Plenty of Firewood

From this google earth picture of Elder Novakovich's apartment, you can see that there is plenty of firewood in the surrounding area. 

Junior Prom

Taylor is attending Junior Prom for Bingham with Marcus.  The dance is being held at the state capital building although I've been told that everyone shows up, gets their picture taken, dances once and then goes bowling or something.  Don't they look great!  We are lucky parents to have such a wonderful, lovely daughter. 

Scouting

You would think that having a father who didn't make it past second class in scouting and an older brother who thought tenderfoot was an adequate rank achievement would discourage Tyson from the program.  We are so proud of his achievement.  He received his Star at the court of honor this week and now has earned 16 merit badges.  He only has to let six months pass and has already met the other requirements to receive his Life.  We won't know what to do when he earns his Eagle.  Way to go Tyson.

Salt Lake Temple

What a great day this was, taking our oldest son to the temple for the first time.  

Summer Pictures

We found these pictures from a family trip to Lagoon this last summer.  It was one of those rare days at the amuzement park where the lines were short and we could go from ride to ride.  In our family, Kristi is by far the most adventurous and daring.  She's never met a ride that intimidates her.  Massive drops, upside down loops, cork screws - bring 'em on.  Combine that with a warm day, multiple rides in succession and an increasing collecction of birthdays and you have a volatile combination.  After the fourth ride we exited to find Kristi giving back her breakfast to the amuzement park gods.  Camryn, who had just finished riding with her mom was grateful she made it to the garbage can.   

Don't be Jealous

We all have a friend or family member (Heather) who takes a picture of some fabulous place they are visiting with their feet in the foreground.  It's usually a picture of some warm place with a pool or the beach inviting you to join them.  But alas you can't because you have work tomorrow or your vacation was last month and you have nothing to look forward to for at least another year.

We'll, here is how I spent my Saturday morning - don't be jealous...

Jimmermania

What a game!  What a crowd!  A taste of the craziness from BYU's victory over SDSU.

Thanks to Matt for gettting the tickets. 

The evening started with Matt calling ahead to the Brick Oven and making a reservation (at a restaurant that doesn't take reservations) using the name Fredette.  We walked into a crowed lobby and were seated immediately. 

I took Tyson to the BYU bookstore before the game and decked him out in BYU gear.  I was part of the intervention process (Tyson is a closet Ute).  He enjoyed the game and started to think maybe he could be a Cougar fan.  As much as he enjoyed the game, he liked best the high fives from the coeds as we walked to our car.