Christmas

Are family had a really good Christmas. Kelly woke up at 6:00 a.m. and came into our room and scared the crap out val and I. We both jumped up out of bed. So we woke the boys up. Some of the kids had already went and looked at there presents. We were done by 6:45 and had to wait till 11:00 to go to mom's house. Then we waited for Ben and Heather to get there. I guess they had problems with all the tons of snow. We got stuck in mom's circle and ended up having Shawn in the driver's seat with Ben, Bryce and myself pushing the car out. We went over to Val's bro's house to open presents. Unfortunately I didn't have anything to open because they had left my present at home, so there was a little drama because of that.

Val and I went over to my buddy Rob's house to watch the UFC fights. We had a good time there. Especially because we got to see some old friend's from high school.

Sexy

Here is Peyton with her 2 friends Lexie, and Bailey. They sure do love to play dress up

B-day

Yea I turn 32 today Happy Birthday to me

Good times

We had a great Thanksgiving. Shawn and I went and played at the ward Turkey bowl which was a lot of fun. Shawn couldn't do a lot because of his ankle but he did get an interception. We only had the 4 younger kids because Kelly went to her Nana's house. Shawn went to his uncle Raymond's. And we went to Grandma Doyle's. There weren't a lot of people there so it was kind of nice. I do have to say we had the best Mashed Potato's and gravy there. After we ate the lady's did a craft like they normally do. I watched a little football, the games weren't that good.

On Friday I had to work but Val went and did the Black Friday sale. She got a couple of good things when she went with her friend Divinity. She says she will probably never do that again. Val and I get to celebrate our birthdays this week, yea.

Vegas Baby Yea

Last Thursday the Anderson's brought there 2 daughters over to the house to watch them for the week and we went over to the Anderson's house to spend the night so we could leave early to Vegas. It was nice to have some quiet time there. We left about 9:30 before James forgot he had to pay for the Futsal so we made a stop off at the guys house and then off we went. We stopped a couple of times for people to use the restroom.



When we got there we went to the soccer complex to check out the field. It was ok but it had a lot of dead grass. We checked in at the condo and boy was it nice. We met up with everyone on the team and took them trick or treating in a brand new subdivision of Model homes. The boys made out like bandits with how much candy they got.



The following day we had the tournament. They tied the first game, won the second game and lost the last one 3-2. After that the boys wanted to go back and go swimming so we did. Later that night we went out to the strip to go to Treasure Island but the show got cancelled so we went to the Balligio hotel to see the water fountains go and caugh the end of that. We went to the Coca Cola place and then on to the M&M store. He got a bag of assorted colors and stuff. The Streets of Vegas are horrible. We had to keep our eyes infront of us to we didn't see the naked pictures that the Clicker people were handing out to people. We took a cab back to the hotel and in took us 10 minutes instead of 25-30 min with the traffic.

The next day they played another game which put them in the Semi-final but they lost that game to some mistakes made the the players and coach. So they played for 3rd or 4th and ended up taking 3rd. We left Monday to come home. I was gad that the Anderson's had a dvd player in there van. I'd like to thank the Andereson's for everything they did for us while we were down there.

Seasons Over

Well Shawn's football team was the First Sophomore team to go Undefeated at Riverton. They played Hunter High school. From the First Kick Return to the last hit where a kid from Hunter suffered a concussion Riverton thumped them hard, real hard. It has been exciting video taping the boys and going back and editing the tape to make a highlight video for them. Hopefully next year I can get some different software to help me with the editing.

Catch up

It's been forever since I wrote in our blog last. The whole family is doing well except Shawn because of the broken leg. He's been a trooper though. He's still going to practice everyday and supporting his team. Kelly has been struggling with her school stuff. Val and I are trying to help her hte best we can but there needs to be more effort from her. A.J. is still doing his soccer during the week. He had to goals last week. The last one he made won the game for them. Rylie comes home everyday from school and is excited about her homework and trying to read. She's always writing her letters and numbers. Peyton is our little happy girl. Jordyn is sleeping better and is constantly smiling at everyone, especially A.J. Val seems to be enjoying her job and Quiznos and myself well it's the same old Merit just a different day.

Well our computer has been down for a couple of days because the hard drive went on out us so we had to call the place and they sent us a new hard drive yesterday and just got it today. That's why you haven't seen anything and Val's blog. Shawn's team killed Copperhills 42-0. The real test will be when they play Bingham in 2 weeks.

Shawn's team once again destroyed another team. It was a pretty close game at the beginning because it was a sloppy game but in the second half Riverton turned it on. He seemed like Riverton would run 1 play and score and then Jordan would have the ball and punt it back to Riverton would score off 1 play. It was crazy. Val and some of the kids are going to be going to a tail gating party tonight at the church house. A.J's got a game so him and I will be late for the party. Val is having a good time working at Quiznos. Kelly is going through that teenage thing. She rarely is out of her room. Rylie is just one of those free spirits and Peyton doesn't like that Val is working. Every time she comes home from work Val can't leave her sight. Jordyn is just being Jordyn just smiling away.

We had a good weekend. Val hosted a baby shower that 4 people showed up for. So she was a little mad about that. Than she went to a birthday party with the kids at bouncing off the walls. Shawn's football team slaughtered Hillcrest and A.J's team lost in the last seconds of his game by a goal. The Indoor soccer team that I play on beat our team 7-2. We went over to mom's house for dinner. She made her chicken noodle soup with bow tie noodles and her home made rolls and Cinnamon rolls, and boy was it tasty.

The boys

Shawn had a good football game last week. His team won 46-14. A.J. had a soccer game on Friday and his team won like 10-2. I've been riding my bike to work and so gar have lost 5lbs, yea. I have been feeling pretty bad late with a bad stomach. Val is liking her job at Quiznos. Starting next week she will work the night shift which will be good.

First game under belt

Shawn got his first taste if high school football today. He didn't get to really play that much. He was mad because when he got in on a kick return after half time they did an on sides kick. He was yelling and being made because he wanted an opportunity to return the ball. He got in most of the 4th quarter and played mostly defense and some offense. I honestly can say that Shawn today probably got more playing time today than I did in all 3 years at playing at Skyline. I'm looking forward to a four day weekend because I have tomorrow off. I have and indoor soccer game on Saturday at 6:10 down in Lindon

I've been trying to work out more. I fell like I've put on a little weight that I don't need. My goal is to lose 10lbs so I can be back down to 155lbs. I've been out running after work because if I come home from work and don't go running soon after I won't do it. It's been pretty hot though. I am starting up on a indoor soccer team this week as a sub. It should be fun and what I've been told about the team is encouraging. I'm going to be going to a football game tomorrow morning with A.J. to watch one of his little friends play. It's always fun to watch the little guys play.

We Are The Champions

They did it. A.J's team went undefeated in the Nike Sparta Cup tournament. They played the Blue Knights in the Championship. The game started out with the Knights scoring first and then Fabian scored on a penalty kick. The game was a defensive battle. Towards the end of the game in was tied 2-2 and we had a penalty kick again. And there were two kids open but Fabian from

half field and scored the go ahead goal with 2 minutes left. Then A.J's friend Adam made a great defensive save and the game was over.

Soccer Tournament

A.J's team played the Blue knight's today and it was the best game so far. Yesterday they played another Sparta team and beat them 15-2. But today's match was a battle of who had the ball and cutting off the wing-man. A.J. and his team played very well. A.J. had a chance to score a couple of times but he goalie blocked them. The final score was 2-1. He's got a game tomorrow morning and then they will probably play in the championship game tomorrow afternoon @ 12:30. We found a crack in one of our windows in the living room. None of the kids will admit that they through something.

A.J. competed in another tournament yesterday. His team is playing in a year older bracket which is the U-9's. Anyways his team jumped out to a 2-0 lead at half but the USA team came back and scored one 1 and then his team scored again and then the other team scored to make in 3-2 and in the clsoing minutes of the game Fabian, a kid on his team scored the final goal so his team won 4-2.

A.J. got selected to play in another tournament from the 5th through the 9th of August. Were very pround of him and how he seems to get better and better every week. His allergies have been bothering him lately.

We are blessing Jordyn this Sunday and then having people over for a luncheon.

Update

V: A.J. started 2ND grade on Monday. He was as excited he was up by 6:30 and school starts at 8:55. He is funny. Yesterday I took Rylie to meet her teacher and have her kindergarten testing done. She was so happy to meet her teacher. Her teacher is the same one that Kelly had Mrs. Hansen. She did really well on her testing the teacher said she is above her level. I think Rylie will do really well. Jordyn is 6 weeks today, I can't believe it, it goes by so fast. She is getting big, but still has all her hair. Her eyes are bigger and really blue, she is just so cute. I love to watch her while she sleeps. It's nice to here other people say she looks like her dad, because Gabe says he can't see it. I know his eyes are not that bad. Peyton is finally going to nursery again. It's been hard for her because her other teachers were released. She has a little friend down the street that she plays with and are in class together, so we have her go with her. Kelly is being Kelly. She went to girls camp last week and loved it. She can't wait to be in young women's. Only 1 more month. Shawn is loving football he got his helmet on Monday, so we know for sure that he is on the high school football team. He also has been working to pay for his stuff. The best thing is he has been riding Gabe's old mission bike to and from home then back to work.
He calls it his holy bike. I will put pictures on tonight. I just don't know how and Gabe's at work.

Snipped

Well on Friday I got snipped so we wouldn't have any more kids. I thought it was going to be worse but I've been doing good. I have been just spending a lot of time on my back with a bag of ice between my legs. Jordyn has been a little peel lately. She acts like she needs to be held a lot. She's starting to get bigger.

A.J. played in another tournament on Wednesday & Thursday and played 2 nine year old teams and killed them 7-0 and 9-1. They got invited to play in a tournament in Layton on Friday and Saturday. It's great that his team is doing to good

V: Life is crazy since Jordyn came to our family. I am overwhelmed I didn't think having another baby would be so hard, but it is. Gabe and the kids help out, but it's still crazy. I loved having Gabe home for 2 weeks. I had a hard time when he went back. I love him so much and he was so much help. Rylie is our mother hen, she loves being a big sister. She also knows what she is doing. church was nice today only Gabe, Jordyn and myself went. The kids were with my parents and didn't get home til it was to late for them to get ready. (Heather if your reading this call me.)

On Saturday I went over to Rob Adams house to watch UFC. I enjoy spending time with Rob watching the fights. There was a lot of people over there. J.R. and Kelly were there. Marsh and Bree, and a couple other friends.

Also on Saturday I took A.J. and a couple of his friends to the water park but unfortunatly one of his friends slipped on the stairs and split his head open. He ended up getting 5 staples in his head.

Last day

Well today is my last day of my two weeks. Tomorrow I go back for a day than have Friday-Sunday off then go back to work for good. Val says she has enjoyed the time that I have taken off. I've been able to do a lot with the kids individually and together. Today went to a park and the kids played for an hour than we went to the maverick to get a slurpee. It's been pretty hot lately. Yesterday I went to mom's house to help her and Grandma & Grandpa Doyle put up a retaining wall and steps to the entry way down stairs. It looks pretty good so far with what we got done yesterday. I am outside right now watching A.J. kick goals onto his soccer net. If feels good sitting on the porch with a breeze going. Jordyn has her 2 week check up. Hopefully everything is good and she's put back on her weight she lost in the hospital.

Here's Jordyn

Here is Jordyn taking a nap, well that's pretty much all the time. The last couple of days we have been trying to paint the doors on our house but we haven't been having an issue with the paint sprayer. Yesterday I went to A.J's field day which was fun.

Well we came home yesterday which was nice. The kids all came home yesterday also. We went to bed good put Jordyn slept till about 2:30 a.m. She pretty much kept waking up every hour. Went to A.J's soccer parent meeting thing this morning and Val took Jordyn to here Pediatrician to check her bilirubin because it was low but she's fine. It was 99 degrees today so we pretty much stayed inside most of the day because of the heat. I took the kids later to the park to play in the water.

She's Here

Well our little girl decided that she needed to come today. Val woke up at about 5:00 and said she thought her water had broke. So I'm sitting there telling myself that I need to get some clothes on and I'm not reacting like I'm supposed to. So we get to the hospital and sure enough her water had broke. So the nurse got things taken care of real quick. Got the epidural in and Val was set. We had Jordyn Macie Keil @ 8:59 this morning. She was 7lbs 13ounces and 20 inches long. She looks a lot like Peyton and Rylie. She's got a lot of dark hair. Val is doing good but is really tired.

Update

Last week A.J. and a couple of kids played in a 3 vs. 3 tournament and did very well. They beat the first team 12-1. The second game they got tested and got beat. They played two more regular games the next day and won them in shut-outs. The qualified for the semis and won that and made it to the championship game against the team that beat them in the second game and played them tough and beat them and now they have the opportunity to go to Colorado or Nevada for the regional but it's not till later on this year.

Val went to the hospital yesterday because her blood pressure was up and the doctor has put her on bed rest until she has the baby. I guess the last kid has to go out with a bang. I took today off to take care of her. Shawn and Kelly are in Tennessee with there dad. Rylie and Peyton spent the night at Dad and Shauna's house and are now at Mom's house spending the night there. A.J. is spending the night at a friend on his soccer team.

Memorial Day

We went to one of the parents house on A.J's soccer team. There were 8 adults and about 11 kids. We barbecued and then played Rock Band. It was a really fun day for everyone. It had been raining for most of the day. Times tickin down for when we have the baby. I know Val is ready to be done. She hasn't been sleeping well because of the braxton hicks things have been painful. We bought some 2x4's for Shawn's room yesterday. Hopefully this weekend will start that.

I t was an extremely hot day on Saturday. A.J. has his tryouts and then 3 consecutive games after that. It was pretty much 87 to 90 degrees for most of the day.

A.J. has been having a crazy schedule with soccer. He's been having for to 5 games a week. This week will probably be the last month of his soccer. They will take a couple months off and then start back up. He has tryouts this Saturday. I have beeb practicing with him nightly so hopefully he can stay on the same team with the same kids on his team. A.J. is having one of the kidson his team spend the night on Friday. Well not much longer and will have another Keil baby in the house. We will probably go get the crib on Friday since it's my day off.

Things have been pretty crazy. Last Sunday I had to speak in church and also teach the gospel Essentials class. A.J. has 2 games tonight 1 tomorrow, training on Friday and 2 soccer games on Saturday. A.J. is on a competition team so he plays quiet a few games during the week. He loves it. Val had a baby shower last Saturday. There was a lot of support from the ward and also from the family. We got a lot of things. Now we just need to get the crib and we will be set, I think.

It's been since the Notre Dame trip that I wrote in our blog. A.J. had 4 soccer games this week. They won 2 and lost 2. On Saturday night I went over to Rob Adams house, one of of my buddies from high school. We watch the UFC fights and also flipped back and forth to watch the Jazz play Houston. Thanks Rob for inviting me over. I had a lot of fun just chillin and chating with you all night. Today at work we have 11 loads coming out. That's 77 pallets of product to get put away, that's crazy.
I got called to be the ward mission leader in our ward last week. Will have to see how this calling goes because it's been such along time since I have done any of that. I have been sick all of last week with a head and chest cold. We are looking forward to seeing Heather and Kyle this week.

Notre Dame Coaches Clinic

Well on Thurday April 3rd Shawn and I took off to Notre Dame. We got to Atlanta good but it was leaving Atlanta was the problem. We were flying Stand-by and anyone know flying stand-by it's not guaranteed your going to get on the plane. Well after a 3 hour layover we didn't make the first flight to South bend. So we had to wait and see if we were going to make the second flight at 9:15 that night. We got lucky and were able to get on the flight. We were the last to get on the plane. We didn't get to our hotel until 12:00 a.m. the next morning.

We got up with only having 4 to 5 hours of sleep and headed to the Joyce Center. We had a good time learning from all these Coaches from around the United States. That night we got to take a tour of the stadium. The Next day we went to the Joyce center and learned more. We got to See the team practice. After that we went to the College Football Hall of Fame. We had a lot of fun there.

We almost didn't make the flight from South bend to Cincinnati and then from there to Salt Lake. All and all we had a good time.

Happy Birthday Rylie

It is our little Emma Rylie Keil's birthday. She is turning 5 years old. I can't believe that she will be going to kindergarten. She has grown up so quick.

Last night Shawn, A.J. and myself went up to Skyline to watch Real Salt Lake to play the PFC Lobos. Real beat them 3-0. A.J. got picked to go out on the field with the players before the game started and got to shake the hands of the players and the refs. It got a little chilly with the wind blowing but we had fun.

You got to love it baby

It happened. After 8 games of telling Rylie to stand in front of the goal it finally paid off. She scored a gooooooal. This kid on her team passed her the ball and she lightly kicked the ball in. I don't think she could believe it. Then a little later she got the ball and cruised down the field but had the ball taken away. This was the best game that she played all year long. When we came home last night I put her on my shoulder and walked in the house singing the Rocky theme. When Rylie scored that goal I got a little teary eyed, it was awesome.

A.J's soccer team scored at least 20 goals on the team they played on Saturday during his indoor soccer game. Rylie has her last indoor game tonight. I hope she gets a chance to score a goal. I had to speak in church on Sunday in a diferent ward. It seems like every other month I am speaking in another war. I am a companion speaker so I get to speak first. I only had to speak for about 20 mins. We were going to send Kyle's B-day present but since it's to late we are going to wait and give it to him when he comes to town in another month or so.

Soccer game

I can't believe how funny it is to watch Rylie play her indoor soccer. Last night she was playing and as she would go by us she would look to see if were watching her and then smile and wave. Not even paying attention to what was going on. She did a lot better last night. Many of the parents commented on how much better she's getting. Rylie got her soccer trophy last night also. Dad and Shauna were there and also Grandma Neen. We went to mom's after the game to grab the barbecuer she bought us for Christmas.
We've been waiting for Val's sister to come get the car and they did it on Saturday. Now I can get the garage cleaned up and get things organized. A.J. has soccer training tonight so everyone but Shawn is going. It is at Bear park in sandy. Then after were going to stop at Del Taco and get some dinner for cheap.

GOOOOOOOOOAL

A.J. was on fire on Saturday. Mom and Grandma and Grandpa Doyle came also his game. He scored a hat trick. And for those who don't know what a hat trick is it's 3 goals. He was all over the place. A.J. is really starting to love the game of soccer. Rylie has her last game tonight. Which is sad because now we don't have any video of her playing indoor since our camcorder got stolen. I am hoping to get her into outdoor soccer this year.

Shawn's basketball team was eliminated from the tournament. At least me made it to the last of 8 teams. There were a lot of bad fouls called and a lot of no fouls not called. All the is important is that the kids had a fun good season. Tomorrow A.J. has his indoor game. I got some knew glasses the other day and it is taking my eyes a little time to get used to them. I have been getting headaches.

On Tuesday we had our first playoff game. It was kind of nerve racking because I only had half of my team there. It was a very low scoring game. At half time it was 15-4 for the other team. Then starting the 3rd quarter we full- court pressed them and caused them to turn the ball over. We got back in the game and scored 10 straight points. By the end of the quarter we were 14-and the were 19. The kids played really well. A.J. had soccer training on the same day. If was really cold outside but the kids on his team sure didn't mind. Tonight we have our second playoff game with a team we had already played this year. They beat us but hopefully tonight we can paly better and go onto the final four.

Good but Bad weekend

Well the weekend started out pretty good. I coached Shawn's basketball game and we beat the team pretty good. The team had 3 kids foul out and that only left them with 3 kids to play. So the coach for the other team conceded the game and we let the kids that fouled out play. Then after Shawn's game we hurried over for A.J's game which he played great. There first goal a kid on A.J's team named Jack crossed the ball over the middle and A.J. brought his leg back and kicked it hard and it went flying into the goal. Then the second goal he had was one where he was on the left side at a weird angle and was some how able to bend the ball and it went in.

Well the bad part of the weekend was that it had started snowing outside so I put A.J's soccer bag and the camera bag down and told Val to grab them when they came outside. Well I guess Val didn't hear me and I didn't notice that they didn't have them. Well Sunday I went out to the van to grab A.J's soccer schedule and didn't see his bag so I asked Val if she had grabbed them when we were at A.J's soccer game and she said no. So I called Dimple Dell Recreation and they said they had A.J's soccer bag but not the camcorder case. So now we have no Camera or camcorder. There was Peyton's and A.J's birthday pictures on the camera and a couple of Rylie's soccer games and A.J's soccer games on there. I am so depressed about losing that stuff and now we are going to have to get everything new. And you can't replace photo's

Barn Burner

We had a pretty good weekend. On Friday we went up to Park City because it's always nice to get out of Riverton. I got a pair of basketball shoes since my other pair had lost it's grip. They were on $30. Emma and Peyton also got a pair. After that we went to McDonalds for lunch. Went to Costco to get some diapers and some other things.
Saturday we kind of lounged around the house. A.J. had his first Indoor practice/scrimmage. He scored a goal. Then we hurried over to Shawn's basketball game so I could coach that. We went into over time and won. Probably one of the best games the boys played. On Sunday the Elders quorum president singled me out about home teaching. Asking me how many families I home teach, if I had a full-time job. Just to try to make it appoint that with all the things I have going on in my life I can still find time to get my home teaching done. Made me feel good.

I had to work on Saturday from 6:30 to 11:00. Then I went to the neighbors house and help them move. I didn't go to church on Sunday because A.J. and Rylie were sick. The NBA All-Star game was good. It wasn't that exciting of week.

Shawn team had a good basketball game on Saturday. We ended the game being a tied game which sucked but oh well. Rylie has an indoor game tonight. Last week when we should up for her game she decided that she didn't want to play. I got frustrated with her about it but that's ny fault for getting frustrated. She wants the whole family to be there. A.J. is off-track now for the next 3 weeks. Kelly just started school again after being off-track.

Val has been feeling the Baby move and kick. It's crazy to think that we are having another baby. I have Shawn's basketball practice to go to tonight. Last week we beat this team 57-27. Tomorrow we should have a good game. Peyton his starting to talk so much and in full sentences.

A lot of catching up

Well for some reason I was having issues with getting on the blog from work unil today. Well back in Jaunary A. J. had his 7th birthday. Shawn started his Jr. Jazz basketball. A.J. and Rylie are both doing indoor soccer. And we found out last Wednesday that we are having another girl. We weren't expecting to have another baby but we are. We kept it a secret unil we found our what we were having. We got a terrible snow storm yesterday. I was heading off to stake conference. Opened the garage door and wasn't seeing any light outside. We got at least 18 inches of snow or more. It took me a half an hour to move the snow so I had a path to get out of the driveway. I got to conference ok, but the roads were bad. Also President Hinckley Passed away. I also had a co-worker pass away the following day and then today President Thomas S. Monson has been called to be the prophet.

Happy New Year

Well in my last post I sounded like last year was horrible. If it sounded like that it wasn't meant like that. I was just ready for a new year. I was home on New Year's Eve with the kids. Val had to work til 2:00 a.m. I sent the kids to bed between 10:30 and 11:00 because they were tired. Shawn and I fell asleep in the living room. Yesterday Val and I went to Olive Garden with a gift card we had received. Then we went to Deseret Book and then on the Ikea. Val got her a couple things.