Can you say WOW?

I really don't know where to begin with this post. So many events have taken place in the Leatherow household in the past 3 weeks or so. I will try to sum them all up.....WARNING! remember this blog is a thing of therapy for me so I will not hide my feelings or what this house has been thru. I wil try to not embarass my boys or my husband but this is MY blog. With that said ~ let me begin. As you know from my previous post BLHS Jr Prom is something that we have been anticipating in our house. We rented and paid in FULL for the tux. I was super scared Wes chose white with pin stripes. I seriously could only invision something from the movie, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". I am not exactly sure of dates but Wes and Kenzi decided to end their nearly two year relationship. Did she break up? Did he break up? It doesn't matter, I just know my son's heart was broken. He wanted to still take her to prom and he felt he could do it and make it a night of fun and a great way to for them to go their separate ways. Kenz said she thought that would be fine then on the Saturday before the big night; Wes receives a text that she is no longer interested in going with him. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? as a girl she can save the dress and wear it another night ~ but the boy is stuck with a rented tux. I was MAD. But I had to step back because my son was dying inside. After we sat down and had several heart to hearts and we as parents told him how we felt he decided life could go on. We told him to look at the big picture. We assured him that as cliche as it sounds, there are more fish in the sea. He really wanted to still attend his Jr. Prom so he decided to ask Emily George. Some of you may remember that name. She was a young lady that grew up in our ward and went to school with Wes during elementary but moved away. Her family returned to our ward several months ago and participated in the sacrament program. So her and Wes talked a bit. WOW! That is not the Emily Weston remembered she was all grown up. Funny ~ he too has grown up but what? he thought no one else had? Too Funny. So Sunday the 15th of April after church we quickly came up with a cute way to ask Emily to prom. Wes simply printed out "Picture This....Weston and Emily...BLHS JR Prom 2012? and we put it into a picture frame. We drove to Syracuse and Colton delivered it to the front door. I was silently praying her schedule would be open. She is a very busy girl, cheerleading, clogging, piano, being Miss Syracuse...just please be free. Weston was as work later that night when she sent him a text telling him to plan on having a date but she was "officially" answer him later. THANK YOU. Weston was super excited. I think he was so surprised that another girl said yes. I really don't know why he finds this suprising. He is a great guy. Emily did answser him later in the week

On Friday, April 20th, Tom, Garett and I traveled to Mtn. Crest High School to watch Kaelton and his baseball team. They didn't bring home a win but we had a ball watching the game. Kaelton is such a great kid. Wishing him and his team much success this season. Saturday was the big day. But first we needed to attend a track meet up at Morgan High School. This was the first time in the season that I was able to see Weston compete. He wasn't running in any events but he was throwing the jav. We (Tom, Garett and I) got up early and made the drive. What a beautiful day for a track meet. We watch and cheered as Syd threw the shotput.

We watched and cheered as Kenz ran. This meet Kenz had a great showing. I am not sure of all the places she took but I know she did GREAT. Even though her and Wes are longer an "item" we still cheer and wish her much success.

We also watched and cheered and this mom SCREAMED as Weston thru the jav. He PR'd at this meet and thru it 122 feet. WOWSA. I really don't have great pics as I was in the stands. But this what I did get. You may have to just take my word that he did fabulous.

While we were there we cheered on Tif and Ster as well. It was great morning. Look at the smiles.

Now hurry home because these two studs need to get ready for PROM! They were both so excited. First, clean Chad's ride (he was great and let Wes borrower this so the couples could all drive together) Notice the vaccum of choice ~KIRBY.

Next.....the tux! Can I just say this mom ate all her words. Weston rocked the white tux!

The other couples arrive

Justin Christensen and Brooke Nielsen ~ Sterling and Camille

The guys...

Finally they pull away to pick up Emily. This is the moment that I as a mom have looked forward to. Experiencing these firsts with my boys makes my life worth living. It is the peanut butter in my Reese's. I love being a mom to boys. As Weston drove away I knew right then and there he would be OK. I knew that he knew he would be OK. That this was his time to pick himself up and to move forward.

The kids drove to Sandy and ate at The Olive Garden and enjoyed a great time at the Living Planet Aquarium. Weston came home and was serioulsy giddy. He said the night was wonderful. He was all smiles and was finally getting back to the Wes that has been missing for sometime. Everyone needs friends to rally around them and to let them be themselves. Friends who won't judge when you are seriously hurting and for Weston this friend is, Ster. As a mom I can't thank that kid enough for being there for Wes. He truly is a hero to Tom and I. Ster, THANK YOU! The broken heart is healing and he is moving on. We all hope that one day him and Kenz will find a way to be friends because she will always be a part of our lives. I am over being mad, hurt and wanting to protect Wes. I just want the two of them to enjoy life and be happy for eachother. I know without a doubt Wes will always love her and she will always have a place his heart. But Wes is seeing the big picture and getting back to what he wants. Since I last posted we have also helped Colton run for 10th grade president

Colton campaigned for a week and the kids cast their votes on Friday, April 27th. They didn't announce the winners until the next Monday. Are you kidding me? Talk about a long weekend. I received a text from Colton while at work letting me know that he didn't win. Darn it. Next year. He really wanted this but he was big enough to be happy for those that did win. So proud of him. Garett turned 12 April 25th! What a birthday. A day that young men wait for. They graduate from Primary, they receive the priesthood and they get to participate in passing of the sacrament. Garett met with our Bishop and was found worthy to recieve the priesthood. For his birthday dinner, Tom had to work late so we simply enjoyed dinner at Dylans.

Garett asked his dad to give him the priesthood. We met at our church on Wednesday, May 9th. Dale, Josh, Shon, Bro Edwards, Bishop Stringham, Weston and Sterling were able to participate as well. What a moment for this mom. The priesthood is now complete in this house. After the blessing was given and G stood to shake the mens hands he was fighting back tears. He is so in tune with the spirit. Love him. WoW! are you still with me? I told you A LOT has happened. The BLHS boys soccer team finished second in Region 11. Congrats to them. The last game of the regular season was Senior Night so Wes didn't see the playing field during the varsity game but look at his smile anyway...

For the first round of playoffs Delta had to travel to our field. The boys had a grudge to settle. Remember this Delta team knocked us out of the playoffs last year at their house in a shotout! The boys took the field to the sound of the bag pipe....

The boys came out and just took it to them. We easily won 5 to 1 and advance.

We then found out we would be traveling to Dixie High School on Saturday May 5th.

The boys didn't come home with a Win this game. In fact we lost big 5 to Zero. Weston literally left it all on field. He played his guts out and had a great personal game. His body was bleeding, it was sore and his head was killing him. He choose to ride home with us and after about 45 minutes he engaged in the conversation and realized he did all he could have done. Congrats to BLHS for a great season and Congrats to Dixie HS as they are the State 3A champs. Weston also enjoyed some success at region track this past week. He qualified for state in the 4 x 400. I stole the following pics from Tif Brandley. Enjoy!

On Monday, April 7th Garett got to visit the ortho and Dr B finally took off his top braces. All of boys have such beautiful teeth and I have Dr Broadbent Jr and Sr to thank for it. Love their smiles!

Garett also got to experience his first Scout overnighter. Check out his smile ~ he was so excited.

When you see Garett ask him about the wave game and his glasses. He is now sporting a new pair of glasses......his flew off while playing the wave game. Yep, my son stuck his head out the window and the wind caught his glasses. It was long week before his new ones arrived. Lesson learned ~ I hope. :) I think that sums it up. Thank you for staying with this lengthy blog post. Life for us is great. Soccer has come to a close. Garett's basketball season will wind up this Tuesday and track will finish this coming weekend. Bring on the summer life. I am so blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful men. I married a man that I would be lost without. Tom is seriously my best friend. My three sons are what makes my world go round. They are each different yet they all show their love for me. This past week I received two letters in the mail. One from Colton and one from Weston. Colton was asked by his seminary teacher to write a letter to his mom. I loved it. Colton doesn't show emotion very well and his letter was very heart felt but funny. Weston wrote his on his own. This is not the first letter I have received and I am certain it won't be my last. I won't go into detail because it is to close to my heart but I would like to share that he thanked me for standing by him thru the toughest part of his life so far and helped him see that he too needed to get his priorites straight and he is back to knowing he will serve a mission. Words to make a mommy's heart melt.