Summer Games!!!

(June12th)

Every year when Branson starts getting ready for summer games, there are a couple things that he MUST have! He always like to get something funky done to his hair.....and new cleats that will stand out! This year my dad helped me do the sides of his hair. I did the star....and dad did our team sign...FC United! In Cedar City is where he found the cleats that he HAD to have. His friend Av'ry was there when we got them so Brooks bought him a pair too! When we asked the guy at the store for their size, he gave us a funny look and said..."you know these are girls cleats right?" Branson and Av'ry laughed and said "who cares they are sweet...we love PINK!!"

Branson is #8.....yes I know there is another kid with his same #, but Branson was guest playing on a team from up North so there were 2 #8's!! He did such a great job every game. He knew that since he was guest playing he would have to prove himself and earn a spot......AND HE DID!!

This was the first year that Brooks actually got to sit back and watch instead of coach! We didn't have enough boys on our team that could go......so we took our best 6 and put the on Devon and Al's team from up north.....FC United Outlaws!!

BETWEEN GAMES.....YA GOTTA EAT SOMETIME!!

These are his coaches for summer games....Devon on the left and Al on the right! They are great guys and really loved Branson playing for them. Al came up to me after the last game and said that he would love Branson to come and play in a couple of tournaments with his team.....I said "ya that would be great!" Then he grabbed my arm and said..."I don't think you know how good your son is!??...he is PHENOMINAL!!!"(don't know how to spell it) What a proud mommy moment that was and such a great compliment to Branson! Im not bragging Im just telling you what he said:)

This was such a stressful game! Branson played his guts out! Trey and Elle came up to watch a game with y mom and Branson had made this SWEET shot and the whole way home Trey kept asking my mom...."Nana how did Branson do that?" haha she said it was so funny!!

We have always taken silver when we go to summer games, but this year WE TOOK GOLD! It was so much fun and all of these boys are darling and fun to be around! Brooks has done a great job of coaching them and teaching them what they need to know!!

It was a long weekend......this is how we all felt on the way home!!!

Happy Birthday to my sweet Sairee!!

Happy birthday to my Sair-bear!!! I cannot believe that it was 7 years ago that I held my sweet little baby girl in my arms! I love everything about her....buy most of all, I love her BIG heart. This year I had the opportunity to help in her class on Thursdays.....almost every week I left in tears. She is sooooo cute with these 2 handicapped little boys in her class. Her teacher would always tell me how sweet she was. Every day she would come home with fun stories about things that she did with her special friends.

Ya gotta love this shot!! haha she had just woke up and I made her a #7 pancake...she was so excited. That is something that my kids always look forward to and eating it on the Stafford birthday plate!!

Eatin her pancake.......

mmmmm all gone!!

Happy Birthday Sairee....you add so much to our family!!

We love you!

(May 21st-22nd)

It is time for the for the Westside Studio's Defile again......it is a very stressful week here around our house! Between a million dress rehersals(well it seems like a million) and then getting everybody's dance bags packed, labeled and ready to go, it is nice when it is all done! But it is always such a great treat and many "proud mommy moments!"

This is a picture of Meah and her little friend Brecken before they went backstage to get ready!

This was Meah's first year on "the big stage" she did such a great job! She decided that she is not really the ballerina type so we tried tap and she loved it and her teacher Miss Amber!!

Sairee had so much fun in the performance class this year! They learned 2 dances and they performed them at things around town and it was fun to watch! This first one is the twitch and they were cave women!!!

In her performance class she is the youngest and smallest one there, but she keeps up just fine! I am so sad because I never got a picture of her tap or ballet......it was the 2nd night and I was having issues with my camera!! she did such a great job in all of her dances and she makes me smile when she dances!!!

Chantry also had a lot of fun doing performance this year and she was so stressed about this first dance.....and she pulled it off. She worked so hard and practiced this dance non-stop! I even have it memorized along with Sairee and Meah now!! haha

This dance Get Happy was darling and she did such a great job at performing it!

This is her ballet number and it was beautiful! She is growing up so fast and becoming such a great little dancer! When she performs, she brings tears to my eyes because I know how nervous she gets and how hard she works, so when she does a good job I get a little teary!! She also performed tap, but same thing with the whole stupid camera thing!!! I loved her tap though it was so fun to watch!!

These three have been dancing together since they were 2 years old and have become such good friends! They are all beautiful dancers!!!

My girls after the show.....Daddy brought them flowers and they were so excited and VERY tired!!

AND HUNGRY!!! We always end the night with the Robinsons and McAllisters this is the girls at frostop!!! I love having such good friends to share these moments with!

All in all it was a great night!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BROOKS!!

Happy Birthday to this handsome fellow.........

I have got to be the luckiest girl to have married such a great guy!! I can honestly say that my husband is the hardest worker I know!! I feel so blessed that he cares enough about me and my family to do WHATEVER it takes to make sure our needs are all taken care of! I can't believe that he is 32.....ahhhhh that means that in a couple of months, I will be 32 also!! NOOOOO!! Brooks is the BEST husband and the BEST dad....even though he is very busy, he ALWAYS leaves time for me and our kids:) Love you babe, you are the BEST!!

Happy 30th Birthday Justin!!!

Just wanted to wish my little brother a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Thanks for always having my back when we were younger.....and Im so glad that we are so close as adults!! I am so proud of the man you have become.....you are a great husband and the cutest little daddy!! Can't wait to meet the new member of your fam!! Love ya!!

Movin on up to 2nd grade!!

(May 20th)

This is Sairee and her 1st grade teacher Mrs. Thorton, she was a great teacher and Sairee liked her very much!!

They put on a program about the Rain Forest and it was darling! Sairee has a cute little bunch of friends in her class......

It is crazy that this year is already over and my little Sair-bear will be going to 2nd grade:( She is such a sweetie, she had this little boy in her class this year that is handicapped and Sairee just took him under her wing and took care of him. I loved to watch it when I would go and help in her class....Every time we would see little Camdon she would give him a big "Hi Camdon!"

I hope she stays a little sweetie;)

Love ya Sairee!!!