Grant and Ali

Marriage

2010-03-28T22:11:00.000-07:00

Ali was holding Alex on her lap tonight while sitting in the living room. Alex looked up at our bookshelf and saw a picture of Ali and I on our wedding day. "Who's that guy!?" Alex said. Ali brought down the picture and showed it to Alex. "That's me and daddy when we got married", Ali told him. "Oh!", he said, "well I want to marry French Toast Sticks."

He had just had french toast sticks to eat, so tomorrow he'll probably want to marry Apple Jacks. What a cute kid.

2009 Boyz-E Invitational

2009-06-05T14:54:00.001-07:00

We all had a great time in Boise this year. Thanks to the Planning Committee for putting together a great weekend and golf tournament. Mike was so proud to have won the mustard jacket that he even had to wear it at the movie theater. Thanks to Scott for serving up some delicious Snickel's Deli.

Falconry Show

2009-06-05T09:14:00.001-07:00

The Air Force came to Brandon's Cub Scouts yesterday. They had an F-16 pilot bring his gear and talk about how cool it is to fly in and F-16. The highlight was supposed to be the Falconry show. A Air Force officer brought a falcon that all the boys could see, but we were all disappointed that he didn't even fly the bird. He said it was just a 'show bird' and that he couldn't fly it for us. At any rate, the kids did have a good time and it was cool to have them come and do the show for everyone. The Daily Herald was there and took this video of it :

2009 Boyz-E Invitational

2009-06-02T15:50:00.001-07:00

Keele kids

2009-05-28T12:46:00.001-07:00

They are cute.

Brandon's baptism

2009-04-27T11:20:00.001-07:00

Brandon and Samantha got baptized in Nov 2008.

Halloween

2009-04-23T14:30:00.001-07:00

Keele kids at Halloween 2008.

Brandon at the Derby

2009-04-20T23:00:00.001-07:00

Scouting Fun

Summer Camp 2008

2009-04-20T22:50:00.001-07:00

Boy Scout camp 2008. We went down to Moab and Arches. We had a blast

Snowy Day

2009-04-16T15:32:00.001-07:00

I took these pictures today. The snowy pictures were taken around 8:30am and then I took the others just 4 hours later! I can't believe we woke up to this much snow today, but as you can see it is mostly melted now. BEFORE

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Krista and Alex

2009-04-11T10:10:00.001-07:00

Cute kids

Hi, I'm Rob

2009-04-04T14:20:00.001-07:00

Call me at the Kwikie mart

Keele amigos

2009-04-03T21:10:00.001-07:00

The smiling kids

Gk test3

2009-03-30T10:40:00.001-07:00

Test

Blue and Gold Banquet

2009-02-26T22:02:00.000-08:00

At the Blue and Gold Banquet Brandon got a patch for visiting an Indian museum. His whole troop got them.

We made a cake to take. Brandon had fun painting and drawing the clothespins. A lot of people brought cakes. Most people didn't decorate theirs too much. I think that ours was second best. The following picture was the coolest cake there.

Ethan's Busy Day

2009-02-24T21:16:00.001-08:00

Ethan worked hard today. He wants to buy Super Monkey Ball. He does not have enough money, so he did all of his jobs today. They great part was that he never complained once and he kept asking me what else he could do. He did a lot for me, but he also had a lot of time to play. He played with my mii and won the Lightning Cup for me on Mario Kart.

I was walking by his room tonight and I found him building this high tower. He had a good day.

Random Pictures

2009-02-23T21:42:00.000-08:00

All packed up in the car ready to go to FHE at the Keele's.

We have not played the Wii in a long time. Grant and I decided to bowl. We let Krista and Alex play with us. Krista could play on her own. She actually did great. She got a 140. Alex couldn't do it, but of course he wanted to. We gave him a remote that didn't work. He thought that he was playing, but Grant would bowl for him. We all had a great time.

Coloring Fun

2009-02-20T21:53:00.001-08:00

Krista and Alex had a lot of fun coloring today.

These are some cute crayons that Becca and her family gave to Krista and Alex for their birthdays.

Good Bread

2009-02-17T20:46:00.001-08:00

Tonight I went to a bread class. It was a small group enrichment. This bread was super easy to make and it is very good. I have tried other bread recipes and I think that this one is my favorite so far.

Funny Face

2009-02-16T23:18:00.000-08:00

Alex is funny whenever I take a picture of him. He knows that the flash is going to go off, so most of the time he won't even look at the camera or else he squints his eyes. This time he just made a goofy face.

Krista's Birthday

2009-02-15T23:42:00.000-08:00

Krista had a good birthday. She got a lot of fun things. She wanted these legos and she had fun playing with them. Brandon helped her make all of the things that you see on the box. I think that she had a really fun day.

All of the kids had fun with these snap beads that Mamie and Grandfather gave to Krista.

Krista loves this stroller that she got from one of her cousins.

Sleepy Heads

2009-02-15T23:39:00.001-08:00

When I went in to check on the girls last night before I went to sleep, this is what I found. I thought that it was so cute. Daniela is so good to Krista and so patient with her.

Valentine's Day

2009-02-14T20:08:00.001-08:00

Grant and I said that we were not going to get each other anything for Valentine's Day. He surprised me this morning with some flowers. It was very nice of him. We were gone a lot of the day and when we got home we found some valentines on our doorstep. It was so nice the kids loved it.

Krista with some valentines.

Alex with his valentines.

Alex's Birthday

2009-02-13T20:27:00.000-08:00

It was Alex's birthday today. I think that he had a good day. It is so hard to tell with a two year old. If you ask him how old he is he will tell you two. We practiced that a lot today. He enjoyed his presents. He got this bed set from Mamie and Grandfather. I hope that it gets him excited enough to sleep in his own bed.

We got Alex a basketball hoop. It only took him about thirty shots before he made his first basket. He played for quite a while. By the end he was making them more often. Krista was good to him all day. She was nicer to Alex and shared better with him today. I just reminded her that it was his birthday. She enjoyed his presents also. She wanted to be right there with him in his pictures.

Ready For School

2009-02-13T20:21:00.000-08:00

Ethan laid his clothes out for school the next day. I think that Daniela was the one who originally did this a while ago. I think that it is so funny.

Valentine's Day

2009-02-12T19:39:00.000-08:00

Brandon had to decorate a bag or box to take to school for his Valentine's party. This is what we came up with.

Becca and Sarah came over two days in a row and we made these Valentine cookie bouquets for the kids' teachers. I think that they came out very cute.

Our Funny Little Boy

2008-10-12T21:14:00.000-07:00

We usually can't find even one pacifier. This night we actually had three! Alex thought that it was so fun to put them in his mouth at the same time. We really need to start trying to wean him from it, but at least he only uses it when he sleeps.

2008 Vacation to Flaming Gorge

2008-07-29T21:54:00.000-07:00

For our family vacation this year, we all went to Flaming Gorge. Half of the family wimped out and stayed in a hotel, while the rest of us whipped out the tents. It was actually very cold the first night - in the mid 30's, but the second night warmed up to a nice 45.

We took the oldest 3 (Brandon, Daniela, and Ethan) river-rafting down the Green River. They loved getting wet, but especially loved paddling. They splashed dad a few times and thought that was too much fun.