Jason Varsity Wrestling Division Champ :)

Jan 17, 2009

Jr High/Varsity Division Wrestling Tournament

Kearns High School

Can I tell you how much I LOVE wrestling, or should I say the tournaments where you get to sit in a high school Gym on hard seats ALL DAY with a LARGE group of sweaty boys just to watch your son get his 3-5 mins on a mat with another boy who is trying to over power, twist and sit on your son for what????? A nice blue ribbon :)

Jason Loves it! He took 1st place and gets to advance to District now so we get 1 more Saturday, in a high school gym, with sweaty boys to watch my son battle it out with some monster who wants to kill him.

SOMETIMES I do wish I had a girl.

These are Jason's coaches. He really likes them and they have been great with him this year.
This photo is everyone on the Jr High team who placed in the tournament

Sugar Bowl University of Utah vs Alabama

New Orleans Dec 30-Jan 4th

I have never works so hard in December in my life. When the University of Utah finished it's regular season 12-0 and was headed to one of the biggest BSC college bowl games, we/Morris Murdock decided we were going to operate some groups to go down and support them.
We took almost 300 people on 2 charter/sold out planes from Salt Lake City to New Orleans for the Sugar Bowl. It was so much work and something I have never done before but it was so exciting and challenging too.

We ended up having to play Alabama who was ranked #1 for most of the season until they lost to Florida. Utah was suppose to be embarrassed in the game. WE couldn't play with the BIG schools AND even though we were the only school who went undefeated all season, we didn't deserve to play a team such as Alabama is such a big game.......

And we won! We didn't just win, we dominated the game. It was so amazing to be there and witness this team fight. I have never appreciated a coach like I did Kyle Whittingham, and what a defence......so much to be said but it was AMAZING!!

Art and I flew down the day before the group to get things ready and we were able to spend New Years Eve on Bourbon Street.

I look like I drank the Granades, but I didn't! I was a good girl. They dropped a Fleur de Lis a midnight at the brewery and there were fireworks on the river. We called the kids at midnight too. It was sad to be away from them.

-The Red photo was the U of U tailgate party. They did a good job.

-Then the photo of the Super dome as we got there. We have no idea what we were about to witness

-This is Art and I's proof we were there!

-The last photo made me laugh. This was the Alabama side of the Statium with time left on the clock. They had no idea what had just happened to them. Poor guys, but they were very grasious in the defeat. I have to give that to them.

The Celebration at the trophey presentation.

It's a southern thing....this si the Krystal Burger place on Bourdon at 1130p after the game where Art waited 20mins for these little thin hambergers on dinner rolls. I never got it.
This was a bar Bourbon that I liked the name of and they did have a great band playing.

Christmas 2008

Travis got his mission call

We were so proud of Travis! The 1st missionary. He got his call to serve in the ......

Halifax, Canada Mission

Can you say, eh?

Thanksgiving 2008

The holiday came fast after we got home from Israel. We had the family over and had a good time. Ryan and his family were able to come up from California and we enjoyed spending time with them. We don't get to see them enough. We went bowling and hung out, nothing too exciting.

With Travis and Justin getting ready to leave on their missions this year we took the chance to take their photos together and also update the cousins photo, boy that is was fun!

Elder's Shurtliff and so to be Fracchia
A Motley Crew! Do you feel sorry for those girls in the middle? Neither do we :)MY family photo.

Israel Nov 6-16, 2008

What a amazing trip it was. Let me just say this, ISRAEL IS SAFE FOR ALL TOURIST! IF YOU CAN GO, GO. Have you heard of 1 US or any international tourist being harmed in the Hamas attacks or by Israel defending herself? NO, that is the LAST things either of them want to happen because they need the tourism to keep coming. Anyway, I could get on my soap box about this whole thing and how unfair it is to Israel, but I wont. Let me know if you want my opinion!
Art and I were so lucky to get to spend our anniversary in Israel, well we missed the actual day by a week, but it was ok. We learned so much, and walked so much, and eat so much and we are so ready to go back and do it all again.
Here are a few photos but if you want to see more you need to go to Art's face book page. Let me know if you need help to get there. He put EVERYONE of his 1500 pics on there. Crazy man!

In Jerusalem at the Dome of the Rock on the Temple Mount. This is the biblical, Mt Moriah.
Over looking the old City of Jerusalem

Jerusalem City walls

Again, over looking the Old City and the Mt of Olives

On top of Masada

Church on the Mt of Beatitudes

The synagogue in Capernaum, Jesus' home town after he left Nazareth

This is a old Roman public bathroom at the ruins in Bet She'an

Roman ruins in Bet She'an

The view from Mt Tabor, the Mount of Transfiguration!

The Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth. The church was build over Mary's, Christ mothers family home.

A monument to the Prophet Elijah when he fought with the Babel Priest.

The Roman Theater in Ceasarea

The old city of Jappa

Flying into Tel Aviv!

Playing Catch up

I have not updated the blog in a while since I have been putting things on Facebook, but it really isn't the same. However I am so far behind now that I was beginning to feel like what was the point. But since it is MY blog after all and it is just my outlet to the world, here it goes :)