Big Blue

Maxwell getting a hug from the USU mascot "Big Blue"

Big Blue picking Jensen up and giving him a hug

Jeron, Maxwell, and Jensen at the game.

What a most disappointing ending to a game! At the half we were down at 13 to 14. Then with only 1:40 left in the game we scored a touch down for a score of 28 to 27. We thought we had won!!! Then FS moved down the field and we ran them out of bounds and the clock on the scoreboard said 0:00. The official said "Put 2 seconds on the clock" WHAT??? Then FS kicked a 58 yard field goal! The whole stands were in complete shock!! Darn! We thought we had won. Oh, well, we still had a fun time.

Fall Break 2008

We started out the day with a trip to Cabela's, the big outdoor sportsmen’s store in American Fork. The boys loved it! The store has more than 100 taxidermied animals. Also, a large aquarium with tons of fish. While we were there they announced that feeding time would be in 5 minutes. So we hurried over to the tanks and saw them feed the fish. Grandma and Grandpa bought the boys all Cabela's hats. Here's Grandpa Dennis, Maxwell, Jensen, and Kaleb in front of the store.

After lunch we went to the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point. The line was so long that we thought we were at Disneyland. This was our first time going so we were hoping it would be worth the wait! Here's Grandma Debbie, Maxwell, Grandpa Dennis, and Kaleb waiting in line. Jensen and I decided to sit down on the curb to wait.

Maxwell and Jensen with the scarecrows. Jensen was sooooo worried about going to the festival when he heard that the word "scare" was part of the title. We tried to convince him that it was all going to be fun stuff and nothing scary, but he wouldn't believe us until he got inside and saw for himself. When we were leaving he said, "That wasn't scary, that was fun."

Watch out Jensen is driving already! But he's too short to reach the pedals, so Kaleb went with him to power the car.

But Maxwell could pedal and steer the car all on his own and he LOVED it!

While the boys were waiting in line to jump the weather man from channel 5, Dan Pope, came and did the weather. Boy was he wearing a lot of make-up! I guess they have to wear that much for TV. If you look you can see Kaleb with his hat and glasses on and then Maxwell in a black shirt and Jensen in a red shirt with a black hat, standing in the background.

Maxwell and Kaleb jumping on the trampoline with the bungee cords attached. They had a blast, but had to wait in line for 3 hours! I know the pictures aren't that great, but the sun was going down by then.


Grandma Debbie and Grandpa Dennis left while the boys were still in line, to go home and start dinner, dutch oven pork and apples, mmmmm. We had a great day! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for spending the day with us!

It's Back to School I Go!

So I was online and thought I would check to see if there was a major at USU that a lot of my credits (155 of them already to be exact) could fit into. I printed off the worksheet and it looked close, so I made an appointment with the advisor. She went over the major and plugged my credits into the worksheets. Then we asked how long it would take me to finish and how many credits I would need to take and whalla! I can graduate in two semesters (14 credits one semester and 12 the other) with my Bachelors of Art degree in Liberal Arts! Yeah! So I applied, got reaccepted, got financial aid and I start in January. I'm excited and can't wait to finally get my BA degree.

Tie Dye- Then and Now

Jensen and Maxwell in their first tie dye shirts in 2005 (I think)

Jensen and Maxwell in their new tie dye shirts 2008. This time they helped a lot with the designs and the colors they used. And we even did socks this time. Pretty cool boys!!

Football Game

Maxwell and Kaleb went to the USU football game today and we actually won! Unfortunately, it was very windy and one of the umbrella's from a vendor came flying into the stands and hit Maxwell in the shoulder. He got scraped but it's ok. Kaleb went to the vendor and said your flag hit my son, so does he get a free blanket and they agreed.

Quirks

Aw man....I got tagged, now I have to let you all know 6 quirks about me (which I guess should be easy since I have OCD). So here's the rules: Link the Person who Tagged you-Mention rules on your blog-Tell about 6 quirks of yours-Tag 6 fellow bloggers to do the same-Leave a comment to let them know. Pay attention, as your name could be at the bottom of this post!!!

So my double sister-in-law, Rachel, tagged me. So here goes:

1. Dishes: it's just easier to put them away if you organize them when they are drying in the drainer and on the towel, right???

2. Getting ready for the day: I just have to do everything in the same order. Now I know it would just not work to put on conditioner before shampoo, but do I really need to clean my ears, then my nose, use my toner, then contacts. My mind tells me that I won't forget something if I do it this way, go figure.

3. Organizing: my closet used to be in rainbow order, now just like things are together. All of my craft things have their own place. Everything in the house really has it's place and it just makes it easier to find things. Plus we can fit more stuff in our tiny apartment if we organize it just right.

4. I don't fold or put away my kids laundry. I wash it for them. I just won't fold or put it away. They are 6 and 8 and can fold it themselves and put it away. If I put it away I see that their clothes are not in perfect stacks in their drawers and I really want to pull everything out of their drawers and organize them perfectly. But that won't teach them to take care of their clothes and it doesn't help my OCD either.

5. If you tell me you are going to do something...you better do it!! Or you better tell me why you can't, preferably before hand. If something comes up or you have an emergency you better tell me or I will think you just flaked out on me and thought that I wasn't worth doing what you promised me you would do.

6. I love to craft! (this may not seem like a quirk, but it really is) I could craft all day long and long into the night too! Once I start a project I really want to finish it. I can visualize the finished project in my head and completely plan out how to make it, without any instructions. I'm trying to figure out how to make this quirk make me money....

I tag...... Ardis, Melanie M., Leesa, Kayce, Michelle, Doreen. Have fun girls!

$32 BUCKS!!!!!

Are you insane??? Maxwell wanted to go to the football game with Kaleb. So I called the ticket office and they said that it would cost $32 bucks! I said for my 8 year-old? And they said yes. Why?? Because it is the USU vs. UofU game. So I asked how much for the other games and it is $17 bucks. Luckily one of my neighbors told me about the coupon on the bags from a local grocery store for $7 tickets; however, they don't work for the UofU or BYU games. So sorry Maxwell, but we will have to wait for USU to play someone else before we can afford to go to the game.