Over the Weekend We: Soccer, Volleyball, Moab and Prom (with a side of Fear Factory)

Saturday was full of supporting the kids.

We kicked it off first thing with Tayler's soccer game (I'm still planning on making a big soccer post where I'll post all her soccer pictures that I've taken over the last few years.  It will be interesting to see how she's grown up in the sport).

Tayler has not interest in making goals, but loves playing defense and is all about getting in the fray and making the block.  She's really good at redirecting the ball away from the goal.

They won their game, plus also, it was a gorgeous morning.

The chill of spring lasts much too long, and Saturday we felt that summer might finally be pulling through.

After Tay's soccer game Tay headed to the mall to celebrate her birthday with her friends, and The Man and I headed over to Jayme's volleyball tournament.  I don't have any pictures to post as I took them on my big camera and not my phone, but I do have these pics from a tournament a few weekends ago.

I'll also be making a volleyball post for all the pictures I've taken of Jay paying volleyball over the last year or so.

This weekend they nearly missed winning the silver.  It's amazing to watch Jayme and the control she has with the ball.  She comes alive on the court.

After volleyball I dropped Cali off at a friend's brithday party.

At this point in the weekend The Man decided to take some friends up on a last minute invite to head down to Moab for the night.

They did a night ride on Hell's Revenge and then spent Sunday in the Behind the Rocks area.

This one is West:

This one is his friend, Byron:

Casidee went to prom with Levi.

They went to a silver mine for their day date, then out to sushi and the dance.

And lastly, I attended a training at Fear Factory where we went over emaciated anatomy in the face for "shruken in" looks, as we use those quite often with zombies, victims, and even vampires.

This makeup wasn't "picture ready," but more just a learning process.  They're heavy because I traced over them several times with my airbrush, trying to memorize the feel of the lines and how the bones are shaped, and then how the skin would fall.

So, in simpler words, these are just practice photos, I know it's not a great makeup, but it was never meant to be.

Gosh, I love being involved with this.

With Saturday being insanely busy, Sunday was a crash day.  We went to church, I went to a camp meeting (I'm serving as Stake Camp Director), and then we crashed and watched all the chick flicks we could while Sean holed up in his room with his phone, and West was in Moab.

All in all, I think we all earned our down time with each other.

Over the Weekend: Dogs in Soccer, First in Dance, and It Begins: Prom.

Over the weekend we:

1. Won a soccer game
2. Took first in a dance competition
3. Got asked to our first date/school dance/prom

Overall I would say it was a pretty positive weekend for The Circus.

Tayler's soccer game did not come with a side order of rain, though it did come with gusty cold wind and a dog being chased by a dog catcher through the middle of the field.  Nice dog.  Poor dog catcher.  Didn't phase the players... too much.

Brynn started taking dance this year, and we are wrapping up the season with her performances.  The first was a dance competition over the weekend where her team took a first place ranking.  I was grinning like a fool at her beauty, and dying a little inside at how grown up she's becoming.

I took the recording with my phone, which wasn't liking the lighting situation on stage so it didn't get super clear.

She's still beautiful.


On Saturday night, midnight to be exact (okay, 11:40 to be exact), there was a loud knock on our door.  The Man and I stumbled downstairs, half asleep, wondering what in the world was going on.  One peak out the window and I knew.

Our lawn was glowing, and I mean literally glowing.  It had been covered by glow sticks.  On our porch was a sign.

The Man grumbled, "Tell Max he's in trouble for waking me up" and went back upstairs.  I went downstairs to wake Cas up.  This wasn't something that could wait until morning; she needed to see the glow.

Since she was heading back to her dad's house for two weeks on Sunday, we needed a quick turn around answer to give back before she left.

She baked a large cupcake, filled the center with frosting, and slipped in a note that read: "It would be sweet to go to prom with you."

We don't do anything small at our house, apparently.  Her first date, her first dance, hey, let's make it a prom.

She is also getting too grown up.