shoot 'em up

Last Saturday was the ward Primary party. Here are the kids in their cowboy and cowgirl get-ups. Fun.

Showtime Utah

My sister, Sarah, and her husband, Neil, have been instrumental in the goings-on and the start up (May 2) at the Showtime Utah Theater in Pleasant Grove, Utah. For Mom's birthday, we enjoyed an evening at the theater: good, impressive music, and a fine meal. Good times, and happy birthday, Mom.

l-r: Hollie, David, baby Brooklyn, Michael, Colette, Mom, Sarah (Miss Ruby) & Neil, Jen, Jeremy, Anna, Zachary.

is he big enough?

Griffin can ride a bike, a real two wheeled bike, no training wheels, and no help. I get that he is 5, but isn't he growing up a little too fast?

This morning as we were walking to school Griffin said, with a very serious face, "Did you know that Mrs. Smith knows everything?" It doesn't surprise me, really. After all she's a super awesome Kindergarten teacher who loves him and he knows it.

In the summer sometime we were sitting down to dinner and I admit it wasn't the greatest meal. Griffin asked who made the noodles. I told him that I did. His response: "Maybe we could just get pizza instead."

I love Griffin.

I want candy

Anna has been dancing with the Glitter group at the Guyz 'n Dollz Performing Arts Studio for two months. She completely loves it. Their first performance was at the Scarecrow Festival at Thanksgiving Point last week. They danced to I Want Candy and Anna had a solo part. We're working on remembering to smile. :)


There were loads of things for the kids to do. They mostly played in the bounce toys/slides. The boys stuck together and the girls stuck together while Jer (who is walking mostly without a limp and getting around nicely) and I got to relax and observe and visit. Later on they built paper rockets and launched them. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

flag football

So, a whirlwind 4 weeks of playing flag football and it was a ton of fun. Zachary got to play lots of positions, ran in a touchdown, and caught the football in the end zone for the extra point. Here's the one thing I managed to get on film: a kick off. Is he really 9.75 years old?

knee surgery & a big pink trailer

So Jeremy hurt his knee playing basketball Feb07, had the option to have it scoped, and we decided not to have it done. Long story short, he snapped his ACL and has been walking around since without one. So, on Tuesday Jer had an ACL replacement and all went well. Doctor's orders are to lay flat (knee above the heart) strapped to an ice pack (connected to an ice chest) and strapped to a constant movement machine for 7 days. We brought his computer upstairs and yesterday he watched 4 movies. He's tired of laying down, but is a good patient and is doing his physical therapy as instructed as well.

Also on Tuesday we sold Big Pink. We had posted her for sale last weekend and ended up selling her to a family in Colorado (who drove 7 hours to get here to pick 'er up). So, when Jer went down the hallway with the anesthesiologist, I went down a different hallway and zipped home to take care of the sale. I got back to the hospital 20 minutes before Jer got out of surgery. Wow.

I am grateful for sisters, grandmas, and awesome neighbors for helping us out these few days.