Busy Month of May

So much has happened in May. Yes Alex did get transferred and then he was transferred again two weeks later and became Senior Companion. Then a few weeks later he was made District leader. He is doing well and we enjoyed talking to him on Mother's Day.

We just finished up Track and Trevor and Spencer both did very well. Trevor took 1st in two events at Divisions and 2nd in another. (State info follows this post) Spencer had a personal best at Divisions in both the 300 hurdles and the 110 hurdles. He has continued to improve all season. Here is what was in the newspaper after Divisions.


Spencer Jones may not have qualified for state, but he was one of our highlights. His improvement this year is fantastic and we are very proud of what he has accomplished.

Trevor Jones set a new PR in the 300 hurdles and brought home the gold. He improved by over a second and is still relatively new to the event. He could place high at state and next year could be looking at breaking the 40-second mark.
(The Bobcat 4x400 Relay team of Jacob Bradshaw, Nic Tracy, Sam Johnson, and Trevor Jones set a new division meet record.)

May started out with me subbing Biology for a week, while Cammie spent a week in Italy at her son's wedding. After that I took over 2 band classes and a history of Rock and Roll class for the rest of the year. I took a crash course from youtube in leading band (rather than choir) and went to it. We had our final concert on May 20th and then played Pomp and Circumstance at graduation. It has kept me busy this month.

Spencer also was in a play early this month. Here is the clip that explains why he received the "Screams Like A Girl" award for drama.


Nick Pay (Melanie's husband) graduated from Great Basin College with his bachelors last weekend. They also spent a few days in Salt Lake prior to that. They have been very busy.




Zac (Chelsea's husband) is still on the hunt for a great job (which we know he will find soon). Chelsea keeps busy taking care of Gavin who is ready to get moving. Crawling is just around the corner.





Selina is enjoying the great weather down south and the time off from school for the summer, Kamry and Richie are doing great!




April and James are gearing up for their new little one's arrival and going to China at the end of the summer.


We are all doing well and are grateful for our many blessings. Sorry these posts are so long and overdue, but read on there are two more.

State Track Meet May 21 & 22 in Reno, Nevada.
Trevor's 1st event was the 300 hurdles at 7:00 pm. He had taken the Southern Division with 1st place after only 3 weeks of training. He was positioned to take 4th at state. He took off and was in 1st place until he rounded the last corner. He could feel someone coming up on him, he tried to speed up and caught the hurdle a little slowing him down he continued on and held on for 2nd place - a silver medal at state in his first event - an event he only started 3 weeks earlier.



Next the 4x400 Relay Team prepared for their big race. It was 9:45 pm on a cold and windy Friday night. The team was slated to take 3rd place. We looked on as they knelt in prayer asking Heavenly Father to help them run their very best! (all of the boys but one, I believe ran a personal best, in terrible conditions.)


I only hada video of this race, and by the way turn your sound down - It starts with the handoff to Trevor, then just watch on the other side for the 1st place person.
On the podium in 2nd place!!

400 Meter Race on day 2 the weather started out better, but about this time it started snowing. Almost to the finish line in 3rd place just behind Nick Tracy also of White Pine High School.

After taking 3rd in the 400 meter (he was slated to take 6th) he was totally spent and could hardly moved. Here his teammate who took 2nd is helping him to the medals podium.


Still waiting for the podium......

It was super cold and windy! We all barely survived as we hadn't expected it to be quite soooo cold.

This is what the local newspaper reported about Trevor and our 4x400 Team after State:

The boys 4x400 relay team of Jacob Bradshaw, Sam Johnson, Trevor Jones and Nic Tracy almost upset the favorite Whittell. The Bobcats led throughout the race, but Whittell's anchor John Robinson later won the 400, ran a fantastic race to edge out Nic Tracy. "Robinson ran a 49 split on his leg," Dolezal said. "You have to take your hat off to him for that kind of performance."

Senior Nic Tracy proved that he was one of the best 400 runners the following day coming in a close second to Whittell's Robinson.

"Nic had a great season in the 400 and it paid off here at state," Dolezal said. "He will be hard to replace." But his replacement was right behind him in the 400, Trevor Jones was right behind Nic in the 400 bring home the third place medal. "Trevor had two great races this weekend, the 400 and 300 hurdles. He is going to be one of the favorites in both events next year at state." Jones had a personal best in the 300 hurdles and placed second. "Trevor has only one speed and that is all out, that is what make him a great 300 hurdler."


A great sophmore year for Trevor. He is looking forward to the next two years in Soccer and Track his favorite sports.

Aunt Hazel

On May 16, 2010 I attended the funeral services of my Dad's sister, Hazel. She has been battling cancer for 14 years and passed away on Mother's Day. She was an amazing person. She was probably the most Christ-like person I have ever known. Some of the words used to describe her were loving, a saint, an angel, long-suffering, meek, humble, cared for the poor, patient, kind, and non-complaining. She always had a smile. She was always thinking of ways to serve others. She lived in poverty most of her life as she was divorced at a young age and raised four wonderful children pretty much on her own. Her children are righteous members of the church with wonderful families of their own.

Her greatest desire was to be sealed to her children for eternity. This was a major concern for her. It brought great heart-ache through out her life. she did take out her own endowments and had done all she could to live a righteous life. She came to feel that the Lord's plan was merciful and that everything would be taken care of in the next life.

Aunt Hazel had very meager means and yet she never took a handout from the government. She did her best and then trusted the Lord would provide. She had great faith.

One time she wen t out to go to work leaving her 4 children 12 and under at home. The car would not start. They tried pushing it to see if they could jump start it, but to no avail. She knew it was her fault as she had left the lights on and the battery was dead. Nothing seemed to work. She went inside and knelt with her family in prayer confessing to Heavenly Father that she was sorry she had left the lights on, but that she must get to work or she might lose her job and the money needed to feed her family. She then went outside and turned the key and it started and she drove off to work.

She had such a big heart. She took in the homeless the destitute, abused children, and often nursed those who were sick.

One time she lived in a condo and they were having problems with vandalism. The community believed it was being done by a group of teenage boys. One day she saw them hanging out together, she asked her daughter who had dropped by to take out a plate of cookies to them. She did and let them know who her mother was. The next morning more vandalism had happened; more cars were damaged - windows broken, but there in the middle of it all was Aunt Hazel's car untouched.

She cared for those that no one else wanted to be around. She did the lord's work. She had no guile.

Whenever I saw her she would remind me of stories of my Dad "Richard" as she called him. She loved him and shared that love with us.

Many of the great attributes she had were also attributes my father had. They were taught by their parents to love and to serve.

I hope that I can carry on this legacy. Her example makes me want to be a better grandmother, mother and disciple of Christ.