We are off to the BYU v. UNI game. Go Cougars!!

timpanogos storytelling festival

Jared's cousin Hunter performed in the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival this morning. This is his second year performing and he did an outstanding job. He told an original story about eating too many microwaved brownies.


Shaunte' and Carter came with us and we had a great time listening to some great stories. The boys even got into a couple of them singing and dancing along with everyone else.


Jace and Carter also had a great time "play fighting." They run around and fall to the ground and tackle each other. They were laughing pretty hard and so were Shaunte' and I.



Thanks for the tickets, Hunter!

art time

Yesterday, Jace wanted to paint.


After painting he wanted to color with markers except he colored himself instead of the picture.

disclaimer: byu pick

Just a little disclaimer on my pick for Northern Iowa over BYU. The rules are that the team has to win by the at least the point spread or you lose. So BYU is predicted to win by 31.5 points and I am going on the premise that Coach Mendenhall won't let his team rack up the points. Therefore I think BYU will win however I chose Northern Iowa because I don't think BYU will beat them by 31.5 points or more. Make sense?

college fb picks: week 1

At Franson Civil they "pick" for just about every sport and game. For the next few months it will be all about football. I decided to do my own picks against Jared's (mainly so I can continue my bragging rights as the best in our family). The rules are that if you pick a team and they win but by less than the point spread then you lose. They chose 9 games this week plus pre-season picks for BYU, Utah, USU and the National Champ. So here they are (blue team is the pick):

Jared's picks
Northern Iowa v. (16) BYU -31.5 BYU
Utah v. Michigan -3.5 Michigan
USU v. UNLV -12.5 UNLV
(18) Tennessee v. UCLA -7.5 Tennessee
TCU v. New Mexico -6.5 TCU
Kentucky v. Louisville -3.5 Louisville
Fresno St. v. Rutgers -5.5 Rutgers
(20) Illinois v. (8) Missouri -8.5 Missouri
(24) Alabama v. (9) Clemson -5.5 Clemson
BYU: 13-0
Utah: 10-3
USU: 3-9
National Champion: Oklahoma

Jeannie's picks
Northern Iowa v. BYU (16) -31.5 BYU
Utah v. Michigan -3.5 Michigan
USU v. UNLV -12.5 UNLV
(18) Tennessee v. UCLA -7.5 Tennessee
TCU v. New Mexico -6.5 TCU
Kentucky v. Louisville -3.5 Louisville
Fresno St. v. Rutgers -5.5 Rutgers
(20) Illinois v. (8) Missouri -8.5 Missouri
(24) Alabama v. (9) Clemson -5.5 Clemson
BYU: 13-0
Utah: 11-2
USU: 3-9
National Champion: Florida

jace diaries

Just wanted to do a little post on Jace. He is quickly turning into a little boy. (Most of the time) I love this stage. It has been fun to be able to interact with him. Even though he won't remember the things we did this summer I love seeing the joy that he gets from doing them. He definitely keeps us on our toes.

At 23 months and 2 days Jace can:
talk in mostly understandable complete sentences (he blows me away with some of things that he comes up with like using the word yet and my favorite, "mom, i missing one flip-flop")
can unlock the deadbolt and open the front door (and all the other doors for that matter)
flush the toilet and open the tube of toothpaste
knows what each ball is and how to use it
say the blessing on the food (with a little bit of help)
sing "eensy weensy spider"
in his own words: "swing like a monkey" (one of his favorite things to do at the park - hang from a bar)
recognize and name people in pictures (even if he hasn't seen them for awhile - he's got a great memory)
jump off the diving board and swim with floaties

So it is harder than I thought to come up with things at the moment. I know there is a lot more I could write. Maybe I'll think of some more later when I don't have anything to write it down with (that's usually what happens to me).

memories

I have spent the past couple of days going through my closets, organizing and filling my trunk for a trip to D.I. No matter how many times a year I go through my things I always seem to get rid of a good amount of it. I guess things mean something different to me at different times. Anyway, as I was cleaning one of the closets I pulled out my boxes that came from my house when my mom cleaned out my room. It took me back to all of the great times that I had growing up and all of the great friends that I had. I have lots of great pictures that take me back to great times. Here are some showing us throughout the years (sorry for the quality, I don't have a scanner so they are pictures of pictures). Anyway, I think it's time for another get together so we can catch up and reminisce. I love you guys!

7th grade, 1997


Seniors, 2002


2005

costume box

(click to enlarge)

I have decided to start Jace a costume box. One of my favorite things growing up was playing dress-ups. So, I hit the D.I. on Monday morning (which I think is the best time to go to the D.I.) and got some great hats around his size. We will keep adding to it as we find fun costumes. I don't know if he is quite old enough to get it all on his own but we have had fun playing together.

Engaged!!

My little sister is getting married! Congratulation guys!

In her own words: "Alma (Alma Jean) and I met about two and a half years ago in a french class at BYU. A year later we were in an English class at BYU and we have been friends ever since. We started seriously dating in the middle of March. Basically, one day Alma told me that he was interested in dating, I thought about it for a bit, and then said, "Ok, let's try it out." And then, as they say, the rest is history. Things have gone swimmingly, and we'll be getting married on Saturday, Dec. 20th."

Congrats!

Congratulations Alma on graduating with your B.A. in English from BYU!!