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.