July 9th thru July 11th Barry and Paul were on a horse riding adventure with the priest quorum. It was the first time Paul had been on a horse. It was a great time. Fathers and sons out in nature for three days. There were bear tracks spotted just 200 yards from our camp. On Friday evening we drove up to Big Flat and the numbers of elk and deer we saw was spectacular.
Just south of Dublin Samantha is looking across the Irish Sea toward En
gland and blowing a kiss in that direction to Paul McCartney. Paul, when are you going to have tea with Sam? Also the oldest lighthouse in Europe.
Our family Summer vacation (Morena , Barry, Samantha and Paul) spent a week in Ireland from 6/16/09 to 6/23/09. We visited many castles and Pubs.We had a medieval banquet at the Bunratty Castle and saw dolphins and tons of jellyfish at the Cliffs of Moher and soooo.....many other interesting things. The Cliffs of Moher shoot straight up 700 feet and were featured in several movies including The Princess Bride.
Sam, Barry and I(Paul) went on a 4 mile hike on 6/8/2009 in Snow Canyon Park. The weather was beautiful. When we were sitting on the white rocks we heard in the distance some very loud wild animals.
Barry just recieved two more honors, from the local TV station KCSG and the Salt Lake Tribune, so I will recap them all here in Chronological order for his career at Snow Canyon High School. Also if you look at the top picture being 5' 5" doesn't matter if you out jump kids 10 inches taller than you.
The Snow Canyon Warriors Boys Soccer Team Region 9 Champions 2006, 2008 and 2009
KCSG Player of the week, 2008
Region 9 All-Region First Team, 2008 and 2009
Region 9 Most Valuable Player 2009
Deseret News 2nd Team All-State 2009
KCSG Soccer Player of the Year 2009
Salt Lake Tribune 2nd Team All-State 2008 and 2009
Morena, Janice, Kaylee, Jon, Barry and Paul all go fishing at Navajo Lake. It was cold as you can tell by the way everyone is dressed. We even had moments of heavy snow and high winds, in June! On the way down we saw a deer right on the side of the road. As we road through town Barry tricked Paul into buying dessert.
Here is Barry pictured at graduation with his good friend and teammate Ryan Stewart. Both these boys along with several players from other local teams were nominated for KCSG's soccer player of the year. Snow Canyon Boy's Soccer Team was also nominated for Team of the Year. Winners for Player of the Year in different spring sports will be announced 6/5/2009 at 10:00 PM on SportsJam channel 37.
Friday May 22, 2009 Barry was at GradNight from 8:00PM until 5:00AM. The theme was "Night at the Museum ". Paul, Jack'ee , Janice and Jon crashed the party just long enough to snap this photo.
Barry graduates from high school on May 22, 2009. Above are some pictures of Barry with friends and family.
Barry is named to the All-Region Team and chosen as Region 9 MVP. During his years as a Varsity player (some varsity time as a freshman & varsity starter as a sophomore, junior and senior) at Snow Canyon High School Barry had 15 goals and 28 assists. The team won 3 out of the last 4 region championships. He was named 1st team all-region and second team all-state in 2008 and 1st team all-region and Region 9 MVP in 2009.
Barry graduated from seminary today. Sam, Grandma, Grandpa, Morena and I were there. Graduation from high school will be Friday at 8:00 AM
Snow Canyon won their first state game and move on to the quarter finals on Friday. Barry scored one of Snow Canyons goals. The other goal was scored by Barry's good friend and fellow captain Ryan Stewart.
Barry come back to his seat after being awarded a $6000 scholarship to Dixie College. His smile says it all.
That's right. Morena discovers she is going to be a grandma for the second time along with veteran grandma Shawn.
That's correct, as of approximately December 10th 2009 Morena and Paul will have another grandchild. Apparently all our kids knew for a while but said nothing. They could never have kept a secret like that when they were younger. Go figure.
It was Senior Night as Snow Canyon High School as Snow Canyon beat Pine View 4 - 1. Barry had an assist in the game. Grandma and Grandpa came to support Barry.
