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I'm so excited for Conference this weekend,

and this video just makes me even more excited!!

Lots of Fun!

Lots of FUN!

That's all I had this past weekend.

Kimberly Empey came down for a visit!

It was so great to see her!

Because her birthday is next week,

I made her a cake! :)

Then the fun continued!

Nicole's little sisters Libby and Mia

came for a visit.

They spent Friday night and

I don't know if they had fun or not,

but I sure did!

Here's Nicole and the girls

reading scriptures.

So cute!!

With all the fun,

I have no idea how this happened.

This bruise just appeared behind my knee.

For having no idea

of how it got there

it's kindof a harsh bruise.

But your guess is as good as mine!

Then the fun continued!

I went home with Nicole for the weekend.

It was SO much fun! Saturday, Nicole had two tickets

to the General Young Women's Conference.

I was lucky enough to go with her,

Thanks again Nicole! We got to sit down near the front,

the closest I've ever been! It was an awesome experience!

(even though we were technically too old to be there, haha)

But I have to say, President Uchtdorf is AMAZING!

He was the last speaker and I just love him! I didn't know much

about President Uchtdorf until I read a talk about him by

Elder Russell M. Nelson, another incredible apostle.

Here's a link to the article:

http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=d1f1556975cba110VgnVCM100000176f620a____&vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD

After, we went back to Nicole's house.

The next morning, we went to her friend's homecoming

in the ward she used to go to.

Then, we came back to Logan.

It was a quick trip, but was so fun!

A big thanks goes to Nicole & her family,

you guys are incredible!

Thanks for a terrific weekend!

The Final Birthday!

So Kali is the last to have a birthday!

We've had a birthday

every other week since our

return from Christmas break.

I swear all we have done

is blow up balloons and eat

birthday cake!

Whatever will we do now!? haha

On the eve of her birthday

at midnight we "surprised"

(of course she knew it was coming)

her with monkey bread,

poppers, and confetti!

The night before,

we blew up balloons

while Kali was gone.

Which, I might add, were hard to hide!

There were 159 of them!!

We made a "curtain/cocoon" in her room.

Practically her entire half

of the room was filled with balloons.

Here's a pic of the cocoon at the front door.

We taped yarn to the end of the

cocoon, so when she came back

from water aerobics that morning,

the balloons fell out on her when she opened

the front door.

Then, that afternoon,

Kali, Nicole, Julia, Lauren, Allie, and I

all went to Coldstone. Yum!

So, we had this idea

(before everything else)

and we just needed a box,

big enough for a person.

We didn't have one

and we didn't think about

it anymore, until that night

when Kali said "There's only one thing

that could complete today, and that

would be if I had a MAN!"

Soooo, Nicole and I went to Lowe's!

We got a HUGE piece of cardboard.

Lauren helped Nicole construct it into

a box. Then, when it was complete,

Kali opened it to find....:

Eric "the MAN!!!" haha

Thanks Eric! You were awesome!

Here's Kali with her room of balloons.

Ya, I think she was happy ;)

She had 5 birthday cakes

of all different kinds.

The candy one, with the 8 ft

note from Natalie had to be my favorite though!

Thanks to everyone (303 girls, Eric, Kali's friends)

for helping us celebrate!

Overall, I think it was a success!

Happy 19th Birthday Kali!

I hope it was a good one.

Why!?

ROWDY! when we get done feeding WHY!?! must you roll around in that dead cow? it does NOT make my car smell good at all! do i love you? yes... but right now? not so much

But then you see this face....and you forget all about it. Sheesh!

You Gotta Read Mom's Blog

I may have got some good pictures, but Mom tells the whole story.
Here's her blog: jjstoor.blogspot.com/

But I love this! : " Just seconds left in the third quarter, Soda Springs post Kaden Smith missed the second of two free throws, but it was Cardinals' guard Braden Bailey who came down with the rebound. The ball then found its way into the hands of guard Seth Stoor, who hit a game-tying 3-pointer at the buzzer against Kamiah, completing Soda Springs comeback from a 12-point halftime deficit and kicking the door wide open on the Cardinals 2A stat tournament chances."--Idaho State Journal

A Million Posts and Collages!

I know there have been a lot!

(this is the 5th) Yikes!

But this is the last for a bit.

I thought I'd add this video:

Number 23 has Downs-syndrome,

and the coach put him in

with a minute to go. It was the best!

I looked over to the crowd

because EVERYONE

(Melba, Glenns Ferry, West J & Soda)

stood and cheered.

I wish I'd have kept videoing though

because he throws the ball in the

air and jumps around. It was so great!

On our way home, we stopped to eat.

Seth got to pick...good choice bud!

Texas Roadhouse!

The Capitol Building

While in Boise, we went to

the Capitol.

We caught the last part of

the state affairs meeting and

then had to hurry to get

to the Senate Chambers.

Senator Geddes gave us the opportunity

to sit in the VIP section. Woot, woot! haha

Well, we were sitting there listening

and a group of high school kids came in.

I looked over and thought "Hey! I know him!"

It was:

Colten!

He was with the Madison pep band.

It seems like wherever we go

we always run into family or friends.

We found Colten later and took a picture.

After we watched the Senate, we went

over to the House. They were

a lot more serious than the Senate.

At least the Senators joked around a bit.

Anyways, after there was a group

singing. Their voices echoed beautifully.

Then, we had to leave to get

to Seth's game, but we got a pic on the

steps before we left. Here are

some more pics from the adventure:

Consolation Championship

Once again, not the results

we wanted, but oh well.

You can't win them when

the refs are against you too.

They were horrible!

Even the tiniest brushes they would

call, but if a kid were to be laid out

across the floor they wouldn't

blow their whistle!

So, none of the players

knew what to do.

You can see Seth being fouled

here (top left) but NO CALL!

Luckily he kept control of the ball.

But overall, I'm glad that the boys

got to go to state and they should

be proud! After all, they did make it there

and many teams can't say that.

Wowza!

80 to 54!!! That was the final score

of the Soda vs. West J game.

We were up 32 to 30 at the half.

Then our boys came out

on FIRE!!!!

Seth had 11 points!

They played amazing, and I

just wish they could have played

that well on Thursday too.

While Mom, Dad, and Shelby tried

to find a pair of shoes for Shelby,

Megan and I decorated the truck.

I think it looked pretty good!

Carenda came to the game too!

I was glad to see her, and hopefully we

can get together next year too :)

Then, after the big win, Shelby

ran down to congratulate Seth.

She regretted that decision

the INSTANT she felt his wet

arm around her! Lol

First State Game

Soda's first game in the

State tournament was against

Kamiah. It was important for us

to win that game, in order to

stay in the top bracket

of the tournament. Unfortunately,

the results were not what

we wanted.

I think it was nerves that got them. (bottom right)

Seth had an alright game though, not his best though.

He drew an offensive foul, saved the ball

from going outta bounds, and

made a couple 3's.

Overall the boys played ok, but really

not as good as they could have.

If they would have played good, they

would have blown Kamiah outta there.

From the scoreboard pics,

(we're visitors) you can see that it was

a pretty close game for the most part.

We were down by 12 points

at half time, but the boys came out

on FIRE! We didn't let them score

but once in the 3rd quarter. It was awesome!

With a minute left, we were only down by a few.

But, we had to foul so the clock would stop.

They hit every foul shot, and ours just

wouldn't go...thus it looks like they

beat us pretty good, even though it was

SO close pretty much the entire game!

Basketball Update #1

So we didn't get the first game. Bummer!

But it was a tight game at the end.

We came back after being 12 points

down, and didn't let them score

but only once in the 3rd quarter.

Soda plays West J tomorrow at 3:00.

Good luck boys!

Hunter and his AWESOMENESS!

I'm Going Crazy!!

bags packed, homework done (well all but math),

and now to wait...

12 hours, that's all...12 hours, i can do this!!!

then I'm outta here and off to Boise

for the State Basketball Tournament.

My prediction-

Game 1: A little clumsy, just getting

the nervous jitters out, but WIN!

Game 2: Jitters are gone, it's a close game,

but we WIN!

Game 3: We are unstoppable,

and totally kick butt to WIN

the STATE CHAMPIONSHIP!!

....and the best part

is I'll BE THERE!!!