Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving, we just wanted to say that we are so grateful for our family and friends. We love you all and hope that everyone has a wonderful Holiday Season. We hope that we will all see each other soon.

Have a great day, eat lots of turkey and pie!!

A few of our favorite things

I was reading post blogs and was laughing so hard about some of the fun things that I had forgotten. So I thought that I would make a list of a few of our present favorite things.

Jenny-

1. Ben and Jerry's half baked ice cream
2. The feeling after you finish running
3. The feeling when Ben walks in the door
4. Hot Baths

Boston-

1. Finding his Christmas gifts
2. Running with no pants on
3. Waking us up at 6:00 am
4. Preschool

Jaegan-

1. Getting in the bathtub
2. His bottle ( I know I should take it away, but he loves it)
3. His dad
4. Throwing the DVDs out of the tower

This time of year, its so nice to reflect on the things that we are thankful for. I know that these are cheesy, but I am thankful for them.

At no time during your rambling, incoherent response...

Well, it's been a good while since I've blogged. I've been busy, in my defense. The end of the year is always a crazy time, and it started in late August. I'm looking forward to the short week this week. Maybe I'll have a chance to recharge over the long weekend and prepare for the holidays.

I'm amazed that it's already late November. Thanksgiving is in a few days. The rivalry game is over (Thank heavens!). The playoff push is on in the NFL. NBA basketball is in full swing. I'm pretty much mentally transitioned from Golf mode to Ski mode. As you can see, sports pretty much dictate my year in one way or another.

In a more tree-hugging vein, the weather is colder, the leaves are all over the place and snow tips the mountain tops (but not enough, yet. Pray for snow).

Jenny and I had a good week last week. We were able to leave our boys on successive nights and enjoy some time, just the two of us. Wednesday evening, we went and caught Quantum of Solace. I had fairly high expectations for this film, given that Casino Royale is probably in my Favorite Movie Top 5. As I watched Quantum of Solace, I was pulled back into the Casino Royale story line. It honestly felt like I was watching the extended ending to it's predecessor. One thing I will say, Bond rocks and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go now that the story line is wrapped up and the Bond world is wide open.

The next night we went to The Scarlet Pimpernel at Davis High. This is the musical that Jenny had helped with the costumes. It was fun to be back in the audiorium, the sight of many personal high-school memories. The musical itself had it's moments. Since my aunt works backstage, we were aware that the lead had been suffering from laryngitis, and it was evident. His acting, however, was good and he pulled off the comedic portions very well. The secondary male lead was not quite as good of an actor, but had an incredible voice. The female lead was so-so on both counts. But the costumes were EXCELLENT!

At this time of year, you always reflect on the blessings in your life. I'm thankful for my wife and my two boys. They are my joy. I'm thankful for a job. I'm thankful for our home. I'm thankful for my family, on both sides. I'm thankful for the freedom to express myself, to worship how I choose, to vote. I'm thankful for those who have given their lives and their all to provide those freedoms, not only here in this country, but abroad. I'm thankful for my personal knowledge of a loving heavenly father, a selfless elder brother, a patient, faithful and long-suffering restorer and translator, a living prophet, the power of prayer and the gift of personal revelation.

Brotherly Love

Boston and Jaegan have had so much fun together this week, maybe because I have been so grumpy they decided to hang out together. Jaegan is learning that Boston is cool, and wants to be just like him. Boston found some old goggles, and gave a pair to Jae and they wore them all day. If Boston took them off, Jae did. If Boston put them on, Jae did. They are so funny together. They are the best of friends.

Dear old Davis High School

This week has been really fun. My aunt Syd makes all the costumes for Davis High's plays, and their play starts on Friday. I was recently was saying that I wish I knew how to sew, so I volunteered to go and help Syd with whatever she might need, just to learn maybe some basics. I took the boys with me, and they love just playing and hanging out with Londyn. Today I was gluing some bows and feathers on some shoes, and Boston and Londyn and Jae were loving the feathers. I turned around and Grandma Keri had made Boston this cool mask. He loves it. He fell asleep in the car with it on. He is so cute. I did learn alot, it was fun to hang out with Grandma Carolee, Syd and Oakley. Thanks guys for letting me hang out with you. It was fun.

Trick or Treat

We love Halloween! Boston was a bat this year, he picked it out all by himself. Jaegan was the hand me down monkey. Jae kind of looks like a monkey, so it fit him perfectly. Ben was a tree, and carried Jaegan around all night. We went out to my dad and Karen's house, and went trick or treating with Chloee, Addee , Mia, and Luke. We were kind of late getting out to the house and so we hurried and left. It wasn't really cold, but it was windy and even rained a couple of time. Just as we were thinking of going home, we realized that Boston didn't have any shoes on. He had taken them off in the car, and we just forgot to put them back on. He didn't care though, he was getting candy. Boston, Chloee and Mia all finished the night by going to the "scary" house. I was so proud of him. We went back to the house and checked the candy, and then headed to the Gunn's house. It was to late to go trick or treating out there, so we just slept over and had pancakes in the morning. It was such a busy week-end. We went back to my dad's house on Saturday to watch the BYU game and have a little Halloween party. It was lots of fun. We have such great family. It was fun to see Amberlee and the girls. Now that Halloween is over, I guess we can start looking forward to Thanksgiving and Christmas. Hurray! We will be doing our Black Friday shopping spree again, if anyone is interested. Oh yeah, Here are a few pictures of Boston and Jaegan playing in the leaves at the Gunn's. Erik was a good uncle to keep raking them up and letting them jump in them. I love fall!! Sorry this is kind of rambling.