School's Out for Summer!

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

We had a great school year, but we were all ready for the last day and for summer to begin. 

Camryn had Mr. Suckow this year. I think she struggled with having a male teacher, but he did a good job and Camryn made good progress especially in her reading.

Seth had Mrs. Janeksela, who we loved. She had her class do creative projects and made learning fun. 

Alexis made a lot of new friends. We carpooled with Madison at the end of the year. Here are the girls on the last day. 

After that last day of school, a group of friends went to the Haycocks to swim. 

My oldest niece, Madison, graduated this year. I can't believe how quickly time goes by. The ceremony was fairly short and sweet, followed by a dinner at Ryan's to celebrate her accomplishment. 

The Hills are ready for summer!

Freshman Year

2012-2014

Alexis loved her freshman year. She is very social and has a diverse set of friends. Here are a few pictures from her year. 

80's Work Out Day with Shae

Western Wear Day with Madison - the picture of their backs was to show their braids not their butts. 

End of the Year with Roy

Selfies with Courtney

Hanging out by the lockers with Madison 

Hanging out at the Lee's with Andrew and Courtney

With Heidi on Twin Day

Partying with Jade and Taz

Who Day with Kassandra and Ashley

Catching M&Ms in their mouths with Julissa 

 Track Friends - Teah, Aubra,  & Kassandra

Lex & Deanna

Galaxy Soccer Practice With Heidi

Ashley Lopez

Partying Like We Were in Paris

Friday, May 31, 2013

Camryn turned 10 and took these cute treats to share with her class.

I was out of town on Cam's birthday so we had to have her party 2 weeks later. She had a Paris themed party and invited McKenna and Heather.  We started with an early dinner of French bread pizza, French fries, and strawberries. 

After dinner we headed down to Sunset Park the paint al fresco near the pond.  They each got a beret, a palette, and a set of paints.

We had borrowed some easels from school.

Here are the finished masterpieces:

We were very thirsty and stopped to get slurpees on the way hometo have cake and ice cream.

I had ordered an Eiffel Tower figurine to put on top.

Camyrn opened her presents and got a cute bag, a sleepover game book, a mustache shirt, and other fun little things.

It was getting late, but we drove down Las Vegas Boulevard to the Paris. They got a lot of looks for wearing their berets.

We went to buy tickets to go up the Eiffel Tower and the lady selling the tickets found out it was a birthday party and gave Camryn a Paris pen.

In the elevator, the operator gave facts about the Tower. I found the elevator ride with the glass doors pretty freaky. It was pretty high up.

It was a great view to see all the lights of the city.

We staked out a good spot to watch the fountains at the Bellagio.  It was cool to watch from above.

We didn't get home until almost midnight. I went to bed but the girls stayed up playing games and watched Phantom of the Opera because it is set in France.

The next morning I took the girls to Crepe Expectations.  The girls got fruit filled crepes that were delicious.

It was a fun party and much cheaper than taking Camryn to Paris, France!

Fong's Got Talent

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Both Camryn and Seth tried out for the school talent show this year and made it.  

Camryn kicked off the show by singing Phillip Phillip's "Home" as a slide show of pics taken throughout the school year was projected.  Then Cam MCed the rest of the show. She tried telling some jokes and kinda messed one up, but she kept on going!

Seth and his buddy Cayson did a much shortened version of the "Who's On First" skit. Both boys got all the lines spot on and were cute and funny.

I'm proud of my talented kids!

Little League

Spring 2013

This spring Seth was on the Rockies.  His team was young and less experienced. They had a rough season and never won a game.

Seth was one of the better players. He played 3rd base and occasionally 1st base.  He is a very consistent hitter also.  While the team had a rough season, Seth did quite well.

Football in Flagstaff

May 17-19, 2013

Ryan and I signed our LV Galaxy team up for a tournament in Flagstaff, AZ.  I wanted to be able to leave when the girls got out of school, so I took the day off and took the Littles to dentist and eye appointments. We met up at Ryan's house and took off.  I had Juline, Addie, and Heidi in my car and Ryan took Lex, the twins, and Grace. The car ride included listening to Juline's terrible music and an even more terrible song she wrote "Everybody deserves a second chance..." We stopped by McDonald's for dinner.  Heidi hadn't brought money and wouldn't let me buy her anything.  She joked with a boy in line that he should buy her a McFlurry and he did.  We found out that he is LDS and his name is Joe, so we called him Joe McFlurry.

We got to Flagstaff and went to check in for the tournament.  They had an old players list so we had to fix that and we had to prove that we had paid our fees.  We went and picked up some groceries and headed to the cabin we had borrowed. While we were waiting to get in the girls told scary stories and made creepy faces.  

The girls all slept in the loft and I was on the couch under them.  They were pretty quiet until about 4:00 in the morning.  I do remember hearing "Oh, crap, I forgot my cleats!" sometime in the night.  So the next morning we had breakfast and headed to Big 5 to get Heidi some new cleats.

We played an older team and we were way outmatched the first game.  It was a hard loss, but we lifted spirits by having lunch at Chick-Filet, Ryan's favorite.

We hung out at the field and waited for our next game.

We won our second game, with Sydney and Heidi scoring (it was the new cleats!)  

We were in a great mood and the whole team went to Sizzler for dinner.  Dinner was followed by another night at the cabin with screaming about bugs in the shower, Grace having a bloody nose, and being woken up at 4:00 in the morning by a cell phone buzzing.

We had a third game on Sunday morning.  We were evenly matched, but just couldn't finish to score.  After the game we took a bunch of pictures, knowing it was our last game together.
 

The girls had gotten these tattoos at the restaurant the night before.

Galaxy was so successful  the first year, but when had to pick up new players after a few got picked off, with the girls being busier now that they were in HS, and the girls just showing less commitment, the second year was so hard.  We decided to break up the team.  It was a difficult decision and I miss the girls. I was glad to have this last, fun weekend together.