In case you were wondering...

Who Carl Sagers is...Well I guess his name is actually Craig Sager but he is one of the sideline announcers for TNT. He is probably most well known for his hideous outfits. Liz always gets a good kick out of it.

A very busy week!!

Last week was pretty crazy for our family. We had a lot going on, but we lived through it!
On Tuesday Lucas took a test to become a licensed appraiser and he passed! I am very proud of him.
It was my Birthday on Wednesday. The kids and I decided to ride down to Salt Lake with Lucas when he went to work so we didn't have to take two cars. We were stopped at the stop light and my radio stopped working. Lucas decided to turn the car off and turn it back on to see if the radio would come back on. Well he turned the car off and nothing turned back on. My car died! He had to push it over to the gas station. It was 6:45 in the morning so nobody wanted to stop and help us jump it. Finally some kind soul decided to help us. It started so we decided to take it back to our house and take Lucas' car. As we were driving we could tell it was going to die again because every time we slowed down all the light would get dim. We made it into our garage and the car died. It was perfect timing. Lucas went to work and my dad came up and changed the battery. After that my car would only work when it was hooked up to another car. So we decided to change the alternator. Well it still dies so I will keep you posted on if we ever really get it fixed. Later that night Lucas and I went to the Forgotten Carols. Lucas wasn't very excited, but he had to go because it was my Birthday. My family goes almost every year. I've missed it the past couple years so I was very excited to go. Thank you Lucas for going with me!
On Thursday we went to the Jazz game. Lucas inherited the tickets from one of his friends because he couldn't go. They played Portland and it was a very good game. I was very excited because I got to see Pryzbilla and Carl Sagers. It just made my night.
On Friday night we went to the Tabernacle Choir Christmas concert. It was very good, but it was a mess getting down there and trying to park. We ended up parking really far away. It was nice when it got out because we were walking to our car while everyone waited in traffic. We go to our car and drove off! We were very excited that Heidi and Eric were able to go with us.
It was my family Christmas party on Saturday. It was fun to see all my relatives because I don't see them a lot. Caden had a complete melt down when Santa came. He didn't want anything to do with him. Halle liked him when he was far away, but when she sat on his lap she was not very happy.
Well that was our week! Hopefully this week isn't as busy!

Temple Square

Sorry I haven't posted on my blog forever. The holidays and sick children have taken over my life. Before everyone got sick we were able to go to Temple Square and see the lights with Robbie, Melanie, and Mason. It was a lot of fun! It wasn't very cold and the kids didn't have too many melt downs.

Here's our cute family picture:






Here's all of the kids.

Lucas likes this picture because Caden is doing the Tritet sign. Only his clogging friends will know what that means. You can ask him if you really want to know.

I hope everyone is having fun this holiday season. I love this time of year. I love the food, the movies, the parties, and everything else about it!

A day filled with excitement

We had a family party for Halle's Birthday on Saturday. It was so much fun to see everyone. Thank you all for coming. Here's some pictures of our fun day...

This is a picture of me and my sisters and Halle


Here's Halle opening her presents. Her brother and her cousins helped out a lot


Singing Happy Birthday...Halle didn't know what to think of it (Lucas did a great job decorating the cake)

I think Halle likes to eat Birthday cake


After the party, my sisters and I had our own night of fun. My childhood dreams were fulfilled because I went to see NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK!!! I was so excited. It brought back fond memories of dancing in front of the mirror and watching their videos none stop. I am so glad my sisters could come and share in the moment.

Here's a picture of us waiting for the excitement to begin




I even brought my Jonathon barbie doll for the occasion. (Lucas was very excited when I found it)

The sweatshirt from elementary school didn't fit, but I still brought it and wore it proudly


Here's some pictures of the concert. I'm sorry they aren't so great. You can click on it if you need a closer view. (I'm sure all of you will)





Emily has some really good videos of the concert on her blog so you should check them out.

NKOTB FOREVER!!!

Happy Birthday Halle

I can't believe Halle is one! This year has gone by really fast. We love her very much and we are so glad she is a part of our family. She is a very happy little girl and she makes me laugh every day.
Here are some cute and memorable pictures of Halle:

This is the day Halle was born:



Caden really wanted to share his toys with her:

Here are Caden and Halle having fun in Moab:

Here's Halle with all her presents today. I don't know who was more excited, Caden or Halle.


Halle is crazy!


Here's Halle with the bear for her one year old picture.

Posting Rights

So since Liz started up this blog a couple of months ago she has been strongly encouraging me to contribute a post of my own to the family blog. Personally, I think she is doing a great job without any of my input or contributions. Nonetheless, upon having recently been officially granted posting rights to this blog I thought I might give it a whirl.

My current job allows me to travel to many exciting places throughout the state like Price, Castle Dale, Ticaboo, Delta, and others. So I thought I'd post a few pictures that document some of my travels.

Here are a few pics of me and some of my co-workers all geared up ready to go underground in a coal mine.

This is one of me and my bosses underground watching a longwall mine coal underground.

And who doesn't love "the tree" near Wendover.

Halloween!

We had a lot of fun on Halloween. We made pumpkin pancakes, pumpkin cookies, and chili for dinner. Lucas was the master cook! I was afraid that Caden wouldn't go trick or treating. He talked about it the whole week and then he woke up yesterday and announced that he didn't wanted to go. He already had costume anxiety so I was already worried about that. I was surprised because I got his costume out after dinner and he was really excited to put it on. He even wore the American Idol sign on the front of his shirt. We put Halle's costume on and we headed out. I think we made it to 5 houses and then Caden was done. I think the talking candy dish at the first house freaked him out. He was really excited when we got home so he could eat his candy. I think all five pieces were gone in 5 minutes. We had a very fun day!

Here are some pictures: