Long time

Val is better at this than I am. I've been bust with being a ward mission leader. We're getting ready for the temple open house. I'm going to be an usher there this month. Shawn's about to wrap up rugby this week. A.J. is going to be having tryouts next week. His team is kicking butt against every team they play. In a couple of weeks they play the only other team that's undefeated.

We're going to be transferring Kelly to a different middle school. Hopefully they will be able to help her with her schooling. We're doing everything we can. I think a different change of scenery will be good for her. A.J. and Rylie are off track. This year they will be going to a new school just up the street from out house. Peyton is in her terrible 3's. Jordyn is crawling all over the place and pulling herself up on the furniture and walking around. Val is still working at Quizno's and making cards in her spair time. The Macey's job isn't working out. So I maybe finding another part-time job if they can't get there scheduling right.

Had a great weekend going down to St. George to watch Shawn and his teammates compete in there first games as the Lowland Lions. Shawn's team played a team called United who is ranked 2nd in the nation. Well the kept that team scoreless in the first half but after they put in there second team they scored 3 trys. On Saturday they played a more seasoned St. George team and scored a try and a penalty. But after that the St. George team in the second half scored 4 trys. On there last and final game vs. Wasatch they started out well scoring a try. In the second half Wasatch scored a try but didn't convert there kick so Shawn's team one the game because they converted there try. Everyone down at this tournament was very surprised on how well the team did considering this was the first games that these kids have ever played.

We had a good time in St. George but we were excited to go home. The weather was nice. It was in the 50's most of the time. It would get a little chilly when the wind would pick up

Long time

We've had a lot of things going on lately that I haven't had a chance to write. I've dealt with a lot of drama with co-workers taking things to personal. A new robot at my work is almost done and we hopefully get to use it tomorrow which will open up a lot more space. Were hoping this year that we will be able to finish three bedrooms and a bathroom. With being the Ward mission leader I have a lot of meetings to go to during the week and on Sunday. In a couple of weeks A.J. starts up his soccer again, yeah. He's got some yellow cleats coming in the mail tomorrow that he's excited about. Shawn has a Rugby tournament next weekend. I went to his practice last Saturday and practiced with his team and had a good time. I got hit one time and had my head felt hit on solid ground. Kelly is picking up her grades and were happy about that. A.J. and Rylie are off track. Peyton is happy go lucky and Jordyn smiles at has through her eyes.

baptism

A.J. had his baptism today. It was really cool. It took awhile to us to get into the primary room. I baptized A.J. and confirmed him a member of the church. Shawn gave a talk on the gift of the holy ghost. It was pretty good. After people came over and we ate some food. Now we've got to go get him his own scriptures. Val will have pictures on the other blog. Thanks to all who came to share the experience of AJ's baptism.

The indoor soccer team that I play on is undefeated. We play the team that was undefeated until we played them 2 weeks ago. Hopefully I can score a goal against them. I'm at the bottom of the list of top scorers with 7 goals. Val has to work tonight so I'm taking the girls to my mom's house and then were going to chill until I have to pick up the wifey. I attended and participated in Shawn's rugby practice. If anyone would like to donate money here's link to there website.
http://www.eteamz.com/LowlandsRFC/

UFC

Val and I went to over to Rob's house on Saturday to watch the UFC fights and they were great. After the fights we took off to go to my game that was at 11:25. We started out a little slow but we finished strong and won 8-1. We've got 2 games left and if we win we go up to a harder division.

One word

The game is on and you're it!Think of one word, just one single word to best describe me and post it in my comments. You can leave a brief explanation of why you picked that word if you want.Then feel free to post this on your blog if you want me to try to describe you in one word. It's also fun to see how many strange and interesting things people say about you.

Way to go Utes!!!

How cool is this? I can't believe Utah won. It was such a great game to watch. Gabe was so happy, that he couldn't fall asleep.

I just hope thay get the respect that thay deserve. Way to go Utes.

Happy New Year

We had a good New Year. We went over to our Friends the Anderson's. We ate someo good food and played Rock band 2. We had a good time. Then we waited for the ball to drop and drank some Martinellie's at we took off. The kids crashed in the car on the way home. We got to sleep in a little and then went to take a toy back of Jordyn's back and than took the kids to the mall to spend the money and Grandma & Grandpa Keil gave them. That was an adventure in itself. Hope we have good year.

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.