful situation, the Lord gives us blessings, we just have to be willing to see them.

Kari's New Record!

So, once again, it's bragging time.  Yesterday I went to the BYU track meet to watch my brother's wife, Kari, pole vault.  Every time I watch her do it, I'm amazed.  It's crazy how high up they go and how easy Kari makes it look.  Trust me, Kari makes it look a lot easier than most of the other people at the meet.  She did amazing yesterday!  She sailed over the first few heights on the first attempt, with room to spare as you can see in the video.  This is my first attempt at uploading a video...let's hope it works.  She jumped higher than she's ever jumped before, which was around 13' 10''.  This new jump put Kari at eighth in the nation and gave her the new BYU women's pole vaulting record, which was previously owned by her older sister.  Good job Kari!  We're so excited for you!