Another year come and gone!

It's been over a year since I have done a new post. Obviously we are keeping busy in the Newman home, but busy in the best ways!

Jake and Sami are doing great on their missions. It is finally warming up for Sami and Jake will be home in a month. It's hard to believe that he has been gone for 2 years. The other three have been busy with school and sports. They have all worked so hard and it's been so much fun to watch their hard work make them stronger, in so many ways! There have been ups and downs, but they always land on their feet!

We spent the better part of 2 weeks in Southern Utah with family, from both sides. It was so much fun! We are so blessed to have such awesome family members!

Angels Landing

Newman family reunion, summer of 2018

Reynolds family reunion, summer of 2018

Elder Newman

Sister Newman

This is a pretty long video, it seems like we did baseball from April to August. Matthew played on the Brave, the Colts, and then the Allstar team. He is number 13.

This is another long one. Zeke has been working so hard on basketball, both on and off the court. This year he started Varsity as a sophomore. It was so fun to watch him, mostly because he is as talented off the court as he is on the court and he is such a nice boy and he can always be found doing the right thing.

Amee performed a solo and a trio for Showalter this year. The trio won best performance for their room. There are 5 judges and 5 different rooms, some vocal rooms and some instrumental rooms. Amee's group was selected as the best performance by one of the judges. She did a great job on her solo. Her choir teacher selected a very difficult piece for her to sing and she rocked it!

Solo

Trio

Amee and Zeke both had a great track season. They are so much fun to watch. Zeke has become such a strong jumper and he runs even better. Amee doesn't love to run, but she was born for it. I am always tell her she needs to embrace this gift and just go for it. I think she is starting to really enjoy running, even though she would never admit it!

Matthew played on a travel team this year. They didn't really travel very far, but it was a fun way for him to fill his winter days.

Some pictures to highlight the last 12 months

Trek with the youth. Tom and I were also able to go.

Family reunions

Tom got to ride in a Black Ops

First Day of School

Halloween
Matthew's best friend is already 5'7" as an 11 year old, so they went as Buddy and Papa Elf. Matthew is Papa Elf.

Zeke is officially able to drive

Zeke's sprint medley team took first at State and broke a school record.

We remodeled the kitchen

Zeke went to NYC with the Show Choir and Tom was able to go as an escort.

Oscar joined the family

Tom killed his first black bear. The bucket of candy is bear bait. I think they had two full buckets of unused candy left over.

Matthews last Durby

Zeke earned his Eagle scout award during the summer of 2018 but it took awhile for him to get his award.

The 2018-2019 school year was a busy but very fun filled year!