Bennett's Play

Better late than never....

Bennett's class play was last month. They have several 3rd grade classes all together and because his class is a 2/3 grade class he is lumped in with the rest of them. He was able to participate better this year. Instead of getting bored and just looking out in the audience he was overacting in the background. Waving his arms and flopping over in reaction to the lines the big kids had. It was pretty funny. He would actually be a perfect actor if he wanted to be, he sure kept us entertained.

We couldn't get very good pictures from the audience, but there he is...

Happy Birthday Reagan!

The big motivation behind the long trip in the previous post...

Reagan turned 4!!

This year was the first time she was really excited about her birthday. She had been counting down for days but I think that what she was really excited for was the visit from Grandma and Papa. (My dad on the Hog and my mom flew down)

She is getting way too big! I seriously can't believe it. She was such a fat pretty baby ( 9 lbs!) and she is growing into a tall beautiful girl. She is still my baby for now, but I know she won't put up with it too much longer! 'sob'

The Long Way Down

Last week, my husband and my father set out on an adventure...

My dad on his new Harley and Aaron on his old one.
They rode down from my parents' house in Northern California all the way down to Arizona. Here is my dad's rendering of the trip.

They rode for 3 days and had a lot of fun, but when they got here they were tired!

Corban Rocks

Corban is learning how to play the recorder at school. He likes it. He taught himself how to play Ironman by Black Sabbath.
I am not sure that is really the sound that Ozzy was going for, but we think it is hilarious.

This is an old pic from May'06 but he looks like he is rockin', so it kinda works.

"Millions of peaches, peaches for me"

It isn't millions, but it seems like it!! We were lucky to have a connection to get Utah peaches (which is apparently very cool) so we have a ton! We are trying to remember all to the cool things we did with the peaches from our tree in Sparks. We have got to start "gifting" some or we are going to get sick of them! This was only 2/3 of them!!

Thanks again for the hook-up Jamie!

102 Minutes that changed the world...

I debated whether or not to post about this. Every time we talked about it as a family we would say how it is so sad that people seem to have forgotten about it already. This is blog is my way of showing that we remember....

Aaron made me watch this movie on TV last night.It is a real-time film documenting the 102 minutes from the time the first plane hit until the dust (somewhat) settled after the second tower fell. I didn't want to watch it. (I hate sad movies and I thought I had seen it all before) He had watched trailers for it online and had been waiting for it. He recorded it and waited for me so we could watch it together. I am glad that he did. What makes this film different, besides that running 102 min countdown, is that it is shot mostly by amateurs. There is no cinematography, no commentary. They show what was happening in NY while it was happening. It didn't go for shock value (they didn't show a lot of the horror I expected thankfully) but it was more heartbreaking just to watch the people that were living it. Watching it and filming it from just blocks away.

At the time, in 2001, I was numb to it all. It was so distant and seemed so foreign. Now though, for some reason, it seems more real. More human.Our kids are still too young to grasp it so even though they wanted to watch it, we knew it would only scare them. If you have a chance to watch the film,
I recommend it.

You can find it on history.com the History Channel's website.

Happy Birthday Aaron!

Today was his birthday and so, in a cheesy way that I am sure he will hate, I will remind him that I LOVE him...

We have always had so much fun. He continues to make me laugh, sometimes despite my best efforts.I couldn't crop our goofy friends out, but that is OK, I love the picture with them there too!

Us in SLC in 1997. I was so happy just to be with him.

I always thought that he was a guy that was "too hot for me" and I always will. I am so thankful that I am the one that he has chosen to spend all of his birthdays with and I am looking forward to all the rest of them. Awww....