remembering michael

I remember watching Michael on Friday Night Videos on MTV with my brothers and dancing with our old RCA TV blasted. We taped all of his videos on our old BETA tape machine and played it over and over in awe. Craig, my younger brother practiced his dance moves and is really good. Thriller changed the music video, it was a mini movie..do you remember the night it premiered on CBS? It was an event...I will never forget that night. I am truly saddened by Michael's death but thankful that his music was part of my life.

May you laugh, run, jump and play in Heaven, the way you longed to here on Earth. May you find the acceptance you so longed for...thank you for sharing your gifts with this world.

shootout

Last weekend Jackson participated in the Ski Town ShootOut in Park City. The shootout is a lacrosse tournament for teams from all over the west from Jackson's age group up to High School. I think there were 110 teams that participated. He was part of the Draper Dogs team and had a great time. His team had boys from Arizona, California, Nevada and of course Utah and even though they didn't play together long they did a great job. 5 of the boys that were on Jackson's Bengals Lightning team were also on his Draper dogs team. It was so much fun to watch Jackson play even in the wind cold and rain :) Ayden and Landon kept busy by playing on the rocks and cheering on their big brother. We had such a good time and we are so thankful to have Jackson as our son, he is such a great team player and has so much heart that it is so much fun to watch him. Way to go Jackson!!

before & after

is it just me or does Jackson look older now??

the dentist

The boys all went to the dentist last week for their semi annual check ups. We love our dentist Dr. Chester Smyth he is so great with children.....even our little fuzzy Landon. Jackson and Landon had perfect teeth, no cavities!! Ayden on the other hand had a bit of a problem.... Ayden's baby teeth don't dissolve so his permanent teeth on the bottom came in behind his baby teeth. He had to get his two bottom teeth extracted, he was a real trooper *it helps to have the root beer smelling calming gas* He was so excited to have the tooth fairy come and liked his new nick name...he is our little Shark Tooth...not bad company with Taylor Lautner but that's a post for another time ;)

song for the week....

lacrosse

undefeated

Jackson's last lacrosse game was yesterday and his team had an undefeated season!! It was so much fun to watch Jackson this year and he improved so much. He was 1 goal short of making his personal season goal of 30 total goals...Personally I think 29 goals is fabulous!! He had a great team and wonderful coaches. Ryan was one of his coaches and we all leaned so much more about the game and had so much fun getting to know the boys on his team. We are sad to see the season end but Jackson was asked to participate on a team for the Park City Shootout tournament in 2 weeks and we can't wait! Way to go Jax we all are so proud of you and love you so much!!

last day of school

I can't believe that school is out for the summer! This year has been great and the boys both had wonderful teachers!! We look forward to a fun filled summer with lots of sleeping in *not*, swimming, and hot hot Utah days. can you believe that Jackson will be in 5th grade, Ayden will be in 2nd and my baby Landon will be in preschool!! Where does the time go??? The school celebrated the last day with a dance festival and the boys did great! The weather was a little cool but the rain held off until they were done :) Way to go boys, we are so proud of you!!

our house

Just as my beautiful Peonies started to bloom and I got my flower garden planted we decided to list our house. We have run out of space..literally, every closet is stuffed and we can't fit 1 more thing into our storage room....even after 2 trips to the DI this week and I am sure there will be many more. With the boys being so involved in soccer, football, baseball and lacrosse we just don't have the space that they need to practice and they spend at least 2 hours a night practicing something in the back yard and we would LOVE to have a bigger yard. It is bitter sweet because we couldn't have hand picked better neighbors we LOVE them and being so close to Ryan's parents has been a real blessing. We had our 1st open house last Saturday and I am going crazy keeping my house spotless for showings with 3 busy boys to pick up after. We will keep you posted on what happens :)

space derby

Is there anything more frustrating that Space Derby...the answer is no. Jackson worked really hard with his dad on his "Bengal" spaceship and had a fun (sometimes frustrating) time making it. He was really excited for the Space Derby last Thursday night and when it was finally his turn the unthinkable happened....see video below.
We luckily weren't the only parents of disappointed, sad and frustrated scouts. I was frustrated a bit too because it was so obvious that the dads on the "winners" spaceship did the whole project....so I ask you, who is the Space Derby really for? I am so proud of Jackson and the other boys who made their own ships!! Way to go Jackson!!

jackson graduates...

Jackson had a graduation ceremony for University of Learning on Friday. His class did a cute western skit before the graduation and Jackson played Creepy Cal. He did lots of projects to earn his degree including...learning about football, watching all the Planet Earth DVD's and painting a water color poster about it, learning all about lacrosse (his favorite sport), learning how to make hard candy, knitting hats and making baby blankets for the NICU at PCMC, and many more projects.....We are so proud of him. He only has 9 more days of 4th grade and is looking forward to 5th grade, wish I could say the same...where does the time go?? Way to go Jackson!!

forget lions, tigers and bears...

If you are allergic to bees like my family is then this could be your worst nightmare.....a swarm! We came outside to find a swarm of bee's...it was frighting. If you click on the picture you can see them...the swarm was maybe 20 feet by 50 feet with hundreds of scouts further out and who knows how many there actually were. In the heart of the swarm the sky was gray like a dust cloud. The buzz was deafening and you cloud actually feel it...scary! It was defiantly not like the cute bee's in The Bee Movie *lol*

happy anniversary

I promise to give you the best of myself

and to ask of you no more than you can give.

I promise to respect you as your own person
and to realize that your interests, desires and needs
are no less important than my own.

I promise to share with you my time and my attention
and to bring joy, strength and imagination
to our relationship.

I promise to keep myself open to you, to let you see
through the window of my world into my innermost fears
and feelings, secrets and dreams.

I promise to grow along with you, to be willing to face changes
in order to keep our relationship alive and exciting.

I promise to love you in good times and in bad,
with all I have to give and all I feel inside in the only way
I know how....completely and forever.

an awesome saturday....

The Cundick's had another crazy busy Saturday. It started bright and early with Ayden's last soccer game at 9:00 am. It was a great game and Ayden played hard.
At 11:00 am Jackson had a lacrosse game and he scored 5 goals..he is quickly becoming an awesome little lacrosse player. He always give 110 % and loves playing with his team.
After a quick trip home to drop Landon off for a birthday party we headed out again for Ayden's double header...it was a hot day but Ayden played great! He scored 2 goals in the first game!! He was hot and tired but played great defense in the second game. The kids on the other team were huge (bigger than Jackson :o ) I was so proud that he played his very best.
We headed home for a quick rest and then Ryan and Jackson headed out again for Team Lacrosse try outs! Jackson did a great job and held his own against kids that were 3 times his size! He is quite a little hustler but still got knocked around a little bit being the smallest. He did a great job and he is so anxious to hear if he made the team...we will keep you posted.

We all crashed after a busy day but it was wonderful to cheer on the boys...we are so proud of them and can't wait to do it again in 2 weeks ;)

ayden's 1st grade program

Ayden 1st grade program was on Friday and he did such a great job! All the 1st graders sang songs to go along with the months that they have been in first grade and it was really cute :) I can't believe that there are only 3 weeks left of school :o but we are all sooooo ready for summer!!

saying goodbye is never easy...

My little brother Christopher left yesterday morning on his mission to Chile. He will be spending some time at the MTC in Provo and then he's off to Chile for 2 years! It was bittersweet and I am so proud of him. He was peaceful ready to embark on his mission it was the rest of us that weren't ready to say goodbye. I look forward to getting my first letter form him and will keep you updated :)

Thanksgiving Point Garden's

our new "neighbor"

For several mornings we have been hearing a "knocking" sound and to my surprise I found what or I should say who was making the noise...a tiny little woodpecker was pecking away at one of the rees in our scrub oak....so cute!

always keeping up

Spring means one thing in our house...it's time for lacrosse and Landon is keeping up with his older brothers "playing" Lacrosse :) He is so cute shooting and scooping the ball I think he "practiced" for 3 hours! Can you imagine when he starts really playing sports...my life will be totally chaotic, (like it isn't now) but it sure will be fun and he can't wait!