Awards Ceremony: Soccer: U13 Champions

Top Row: Addi Black, Jessica Jensen, Coach Brooke Thulin, Ally Forshee, Hannah Madsen

Second Row: Sophie, Kennedy, Hannah Dehlin, Annie Deere, Courtney McDaniel, Hannah Georg

Bottom Row: ME AND GABI :) :) :)
Brooke giving me my award. I got MVP Offense :) thanks Brooke!

Us with our awards (Addi, holy cow!)

L-R: Addi Black, Ally Forshee, Me, Gabi Israelsen. Gabi and I were totally hyper the entire time, but in this picture it was me and Addi who gave my mom creeper looks. There was soda and the party! I couldn't resist! Haha :)

Soccer: U13 Champions

My soccer season just ended :( It's been great fun and I had a wonderful experience playing with such AMAZING girls! Better yet, my coach was and still an incredible coach and player and she pushed us and made us really good this season. I'm proud of my team and all the girls and I will miss you guys all this next season for whoever isn't doing Utah FC! I made the team and will be playing up U14. Here's some action shots of my last game. It was close and I scored a goal, and it was sad to say good-bye to the team..for the day :(

Love you all!

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Addie

Dance Concert

Emma had her first ever dance concert on May 16th. She did great on her two cute dances, Thumblina and April Showers {both classic Diz songs!} The whole gang came, including Izz and Aunt Kristen! Thanks so much for coming! Emma enjoyed the support. Getting ready to dance with cousin Jessica Neeleman. Great job girlies!

2WK. Checkup

Isabel got her checkup done today and all looks great! She is at around 8lbs. 7oz or something, which is still smaller than Emma was at birth, but it's good that she's growing.

Love,
Addie

Toddlers and Tiaras

The other day I slept over with my friend Aly LaComb (Rachel and Tim's daughter) and she introduced me to this show - Toddlers and Tiara's...I must say I was SHOCKED! And not in a good way! Little helpless girls that are Emma's age get plucked away from a normal, at-home life and are turned into modeling divas. We watched a particular episode about some Texas competition. One mother was insane! Her daughter was Taralyn, she was an only child (hence, the glitz), and her mother prep'd her in so many absurd ways like:

-flippers for her teeth. they covered her tiny baby teeth and made them look pro.

-airbrush and tanning...and the lady at the office desk saw her walk in and looked at her like, you've got to be kidding me.

-makeup which was OVERLOADED. She looked completely fake and I was almost gagging.

But what shocked me even more was her mother. That lady was OBSESSED. The family was clearly rich - living in a huge, Barton-like monstrosity, with one child, paying extreme cash to get dresses, clothes, and makeup and tanning o.d.'s, and completely spoiling their little daughter. Unreal.

Again, that mother was crazy. Probably in her later 40s, and forcing her child around like a dog. The dance routine she had her learn could win her a spot on Dancing With the Stars..she was insane! Both Aly and I were shocked beyond words.

But another thing about this show was that I wasn't just completely against it..it was good. I mean, horrible what these ladies do to their children, but the show in general pleased me!

*****another thing: there was a mother on the show who put her two young boys in, because she wished they were girls. She described them as, "the girls she never had"...I cracked up at the thought that her "boys" will grow up a little on the gay side ;)

In general, it wasn't bad, just horrific looking at those little girls..