Heritage Softball

    What a tremendous softball season Spring 2021 was!!!  Between her school team and her Chandler recreation team, there was not a better coached girl out there!!!  Tatum is so fortunate to have Coaches:

Vega, April, Scott, and her dad.

    I have to admit that things were really intense for a couple months as Tatum had practices 5 nights and up to 4 games in a week.  But she is a TROOPER and saw both teams through.  Her school team finished with an 8-2 record and 3rd in the state--which was a much higher finish than we expected with this young team.  Her rec team was undefeated up until being knocked out in the first tournament round--finishing much lower than we expected😒. 

3rd in the State!!!

    I was somehow appointed to "Softball Booster President" this year for the school team and had THE BEST TIME working with the other moms.  We were able to get funds for t-shirts/hoodies, meals after away games, and an AWESOME end of the year banquet with super cute girl and coach gifts.  Seriously cannot wait to plan next year--weird...I know.  

Brandi, Coach Vega, Kristy, and me:)

    Coach Vega called Tatum the "team nucleus."  As an 8th grader, she showed such confidence, grace, and poise--she shows this on BOTH teams.  She had a great time making great life-long friends and lasting memories.  Tatum was sad that the season was over but is definitely looking forward to a little time off--before heading up to BYU softball camp and team fund-raising for new uniforms this summer.  Can't wait to watch this girl grow over her next 4 years.

Funny Lola...

    It seems like there's a lot of "funny Lola" pics on my phone.  Apparently, there can NOT be TOO many pics of this squishy/cute dog of ours: 

She's sooooo FANCY!

Two broken ears + a crooked tongue=
SOPHISTICATION👑

COOLEST AUNTIE EVER!!!

Max Goes to Prom 2021!

    Super proud of this boy!!!  He's been everyone's "Wing-Man" all year helping his friends get asked/be asked to dances all year.  It was finally HIS turn!  So he used his current job at "Popeyes" as his Promposal:  "I'ma Stop Being Chicken and Ask You to Prom."  His friend Jackson G. was his "Wing-Man" this time.

    The day of Prom was a little crazy--as it was planned by boys😂. After picking up everyone, locking his keys in his car,  helping his friend get the ink tag (that wasn't properly removed when bought) off his suit, and THEN helping that same friend get a last minute corsage for his date...Chris and I were EXHAUSTED.  Thank goodness these pics done by a old ward friend turned out FANTASTIC.  Made the craziness all worth it.

 

Chloe is such a good sport😂

This only had to be explained to me:
"Ice in the veins"
Means:  nothing gets to them
(I was worried it was a heroine reference😬)

It was a great night with great friends.  Nicely done boys💗

Shrek & Fiona--Foster Pups

     More foster pups from the Rez.  I got a call from another lady wanting to help up these two pups on the Rez who had just lost their momma to Animal Control.  I had the missionaries pick them up for me.  Seriously got these two in the nick of time.  They were a little older than the ones I usually get--they were closer to 6 months old--and the little girl was EXTREMELY sick.  She was throwing up everything--could not even hold water down.  But I could see she was a fighter.  So I dug into my medicine cabinet and found a bottle of powdered penicillin--the kind you add water to for children--and I mixed it up and started her on it immediately while I waited for the shelter to be able to fit her in for her shots/deworming.  Immediate improvement within 24 hours.  It's been awhile since I've had to pull a pup back from death's door but so glad that I got her when I did and that I had the medicine on hand.  (Gonna hit Mexico up again soon so I can have that stuff on hand all the time!). These two pups were so dang cute, they were adopted within the weekend that they went in.  

Shrek--male

Fiona--female