Happy Boys

Last Saturday I went to the store and when I came back Thomas and Keenan were doing the dishes. Keenan was really enjoying himself. He loves to be in on the action even if it means on Daddy's back. 

On Tuesday we got a package from my sister in North Carolina. I was not expecting anything from her so I let the boys open it. Once they saw what was inside there was no saving it for Christmas. They were super excited. They love baseball.   

Thanks Kelly Ann and Chad. Hopefully you enjoy these pictures as much as the boys do the hats. 

Xs in all the Boxes

Sometimes Seth and Carter are not well behaved.  They just tire their mother out with all their antics.  Jennifer decided that the boys need a little motivation to help them be good.  If they have a goal to work towards, that will help them to stay focused.  Or at least focus a few times each day.  One day when I came home from work, Seth told me that when he got Xs in all his boxes, then he would get a Grand Prize.

The grand prize ended up being slippers.  The boys did things to earn Xs.  Seth earned Xs for: writing his letters, writing his numbers, staying downstairs watching a movie while Jennifer tutored a little boy for 45 minutes each day, and helping to clean up.  Carter earned Xs for: keeping his underwear dry, staying downstairs while Jennifer tutored, cleaning up, and obeying.  Seth has earned his slippers, but Carter still has a few more Xs to go.

Pizza Rolls

Jennifer always comes up with simple meals that are just delicious.  Most of her meals are great for kids.  They are easy to eat and tasty too.  Just how I like it.  When we used to live in Cedar City, we would leave town to go our parents’ house as soon as I got off work.  Jennifer would have a meal that we could eat in the car.  I usually requested pizza pockets.  Jennifer would fold sauce, cheese and pepperoni inside some homemade dough.  I love Jennifer’s pizza pockets.  She has now come up with pizza rolls.

They are made by rolling out dough in a large square; kind of like you were making a regular pizza.  Put on the sauce and cheese and pepperoni.  Then roll it up like a scroll.  Then cut off one inch pieces.  Same procedure for making cinnamon rolls, just with Italian ingredients.  Then bake and enjoy.  They were delicious.  Just like a mini pizza.  The only problem is that there are never enough.  I could eat 15 or so in one sitting.  

Pictures

We have been needing to get an updated picture of Keenan for a while now.  Our last picture was when he was 6 weeks old.  He has changed so much.  He is a very smiley baby, so it did not take too long for us to get one that we were pleased with.  

It seemed like a good time to take a family picture as well.  This one turned out nice.  Everyone was looking and smiling.  

Christmas Tree and Lights

 As is our holiday tradition, we went out into the wilderness to cut down a Christmas tree.  Grandma and Grandpa went with us and the boys had a great time.  We found about five trees and then Jennifer chose the one that suited her best.  We chose a tall skinny one.  A fat, bushy one would take up our whole front room.  This one was exactly what we were looking for.  It is nice to choose a tree this size.  It makes it easy to get it back to the truck.  I was able to pick this one up over my head with one arm.

We also put up light on the outside of our house.  We set them up on an automatic timer.  It turns them on when it gets dark and then they turn off four and a half hours later.  The boys have been very excited to see all the lights in the neighborhood.  

Legacy Hall

We have wanted to visit Legacy Hall for a long time.  It was great to finally go.  Legacy Hall is a museum of BYU athletics.  It is also the headquarters of BYU football.  They have their practice facility there.  It mainly has memorabilia of all the great athletes from BYU history.  I mostly knew the football and basketball players.  It was really cool to see jerseys and shoes and awards from these players that went on to be pros.  The boys had a good time, but were more interested in going up and down the elevator than in seeing the BYU stuff.  

As we were just about to leave, a man there asked us if we had a bit of time.  He said that he wanted to take us on a back stage tour.  It was really cool.  He took us back to see the weight room, the practice field, the locker room, the training room, the coaches’ offices, and the team meeting room.  He told us that BYU football spends $120,000 per year on tape for ankles and wrists.  All players, more then hundred guys, have to have their ankles taped every time they play and every time that they practice.  That may seem like a lot of money but, the football program brings in a lot more than that.   

The team meeting room is a large auditorium.  The seats were twice as wide as normal seats.  They have to be big enough to fit 300 lbs players. 

Jimmer Fredette 

Steve Young

Ty Detmer

Ty Detmer

Heisman Trophy

Luke Staley

Jim McMahon

National Championship Trophy

Coaches National Championship Trophy

Just outside the coaches offices

Boys look pretty small compared to these players.

Shawn Bradley's silhouette

Football practice field

Team meeting room

12th Row

Jennifer and I got free tickets to a Jazz game.  My boss got them from a client that he has in Salt Lake City.  My boss is one of the wrestling coaches at the High School and they had a match that same night, so he was not able to go.  I reluctantly took them off his hands. Ha Ha.  They were located on the 12^th row of the lower bowl, just behind the Jazz bench.  It is the closest that we have ever been to the action.  We felt so spoiled being down so close.  It was so much fun.  It got us way excited for the Jazz season.

Jazz won.

Keenan's hair cut

Before

I have not been wanting to cut Keenan's hair because I wanted to see if it would go curly. After his bath last night I thought that it was time to cut or at least trim it. 

I sat in in the bumbo and started cutting. 

After

I mostly just trimmed the top. He looks pretty satisfied

3 months old 

Halloween

I let the boys paint on their own pumpkins. We helped them a little on the faces but they had a great time painting all by themselves. 

Here are the Halloween Costume.  They wore them to Castle Heights and everyone really liked them. I think that the glasses really made Seth's costume. He looked like a real nerd   

  

Keenan was just out to get a few treats. 

Here the boys are ready to go Trick or Treating. It was a great night to be out. We did not have to cover up the costumes with coats. 

Happy Halloween 

USU Football

I went up to Logan for Mark’s birthday.  We got tickets to USU football.  USU killed the other team.  It was a very nice day and the weather was great.  It was a great end to my weekend.

Michael had some t-shirts made for some fundraiser in his marketing class.  It looked really good and he sold them all.  It was a lot of fun to see Mark, Linda, Jackson, Michael, Jen, Cody, Erica, Lilly and Bethany.  

Who is in the cage?

Carter loves the laundry baskets. The other day I was cleaning up down stairs and I found Carter sitting in the dark in these laundry baskets.  He had taken a little toy that lights up and had a great time. He surely keeps me busy and it would be nice to have a cage for him sometimes. It is always great when he finds his own entertainment 

Apple Pie Filling

Jennifer made some apple pie filling.  Seth and Carter helped by peeling the apples.  

  

We borrowed this apple peeler from a friend and the boys just loved it. It was pretty slick. Seth was able to peel the apples faster then Jennifer could cut them for the pie filling.     

We loved it so much that we ordered our own off of Amazon and can not wait for it to come in the mail. 

This is the first batch of pie filling

Carter's Broken Nose...J/K

One night, when we were leaving my parents house, Carter fell down the front steps.  There are about five cement steps.  He had a bag of fruit snacks in one hand and a granola bar in the other hand.  That left no hands to lessen his fall.  He went down face first onto the sidewalk below.  It smashed his little nose.  It left a  very nice bruise across the bridge of his nose.  He cried a bit, but was soon fine.  He felt much better once we picked him up and gave him back his granola bar that had shot out of his hand.  He did not complain that his nose hurt, but I kept asking him if his nose was broken.  He kept frowning and saying that is was broken.  It was so cute that I had to keep asking him.  

Keenan's baby blessing

We had Keenan's baby blessing this last Sunday in Price.  It was a good time.  We had most of our families come.  It was good to see everyone.

Here is Keenan relaxing before church.

He might not have liked all the pictures.

Wearing all white.  Jennifer made these pants for Seth's blessing back in 2008.  They have been good for three boys so far.  Kids just don't wear them out with one day of use.

He fell back asleep and was a good boy.  He slept for the first part of church, then woke up just as I was taking him up to the front for the blessing.  He was awake but very calm.  He did not make a single peep during the blessing.  What a good boy.

Jennifer and I are very happy with our new little baby boy.  He is doing well and is healthy.  Now at 2 months, he has started to smile and interact.  He is a lot of fun.

Kidney Stone

Jennifer spent most of the day in the hospital yesterday.  She had a kidney stone in her left kidney.  The doctors believe that is was a result of being pregnant.  She should not have anymore until she is pregnant again, and even then it is unlikely.   

She went to the hospital to receive a procedure called Lithotripsy.  They used shock waves to break the stone into smaller pieces, so that it can pass on its own.   

Jennifer has to be put to sleep for the procedure.  This is the first IV that she has ever had.  

Everything went well and she was back to her normal routine later that same day.