it's been far too long!

WOAH. is all i have to say on how terrible we've all been at this whole time! i guess MOST people only travel in the summer. and i think dad and i officially know why!

so lets see. since the last post:

Eric and Ashlyn moved home. my roommate and i road tripped out to school. We stopped in Buford, CO to see my grandparents. i made multiple trips to UT throughout the semester.
Lynn would like to add that she also met some people.

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Mom and dad continued their trips around the state for soccer games.

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on any tuesday or thursday evening you could call dad and find him in a different place in the state haha.

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Early November mom and dad flew over to Portland to see their beautiful granddaughters and their wonderful daughter.

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I had planned to go to Northern California for the week of thanksgiving. but got stuck in Utah instead.

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Within a week, eric and ash had moved to the same house we'd be staying at. haha Carol and Sid are the greatest. Eric and Ash now make daily trips out to Park City for work.
This is the resort they work at, NOT the house they moved to. :)

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they've had their own share of car troubles and such.

now the most exciting news.

mom and dad drove out to idaho for my graduation.

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after graduation we split. mom and my friend erin from our home stake, left for rexburg heading north then east. dad and i on the other hand, headed south. into a storm we thought we could manage. We had dinner with eric and ash and spent the night in sugarhouse. sunday dad and i headed west toward his moms house in meeker, co. we stopped in Park City to see where eric and ash work at the St. Regis then kept going. after Heber City, the highlander decided it didn't like the weather. long story short, we rolled the highlander.

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we're both alright. we got to ride in an ambulance, be seen in an ER, and then went and stayed with my aunt and uncle. It was a pretty emotional and sore evening for us, having to tell all our family what happened. But it's nice we are able to say 'we're both ok!' no broken bones, no stitches, no anything. except scrapes, bruises, and some pretty sore muscles. we decided neither of us were in any condition to try to drive home. so we flew home. and boy is it nice to be home!

well, i hope this sheds at least a little bit of light on what has been going on with our family and our travels. next stop: nothing in the near future for dad or i. haha

love you all!

sara

Addicted...

Monday dad and i went for a drive. We drove up the Chena river (similar to the way you drive down Z and the river is next to the road). At the end of the road is a private lodge that has the "Chena Hot Springs." We stopped along the way home at a Trailhead and camping area and had a picnic! it was a perfect monday evening. :-D

Other than that, all we've been doing is watching tv. FIFA World Cup. and... Bones. We used to just watch A&E or TBS or whatever channel had rereuns of CSI or Bones or Criminal Minds or something. But all the Criminal Minds and CSIs dad has already seen. and you know how both of us are about commercials.... so.. i decided that i wanted to watch all the seasons of Bones. to learn the history of the characters and the development of them and such. SO. i went to blockbuster and rented Season 1. we started it last week, and now we're on to Season 2. it's good. REALLY good stuff! so....

that is what we have been up to. again, not much of anything. :-D

Soccer Phase 2

I woke up early and while Eli and Jeff were still snoozing in bed, I headed off to Wisconsin Rapids for Tony's games. 
Marshfield Inferno U18 vs Brownsville Bombers U19  Won 2-0
Tony didn't score, but did get a yellow card for slide tackling a guy.

Then around noon they played:
Marshfield Inferno U18 vs MCU Lightning U16  Won 5-0
Tony got 1 goal in this game.

His team was then in the championship game. Marshfield Inferno U18 vs St. Point U16 Won 5-0
Tony had 2 great goal in this game.  One was in the first half, a header from a corner pass.  The second goal came during a skirmish in front of the goal and Tony came in with a slide kick pushing the ball and himself into the net.--Of course I had decided just to watch the championship game instead of trying to video it.  : (

At first I was feeling kind of sorry for the St. Point team as Tony's team had beat them yesterday 10-0 and we were again dominating them.  Then I realized this was the same St. Point U16 that beat Eli's U15 team 8-1 in the first game of the season.  They hadn't been very humble winners- so I guess what goes around comes around.

The guy in the tie dye shirt was taken off the field in an ambulance during the second game of the day.  He had been hit in the back of the head with a very hard kicked ball and wasn't coherent for several minutes.  He has a history of other concussions.  We were all glad to see him come back to watch the championship game.

Tony said this team communicates better than any other team he has played with.  He has also improved tremendously.  He was the high scorer on his team with 7 total goals for the tournament.  Woo!  Yoo!  Congratulations Tony- and great games!

Now for Oshkosh on the Water.  Eli's team played a very good Oshkosh United White U15 team that had won all of their previous games as well.  It was a tough game and they lost 4-1,  That actually put both teams in the championship game as well.  It was a much tougher game and Marshfield was leading 2-1 at half time.  Oshkosh came back to win it 3-2.  Their coach said it was one of the best games they have ever played.

Eli got home about 7 pm, went right to bed and slept until noon 2 pm today.  Has another game tonight!

Soccer and Soccer

I have to get on here with my travels as well.  Eli and I are in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the Oshkosh on the Water Soccer Tournament.   He has been playing with the same team every summer for 5 years.

Marshfield Inferno U15 vs Oshkosh United Green 
WON 4-3; Eli with 1 goal

Marshfield Inferno U15 vs Electric City Power  WON 5-2  Eli with 2 goals.

This is Eli making the game winning goal

The pictures aren't the best but they are frames from a video.  Tried to upload a video but after 5 minutes it wouldn't load.

Eli, Jeff (Eli's friend) and I are staying in Oshkosh tonight.  The boys went to Karate Kid and I went to The Prince of Persia, then Pizza Hut take out that Sara in Alaska was able to order online for us while we were in the movies.  Technology is amazing!!

Tony was at the Wisconsin Rapids Kicker Tournament
Marshfield Inferno U18 vs Green Bay Lightning U 16
Won 4-0  Tony had 1 goal
Marshfield Inferno U18 vs St. Point U16
Won 10-0  Tony had a hat trick (3 goals)
I wasn't there to get pictures : (  That's pretty great for Tony for only one practice since getting back from Utah.!!!!

More soccer tomorrow.  I am heading to Wisconsin Rapids first thing to watch Tony's team.  Eli and Jeff will get a ride home from their coach, Gary Van Oudenhoven.  Tony has been plagued with knee and groin strains so am unsure right now if he will play.

Up To Date in Alaska

Okay, and now i will finish our back log of posts, and hopefully be a little better and updating them on time.

June 6: Sunday
We both had church at 11. I at the Singles branch, and Dad at one of the 5 family wards. Church was... interesting... for both of us. Visiting a different ward always has it's excitements. We were gonna have potatoes and...... but there was nothing to have with mashed potatoes. so we had eggs and hash browns instead. haha. We watched the NBA finals game. haha Dad was super tense all day Sunday, not sure why.

June 7: Monday
We went grocery shopping and rented some movies. The frozen Lasagna we bought to cook wasn't cooking in the microwave, dad finished it in the oven. I went to singles branch FHE where i was lectured by a motivational speaker that everything in our lives is our choice. and we have no one to blame but ourselves if we dont like our life..... i had some major issues with this. buuuut that's okay. we wont go into it. OH we also planted flowers on one side of the institute building. i met some people. it was cool.

June 8: Tuesday
Dads eyes were bothering him all day, ending the day with a migrane. I also had a headache that wouldn't go away. We spent the evening nauseous and hurting. While trying to make our stomach safe meal of creamed corn and rice (again) we discovered unfortunately, that our microwave had died. to quote: "dad, the corn isn't heating. and something smells funny." lets just say, that was not what we wanted to happen on an already horrible tuesday. and then the lakers won game 3.

June 9: Wednesday
For dinner, I suggested we go eat at Aloha BBQ and Grill. The menu was exciting and took us back to the 'good ole days' haha but the food was the opposite. Dads terriyaki salmon was over frozen, undercooked, and drenched in terriyaki sauce. and full of bones. My 'BBQ pork' was full of grissle, and the chicken katsu just wasn't cooked right, the breading wouldn't stick to the meat. so, it was a pretty downer of a dinner. OH but this was extra sad, because dad had had a very eventful afternoon at the thrift store. he got us a new microwave for $12, computer speakers, some cords hoping to hook his tv glasses to the tv (no luck there), and a VHS to test the VCR in our TV. so after dinner we came home and bummed around. being bummed. Dads horrible dinner just wasn't sitting right with him. so i suggested we go get some Coldstone with the coupon we got. ice cream makes everything better. :-) ALSO, we had a huge thunderstorm, while dad and i were starting the blog, and i got some good shots of a beautiful rainbow. picture to be posted later.

June 10: Thursday
after classes we were on our way to Fred Meyer to get groceries, when we detoured and found a nice place for supper. Dad got a good veggie burger and i had a side salad and a side of fries. It was nice because we got to sit out on a deck right next to the river, and soak up some sun. After dinner we went and walked basically every single aisle of Fred Meyer, and got some food in the process. We came home and i was distraught because the Lakers/Celtics game was on and our cable was out, on that channel only! but we saw the 4th quarter, and the Celtics won, so everything was okay. haha Then i went to Institute and dad laid on the couch the whole time, literally did not move the whole time i was gone. haha love dad. :-D Dad also planned our trip for Fathers Day weekend.

OH so some cool things dad said on Thursday:
While we were at dinner by the river, he commented on how familiar the boats up here sound to him, with the shallow in-water motors, compared to the in-water motors that are meant for deep waters in Wisconsin. He also said he can tell, just by the sound, what kind of motor it is. crazy huh?! ALSO, he bought some A&W root beer, and he took a sip from the can and said 'A&W rootbeer always remind me of summer' it takes him back to when they were little and A&W would open in town, just for the summer. and they'd get a gallon of root beer in a glass jug. it's just cool to listen to dad talk about memories from when he was little. :-)

June 11: Friday
I got up at 6 am to watch the first game of the World Cup. TOTALLY WORTH IT. haha okay, it was a tie game, but still good. and then later we watched the second game. dad's eyes were bothering him so he took a contact out, so he really couldn't see much of the game. :-( The FedEx lady came, i got my birthday present from mommy!! she's awesome. :-D then i went to class and did a presentation thing. everybody loved my group, we were pretty hilarious. The whole time, i had to be bashing marriage, and how marriage just gives in to the patriarchal society and its just setting yourself up for a ball and chain life, i found it SO ironic. because it's so opposite from everything about BYU-I. Now, after updating the blog some more, dad is starting our dinner of pork katsu for me, and tofu katsu for him, with rice peas and corn. then tonight.... we'll probably watch tv. haha.