Football Camp for Ryker

Ryker had football camp on Saturday, 10-1.

It was Megan's day, so I had planned on her taking him.

At 9:30 Friday night, he came home to grab his cleats.

He came in and woke my up, asking if I'd be at his camp.

???

I had approximately a billion things I needed to do on Saturday to prep for Sunday - more on that tomorrow...

I asked him if he wanted me there. 

He said, "Yes."

I said, "Of course I'll be there, Bud."

I hit the gym as soon as it opened.

Ran to Sam's to pick up groceries.

Ran them home.

Sped (FAST) to the football camp.

Sat in the scorching heat for three hours.

He knew I was there.

He found me several times to make sure I was still there.

That's all that matters.

He had several past teammates there.

He won a raffle prize.

They had tons of fun!

 

Cheers!

Papa has taught all of the babies how to "CHEERS!"

They even do on FaceTime with Papa.

SO CUTE.

We had the girls for a few hours yesterday and Melrose learned all about Cheersing!

It's literally the cutest thing.

I never tire of it.

This baby girl is the happiest baby girl.

She constantly smiles at you.

She says, "Hi.Hi.Hi!"

She loves on the dogs.

She blows kisses.

She is just the cutest.

Kehlani wants to play with everyone.

She is so sweet and so sensitive.

She colored.

She helped make peanut butter and honey sandwiches.

She watched a movie on Gigi's phone.

She just wants to be with everyone!

Delilah June is our busy, independent, fearless babe.

She is SOOOOO busy.

She wore Gigi right out!

From chasing her around, trying to get her stop brushing her teeth with Neosporin, trying to get her stop smashing very ripe bananas into everything, trying to get her to stop eating chapstick... she is just SO busy and I love her so much.

Cheers!

 

Gael Graduates

How cute is this little guy?!?!

This is Lenny's son, Gael.

Gael graduated from his class!

School is very, very different in the Dominican Republic.

Gael has been in what we would consider to be kindergarten!

Kaydon says that he is so smart.

He is so darling, too!

Way to go, Gael!!!!

 

Flowers

Burke and I took Ryker (12) with us to Walmart on Sunday to grab a few things.

We were almost done.

THANK GOODNESS!

I HATE shopping.

Anywho...

I was walking to the cash register and Burke whispered something to Ryker.

Next thing I knew, Ryker was bringing flowers to the cash register.

He handed them to Burke.

Burke rang them up, then handed them back to Ryker.

Ryker then gave them to me.

They are beautifully salmon/coral colored.

They smell divine.

But, more than that...

SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT...

Is that Burke is teaching the boys the importance of how they treat me and others.

It's so nice to tell the boys, when they are going to hang out with girls or anyone, "Treat them the way you treat me."

It's so great to know that if they do that, they will be perfect gentlemen.

Because their dad has taught them the importance of treating me like a queen.

I love watching Jackson buy Isis AND his girls flowers consistently.

They know that Daddy loves them.

They see how others should treat them.

I love it!

 

"Let's Go!"

Coop had football camp at Weber State on Saturday.

Gigi had Hudson on Saturday for a couple of hours.

So, naturally... Hudson came with Gigi and Cooper to Coop's football camp.

Uncle Cooper is Hudson's BFF.

Naturally, every time the WSU head coach would blow his whistle and yell, "LET'S GO!," Hudson would run right out onto the football field.

As you do.

Gigi would run after him and remove him from the field.

His mommy came and picked him up just in time for naps!

Then Gigi sat in the sunshine and drank my Diet Coke for the remainder of camp!

 

Coopster

Oh, the Coopster.

Cooper is 16.

Football playing defensive end - Syracuse Varsity Team.

Working kiddo.

Sensitive.

Kind.

Loyal.

Taller than me.

What else is new?!?!

I said this about my big boys, too:

I hope he never stops laying in my bed talking about all the things, crying when he needs to, being mad when he needs to be, telling me about all of the cool things going on with all the things!

Football is in full swing.

Their first scrimmage was on Wednesday.

They have another one this morning.

He and I will be at the Weber State camp tomorrow all day, too.

I love this kid!

 

Father's Day 2025

Happy Father's Day, Daddy!

I love being a coach's daughter.

I love being your Tweetheart.

I love you endlessly.

These men, though.

I am endlessly proud of Jackson, Braxton, and Tyler.

Kaydon, Gael is blessed to have you!

This guy.

The one who makes all of our world's go 'round.

He is the epitome of a fantastic partner, the most involved dad, and everyone's favorite papa.

He is protective, hard-working, the best provider, loving, engaged, unselfish, and amazing.

We celebrated with breakfast on Sunday.

All of our kids, all of our grandbabies...

Perfection!

 

My Time Off, Part Two

Jackson and Isis dropped the girlies off early Thursday morning.

Isis had a doctor's appointment.

 We got to squeeze the girls!

We went for a walk to the park.

They loved it!

We ate lots of food!

We cuddled these beauties!

They are so magical!

Kehlani was very upset that she didn't spend all day Wednesday with Gigi to celebrate our birthday.

I'm on it next year!!!!

Friday, I went and picked Hudson up.

He's had Hand, Foot, and Mouth Virus for over a week so we hadn't seen him.

He was loving Gigi time!

We watched baseball together and LOVED it!

He also got a few minutes with Uncle Cooper, which is basically his favorite.

Sunday, I got a lot of time with Aria and Hendrix.

I took ZERO pictures because I was so busy loving on Hendrix.

These babes are our life!!!

 

My Time Off, Part One

I am back at work today.

I took six days off and it was magical.

Glorious.

Relaxing.

Productive.

Amazing.

I actually had extreme anxiety last night and couldn't sleep.

I felt like I used to feel the night before school was starting...

I'm not sure why.

But I'm at work and reminiscing about six great days off.

Burke scheduled me a spa day for my birthday on Wednesday.

It was SO nice!

I got home to beautiful flowers that Ryker Man picked out for me.

He picked them out because the iris's had not yet opened.

He knows that I love to watch that happen.

He and Burke went and picked out some new workout clothes for me, got the MOST delicious german chocolate cake EVER, and tons of Farrs ice cream!

Then, my birthday night was spent watching Ryker play baseball.

Perfect!

I also spent Saturday watching Ryker play baseball.

They lost their first playoff game, but don't you worry!

All-stars start anytime!

I also organized our laundry room.

I cleaned out my side of the closet - filling three huge garbage bags of clothes and shoes to donate.

I meal prepped for this week.

I did endless laundry & vacuumed on repeat.

More of the fun part of my time off tomorrow!