Dixie College Soccer Camp and 4th of July!

What a fun, crazy, exhausting week. Gentry had summer camp each day this week and the following week as well from 9-12 at the school. She loved it. They played games, ate snacks, went on field trips and of course learned. It was crazy trying to make her schedule work with Calli's soccer schedule for the week but we made it...barely. 

Calli had a week long Dixie College soccer camp with Snow Canyon High school. (Monday 2nd-Friday 6th) She played 8 games in 5 days plus made it to most of the older girls games as well. The coaches encouraged the younger team to go to the older girls games and vice versa so most days we were attending 3-4 games. The games were either played at Dixie College, Dixie High school or Little Valley. By the end of the week we were so sick of being in the car. In between games the Seniors planned some fun activities for them to do to keep them all unified for the week. 

Calli playing in one of the games in Little Valley

Calli and the other freshman at the older girls game sitting on the bench by Jadyn. 

-Monday: We went to the older girls game at 7:00pm and then Calli played at 8:00pm. After the game they all went to Denny's at about 11pm and then to Sarah Henderson's (senior player) home for a big sleepover.  -Tuesday: They woke up to a big breakfast and headed out to more games. She had a game at 9:00am the older girls game at 10:00am and then played in another one at 8:00pm. In between games they went back to Sarah's house for lunch and a movie.  
-Wednesday 4th of July: She played games at 8:00am and 7:00pm. We only made it to one of the older girls today because she was so tired and needed a break. After her last game we met up with family at the park for fireworks (more below).
-Thursday: we made it to all four games 9:00am, 10:00am, 6:00pm and 8:00pm. In between games they went to Sarah's house again for smoothies. They were also supposed to have a sleepover on the football field that night but everyone was so exhausted and/or injured, plus had early games the next morning they decided to reschedule the sleepover for another night so everyone could recoup. 
-Friday: she had a game at 8:30am and then stayed for the older girls game right after. It was such a tiring week but so much fun. She loves the girls on the team and is getting excited and very nervous for try-outs. She will continue going to conditioning each morning at 6:30am until try-outs July 30th. 

Also, on Friday they had a big Peterson cousin sleepover at our house on the trampoline. 

Duke's kids who we don't get to see very often were in town so we made the most of it. The next morning we all went to Ramada (where Susie and Cliff were staying) and let the cousins go swimming...and look what is still there. 

I worked at Ramada for 5 years about 14 years ago.  In 1997 5 of us employees (all front desk personnel) were expecting within months of each other. We got so many comments like "What's in the water" that our boss Paul Harker decided to take a picture and hang in at the front desk with a plague that read "The harvest of 1997. The present and future employees of Ramada." That is Calli and I in the picture in all our loveliness  wearing overalls...14 years later it is still there. They said that it is such a conversation piece that it will never come down. We've suggested over the past few years that maybe we should take an updated one to hang by it. Oh well, at least Calli is guaranteed a job at Ramada if she ever wants it:)

4th of July
We went straight from Calli's game at 7:00pm to the park where we met up with all my family and Amber and Eric. It was nice to sit, relax, snack and visit with family. (That is until Kami and I went on a stalking spree following the Brown Family around (Family from Sister Wives). The cousins always have so much fun together. They took over my phone and had a blast taking pictures of themselves. We were laughing so hard watching them all pose, pile on each other and throw themselves in front the camera just to get in the shot. They took about 80 pictures here's just a handful. 

So Fun. Happy 4th of July 2012!