Jackson Kids Prepare for Primary Program

http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=61ebff52fc41c010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1


This coming Sunday, September 28, @ 9:00 a.m. is our primary program. Liana and the kids have worked hard putting this together. As I had mentioned earlier in the blog Liana has been the primary chorister for four years now. Before that she spent two or three years as the primary president. So needless to say she has been directly involved in the primary program for the past 6-7 years. She is a trooper and I think I complain more about it than she does. The kids are excited and it's fun to hear them singing the songs and saying their speaking part around the house.

Spanish Fork Beats Brighton, Loses to Hunter

On September 12 Spanish Fork traveled up to Brighton High School to Play. This was a very good test for our team because Brighton was closely matched to us. The team came out to play and the offensive line had a great game. Going into half time the game was tied up at 14-14. As coaches we were excited to see how our team would handle this, they would either fight or give into the pressure. Well they came out and fought. We won the game 28-14. I was pleased with the effort and execution of the line and thought this game said a lot about the character of the team.
The following week we traveled to Hunter. I like to say that this game went well and we were as excited about it as we were the Brighton game. But with a final score of 41-13 I can't. I don't think the final score really told the entire picture of the game. Hunter came out early and with mistakes on our part went up 14-0. The defence actually played a good game. The offence put them in bad situations and then they gave up a big run and pass play. Other than that they pretty much shut Hunter down. After being down 28-0 we put 2 touchdowns on the board, but missed 1 of the extra points. When we went to our hurry up offence we threw 2 interceptions, 1 was returned for a touchdown and the other to our8 yard line. It was a disappointing day. Needless to say I'm looking forward to this week and watching how the kids respond. We'll play American Fork on Friday.

Liana Celebrates Birthday on September 8th

Our lovely and talented mother celebrated her 33rd birthday on Monday. The kids had a good time giving her gifts they made and singing to her. I wish I could say I planned a better day for her but it was same as usual. We both worked, went to football, piano, and other things. In my defence I was going to take Liana out on Saturday but because of extenuating circumstances we were not able to go. The two of us did go out to dinner an Chili's that night. Liana wanted to go there to get their lettuce wraps. After we sat down and ordered an appetizer and drinks we couldn't find them on the menu. When we asked the waitress if they had lettuce wraps she said they had just taken them off the menu. So our whole reason for going to Chili's was the wraps and then Liana didn't get any. After dinner we went to Gart's and Liana got some new work out cloths.

Spanish Fork Beats Payson 36-0

Last Friday we played Payson for our Homecoming game. After a shaky first quarter with a lot of turn overs we finally put a game together. The final score was 36-0. The offensive line played well and we moved the ball all night. Their pass protection is coming along. In our first three games we've given up two sacks, but Breck (Quarterback) is being pressured still. If it wasn't for his athleticism we would have given up more sacks. The thing that is exciting to me is that the kids come out everyday and want to get better. Our run blocking needs to get better. Teams are still putting 7 or 8 players in the box. It's hard for any group of linemen to block that. As I watch film we still have technique and blocking fundamental issues to work on. I am happy with where were at right now. Still a lot of work a head of us. We play Brighton this week which will be a big test for us. They are a big physical team which if we have the number of mistakes of Payson we'll be in trouble.

Saturday Spent at Utah Lake

Once again we took Grandpa's boat out to Utah Lake and spent the day. We had a great time. We took out a tube to pull behind the boat which gave us more things to do. Katie and Bradyn started off in the tube and after a minute were crying. I think the only reason Katie was crying was because Bradyn was. We had to promise to go slow and the rest of the kids would go, Bradyn never got back in. I tried to talk Liana into going but I don't think she trusted me. I don't get it, I'm pretty trustworthy I wouldn't try to get her to wet. Any way we had a great time and it's fun to be out as a family.

Spanish Fork Loses to Timpview

On Friday August 29 Spanish Fork went over to Timpview for a preseason game. We just came off a lose to the defending 5A state champs and were now facing the defending 4A state champs. Needless to say it was a very long night. When the final buzzer went off we had lost 57-12. Our defense struggled and our offense only had a few bright spots. At the end of the 1st quarter the score was 15-12 for Timpview. I really thought we had a chance going in and at that point thought we had a shot at winning. That's when the wheels fell off. Timpview outscored us 35-0 in the 2nd quarter. When we went in at half time the score was 50-12.

I was proud of the o-line because they fought the entire game. Even though we didn't score in the 2nd half we put together a couple of drives that ate up some clock. After watching the game film there is a lot that we have to fix. It's hard because we only have two days of good work and that time is split with the d-line. This has been one of my biggest adjustments is trying to get everything in with such little time.

I was really disappointed with the Timpview coaching staff. They kept their starters in the entire game. I think they were upset that last year we came back and they only won us by 2, 30-28. All year we heard from them that no one does that to us and they were going to make us pay. I realize wanting to beat us and beat us big, but I really feel that if they could have put up 100 points on us they would have. It's one thing to run a score up in college or the pro's but to do it against high school kids is another thing. I just hope when we go out this week that kids are excited to go and look forward to Payson.

Elle Scores Goal in Soccer Game

On Tuesday August 22nd Elle played in her 2nd soccer game. Elle's coach is trying the girls out at different positions right now and will finalize what they do later. Elle's team played a Lindon team. Elle started the game at forward and scored the teams first goal. Liana said it was a beautiful kick from about 20 yards out that went right over the goalies head. She finished the game at goalie and made some really nice saves. Elle's team ended up winning the game 3-1.

On Thursday the story was a little different. The Shooters played a team that had been together for a couple of years. It was obvious that they had worked together for some time. Elle played both defender and goalie. We lost 7-1. Elle was disappointed but realized the team needed to work together better.