XC STATE CHAMPIONSHIP

How do you get ready for a BIG race?

#1 Have cool signs on your house and lockers...and quotes with carb-loading bread

#2 SLEEP IN... DON'T go to school and eat breakfast with FRIENDS!
#3 Dance or "rock out" to EFY music after studying the scriptures with your friends :)

You have to go to the meet in STYLE so decorating the bus is a MUST!

These girls are READY!

Jac had a plan... don't start out too fast, which has worked really well in the past few races. This race the start pace was a little too slow...

Jac did her best to catch up to the front group but the gap was larger than she hoped... 

Right before the last stretch this girl passed Jac... NOT for long though! Jac passed her and took her spot in 10th place which is 1st TEAM ALL-STATE!

Not to mention she took 40 seconds off last years time!

The top 10 (8 pictured) in the STATE!

Lehi girls brought home the 2nd place trophy!

This has been a SWEEET season!

Jac may not have come in at the place she wanted but she did amazing! She has already learned so many lessons and knows what to do differently next year. She is looking forward to nationals in a few weeks to work on her strategy :)

We are so proud of the amazing person you are! Coach Rowe was quoted in the newspaper talking about what a great leader Jac is, and that she has the personality that draws you to her...

so so TRUE!

Congrats Lehi! and Congrats Jacqueline!

Did you know...

The Lehi Jr. High Cross Country team is AWESOME?!
This has been their first season and these kids have really made their mark!

It has been so fun to watch all of them improve their times  and have so much fun together!

They have a BLAST being CRAZY!

I must say that our favorite part has been watching THOMAS...I can be a little biased right?!

Thomas has more drive, determination and SURE WILL in his little pinky finger than I could ever dream of having!

With each new challenge, he makes a plan and IMPLEMENTS it! He has been training so hard and it is paying off! He is stronger with each race.

Jac is in the right hand corner cheering her bro on... what a fun, strong bond these two have!

See what I mean by DETERMINATION?! He is never afraid to give it EVERYTHING he's got!

Thomas' cheering squad!

These boys have come to know each other as they have competed for first place.

When one of them has beat Thomas he has not let it discourage him, instead he has made a game plan, prepared himself and come in first the following race! 

What's so great is that they have become friends! ONLY in cross country do you see this kind of friendship! Even though they all want to get 1st place, they have been good losers and gracious winners; making you love each one of them!

Katlyn Struthers, Matthew Jones and Thomas... forever friends!

This is a picture of their race at Cottonwood Complex...
Thomas went out strong as always and PASSED THE RABBIT!!!  A rabbit is a older runner, usually a faster runner;  who runs ahead to show the kids where to go. This rabbit was about 19 but was no match for Thomas! He passed him about 1/2 way through the race!
Thomas, YOU are AMAZING!

We love you :)

Region Championship

It was a VERY COLD afternoon at Cottonwood Complex for the Region 4 championships for 5A schools...

The Lehi girls didn't mind; they were ready for the challenge!

They ran an incredibly SMART race...

Jac was so STRONG she fought till the VERY END! She took second place by milliseconds, finishing with an 18:40  (same as the 1st place girl!)
 We are  SO PROUD of her.
What is the difference between this 2nd place and the 2nd place she got Pre-Region? She KICKED it in at the end...she didn't just let the girl pass, she FOUGHT for 1st place, she gave EVERYTHING she had! When you do that, you are a WINNER no matter what place you come in :)

FUN TIMES!

Receiving her award...

In case you were wondering... the varsity girls are REGION CHAMPS!!!

Not only did Jac have an amazing race but ALL the girls did! I think Coach Rowe is a little pleased ;)
Nicole, Sam, Cait, Jac, Kenzie, Maddy, Emily and Halea
Congrats girls! 
See you at STATE!

Conference weekend

The weekend was so beautiful! We decided to drive up the canyon while listening to Conference.

We found the perfect "Conference Rock" to eat lunch on and listen as we enjoyed the beauty all around us!

Emily always knows how to entertain herself wherever she goes!

Well, some of us listened to conference :) hee hee

Our 7th grader Thomas

Our 4th grader Emily

Believe it or not, Emily didn't want to take pictures! We got REALLY LUCKY to get this one shot!

Our Sophmore, Jacqueline!

Jac doesn't appreciate these but we do!

We finally got a smile out of Em!

Fall soccer is over

It was a great season for Thomas. He moved up to the Division 1 team and really improved his skills! It was fun to watch his determination to do better each game!

As you can see, the team had a great time together!

A great group of boys with great coaches too!

Congrats Arsenal!

Leo's chauffeur

A scene our neighbors see often...

Emily out on her new bike with the trailer attached to it! 

She LOVES to take lots of stuff places and a trailer was the PERFECT answer to her problems of not being able to carry it all! The little bag on the handle bars just wasn't enough.

Todays cargo...LEO! Yes, he enjoyed being pampered as Emily was his chauffeur taking him around the neighborhood on our Sunday stroll.

Emily is so happy to have a trailer hooked to her bike and to finally have a bike that FITS! 

Life is Good :)