My dog has an eating disorder!!

Bea"UTAH"ful

Tuesday evening as we were getting ready for bed, Colin said "Oh, Mom, tomorrow I have a program. We are doing it at 10:00 and 1:00. Parents can come if they want. And I want to suit up."

The fourth grader at Sage Creek just finished their unit on Utah History. They learned and performed several songs and a few kids even square danced. Colin promises that he was actually singing...but I don't know; it looks a little like bad lip syncing to me.

P.S. Just pretend we are having an earthquake and the videoing won't seem quite so jerky.

I thought this was a baseball game...

Brian and I had the opportunity to attend the Rockies Home Opener at Coors Field last weekend. Game 1 was great! Beautiful, sunny day, great seats and the Rockies win 7-0.


Game 2 started out great. A little cold out, but still good seats and the Rockies are up 2-0 and then this guy shows up!! Have you ever seen an obnoxious, loud, foul mouthed drunk and thought to yourself, "That is why I don't drink."? That was this guy. He spent most of the game standing up, turned around, talking (OK, yelling) at the 2 couples behind him and the one next to him. This dude was in love with them; he was buying beer for everyone, taking pictures of them, I think he actually invited them to Christmas dinner. A little distracting for a baseball game, but we were trying to ignore it and watch the game...now tied up 4-4.

But then someone dropped the O-bomb...OBAMA! I haven't heard so many F words since the opening scene of Pulp Fiction. I was reminded of the old saying: I went to a fight and a baseball game broke out. Of course, the game went 14 innings so we were able to enjoy the director's cut version of this drama. Moral of the story: What's more American than baseball? Definitely not Obama. Oh, yeah, the Rockies lost 4-5.

The Living Planet Aquarium...eww!

A few days ago we went with Courtney and Sophie to see the penguins at The Living Planet Aquarium. Sophie pointed at everything we saw and said, "Eww!" and it was more of an eww, that is yucky; than an eww, that is neat.

She did like splashing in the Stingray water, but not if the Stingrays were close by.

By the time we got to the Utah fish, Sophie was pretty much done. She had no interest in the trout.

The Derby

Tuesday morning about 9:30 I found a note on my door inviting my family to attend the Pinewood Derby that evening. "WHAT THE HECK?? Pack meeting is the last Tuesday of the month not tonight. Oh, wait. Pack meeting is the FOURTH Tuesday of the month, that is tonight." Panic began to set in...we did not have a car. My first thought: Colin will just have to use the car he made last Derby. Oops, that's not going to work. Can't find Colin's car. Second thought: Colton's car, he could use Colton's old car. Oops, that's not going to work. Can't find Colton's car. Next thought: Bryson, I will text Bryson and see if he has a car we could use. Oops, that's not going to work. Bryson can't find his car.

At 4:00 pm Colin, Tulo and I put together a car for the race. After a trip to Allen's for "the wedge," sand paper, weights and a tattoo skin, we were ready to go. Colin's car was epic. There were 24 cars racing and Colin was in the top 5. Three cars tied for third, but do to time constraints, they did not get to race each other.

All in all it was a fun night and I even learned a few things:

1. The Pinewood Derby could be renamed The Daddywood Derby
2. The Pinewood Derby could be renamed The Testosterone Derby (The hint of estrogen in Colin's car made several people uncomfortable.)
3. Ward basketball's got nothin' on the derby
4. A car made in 2 hours can perform as well as "professionally" made cars. Always use "the wedge."
5. After the Derby, store your cars in a safe, easy to find place. You never know when you will need it.

What's so cool about Hawaii???

1. Whales, of course
2. Rainbows

3. The Ocean

4. Sand (OK, maybe not really sand)

4. Waterfalls

6. Glow Putt Golf

7. Dunking at the pool

8. Hikes to the blow hole......in the rain 9. Golden Brown Flesh

10. Snorkeling

11. and Sunsets

How Much is Your Integrity Worth?

We found out the hard way, that for some, their integrity is only worth a set of Walmart beach chairs. We left our snorkel gear, towels and chairs on the beach while we walked up to the pool. When we came back ten minutes later our chairs were gone, vanished, hasta luego baby. Seriously, who steals someones $15 beach chairs. All I can say is I hope they needed them more than we did.