Successful Week of Camp...

I have been down to just two children since Sunday night. The house has been quiet. The house has been clean. The fridge has stayed full. Projects have been accomplished and quality time has been spent with Austin. Amazing what having only two children does! Kylee and Nick were off attending basketball camp at Utah State this week. 4 days for 4 hours each day = exhausted kiddos! They stayed with Grandma and Grandpa and were well fed and happy all week long. Today was their final day of camp and it was fun to be able to watch them play and see their progress. Neither of them wanted it to end. Kylee had to be pulled of the court giggling and smiling with her new friends (no joke) and Nick had an emotional breakdown after we left because "I never want it to end". I guess that is what it is all about...we invest time and money for our kids to have experiences and HOPE that they just LIKE it - this week was one that the kids LOVED. Definently one of those happy parent moments!

The highlights of the week included:

- Riding the elevator (Nick) with Coach Morrill of the Aggies and being able to talk to a new recruit. Grandma said Nick had died and gone to heaven!
- Being able to have 5 night at Grandma & Grandpa's house and their undivided attention when they weren't at camp.
- Playing with cousins in the evenings...cousin Haley went to camp with Kylee!
- Riding on Grandma & Grandpa's new toy, "the Rhino" and helping pick out the special bug protecting sunglasses for the kids to wear while taking their joy rides.
- Meeting a WNBA player (Kylee) and thinking that being a professional basketball player has to be the coolest profession.
- Playing at the germ free McDonalds play land with the cousins.
- Having Tyler Newbold (one of Nick's USU heroes) as your coach all week long and getting to rub shoulders with many others!
- Golfing with Grandpa (Nick) and beating him by two strokes!
- Learning to jump from the swingset to the trampoline and learning to do flips (pretty sure Grandma & Grandpa had a heart attack)
- Seeing Austin and Summer after a long week apart.

Nick getting his award at the end of camp from Coach Morrill.
Kylee and Danny - the "Professional" basketball player that Kylee now idolizes!
Kylee and Coach Reagan Scott Pebely - she went to my High School and I played with her sisters. Small world!
Nick and one of his favorites...Tyler Newbold.