The Sinks

2009-09-20T19:37:00.000-07:00

Brandon is not our little Brandon anymore. He is now one of the captains of the H.S. Freshman football team. He is 5'11" 185lbs. For the record his Dad was 175lbs his freshman year. SCARY!

Notice Brandon now has a badonkadonk butt! Don't tell him that. He now dead lifts 330lbs as you can tell from behind. He's #62 if you couldn't tell.

As a pulling guard he can obviously still run though. And woe be unto him who gets in his way.

B.J. prepares to pounce from his defensive tackle position. Yes, like Dad he plays both ways.

Even though it's only his 2nd year playing football, he has been asked to move up and practice with the Varsity squad. He was way excited! Mom and Dad however think staying on the Freshman team would give him more valuable playing time. We are still waiting to see what happens. He is enjoying every minute of this experience.

2009-09-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

No this is not yoga class. This Matt pancaking a tackler as he scores a point after touch down.

Proof that Matt does carry the ball. One of his many talents on the football field.

Matt injured his thumb and became angry. This 6'5" 320lb defensive tackle found out....

DON'T MAKE THE HAMMER ANGRY! YOU WOULDN'T LIKE IT WHEN HE'S ANGRY.

Matt is always focused when he is playing football. Lots of concentration. Who can I flatten now.

2009-09-20T18:50:00.000-07:00

Go Caden! He's the big boy keeping the path clear for his teammate to run for a touchdown.

I felt bad for the little guy going against Caden. He was a small line-man. Caden had no problems with that guy.

GET OUT OF MY WAY, I'M COMING THROUGH!

Caden is sizing up his opponent. I don't think he was too worried today. Usually they're a bit bigger. Caden is learning a ton this season and having a lot of fun.

That is a winning smile if I say so myself. A proud boy after winning 32-6!

2009-06-01T00:28:00.000-07:00

What an awesome picture of you guys. Great smiles! We love you.

What a cute bunch of kids. Too bad Nate wasn't there.
He was playing his game on the other fields.

Thanks for coming Grandma and Grandpa!

It was a great suprise!

2009-06-01T00:03:00.000-07:00

The kids were so excited when Grandma and Grandpa Sink and Aunt Christine came to Las Vegas to watch them play baseball. They were very suprised. We had lots of fun, just wish they could of stayed longer.

Caden has had a great time playing ball this season with his brother. He has learned a ton and has become a very important part of the team. He is there number one left fielder and has come through at the bat many times. The high light of his season was getting a big hit off the fastest pitcher in the league to help eliminate that team from getting to the finals. Caden had nothing but smiles when he hit off that kid because he is good. He went 2 for 3 that game.

2009-05-31T23:30:00.000-07:00

Brandon's season is just about to come to an end. They lost the first game in the tournament which puts them into the losers bracket. They will play on Wednesday to see if they can stay in. He has had a great season, pitching and playing second base. The team seems to be getting tired. Pitcher's arms are sore, especially B.J's. He has been hitting real well this season and of course running the bases like a pro. Last game he almost hit it over. I don't think I have ever seen him hit it so far. It barely missed and bounced over. This is possibly B.J.'s last season d/t swimming in high school, the two sports are in the same season. We will miss watching him play ball, it has gone way too fast. He turned into a very wonderful young man. Hopefully they can pull out a win on Wednesday and will get to see him play a few games longer. If not, it has been nothing but fun!

2009-05-31T23:04:00.000-07:00

Matthew and his beautiful smile. I wish he would always wear it. He has had a great season but I think the highlight of it all was his Grand Slam home-run against the Orioles. He has done very well pitching this year and his batting has really been top notch.

Matt and Caden's team have currently played there way into the Championship game this Monday at 6:00 p.m. They are very excited, I think they want that big trophy again. If they lose on Monday they still get another chance on Tuesday to win because they are they only team in the tournament without a loss. Matt will not be pitching because he pitched the last game, but he and Caden will come with there bat's ready. Last game he struck 8 of the nine first batters out and then his last inning pitched he struck out one. I think they got 2 hits off of him. He did real well, very focused and his head was reallly in the game. His teammate came in and closed the game pitching the last 2 innings very strong.

This pitch looks so painful. I don't know how there arms can take that. Which is why they give these kids such a sticked pitch count. When we played you could pitch a whole game, not for these boys. They only make it about 4 innings in a game and then they have to be pulled. If they go over 60 pitches they can't pitch the next game which is usually the case. It's smart, saftey first.

2009-05-31T22:26:00.000-07:00

Nathan is a real power house for his team. We are very proud of him and hope to see many more good years of him pitching.

Nate hitting an in the park home-run! Go Nate!

This particular game Nathan struck out the first 9 batters. They weren't anywhere near hitting this kid. Then he let one kid ground out and he finished the next 2 batters off with a big K(strike out for those that don't know baseball lingo) He was dominant.

Nathan has his last game of the season this Monday. Then they start the season end tournament. As much as I would love to see them do well, if they do he will not be able to go to Rachel's wedding because the championship game is on the same day. So, will see what happens. His team has struggled this year from time to time, especially if Nate is not pitching, or pitching well should I say.

2009-04-26T21:57:00.000-07:00

This will probably be Brandon's last season of baseball d/t High School next year. Swimming and Baseball are the same season. It's hard to believe, he has come a long way since T-ball. We are so proud of him. He is going out with a bang this year.

Brandon plays any position the coaches ask him to and he plays it well. This season he has become a reliable pitcher, an incredible hitter, a strong second baseman, a third baseman and most importantly, he is an awesome base runner. I love to watch him on the bases. He just plays with the pitchers and loves it.

I haven't been able to get to many pictures of Nate yet, he always plays the same night as Mandy. Her season is over this Saturday so I will hopefully get more of him. He is with a new coach this year and is also playing up in the AAA league. He pitches, plays first and catches. For a young kid, he is doing great, just needs a little more confidence, but who doesn't. We look forward to many great seasons of ball with Nate. He is a very good player. Last game he hit a in the park Grand Slam and was very pleased with himself, as were we. And let me tell you, he hit that ball pretty far, it definitely wasn't his speed that got him around all of those bases. (ha, ha)

This is Caden's first year in the majors and we are very proud of him. He was drafted onto Matt's team and is really coming along. He struggled a little at first hitting. He wasn't use to the speed of some of the pitchers. But then all of a sudden, 3 games ago he nailed a pitch out to left center field and that was it. He went 2 for 2 last game and is doing awesome. It's great to have the 2 boys playing on the same team and they work well together. Caden play's second base next to matt a lot and he also play left and center field.

Look at the concentration on that kids face.

GO CADEN!

Hammer is having a great season so far. If he is not pitching then he is playing first base. He is the 3rd batter in the line up and hitting extremely well. The high light of his season so far though was Saturday. Bases loaded 1 out and Hammer is up. First pitch, strike. Second pitch, ball. Third pitch, everyone is screaming because hammer has just hit his first Grand Slam! You should of seen the grin on his face as he ran around those bases. It was awesome! He went 3 for 3 and played a mean 1st base that day.

The team is not as good this year because they have so many new kids on the team but they are still 3-2 and having fun.

Matthew is getting much more pitching time this season and hopefully will gain more confidence because of it. He threw 4 innings last game, struck out 9 and I think they got 2 hits. The game before that he threw one inning, hit 2 batters and then struck out the last 2. He went in to pitch to get them out of the inning. I think those kids he hit are going to have a pretty big bruise. Before that game he threw 4 innings, and struck out 11 of the 12 batter he threw to.

GO HAMMER HEAD!

Softball begins

2009-03-21T15:30:00.000-07:00

Mandy playing first base. Wanting her teammates to throw her the ball. First base is her second favorite position. She much rather be pitching. She also loves to catch but doesn't get to very often. We need someone to catch the ball at first base. She is having so much fun!

She can cheer loud just like her mom use to.

Mandy has really done well learning to pitch and we have so much fun together. Grandpa has been helping her also. It's very strange to watch her work with him because it brings back so many memories and it just doesn't seem like so long ago that I was practicing in the backyard wtih him. I am very proud of her and I am enjoying every minute of it. I wasn't sure coaching her team would work too well with all the boys teams but it's worked out great and we are all having fun. Soon I will be putting all of the boys pictures on the blog and you will all be tired of baseball. Opening day is next weekend for the boys, so get ready. Matt has already hit it over the fence in practice and he is a pitching machine. Caden is on Matt's team this year and is loving every minute, he just doesn't like to catch Matt. He has been playing mostly in the outfield and hitting very well. Will see what happens when the games start. Brandon is being coached by Jim and Bishop Blackham again and we are looking forward to his season. He is so much bigger and stronger this year it is amazing. He is a great second baseman and his hitting is very strong. Nate is on a whole new team this year and has moved up to triple A. He is very young, playing with some 10 and 11 year olds but he will be fine. He is a very fast pitcher just needs to work on his accuracy. He loves baseball and I love watching him play.

For a 7 year old little girl she has great form. I love to see her face and how much she concentrates. It's just awesome. Look at that focus.

Perfect pitch. Go Mandy!

2008-12-10T22:40:00.000-08:00

We are getting in the Christmas spirit early with Grandma and Grandpa since they will not be able to spend it here in Vegas with us this year. We will miss them but know they will enjoy spending it with everyone in Utah. We will miss you all this holiday.

Mandy is always so happy when she is able to spend time with her cousins.

Grandma carefully watching over Jim. Making sure he carves the turkey correctly. She wasn't too keen on the idea of turning over the carving duties to Jim.

We enjoyed having Jen and Cris spend Thanksgiving with us as well.

Thanksgiving

2008-12-10T22:21:00.000-08:00

Grandpa turned over the carving to Jim this year.

The kids enjoying Grandma's cooking.

We are so happy that Ros and Amy were able to come and share Thanksgiving with us. We had a great time.

Grandpa and Grandma digging in. Good eatin!

2008-11-09T21:57:00.000-08:00

We were all happy that Jim had the day off so he could spend Halloween with us. As usually he makes a very fine "Billy Bob"

We were also very happy that Grandma and Grandpa made it back to Vegas in time for Trunk or Treat. It is always so fun for the kids.

Yea for Cris and Jen, they were able to come too. We had fun!

Brandon is looking pretty scary by Grandpa. Not a common site to see Brandon so crazy.

You can't see Nate's hair so well in the dark but he looked awesome in his big fro. He was an awesome hippie. Of course Mandy was Hanna Montana. But she is prettier then the real one.

Mandy is still smiling even though she is stuck between those two crazy boys.

We look like we need some real help here.

Grandpa and Grandma's truck always wins the prize for the best decorations. We had many comments. You can't see it in the pictures but the pumpkins on the side of Mandy were even glowing. Grandpa cut the bottoms out of them and we used candles to light them up, it was awesome. Everyone loved it.

Caden did a great job playing the role of a nerd.

We Love you Grandma!

It wont hurt you to smile Matthew.

Halloween in Vegas

2008-11-08T22:24:00.000-08:00

Pumpkin carving is always fun!

Nathan carved his pumpkin all by himself this year and he did a fantastic job. Cris and Jen came over and shared in our carving festivities. We had great fun. Of course we did not grow our pumpkins, we had to buy them. The pumpkins we tried to grow shriveled on the vine in our 110 degree summer heat.

The kids did their own carving this year. I just had to help gut the pumpkins, I always get the yucky part.

Hope you all had a wonderful Halloween!

Officer Sink receiving the Meritorious Service Award

2008-11-03T20:55:00.000-08:00

Office Jim Sink receiving his Meritorious Service Award. My camera was not working well so I was unable to get a good shot but we are very proud of him. The police dept had a photographer at the ceremony so we should be getting some good pictures later and I will update then.
Award in hand he awaits for his family to take pictures for the department.

Jim has worked so hard and loves his job. I am so proud of what he has accomplished. Below I have taken a snapshot of his certificate. It states " On July 7, 2008, Office Sink arrived on a call of a suspect dragging a female victim in the parking lot of Macy's Dept. Store. Office Sink initiated the "Bull's-Eye", technique, and picked out one of the three vehicles that matched the description of the suspects vehicle involved in the string of purse snach robberies .............. I will not bore you with all of the details. The last paragraph states. "Due to the efforts of Officer Sink, an experienced serial robber was taken off the street and is no longer a threat to our city. Therefore, Officer Sink is hereby presented the Unit Meritorious Award."

WE ARE SO PROUD OF OUR DADDY! HE IS AWESOME!

Summer 2008 - Fun with the Glassfords

2008-09-29T21:24:00.000-07:00

Rich gives up on playing football and has much more fun being Grandpa.
It is so fun watching my brother be Grandpa. Something to look forward to, in the way future.
Rich you are one proud Grandpa.
Grandpa taken down by the youngsters. Future football stars.

A little friendly football game at David's house. Of course every year there is a little agression shown between Rich and Jim. I don't know what's up with that. Last year it was a game of basketball in Grandma Sinks pool and this year, it's football. I can't wait until next year. These old men might really hurt each other one of these summers. (ha,ha)
Dan may be younger but Jim can still keep up with the best of them. Then of course, you might want to watch out because he might not be able to stop.Face plant. That does not look comfortable. I can't tell if it is Tyler or Richard but I am wondering if we should stay away from sporting events.
Dan the man working on a strategy to beat Jim but I am not sure it ever worked. We had a lot of fun that day and are so glad to have spent time with everyone. Dave your house is awesome and we can't wait for next year. I hope all is going well for you and the family. You are in our prayers every day.

Summer would not be the same without a fishing trip with Grandpa. Thanks for taking us Grandpa. You were very tired that day but you took us anyways and we had lots of fun. Your the best, we love you!
We caught a ton of fish, it was so fun!
Look at my awesome fishy! Isn't it cool.
We are awesome fisherman. Of course, Matthew let Brandon do all the hook work because he did not want to go to the hospital again.

I wish I had more pictures to share of our wonderful trip to Utah but things always get so crazy. We had a wonderful time and made many more memories. We look forward to next year and we love you all.

Summer 2008, Fun with the Sinks

2008-09-29T19:10:00.000-07:00

We love coming to visit, we always have a great time! Thanks for all you do and the fun we are able to have with the family. I know the pictures weren't all great but we haven't had a recent picture of you both for a long time so now we finally have one for our home.

Little Bridger had no fear, he was going to keep up with the big boys.
All the boys try very hard to beat Daddy and his big splashing but it's going to be a few more years before that's going to happen.

Jim is probably not going to be very happy about this picture but I'm just showing his superb splashing techniques.

Tanner and Jayce were so much fun to have around at the race track! My boys think they are the coolest of kids.

We had so much fun going to the Race track with Aunt Christine, the boys could not stop talking about how awesome it was.
Uncle Jeremy is looking to see what happened to Jim. Jeremy's ability to maintain air is a little bit better than his big bro Jim. The kids all enjoyed the man made waves. We spents many, many hours in the Sink pool. Many fun memories, Thank you!

Oh no, this one might send us clear out of the pool!

Brandon is trying really hard to cheer up Jayce but I guess all he needed was his Dad.
I love this pictures of Father and Son.
At least we were able to take some good pictures of the ones we love at the sitting.
Grandma being surrounded with Love. She lets us do all kinds of fun things that our mom's never let us do.
We Love you Aunt Christine! You are the greatest. We always have fun when your around.

Summer in Las Vegas

2008-07-21T21:28:00.000-07:00

Before Grandma and Grandpa headed back to Utah we decided to try a fishing trip here in Vegas. We were not very successful but it was still fun. Just making good memories
Grandpa with his traditional spit on the bait trick. Hoping we might catch at least one fish.
Caden thinks it might be better to just eat the bait.
Of course, Brandon wins and catches the only fish of the day. He's a true fisherman.

Caden just received his arrow of light for cub scouts and is now an 11 yr. old scout.
I am kind of doing this blog thing in a backwards order but I will get the hang of it eventually. If you look closely at Matthews finger you will see that he has something sticking out of his middle finger. This was his attempt to help get the poles ready for Grandpa before we left for our fishing trip. I think Matthew is going to leave that job to Brandon from now on. And yes, he needs a hair cut. He was thinking he looked cool with his hair longer and after seeing this picture he understands why I buzzed his hair.

Matthew shows off the actual tools the Dr. used to pull out the hook. They called him Captain hook. I told him that it was a $500 hook and that next time we would just use our own tools.
A very happy Matthew, who just lights up my life with his smile and humor. No more hook!

These next few pictures are of Mandy's Birthday weekend. Amy came down and we had a blast. We went bowling, saw a couple movies and Amy made Mandy's B-day cake with a little help. She did a great job. Mandy was thrilled that Amy could come.

She was very exhausted after all the fun activities we did this weekend. She also enjoyed her chocolate birthday cake as you can see it is still on her face.

What an awesome family. We know how to have fun!

Nate at his first swim meet. He did fabulous. The only thing he is having a hard time on is the dive off the block. He has belly flopped so many times that he just too scared. So he jumps in with almost all fours and then has to work extra hard to catch up. He is still coming in the top three in most of races though. Taking after his brothers. Another fish in the water. His best stroke seems to be his back stroke though. He does it very well. Sorry the pictures aren't so good. He is just moving soooo fast.

Caden has swam very well this year also. He looks like his daddy in the water.

The butterfly is such a hard stroke. I don't know how they do it.
Go Matthew!

Matthew was really struggling to catch his breath in this picture. He has just been diagnosed with Asthma and is using a couple of different inhalers now. But this boy will not give up. He's working really hard in swimming and football. I have got to get that camera or I will never be able to get any pictures of the boys playing football.

And last but not least, my Brandon, the fish himself. This poor boy had to go up a level this year in swimming. They have this poor kid swimming against kids that are in High School already. He and one other 13 year old it seems are always going against a group of 15, 16 and 17 year old boys. It's good for him though. We just tell him to work on bettering his times and he is handling it just fine.

All the children are doing well. Jim still loves his job and so do I. Being a school nurse is something I always wanted to do, I love working with all the kids. Heavenly Father has truely blessed our Family here in Las Vegas.

Baseball Season

2008-07-21T19:13:00.000-07:00

Brandon had a fantastic season. We were a little concerned about him because he had to go up to the junior league this year and he was the youngest kid on his team and smallest. Weird for me to be saying smaller when it comes to my kids. Anyway, the fields was so much bigger and it seemed like you had to run a mile just to get to first base. But for Brandon, it was great. His favorite thing to do was run the bases . Jim was able to help coach Brandon's team this year and he had a blast. If he had to work on a game night, he would just take his break at game time and come over in uniform. The kids on the team loved it. He did a great job. Brandon wasn't a power hitter but he could put the ball in play and the last half of the season he got 1 to 2 hits a game. If he got on base, you could bet he would do everything he could to steal to the next. He played 2nd most of the time and occasionally left field. We are very proud of him. There team finished in 2nd place and won the end of the season tourney so they took the big trophy. Go Gators!
Matthew had a great season also. He played 1st base most of the time and was able to pitch quite a few games innings as well. When he did pitch, he did very well. He struggled with batting a little but ended the season strong. In fact, he had the end of the season game winning hit that gave his team the championship title. He is like his mother and wants to be perfect every time he plays. I am not sure that is such a good quality to pass on. He is way to hard on himself. Matt will continue to play in the same league next year while the rest of his team goes up. He is looking forward to dominating next year and is working extra hard to get himself in tip top shape. So we ended up having 2 number 1 teams.

I would have liked to get more pictures of the boys playing baseball but my camera stinks and they just move to fast. Most of the pictures are too far away or blurry. Jim and I are trying to figure out how to buy a good camera so we can keep up with Rich, the expert picture taker.
Mandy had a ton of fun playing for the Pink Ladies this year. Ofcourse, pink is her favorite color so the team name was fitting. She was fabulous and won the MVP award for the team. She also won the farthest thrower and fastest base runner for her league. Fastest base runner, can you believe it, one of my kids fast.

As you can tell, Mandy was quite a bit bigger than most of the kids in her age group. We have signed her up again for fall ball but they have asked her to go up to the older girls league a little early and have asked me to be help coach. I figured that would happen eventually. Many is very excited, it should be fun.

Grandma and Grandpa enjoying one of Caden's games. Or maybe not, it's always very hot.
Caden had a great season this year. He was the best hitter on the team. Like I said, it was very hot but Caden never complained. He was the only good catcher the team had so he caught almost every game, even when it was 105 degrees. We had so much fun watching him play. His team wasn't so great but he was awesome and was even asked to try-out for allstars. Only 1 kid from each team was able to say that.

Brother Brandon was always there to give Caden a high five.

I am sorry to say that I don't have any pictures of Nate playing baseball this year. I feel awful, I was so busy running from one game to the next that I never got any really good shots. He was the star of his team though. Hitting quit a few home runs and pitching 2-3 innings every game. Nobody could hit him, he was terrific. People were always asking why that big kid wasn't playing with the older kids and I had many coaches trying to recruit him for their team next year. Will see what happens. We had 5 teams and I was able to be at most of the games. If I wasn't, Jim usually was, even if it was on his break. The kids always loved it when he would roll up to the field in his police car. It was a very fun season and we look forward to it next year. The little league program here has been wonderful for the kids and we have made some fantastic friends. I am sorry I don't have many good pictures but I am working on that for next year.