State Track

It was a very HOT state track meet. Most of the Quivira Heights kids did well. Amanda got 1st in high jump. Jordan got 3rd in the 2 mile and 4th in the mile. Katherine got 3rd in long jump. Kieran placed 1st in long jump and 6th in triple. The 4x800 relay placed 7th. The girls were 5th overall out of 51 teams. The boys tied for 20th with 4 other teams. We were proud of them all!

Jordan running the 2 mile at 8:00 in the morning!

3rd place!

The teams coming down the straight away getting ready to run the 4x800 relays. It's pretty cool to see all the teams lined up and running together to the starting line.

Shannon in the first leg. Unfortunately when she went to hand off to Staci another girl knocked the baton out of her hand. That slowed them down a bit.

Staci running 2nd leg.

Katharine running leg 3.

Lindsay bringing it home for 7th place with a time if 10:25.

On the Awards Stand!

Jordan running the mile.

Jordan headed to the finish line for 4th place.

We left early because it was so hot so I didn't get a picture of Amanda's first place finish in high jump.

Congrats to all the QH tracksters and look forward to next year!

Scott's brother also came down for state track because his brother-in-law was running. It was nice to get to spend some time with them and see "little" Gunner. He's not really so little. I'll post pictures of him later. They are on my phone.

Regional Track

Friday was the 1A Regional Track Meet for Quivira Heights. Staci ran all relays, 4x800, 4x100, 4x400. They are going to state in the 4x800! Staci ran her fastest split and so did some other girls. They got 3rd place. They take the top 4 places to state. Their time was 10:23 and the school record was 10:56! They smoked it! Several other people from QH did well too. For the girls, Katherine and Kieran both made it in Long Jump and Triple Jump, Amanda in High Jump and Shannon in 300 hurdles. On the boys' side, Jordan will be running the mile and 2 mile, Darren will throw shot and javelin, Brandon will do the 200, Brenton will throw Javelin and they will run the 4x100 relay. Guess we'll be headed to Wichita this weekend!

Shannon running the first leg of the 4x800.

Staci waiting for Shannon to pass off the baton to run the second leg of the 4x800.

Staci turning the corner for the home stretch. Matthew and Cheryl are on the corner cheering her on!

Katherine running the third leg on the back stretch.

Lindsay bringing it home, holding off Ness City for 3rd place.

Jordan finishing strong for 1st place in the mile.

Watching everyone run in circles put Cheryl to sleep!

The girls had fun with Uncle Matt between events!

Jordan lapping his brother to finish up the 2 mile. Tanner did well for being a freshman!

Staci rounding the corner in the 4x400.

Good Luck at State!

Jump Cheryl

Cheryl likes to "jump"! Here's a little video of her!

Mother's Day

I had a great Mother's Day! Scott had to work so it was the girls and I most of the day. The grocery store had a special on 8 pieces of fried chicken, potato salad, macaroni salad, fruit salad and rolls. I picked up 2 of them and headed out to my mom's. We didn't want to fight the crowds eating out and didn't want to cook either so we thought this was a pretty good idea. After lunch we decided to straighten my hair. It took Staci a little over an hour to do it. Everyone said I looked more like Brittany! After straightening my hair, I had to run to Great Bend to get some parts for a drainage pipe that was leaking at our house. Mom kept the girls so they could sleep and Staci and I ran to Great Bend. We got back and it was time for Scott to get off work so I picked up the girls and headed home. We worked on the drainage pipe and then just hung out the rest of the evening. Scott and the girls gave me cards and a wall hanging. It was a great day with my mom and grandma and my girls!

Grandma, Mom and Me (it was coincidence that we were all wearing yellow!)

Cheryl

Cheyenne (she was so excited when Uncle Matt got his Legos out!)

Me with straight hair! Something most of you haven't seen and probably won't see very often because Scott didn't really like it. I think it's because I look too much like my sister!

Cheryl wearing Cheyenne's sunglasses!

The best picture we could get of me and the girls. Cheyenne didn't have a nap so she was a little cranky and had actually been crying when we first tried to take this picture.

I love being a daughter and a mother!

Last Saturday

Today was our last Saturday for soccer! It was pretty cool for soccer at 9 this morning but by the last game at 1:00 it was nice. So nice in fact that I ended up with a sunbun on my face. So I froze and got a sunburn, just doesn't seem right. I have worked every Saturday except 3 since the 14th of February. I'm ready for a break. Baseball and softball will start the end of this month so I'll have to work more evenings but at least I'll have my weekends.

Girls Day Out

Yesterday Yvonne, Wendy and I had a girls day out to Headturners in Hutchinson. Amber was also supposed to go but had a family get together. We all got different things done. I got my hair cut and hi lighted. Yvonne got a deep conditioning for her hair and a manicure. Wendy got a massage. Yvonne was also supposed to have a chair massage but they didn't get it scheduled so she didn't get to have it.

Yvonne getting her deep conditioning.

Yvonne getting a manicure.


Wendy after her massage!



Me getting ready for my pedicure while the hi lights sit in my hair.

My hi lights.

Finalization of my pedicure, getting my feet massaged! The chair also massaged your back!

REFRESHED!

After being pampered we stopped at Spangles for lunch/supper. None of us had eaten lunch so we were starving! We sat there and visited for 2 hours! Then we took Yvonne to her brother-in-law's for an evening with them and Wendy and I headed home.

We all enjoyed being pampered and getting away with the girls! We all needed it! I think we'll plan girls day outs more often!

Yesterday we were able to go to Hays to meet Lana and Jace. They had a lamb sale in Hays and were going to be there for the weekend. The girls went to soccer with me and then we headed up to Hays. It was so good to see them! We haven't seen them since they got married over a year ago! Colorado isn't that far but with all of our schedule's it's hard to get together. We wouldn't have missed this opportunity to see them! We went out to eat and then to Walmart. The guys had the lambs unloaded by then so we could take the girls to go see them. Cheyenne was a little scared but started feeding them and liked that. I didn't take my camera into the arena and when I was going to go back out and get it, it was pouring rain so I took some with Lana's camera so if she sends them to me I'll post them later. Then we went back to Lana and Jace's hotel and took the girls swimming. They had a blast! It wore us all out. Lana and I took the girls to McDonald's for a light supper and Chey fell asleep on my lap before she was done eating. I took Lana back to her hotel and sadly said goodbye. It was 9:30 when we left Hays. It was so good to get to see Lana and Jace. I wish it wasn't so long between visits.

Swimming!

Lana, Jace and the girls.

Lana and Jace being silly!

Lana and I with the girls!

Happy Easter

Easter morning, the easter bunny visited our house! He hid the eggs we died the day before and left the girls little gifts!

They loved finding the eggs!

After they found eggs we got ready for church and headed to Claflin for the sunrise service and breakfast. Then to mom and dad's for dinner.

My attempt at taking a picture of the girls together! Chey is choking Cheryl a bit!

Our family on Easter (minus Scott, he had to work)

We tried taking Chey's 3 year pictures but she really didn't want to cooperate. She was more interested in playing with the props than taking pictures. I guess maybe we'll have to have someone else do it. She did pose for a picture with me!

The kids!

Grandkids! (the great grandkids were sleeping!)

I love days to get together with family and celebrate the reason we are here!

HE IS RISEN!

Easter Egg Hunt

April 11th was the Easter Egg Hunt in Lyons. All the kids 3 and under were in one group. It was too many kids for one group. Cheyenne got one egg and Cheryl got 2. As one of my friends' 3 year old put it, "Everytime I turned around, there were big people!" They let the adults help in that group and I think they do more than the kids! The girls still had fun! Every year the Cal Maine chickens (people dressed up in chicken costumes) come to the hunt. Cheyenne is terrified of them. One of them came over and put some candy in her basket. Thank goodness I was holding her! She clung on to me and told him thank you. Then someone wanted to take our picture and she hung on tighter as the chicken put his arm around her, she did get out a "CHEESE". I haven't seen it yet but apparently that picture made the front page of the Lyons paper!

Nick and Amber with Cheryl waiting for it to begin.

Cheryl would have had all the eggs picked up before it started if I would have let her!

Brittany and Staci helping the girls get eggs! Look at all the people! You can't see too many little ones!

Cheyenne showing me her basket but I didn't get a very good picture of the egg she got! Her friend Domanic was nice and gave her one of his!

Cheryl showing Staci her eggs!