The Morris Family

Gimmie A Break . . . Or Two

2011-02-04T15:54:00.001-08:00

Well, I suppose it was only a matter of time. With two boys who love to wrestle and play sports, I was expecting some injuries. I just assumed it would be later in life. After all, Brock is 9 and still hasn't had any major injuries, or even stitches. But Tyler broke our lucky streak. Wednesday at the church, while I was setting up the Gym for New Beginnings, Tyler pulled a small round table over on himself. It landed on his right hand. I've never been so happy that he's a lefty. He informed me the next day he was pretending to swing from the table like Curious George. I just laughed, because that is so Tyler. He is obsessed with that monkey.

There was a lot of blood, but it stopped fairly quickly. My concern was over the need for stitches. Doug rushed him home, and spent the next several hours cleaning him up. It took so long because Tyler refused to let anyone touch him. So he cleaned out his own wounds with hydrogen peroxide and a Q-tip. Wish I had a picture of that, because - again - that is so Tyler. Always needing to be in control.

That night he was bandaged and sleeping. I had abandoned any worry over the need for stitches. His wounds would be impossible to stitch. Then it occurred to me - there was a good chance his little fingers could be broken. Sure enough, the next morning, one of his fingers was completely black and blue. So I took him in to the doctor.

Thankfully, the P.A. was a woman. Tyler and his fear of people, especially men. The fact that she was pretty did not go unnoticed by my little charmer, and they immediately won each other over. He told her all about the accident, and how he cleaned his cuts all by himself.

He never talks to people. Especially strangers.

Then he let her squeeze all over his wrist and fingers and check to make sure the injuries didn't extend past his fingers. He wouldn't even let me touch him to put a band-aid on. All he told her was "that hurts" when she was touching the bad fingers. No tears. No screaming. Stoic and calm, as if she were squeezing someone else's fingers.

Due to the bruising, she assumed at least one finger was broken, so she sent us over to the hospital for an x-ray. Again, Tyler charmed the nurses, collecting stickers from everyone he saw. His only complaint was that he didn't get to see the picture of his bones.

Twenty minutes after the call confirming that two of his fingers were indeed broken, the P.A. called back to say that the Orthopedic Surgeon she had been consulting with wanted to see us immediately. So we dropped Brock off at a neighbor's and went back around the corner (it's so nice living by the hospital). After a very long 70 minutes in the waiting room, during which Tyler was an absolute angel, we were with the doctor.

Tyler finally got to see his x-rays. Two fractures. One on the tip of his ring finger, and one just above the middle knuckle of his middle finger. Both of them so small, the doctor could barely see them, so he suggested a cast.

Two more nurses came, only to be charmed by the man of the hour. They were shocked at how calm he was, and laughed as he told them all about Curious George. George once needed a cast on his leg, and Tyler was excited to be even more like George. He told the doctor he was glad the cast wasn't on his other hand, because he wouldn't have been able to play Wii.

Wouldn't that have been tragic.

So three weeks in the cast. Not bad. I offered to take him home and rest, but he wanted to get Brock and go straight to Daddy's basketball game. So we did. I taught him the golf clap so he wouldn't hurt his hand. He got a kick out of that. Then he ran around the gym when the game was over, dribbling, jumping off bleachers - as if there were no broken fingers and we hadn't spent the past 6 hours with various doctors.

Nothing can slow that kid down.

Our friends showed up later that night to deliver Pizza and Ice Cream and Pop. What a great place we live in!

As we tucked the kids in, I proceeded to explain that Tyler wouldn't be able to climb down the ladder off the top bunk in the morning. He proceeded to show me just how wrong I was, using his elbow and his good hand and both feet. Maybe he really is a monkey. Brock just started laughing, and Tyler said, "Yeah, I know. I'm Super Boy."

Great Grandma Weaver

2010-11-19T08:08:00.000-08:00

She died my Freshman year of college, but she was such an amazing woman. I think of her often when I play the piano, because I know she's up there, listening. She was 91 in this video. She lived until she was 96. She was the Relief Society pianist until she could no longer make it to church (at least that's what I remember - hopefully I'm not telling lies), and she used to play the piano at the theater for the silent movies. So amazing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeTZuu1PzbI

Winter Weather - Or Not

2010-11-12T14:00:00.000-08:00

It's Fall . . . it's Winter . . . Oh, I'm not sure what it is! One day I make the kids wear their winter coats outside, and the next, it's gorgeous and sunny. Then the next day it snows. I don't mind, believe it or not. The weather here is quite nice - I'll be the first one to admit it. Never too hot, and never too cold.

It's almost Thanksgiving, and I feel stuck in October. We have been planning our Young Women in Excellence Night for so long, that I feel like life is continuing on without me. After Sunday, I'm sure it will all catch up with me. Then I can get excited for the holidays. Our camera is on the fritz, so I don't have any new pictures. Maybe Santa will bring us a new one for Christmas! In the mean time, here's an oldie, but a goodie.

It's September Already?

2010-09-23T11:02:00.000-07:00

I just looked, and the last time I updated my blog was in March. That's so sad! I can't believe how busy life is right now. Brock is about to turn 9 on Saturday. He just started flag football, and loves it. He's in 3rd grade and LOVES school. Tyler is no longer a toddler. He is smart, and funny, and loves to look after everyone else. He is itching for school, but I'm making him wait until next year for preschool, because frankly, I don't want to have to pay that much money for two years in a row. So we're just trying to keep him entertained at the moment. Doug is busy at school. He's teaching 7th and 8th grade this year, and is trying to get ahead in his lesson plans so when Basketball season comes, he'll be prepared. I have been released from cub scouts and am now the 1st counselor in Young Womens, which I LOVE! I'm loving every minute of it, and believe me, it consumes a lot of minutes. My surgeries are (hopefully) behind me now, and we are looking forward to the holidays. Fall is my favorite time of year. The leaves outside are starting to change colors, and I only wish it would last longer than a few weeks like it usually does.

Updates

2010-03-31T10:15:00.001-07:00

Baseball season has officially started for Brock. He had his first practice yesterday. His team this year is the Twins. He has spent the past few weeks outside with his baseball glove, bat, and a ball, practicing. One day, he came in complaining that our backyard was too small (something I never thought my children would complain about because it's pretty big). He said, "I just can't practice my batting without it going over the fence!" So now he drags us around the corner to the field by the church to practice as much as possible.

Tyler is patiently awaiting his turn, because his T-ball season starts a little later. But he enjoys practicing. I really wish we could option out of T-ball and go directly to baseball. Both of my boys could hit the ball without the T before they were even officially old enough to play, and the whole T-ball thing just seems to mess up everything. But it's fun, and that's the whole point, right?

Tyler is growing up faster than I am ready for him to. The other day I asked if he wanted to help with the dishes (he LOVES helping me, and usually does it without asking). He said, "That's okay, Mom. You can do it all by yourself. You're a big boy now!" He's a crack-up, I tell ya.

Welcome Back

2010-03-19T16:48:00.001-07:00

So I know it's been awhile. Okay, like four months, but life is crazy, and I've had very little computer time lately. So, to recap:

First there was Christmas. It was our first Christmas NOT in Las Vegas.

It was fun to start our own traditions. (and then, of course we

drove to Vegas the next day)

The boys got a puppy from Uncle Robert. This is Max Hall. (And yes, we are BYU fans and if you didn't know that, then . . . just don't mention it to Doug.)

He is also known as "Maxie", "Maxiepoo" (Tyler started that one) and occasionally from me, "that dang dog!" But, we couldn't have asked for a better dog. It turns out he and Tyler are very similar - they both love food, can't sit still for more than a minute, prefer being outside, even in the winter, and get jealous if I give any one else my attention. So you could say I was quite prepared for Max.

It wasn't until after we got back from Vegas that life got crazy. It consisted of:

Month-long bronchitis for me

Surgery for me

Tyler's 3rd birthday!

Basketball Season for Doug ended. (Yay!)

Another trip to Las Vegas

Blue and Gold Banquet / Pinewood Derby for scouts. (I'm Brock's Den Leader, and Doug is Cubmaster, and so it took up a lot of our time.)

A trip to Salt Lake

And now we are back, and things seem to be calming down a bit, but I don't expect that to last long. Easter is right around the corner, and the snow has finally melted from our yard. Soon we'll be gardening and barbeque-ing, and school will be out. I'll try to blog when I can, but in the meantime, know that we are alive and well, and very, very blessed.

Evie

2009-11-09T13:45:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we got to watch our niece, Evie. I had a blast! It was so fun to have a girl around. I got to do her hair, and we watched Princess movies while Tyler was sleeping. Here's a little of what we did:

Playing the piano

Coloring

Chocolate Milk and Snuggles

Jumping in the Leaves

Picking carrots from the garden

And, of course, the horses. Evie LOVES horses.

It was a good test for how we'd handle three kids. It's good to know that, when the time comes, we'll be able to handle it just fine.

Trick-or-Treat

2009-11-01T18:02:00.000-08:00

I love when Halloween is on a Saturday. I actually have time to do everything I want to do. I miss living in Vegas where we'd always get Halloween off because it was Nevada Day.

This year we actually carved pumpkins,

which we haven't done in a few years.

We invited our friends the Morley's over for dinner,

complete with homemade rootbeer in a pumpkin.

Tyler was a ghost. He wouldn't wear his costume for long, so this was the best picture I could get. He shed it about ten minutes into Trick-or-Treating and asked for his coat instead.

Brock was Harry Potter. He found his wand (it's a stick)

when we went camping, and saved it for months.

He said a new spell from the book with every pose.

"Expelliarmus!"

"Expecto Patronum!"

Brock, Adam, and Nate, waiting for the toddlers to get dressed.

Tyler and Ella (or for tonight "Cinder-Ella")

This is Tyler's favorite song. Only the encouragement of "Sing it for Grandma!" would get him to sing it on camera. Of course, he hid behind his cracker the whole time, but I'll take what I can get!

Translation:

Boo! Boo! Boo! Boo!

I'm a ghost to scare you!

From Halloween town

I've come this night,

All dressed from head

to toe in white!

BOOOooooooo!

BOOOOooooo!

BOOO!

It's Great to be Eight!

2009-10-14T11:59:00.000-07:00

Well, none of us can believe it, but Brock is now eight. This is a big birthday for him, so we decided to go all out. We took him to Trafalga in Provo the weekend before for some miniature golfing and pizza. Then on his birthday we went out to Wingers for dinner and then came home to open presents. We were so full from the dinner and free Asphalt Pie at Wingers, that we sang and blew out the candles on his cake, but didn't even cut into it until the next evening. We tried to center all of our gifts around being eight. Here are a few shots:

Scout Uniform

Tennis Shoes Among the Nephites Series

His own scriptures (He was the most excited about these)

And, thankfully, the Grandparents supplied him with the toys.

He's in major Lego mode, so thanks Grandparents.

The next week was Brock's first official Den Meeting. He looks so cute in his Cub Scout Uniform! Oh - I mean "handsome", I'm not allowed to say 'cute' anymore.

Then, of course, came the biggest day of all. On October 10th, Brock was baptized and confirmed by his Dad. It was such a fun day, and we appreciate all those who came to support us, and we missed the ones that weren't able to be there.

Now for his birthday party with his friends this weekend. It's been a fun few weeks!

Gymnastics

2009-09-24T13:13:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures of Tyler's first day of gymnastics. He loves getting to run around and do somersaults, but most of all, he loves to swing on the uneven bars. He's not afraid of anything, except for sometimes the teachers. But that's Tyler for you. No fear - other than people, of course.

Rainbows

2009-09-10T11:47:00.000-07:00

My boys came running into the house one evening to tell me about this:

It was, hands down, the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen. And it was a double rainbow. The pictures don't even do it justice. You could see every individual color.

First Days of School

2009-09-10T11:40:00.001-07:00

Well, life has been crazy ever since school started, so I haven't had much time to blog. Here's pictures of the boys' first days of school. Brock is now in 2nd grade, and Tyler is doing a preschool/playgroup twice a week. Tyler loves to wear his backpack and go to school just like his brother. His only disappointment was that he doesn't get to ride the bus.

A New Author

2009-08-19T09:14:00.000-07:00

My friend from high school is about to have her first book published! So cool! I'm really excited for her, and best of all, it looks really good. Knowing Lindsey, it's probably really funny, too. I'm spreading the word. It's called "Princess for Hire" and is being released in March 2010. It's the first in a series. Check out her website here. Congrats Lindsey!

Cousins

2009-08-12T16:06:00.000-07:00

My sister recently blessed her new baby. Here are a few pics of the cousins.

Evie and Tyler

Brock and Baby Liv. He was obssessed with this little girl! He held her more than I did. I think maybe they've met before. She seemed to love him as well.

They both fell asleep. So cute! He wants a little sister so badly!

Camping- Warning: Lot's of Pics

2009-07-29T22:50:00.000-07:00

We've gone camping twice this summer, so far. The first time in June, the weather was beautiful. We found an awesome camp site, just off a river in Huntington Canyon. The second time, Doug's brother Joe came with us. We decided to go back to the same camp area (we got the campsite right next to it) and the boys got fishing licenses for the day and brought their poles. Of course, it rained on us almost the entire time we were there. It cleared up long enough for us to set the tent up, then started up again. Then stopped in time to build a fire and cook dinner. It only sprinkled a bit for the rest of the evening until just as we were getting in the tent for bed. Then it started pouring and rained practically all night. They had fun fishing the next day, but due to the rain, they didn't have all that much luck - just a fish a piece. Here's a lot of pics:

No idea where the whole peace sign thing came from

I included this picture for two reasons: 1st - since it poured on us, this is where we had to prepare all of our food, and 2nd - I realized this is the only picture I have of our new car we bought on our Vegas trip. It's a Honda Pilot, and we LOVE the space we've been in desperate need of for quite some time.

Best quote of the trip:

Tyler has REALLY sensitive eyes, but couldn't stay away from the fire. After hours of being around the smoke, and wiping, and wiping, and wiping his running, watery eyes, he finally said "Mom, I need to blow my eyes."

Vegas!!

2009-07-29T22:26:00.000-07:00

Every year, as soon as school is out, we take a trip to Las Vegas.

This year's trip was packed full of events.

We had two high school graduations - his sister and my brother. There are like 40 high schools in Vegas. It takes an entire week at two separate locations with back to back ceremonies each day to get through the entire district. So what are the chances that both of the ones we wanted to attend happened on the same day, at the same time, in different locations? Better than we thought. Only with our luck. So Doug went to Kelly's, and I went to Russell's.

The Luxor was advertising the new Transformers movie.

We just thought this was cool, so we took a picture.

Doug took me to The Lion King on the strip for our 9 year anniversary. I also was spoiled and got to see Phantom of the Opera two days later with his little sister, but I don't have pictures of that yet. Sorry this one didn't turn out very good, it was too dark. I highly recommend both. They were amazing, and I had a blast. Thanks, honey! (And Mom)

Of course we had to spend an afternoon at our favorite city park in

the world,just blocks away from Doug's parents' house.

I think Dad is missing Hawaii - what do you think?

Here's my little brother Russell with his adorable girlfriend Jana.

As always, it seemed to go by too fast, and we didn't get to do half of what we wanted (only 1 day of swimming?) We did find a new car to buy, which we never thought would happen. And we got to see our families - that's what matters most.

Baseball

2009-07-29T18:42:00.000-07:00

Brock finally got to play Little League Baseball this year.

He loved every minute of it.

Up to bat

This is Brock's signature move just before he swings. We thought of trying to correct it at first (you don't have to take such a BIG step before you swing) but it turns out the kid can really hit that ball, so we figured why mess with a good thing?

Getting ready to steal second base.

Sliding into third.

Tyler wanted to play, too.

It's hard being the baby of the family.

Getting ready to pitch.

Brock finally got to play catcher at the last game.

Each of the five coaches had to choose their three best pitchers to compete in a tournament. There was a target behind home plate, and depending on where you hit the target, you got 0-3 points. Brock came in 3rd, and got his first trophy.

No, that's not snow on the ground - it's cotton. Annoying, blasted,

I-thought-it-would-never-stop-falling cotton.

School's Out!

2009-07-29T18:33:00.000-07:00

So now that the summer is almost over, I figure I'd better catch up on my blogging. For starters, here's Brock's 1st Grade Program on the last day of school.

Here's all the 1st graders (Brock's on the right)

See how he towers over everyone else?

Oh well, at least he's not the poor short kid next to him.

So Funny

2009-05-28T21:57:00.000-07:00

So we set up our pool in the back yard today. The boys have been waiting all week, but it keeps raining. I sent Brock inside to change into his swim suit, and it turns out the one we bought him last year for our Hawaii trip no longer fits. Only here's the thing - it's not too small, it's too big. He had to wear his one from two summers ago. Our conversation went like this:

"Wow, Brock, I guess you've lost weight," Ruth says.

"Yeah, that's because I've been eating Special K cereal," Brock states very matter-of-factly.

"Huh?"Ruth asks, not sure she heard him correctly.

"Yeah, I read that it helps you lose weight."

Ruth laughs her head off.

We do have a lot of Special K on hand, because (in case you haven't read my list of favorite things on the right side of this page) the Chocolatey Delight kind is a favorite snack of mine.

Father and Sons

2009-05-20T11:41:00.001-07:00

Father and Sons was last Friday. It was Tyler's first time camping. He loved every second of it, and only missed his Mom a little at bed time. They shared a huge tent with our neighbors who have a boy Brock's age and a four year old whom Tyler adores, so they all had a really good time.

Happy Birthday Beth!!

2009-05-01T09:55:00.000-07:00

Today is my little sister's birthday. She's only two years younger than me and we have been good friends our entire lives. She's one of my favorite people in the world, and I just wanted her to know how much I love her and that I am thinking about her on her birthday. (I'll call, too, of course) Happy Birthday Sis! Love you!

DVD Player

2009-04-30T13:15:00.000-07:00

Well, our portable DVD player for the car has finally gone caput. It lasted over four years, and has been a heaven sent on all our long trips to Vegas. But it's time for a new one, apparently. We'll look for a duel one this time now that we have more than one kid. Thank goodness it quit on a short trip to Payson, so Brock was able to entertain Tyler for the hour and a half it took us to get home through the canyon in the pouring rain.

Grams and Granddad

2009-04-30T13:04:00.000-07:00

My parents came up for Conference this year and

we were able to spend some time with them.

We had a good time coloring Easter eggs.

It's Been Awhile

2009-04-28T09:11:00.001-07:00

Sorry, no pictures this time. I've got lots to post, but time is short so I'll have to do it later. Just wanted to tell you a few things the boys have been up to:

Brock started baseball. Baseball is HUGE here in Price. This Saturday is the Little League Opening Day Parade! Brock gets to march in it in uniform with his team. I have also started reading Harry Potter to Brock before bed time, and he LOVES it! We're almost done with book two. I don't think I'll read past book three for now. We'll see how he deals with it. Only four more weeks of school left, thank goodness. We are all sick of it, to be honest.

Tyler is two - need I say more? He is curious, adventurous, mischevious, not to mention independent - at least he tries to be. He learns like 50 new words a day (his newest expressions - "nope, sorry!" and "hey mom, I'm in trouble"). To make matters worse, he's too smart for his own good, or maybe for my own good. He figures things out that a two year old should not be able to figure out yet. For example - he couldn't reach to turn the water on in the bathroom sink, so he used a bubble wand that was sitting on the counter to hook onto the hot water nozzle and pull it towards him. He absolutely hates being the baby of the family, so he's trying to grow up fast. I'm just grateful that I've been through this before with Brock. It makes it easier to deal with the tough days when I remember that it ends eventually.

That's it for now, I'll try to get pictures up soon.

Tyler's Birthday

2009-02-22T19:56:00.000-08:00

Well, our baby is a baby no more. Tyler turned 2 today! We had a fun weekend. Brock had a Junior Jazz game on Saturday and we went out to lunch afterwards. Then today we had early church so we had the whole day to relax together. I made a big dinner with all of his favorites, then we opened presents and had cake and ice cream.

This is the greatest toy ever. Brock got the first pieces from Santa when he was three and here and there we have been adding to it. Tyler is really into planes, and so he has been given the blue track from Grandma and Grandpa Morris for Christmas and birthday this year. Love it, love it, love it!

Wedding

2009-01-27T11:01:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was my little brother's wedding. It was beautiful, and I don't have many pictures yet, but here are a few of Brock, Tyler and their cousin Evelyn, playing on the lawn of the temple just after the ceremony while everyone lined up for pictures. They're too cute!

Don't they look like they're sharing secrets?

Our Little Rock Stars

2009-01-12T21:54:00.000-08:00

Our Crazy Boys

2009-01-12T21:49:00.000-08:00

Okay, when I walked into the living room to find Brock watching TV

this way, I had a flashback to my childhood. My sister Beth ALWAYS

watched TV this way. I had to take a picture for her sake.

And can I just say, once again, that Tyler

is such a goofball. He loves making us laugh.

Winter

2009-01-12T21:44:00.000-08:00

I couldn't resist taking a few pictures of the gorgeous view from our balcony.

Christmas

2009-01-12T21:28:00.000-08:00

Reading with Daddy

Playing Guitar with Mommy

Bedtime story on Christmas Eve with Grandma

Brock on his new toy cell phone.

Tyler was soooooo excited to get a real Buzz Lightyear!

Christmas 2009 - Santa was very good to us this year.

Lights

2008-12-16T09:43:00.000-08:00

We had a lot of fun putting up lights this year. We promised to post pictures when we were done, so here they are.

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First Snow

2008-12-16T09:08:00.000-08:00

Dec. 13th and we finally got our first snow here in Price.

The boys went out right after breakfast and played until they were freezing.

Tyler had a hard time moving in his huge snow pants.

He insisted on jumping on the very slushy trampoline. We did a lot of laughing.

Piano

2008-12-16T08:51:00.000-08:00

Here's my new piano I've been promising to post pictures of. I worried for months that I wasn't ever going to get students. Now I'm having to turn people away because I don't have time for any more. I have four piano students and two viola students. Tornado Tyler trashes my house for an hour three days a week while I teach lessons, but we manage to survive.

Sick Day

2008-11-17T21:55:00.000-08:00

Not long ago when Brock was sick, he would spend the entire day on the couch or in bed watching cartoons and movies. But yesterday, Brock stayed home from church with a sore throat and cough, and spent the entire time on the couch watching the Bears vs. Packers game - by himself. I suddenly realized how much he's grown up over the past year when he ran upstairs to tell me that "Urlacher just picked it off!" It still cracks me up that he not only knows terms like that, but really understands what he's talking about. Today Brock stayed home from school just to make sure his fever didn't come back, and this afternoon I took both boys to the dentist. Last week we all went to the optometrist, and Tyler was very offended that he didn't get to sit in the big chair and do all of the tests the rest of us got to do. If only I could describe the look of pride on his face today when he got to sit in the same chair Brock had sat in and get pictures of HIS teeth taken, too. He even let the girl wedge those big squares you have to bite down on into his mouth without a single protest, and he held perfectly still for the x-ray. The dental hygenist said she has never had a little kid sit so still and be so cooperative before. Thank heaven for older brothers!

My List

2008-11-17T08:33:00.000-08:00

I saw this on my friend Amber's blog, and thought I would try it.

I have done the things BOLDED.

1. STARTED YOUR OWN BLOG 2. SLEPT UNDER THE STARS 3. PLAYED IN A BAND 4.VISITED HAWAII 5. Watched a meteor shower 6. Given more than you can afford to charity 7. BEEN TO DISNEYLAND 8. CLIMBED A MOUNTAIN9. Held a praying mantis 10. SANG A SOLO 11. Bungee jumped 12. Visited Paris 13. Watched a lightning storm at sea 14. TAUGHT YOURSELF AN ART FROM SCRATCH 15. Adopted a child 16. Had food poisoning 17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty. 18. GROWN YOUR OWN VEGITABLES 19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France 20. Slept on an overnight train 21. HAD A PILLOW FIGHT 22. Hitch hiked 23.TAKEN A SICK DAY WHEN YOU'RE NOT ILL 24. BUILT A SNOW FORT 25. Held a lamb 26. GONE SKINNY DIPPING 27. Run a Marathon 28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice 29. Seen a total eclipse 30. WATCHED A SUNRISE OR SUNSET 31. HIT A HOME RUN . 32. Been on a cruise 33. Seen Niagara Falls in person 34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors 35. Seen an Amish community 36. Taught yourself a new language 37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied 38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person 39. GONE ROCK CLIMBING 40. Seen Michelangelo’s David 41. SUNG KAREOKEE 42. SEEN OLD FAITHFUL GUYSER ERUPT 43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant 44. Visited Africa 45. WALKED ON A BEACH BY MOONLIGHT 46. BEEN TRANSPORTED IN AN AMBULANCE 47. HAD YOUR PORTRAIT PAINTED 48. Gone deep sea fishing 49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris 51. GONE SCUBA DIVING OR SNORKELING 52. KISSED IN THE RAIN 53. PLAYED IN THE MUD 54. GONE TO A DRIVE-IN THEATER 55. Been in a movie or TV show 56. Visited the Great Wall of China 57. STARTED A BUSINESS 58. Taken a martial arts class 59. Visited Russia 60. Served at a soup kitchen. 61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies 62. Gone whale watching 63. got flowers for no reason 64. donated blood, platelets or plasma 65. Gone sky diving 66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 67. BOUNCED A CHECK 68. Flown in a helicopter 69. SAVED A FAVORITE CHILDHOOD TOY 70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial 71. Eaten Caviar. 72. PIECED A QUILT 73. Stood in Times Square 74. Toured the Everglades 75. been fired from a job 76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London 77. BROKEN A BONE 78. Been on a speeding motorcycle 79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person 80. Published a book 81. Visited the Vatican 82. Bought a brand new car 83. Walked in Jerusalem 84. Had your picture in the newspaper 85. Read the entire bible 86. Visited the White House 87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 88. HAD CHICKENPOX 89. SAVED SOMEONE'S LIFE 90. Sat on a jury 91. Met someone famous 92. Joined a book club 93. LOST A LOVED ONE 94. HAD A BABY 95. Seen the Alamo in person 96. SWAM IN THE GREAT SALT LAKE 97. Been involved in a law suit 98. OWNED A CELL PHONE 99. BEEN STUNG BY A BEE
Now, copy and paste this into your own post, and BOLD the one's you've done.

Coach Morris

2008-11-10T11:51:00.001-08:00

Well, for those of you who haven't heard, Doug has just been hired as the Head Coach for the Junior High's Girls Basketball and Volleyball teams. He's super excited. Next step - Soccer!! He's already been asked to help out with the boys High school soccer team this year, so maybe next year he can get in on that action too. Busy, busy, busy!

Happy Halloween

2008-10-31T21:08:00.000-07:00

The boys had a good time today. Brock had a party and a parade at school, and got to go trick-or-treating with his friends from next door as well as later with Doug. Brock was a storm trooper again but this year he has the gun to go with it. We had so many trick-or-treaters that I finally got a chair and sat on the front porch for hours passing out candy. Tyler was a Pirate. He loved standing on the front porch and seeing all of the kids in their costumes. He blew kisses to everyone who came to the door. He went out a little to trick-or-treat with Doug. When he got back, he ran in circles around the front yard for about 15 minutes. He had a great time. We gave out about 450 pieces of candy, most of them individually, and the boys brought home about 300 pieces between the two of them (mostly Brock). We'll still be eating it next Halloween. Doug and I dressed up as well, but forgot to take pictures. Oh well. It was a great Halloween. It's so nice to be in a big neighborhood!

2008-10-27T20:34:00.000-07:00

I finally got a picture of the front of the house, in all of it's Fall glory.

2008-10-27T20:04:00.000-07:00

I just LOVE the colors of fall. So I decided to take some pictures after church on Sunday. Check out Tyler's buzz. It was not intended to be a buzz, so it's a good thing his hair grows fast. Oh well.

2008-10-22T20:33:00.000-07:00

We spent the weekend in the Centerville area and did a lot of shopping for the new house. Beth took us to Gardner Village Sandy, and it was so much fun! I love that it was once an actual village. It was all decked out for Halloween, and a lot of the kids there were in their costumes. They even had a scavenger hunt to find all of the witches. Even my boys had a good time. I definitely want to go back when I'm not in such a time crunch and really look in every shop. Don't ever move, Beth!

2008-10-22T20:30:00.000-07:00

Silly how excited I got over the RC Willey truck pulling up in front our house today, but I did, none the less. Here is a picture of our new gigantic sofa that we were just praying would fit in our living room. It does, perfectly.

2008-10-22T20:22:00.000-07:00

We have been spending as much time outside as possible while the weather is still nice. The boys love to feed the horses apples from our tree, and we've been raking leaves into piles for them to jump into. How on earth Tyler can be afraid of people, and yet march right up to these horses and shove an apple into their mouth is beyond me. He definitely prefers animals over people.

2008-10-22T20:14:00.000-07:00

Well, I promised pictures of the house, but the inside is still full of boxes. Here are a few of the back yard. We have been loving all of the room to run around, as well as the horses over the back fence, and our garden.

Monkey

2008-10-22T19:10:00.000-07:00

Okay, Tyler is a monkey. He climbs on everything he can. I would frequently turn around in the old house to find him scaling the refrigerator. He eventually would get so high that the fridge popped open and he would fall off.

New House

2008-09-29T10:00:00.000-07:00

We finally bought a house, or at least are in the process of buying one. It's up the street from where we've been renting for the past 10 months, and in our same ward. We're super excited. I never thought I'd get sick of looking at houses, but I truly am. Now we're at the point in the process where we've done everything we can do, and we just have to sit and wait. I'm not so good at the waiting. I'm more of the "make it happen" type of person, so I'm just stressing now. We SHOULD hear back any day about setting a closing date. Everything takes so much longer now with the economy in such trouble. Anyhow, as soon as we're in, I'll post some pictures of the new house.

Hawaii

2008-09-03T11:09:00.000-07:00

This was the view from the back balcony of the house we rented. You can kinda see the gate in the back fence that led straigt to the beach. This is where we did most our beach time- boogey boarding and body surfing and the babies played in the sand.

2008-09-03T11:05:00.000-07:00

In July we went with my family to Hawaii.
We spent Sunday afternoon on the grounds of the Hawaii temple.

2008-09-03T10:42:00.000-07:00

In June we spent two days in Disneyland with the Robertsons.

Tyler's first churro. He loved it so much that he shoved the whole thing in his mouth.

Brock was chosen for the Jedi Training Academy. He got to fight with Darth Vader.

Brock in the middle of a dream-come-true, waiting for his Jedi Master to give him a light saber.

Our last night in the hotel.