Manina usually gets the short shrift on her birthday since it’s so near Christmas. She used to get fairly frustrated with me and my attitude toward birthdays. You see, I am the oldest of eight kids, we had birthdays all the time growing up and they weren’t a big deal. A couple presents and a …
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Snowshoeing with the big kids
It’s been cold recently in Utah Valley, and we’ve had an early onslaught of inversion. So, I decided to head up into the mountains for some much-needed fresh air. Jacob, Megan, and Katelyn all decided to come along too. I have two sets of snowshoes, so Jacob used my other pair, and Megan and Katelyn …
Megan Scores Gamewinner in Final Minute
Part of the reason we went down to St. George for Thanksgiving was that Megan’s soccer team had at tournament to play on Friday and Saturday. I took Megan to her first game early on Friday morning. I was a little worried that our previous night of early Black Friday shopping would not have her …
Early Black Friday Shopping Haul
After we’d totally gorged ourselves on our deep-fried turkey, we sat around in a tryptophan-induced coma for a while, played some games, and let the kids watch a movie in Grandpa Gary’s office. As the evening went along, the kids grew restless and so to give Manina and her dad some time to chit-chat, I …
Spelling Bee 2013
And folks, we have another fantastic speller in our family! As you have probably read in years past, Jake has participated and done well in several spelling bees. Megan was hesitant to participate for fear she wouldn’t do as well as Jake has done, but she was wrong. She did great! She came in at …
Basketball has come and gone.
The three older kids have been busy playing lots of basketball over the past few months. Jake started back in October on a competition team so he has been playing for months and months. Megan and Katelyn both played Junior Jazz from January to March. The girls love playing basketball and they improve so much …
My little seamstress!
Megan has been asking me for the last year or more to teach her how to sew. The only problem is, I don’t know how to sew. I have been watching for sewing classes for sometime now and finally found someone I felt was worth paying. I went ahead and signed her up at “Children …
Happy 10th Birthday Megs!
My Meggie turned 10 last week. Her birthday falls just two days before the Fourth of July so we don’t normally do parties. However, after much pleading, we gave in. She ended up having two birthday celebrations. Her actual birthday began with breakfast in bed (waffles, strawberries/whip cream, and a smoothie). She requested tacos for …
Smile!
Look at those bright, shiny whites! Megan got her braces off this week. Her teeth look great! Of course she has to get them back on again in a couple years but for now she only has to wear her retainer at night. She is thrilled to be able to eat all those sticky, gooey …
RSL Excite, Jazz Disappoint
Utah isn’t the best place for pro sports, but over the last two weekends we had some great opportunities to cheer on our local teams. On April 28, Megan and I got invited to go to a Real Salt Lake soccer match. Megan has been playing soccer for several years and was excited to go …
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