Fall + Family = pictures!

Sadie's lucky day!!!

Yesterday was one of those crazy days when everyone in the family had to be in several different places at the same time. Gary had to do pageant security at the temple grounds and he took Spencer with him. Mikaela had tournament games to be to in Ephraim, so Chelsea took her over. Jessica & I both had pageant dinners, so that left Sadie having to go with me. I had to take money and so that made it easy for Sadie to sit and help Grandma Maylett pass out plates. For an opening Thurs. night, it was extremely busy and we fed over 800 people...... needless to say we ran out of food and had to turn people away.
The highlight of the night was when Sister Cheryl C. Lant, the general primary president of the church, came to have dinner with our stake leaders. Sadie just happened to be standing by me when she came in with President & Jannie Hintze. Jannie grabbed Sadie and introduced her to Sister Lant. Sister Lant was so cute with her and asked her if she liked primary and told her how much she loved the primary children. As she was talking to her, I leaned over and explained to Sadie that Sister Lant is one of those people that we get to watch and listen to during General Conference when we watch church on TV. That's when her eyes lit up and she kind of understood how "neat" it was to meet her. Then Sister Lant asked Sadie if she knew why she got to talk on TV, and then explained to her that she was the "President" for all the primary children in the whole world. WOW!! How fun for Sadie!! Sister Lant's husband asked Sadie if her mom had a camera on her phone so that we could take a picture. Luckily I had my phone(it's a dinosaur), but it does take pictures. Before she was done, she asked Sadie if she could have a hug, and Sadie gladly gave her a hug.
What a lucky/great day for Sadie!

State Champs!!!

Yeah! Manti took state in softball! The whole tournament was extremely exciting right to the end. Chelsea had a great tournament and was voted onto the all-tournament team. Her defense was awesome and she came through with some great hits/bunts/sacrifices. It was fun to watch her do so well and to see the team work together and WIN.

The first day they beat Altamont 28-0, and So. Summit 7-0. The next day they beat Richfield 10-0, and San Juan 8-0. On Sat. they played San Juan again and lost 2-1, so they had to play the "what-if" game. They ended up winning that game 6-3. If you want to see some highlights from KSL go to their websight and watch the short segment on our game. Here is the link: http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=504&sid=6438325

It is toward the end, but fun to watch.

The last play of the game was to Chelsea at 2nd base and then the celebration started!!!

Way to go Manti!!