Track Meet, Band, & Nerf Wars

Track season is now in full force and Emily had her first track meet this week.  She has been running a lot throughout the winter and her goal is to qualify for the Varsity Invitationals this year.  During the track meet this week she ran the 3200 meter and the 1600 meter races (or 2 mile and 1 mile).

She did great in both events.  In the 3200 M, she was able to place second overall in girls with a time of 14:10.  She said she felt slow though because the boys and girls raced together and the boys kept passing her.  She said it was hard to keep track of 8 laps so she was glad she had her watch to tell her when she was close to the two mile mark.  In the mile she ran a 6:45.  It was not her best time but still really good.  She is hoping her performance in the 3200 will enable her to go to the Pine View Invitational next week.

Right after the track meet we had to rush over to Sky View so she could perform with her percussion group in the Region Solo & Ensemble.  The song they performed was "Escape from a Nightmare."  It was a pretty intense song and it sounded really great to me.  Unfortunately they scored a I- so they are not moving on to State.  Dumb judges...

On Tuesday the boys had an Ultimate Nerf Gun War for Young Mens inside a $35 million house!  They said it was amazing!

The owner of this house is the father-in-law of one of the YM leaders so he was able to let the boys go inside.  Underneath the house are many tunnels and passageways where the boys played and ran around.  This house is huge and every room is decorated and designed as a different Disney theme.  He built the house so that all of his family, kids and grandkids, could live there in case of some big emergency.  It is on 150 acres with ponds and waterfalls and a hobbit village and even an airplane runway.  Needless to say all of the boys were in awe.  They had a blast playing Nerf Wars.

Our ward got split last week so there are a lot of changes going on right now.  We stayed in the same ward but now it is just the old original ward again without the townhouses.  Because of this change, Russell just got called to be the Elder's Quorum President.  This will be a big calling for him and effect us a lot but it will be good.  I am still a Primary Teacher which I am really liking so far.