Addie Makin' Gingerbreads

{12/8/2011}

I was able to help in Addie's preschool class the day they made Gingerbread Houses. It's always fun to spend time at school. Addie loves her little class and I can see why, it is such a fun place. Miss Mickell does an amazing job. Addie's house turned out just perfect! She had all the candy eaten off of it within the week! Love my little Ads.

Marshall Baseball

Landon was invited to play with the Marshall's 9U baseball team during the Thanksgiving Weekend Baseball Tourney in Las Vegas. We went down after I did my day after Thanksgiving shopping of course. ;) It was fun to get away for a few days and to have Gavin in the stands with us watching. For some reason when Landon plays on other teams I don't feel as much pressure for him to do well. I don't know if he feels like that, but I do. He did good for not even swinging a bat since August. The team made it to Championship day, but got beat. They are a cute bunch of boys with a lot of great talent.  Playing on the Big League Dreams Field again was probably the highlight for Landon. He loves that place, it is such an amazing complex.  Looking at these pictures gets me excited for the upcoming baseball season!

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year was with Gavin's mom. It was really yummy. Bradi has perfected her noodle making, and Katie's rolls were so good! Katie is really good at making the perfect bread dough. One of these days I will get good at it too! Other than Carlee dumping everyone's drinks (gotta love the age...) it was a really nice day.

They have "pet" squirrels. Landon really got a kick out of holding and feeding it. The girls had to get a picture together, because of all the hours we put into making the dinner so good. :) I am thankful for Thanksgiving to help me remember all I am blessed with. I have so much to be grateful for.

Warrior Football Tournament

 Because our football team did so well during the regular season, the coaches decided to enter them into a football tournament in Mesquite. It was in November so I had brought blankets, coats, sweatshirts... to keep warm. Needless to say the weather was beautiful the first day I took my shoes off and had wished I had worn Capri's. The next morning our game was at 9:00 am thinking the weather would be about the same all I brought was a few sweatshirts for the morning chill. Boy was I wrong, the wind was blowing and it was freezing! Good thing we won, so sitting out in the cold was worth it! ;)

Check out that trophy! Who needs a Grandfather Clock in a home, when you have that?! Also, check out those Uni's they looked really sharp, and played really sharp too! 

It was a fun weekend. It looks like I was having a good time, doesn't it? Who knows what we are laughing about. This is what I get for blogging about something that happened 3 months ago! I do remember the food at the Eureka Cafe was good. We went there both days after the games. Trust me to only remember the food, I am crazy like that. :)

Good Job WARRIORS!

Love those boys.

Baby Ballet

{Nov. 14th, 2011}

 

This year I have been able to watch Addie through the outside windows at dance . I have loved being able to see what she is doing unlike last year. When we were able to actually hear the music and see her dance at the same time, it made it so fun! Addie did great on her showoff day, she smiled and danced her little heart out. It made all of us smile, because of how happy she was. She loves dance, the tights are another story. They hurt and squish her, but we manage to get them on every week.  Miss Sheila is so cute with her baby ballerina's. Dance day is a highlight of Addie's week. Lots of fun!!

Football Champs!!

The last couple weeks of the football season were crazy. For starters Grandpa's Funeral was the first week of the playoff's, so I never really thought about football that week, Landon and Gavin made it to the practices on top of the viewing and funeral. When we got to the game, I was sitting in the stands and kind of panicked! I thought a my gosh... if we don't win, we're done. Luckily we won! It was a good day!

Then it was time to prepare for the Championship. That week the boys had dinner after practice every night! Fun! We had some unbelievable parents on the team, everyone supported the boys and participated throughout the whole year! Landon even got a sign in our yard that said "A Warrior Lives Here!" So cute! :)

The big day came, and we conquered! It was a great game, our boys seemed really nervous at first. Finally in the second half they came alive and played like we knew they could. We beat Dixie 25-12, winning the 3rd Grade Tackle Football Championship!

Then it was time to celebrate!!

Fun memories! Gavin was stoked to finally have that golden football! He put a lot of effort into the season and it was so fun to see him finally holding it.

Warrior Nation. So many great supporters.

Then the bus.... Oh how they loved the bus! "The Show Goes On" was thumping, and the boys were screaming! Good Times!! I Love Landon's #1 sign hanging out the window. These boys worked so hard, they deserved those trophies.

As I think back on the 2011 Football season, I think of hard work, discipline, respect, sweat, blood, and tears.  All was left on the football field and we came away victorious. 

Now all we have are the memories, but they are very very sweet. It was a year we won't forget.

We are proud to be Warriors. 

**Thank you Hayley Bradshaw for the good photos.** The not so good ones, are mine. ;)

Grandpa Frei

I have been putting off this blog post for a long time now... well about 3 months. I don't know if I am just hoping that if I don't blog about it he will come back because I am not ready to face the reality that he isn't, or if my heart has just been to broken to write about it? As I put these pictures together, my heart is heavy. Landon Hafen Frei was a great man, the last of that dying breed you could say. He was a  farmer, rancher, husband, father, brother to name a few, but to us he was a Grandpa and a dang good one!

Grandpa was always there for us, I know he loved us and that means so much.

On Sunday, October 30th 2011 we lost him. He had been to Sacrament Meeting at Church, came home checked on Grandma and then decided he didn't feel well. Vicki found him after she got home from Church. She was going down to read them the article that was put in the paper that very day about their 75th Wedding Anniversary. The next few hours are a blur... we went to the hospital where we found out he had a brain aneurism. It's crazy to say we were shocked that a 95 year old man was going to die, but we were. He was so healthy and strong. His heart was the last organ to stop, it just wouldn't stop beating. That I am sure is a testament to his garden full of fruits and vegetables. The vegetables he ate everyday of his life, the ones I will be eating a lot more of. :) He passed with his family surrounding him, and I know he was welcomed on the other side with open arms. 

I had never seen Gavin so sad. He was like a walking zombie. He was not really with us mentally those first few days. Grandpa Frei was everything to him. He had taught him so much. From the time he was a little boy he spent pretty much every minute he could with Grandpa. Fixing water lines, riding for cows, sleeping at the Dutchman ranch, pruning peach trees, picking squash were some of Gavin's fondest memories with his Grandpa. He was able to speak at the funeral and did an amazing job.

 Grandpa has left a legacy for each of us to follow. I hope to work a little harder and endure to the end because that is exactly what he did. Look at this posterity, something he was very proud of.

There is a big hole left in our hearts with Grandpa being gone. He is missed. I know the day I see him again will be very sweet. Love you Grandpa.

**Thank you Bradi for the Pictures. They are Priceless.**