Go Wildcats!

Tanner came too, but didn't care to be in the picture. That's okay. But guess what? He loved the show and was not ashamed one bit!


Warning: Slightly cheesy post!
We may bleed blue in our house, but some of us also bleed a little East High red! I almost tagged along to the midnight showing Thursday night with my cute sis-in-law and her roomies, but the old mom in me came through, and I knew I couldn't function properly the next day(it was a busy day) and decided to bow out. So I took the kids this afternoon, and it was great. I got a little teary at the end. I do tend to cry at absolutely everything, but I really do love these shows.

I came on the scene a little late with the first HSM. It was already quite a sensation before we bought it and I(oh I mean we!) fell in love with the show. By the time #2 rolled around, I(oh I mean we again!) was an official fan/expert and already had the music memorized for the Disney channel premiere. There are many reasons I love these shows. The music, the dancing, the adorable cast, all the recognizable places in Utah, and so on. But I've decided that one of the reasons I adore HSM might very well be this message: "We're All In This Together." I mean it's true, right?

By the way, I believe Disney owes the Hinckley family some royalties or at least some credit, because after all, Sister Hinckley said it first:

"We are all in this together. We need each other. Oh, how we need each other..."
-Marjorie Pay Hinckley

Go Wildcats!

Scarecrow Festival

 

On Saturday, we took the kids to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point. I really missed my Tanner, but he wanted to spend some one on one time with Grandma. The kids had great fun. They went on one inflatable slide after another to their hearts content! There was also music, and games and face painting. We even had Navajo tacos for dinner. The weather was just so perfect. It was a great evening. I enjoyed watching the kids have fun-even Gavin loved it. He jammed to the Bluegrass music in his stroller and rode around on Dad's shoulders too. This has been a beautiful weekend. The weather has been great. We did a lot of much needed cleaning and organizing, but had some fun too. I looked at my kids playing all around at the park today in the nice weather and I just thought: This is the best time of my life! I love these little kiddos and they are so worth my journey.

Boys' Road Trip '08

 

Brandon and Tanner went on their BYU road trip a couple weeks ago. They went to the USU game and had a great time with Tyler, Noah and Xander. Tanner loved the trip. It wasn't quite as outlandish as last year's trip to Vegas for the UNLV game and the Mandalay Bay(see this post)but still fun nonetheless. The kids swam at the hotel and they also went bowling. Their seats at the game were in the upper part of the South end zone, and the boys often just played football on the grass area during the game. Tanner really looks forward to these trips and cried when he came home just like he did last year! I try not to take it personally. :)I'm happy to have them make memories. If you're wondering why Zach doesn't go, he could, if it wasn't for the actual GAME. He doesn't like to sit through those pesky games, although he has just informed me that when he's a grown up, he WILL like sports!

Bye Bye Top 10

Sad night around here.

The Tale of Two Twin Teeth...

The Tooth Fairy did double duty at our house last night. That's right! The twins both lost their first tooth yesterday within hours of each other!




























I thought it was interesting enough that their teeth had become loose around the same time, but to lose it the same day? Wow! I can't believe it. The Tooth Fairy came to each of them last night for the first time! They came into the world on the same day, got blessed the same day, and will get baptized the same day. I'm sure they will share many more experiences on the same day, but I didn't expect this one! Oh, and Megan was the first to lose hers, just like she was the first born of the two, and the first blessed. Ladies first!

Yearbook Mania

This is a blast! I have seen these before, but finally got motivated to do ours when my cousin Lisa posted her "Yearbook Youself" pics on her blog, and I thought they were so fun! Tanner loves Brandon's 1998. Brandon really likes 1990(mullet) of himself. He says he thinks he really had a sweater like that. Brandon's 1994 looks like an actual photo of him. It is so fun! I'm not sure which is the fave of myself. Maybe I could get some input on that? :) Comments welcome!

Horsey, Horsey...He's on his way!

My baby finally got to ride on a horse! He loves horses and here he is! He loves all animals in general but is pretty partial to horses right now. I'm just trying to savor every moment of his cute little 17-month old self. His little chubby hands and feet and the way he is still a baby, but is fast becoming a big boy. The way he says "hi" every time one of us comes into a room or comes home. The way he is constantly climbing on my lap with a story every chance he gets. The way he will still let me rock him when he is really tired. I just love him to pieces!

A Tribute To Dave

Dave is my stepfather and he passed away 10 YEARS ago today. Sometimes I can't believe it has been that long. He was an exceptional person and an all around fun man, but apparently he was needed more on the other side than he was here-although I think my mom has a bone to pick with someone on that subject! I wrote this little list quite a while back. It has some of my favorite memories and qualities about him. Although my children won't know their "Papa Dave" in this life, I have wanted to preserve some of my favorite memories about him as I've done with their other grandpas as well. Here are a few:

He loved to make breakfast and would always save me a pancake if I slept in.

We always had four-wheelers and for years I would have parties and have friends come over and also have the neighbors come and ride them. He was very generous with them and really enjoyed it when people had a fun time with them.

He loved Mexican food and knew how to find good guacamole and put salt on it! Yum! He is one of the reasons I love Mexican food so much.

He liked to dry the wet newspaper and other items off in the open oven! And it worked!

He loved to grill and was so good at it. (Even tried It in the house once-whoops!)

He loved to "tinker" in the garage and could fix anything.

He loved a good burger.

He loves my mom.

He was the epitome of true charity and would help anyone.

He was friendly, tolerant and respectful to all. He really was loved by many people.

He was one funny man and just plain made life fun! We still laugh at some of the things he said and did. We sure miss him!

P.S. Since it is game day, and he LOVED the Cougars...Go Cougars!!!