My ol' Kentucky Home

(If you aren't from KY you probably don't get the title .. it's a song.)

So the weirdest thing happened today. I had to fly to KY for work - nothing unusual about that. The thing that was weird was that when I landed at the airport and was walking through towards the rental car area I heard people talking around me with their accents and the different phrases that you hear only in KY and ... I WAS HOMESICK. I felt like I was "home".
Why is this weird you ask? Because I am from Utah .. I grew up in Utah. Sure I have traveled a lot and I lived in KY for several years but it still isn't my "home" yet I felt like I had come home. Weird how things just happen to hit you sometimes.

Aloha, Monica

I haven't had a chance to upload our photos from Hawaii or blog about our great trip yet. However, I have had MULTIPLE requests for the video of Chris's awesome Boss, Monica, showing off her secret talent - poi balls! Therefore, I am posting this separately so everyone can enjoy. Stay tuned for a later post about the rest of our trip!

One question, Moni ... does your tongue help????? heh heh heh

Bingham Silver Gremlins - 2008 Season

OK - Since the season ended in November, I figured it was time to remove the sidebar with the scores from each of the Bingham Silver Gremlins games. However, because it WAS such a good season, I still wanted them documented somewhere. Hence .. this post. :)

Bingham Silver Gremlins 2008
Aug 30 Hillcrest Black Gremlins W 49-0
Sept 6 Riverton Gold Gremlins W 40-0
Sept 13 Jordan White Gremlins W 46-0
Sept 20 Tooele White Gremlins W 21-0
Sept 27 Taylorsville Gold Gremlins W 21-0
Oct 4 Bingham Bronze W 14-0
Oct 11 Bountiful Grey Gremlins W 7-6
Oct 18 Highland Black Gremlins W 12-6
Oct 25 Alta Pewter Gremlins W 13-7
Nov 1 PLAYOFFS! Tooele White Gremlins W 19-0
Nov 8 STATE CHAMPIONSHIP! Grantsville L 19-0

Once again - great job, boys! Love you Parker!

"Twilight bug"

OK, so I know I am behind the times and everybody else in the entire Valley has already read the Twilight series AND seen the movie. HOWEVER, I kept putting it off because I was not interested AT ALL. I don't do Vampires and it just didn't interest me. EVERYONE kept telling me "It's different", "You will LOVE it", etc, etc but being my stubborn self, I kept saying "No".
My Sister, however, was not going to take "No" for an answer and gave me the first book for Christmas. I figured since I had it in my house, sitting right next to me, I may as well give it a shot. I planned to take it with on the plane to Hawaii next week. I figured I wouldn't have anything better to do. However, I picked it up the other night "just to check it out" and .... I HAVE THE TWILIGHT BUG! Ya know .. a BUG .. like DISEASE! I can't put the stinkin' thing down! I guess I am going to have to go get the 2nd one to take with me on vacation now! SHEESH! Now I see what all the hype was about!

Letter to Santa

Chris' Mom was visiting from Kentucky for Christmas this year. She was sleeping in the room with our Christmas tree where Santa normally visits on Christmas Eve. Parker was very concerned about this. He was worried that either 1) Santa wouldn't stop because Nana was in there or 2) Santa would wake Nana up. How did he resolve this? He left a note for Santa taped by the front door so that Santa could see it as soon as he came in.


(It is kind of hard to read unless you click on it and enlarge it but it says "Dear Santa, We rearranged because my NANA is here. <---------- (arrow pointing to the room he wanted Santa to leave his presents in). From: PARKER P.S. Tell your elves thanks for me.")

Bobcat (Cub Scouts)

Parker earned his "Bobcat" the other night in Cub Scouts. He has worked hard and was so excited. He really loves being able to participate in Cub Scouts.

Mom got to paint his face during the awards ceremony and it was especially cool because it was held at the Primary Quarterly Activity this month so most of the Primary kids were there to see him receive it.

Great job, Parker!

Thanksgiving Point lights

My Sister and her family have had a tradition every year since their kids were little to go downtown and take a carriage ride and look at the lights during the Holidays. Now that her family is growing with the addition of 3 wonderful Son in laws, they couldn't all fit in the carriage together anymore. To resolve this issue, they rented an entire trolley car to cruise around and look at the lights at Thanksgiving Point instead. Because there was room for a few extras, they invited our family to tag along. It was so much fun! Thanks for letting us be part of your tradition, everyone!

Afterwards some of the "kids" decided to play in the fire. Uh .. I mean .. warm up by the fire. (Great example, Uncle Rick!!!!)

There were even real Reindeer there!

It was a fun night for everyone! (OK, so some of us had more fun than others, huh Heidi?)

Thanks, again, everyone! We love you guys!

Until our next adventure ....