My Kjzz rep got me 6th row tickets to the Jazz game Saturday night. My best friend Cooper is in town from Alaska. So i lined him up with my rep, & my wife and I went to the game with them. The first half was pretty boring, Jazz were up by 18. The second half was a different story the jazz let them creep back into it and actually went down by 7 with under 2 min. Then D-will took over, we did have a little bit of luck fall are way as well, but man D-will is good.


(I just have to add if you look in the right corner of this pic you will see the Osmond boy from Idol, they just happened to be walking by when we took this picture, funny huh.)

Popeye!

It Fits! (sort of) Thanks Steph for the awsome shirt! Now cooper can be Popeye the Sailor Man TOot Toot!!!

Dirty, Clean...

This is the result of what happens when painting the outside of your house with a 3 year old. She wanted to help all day and I kept telling her she needed to change into some painting clothes. Finally when we were all done and we went inside to wash out the brushes we came back out to find this. Dirty.... Clean...Just a picture of two cute kids taking a bath together. Cooper is sitting up so well and loves to splash in the tub this was the only picture we could get of him not looking at his ducky. Melia was helping wash him, it was pretty cute!

Green!!

On St. Patty's day we decided to make green eggs and ham! Do you like green eggs and ham? Dad wouldn't eat any even though we tried to convince him they taste the same as regular eggs! Try them try them and you may we say! We put on some green stuff and headed for jumpin' jacks with my friend Christy I met in school. Even though it was a fight to get Melia to start having fun and a fight to get her to stop, it was fun in between!

Here are all the kids, Bryson, Megan, Melia and Cooper! Hopefully you didn't get pinched, we sure didn't!!!

Because I am bored at work.

Rules: Anything you have done has to be in colored RED. How much have you done? It only takes about 5 minutes…Just do it..it's fun! The things I've done are in Blue

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland!

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a Praying Mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped umm no and probably never will!

12. Visited Paris (wish i could)

13. Watched an amazing lightning storm

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning...

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty(half since I've been there just they don't let you do that anymore)

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Ran a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise(just this month)

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community !

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person 

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching 

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood!  

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp 

67. Bounced a check 

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy (a doll my mother made for me.)

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar 

72. Pieced a quilt 

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone (just fingers and toes)

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle(Melia & I go daily, she can even do the gas for me)

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating 

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby(well not me personally but i have 2 children)

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Visited Italy

NCAA March Madness

As always we do a fun little NCAA Bracket pool each year. If anyone is intrested in joining here is the info. 10.00 a bracket 5 max Join my bracket challenge http://tournament.fantasysports.yahoo.com

Group ID #132374
Password utesalltheway

10.00 a bracket can have up to 5 brackets. 1st place gets 65% of pool 2nd gets 30% 3rd gets 5%. Example: 20 Brackets 1st=130 2nd=60 3rd=10.

All money must be paid by first game tipoff or bracket is void

Questions call Paul 801-641-7886

What a big boy!

I just can't believe how fast time goes by! Cooper is sitting up on his own! We keep pillows close by in case he takes a little tumble but he is doing awsome! It is just so different because it seemed like with Melia we were always waiting for the next step to come but with Cooper I just want time to slow down! At least Melia keeps telling me she doesn't want to grow up, I tell her I think that is a good idea. Can someone find neverland for me please? I just love them being so little!

LLBFF Reply

My Best Friend Forever posted some pictures of us on our wedding days and talked about some of her favorite memories so Lindsey, here are a few of mine.... Going to see you clog was always a blast I specifically remember this day because we got snow cones and yours was tigers blood, I thought that was weird.

We used to always do this, dress up as "one man" with some huge scrubs my parents had ( killer hat!). I also remember...

twins day at school

jumping in leaves

climbing your trees

playing nintendo

bringing you a Barbie when you got chicken pox

going to Lagoon with PB& J for me and Honey sandwhich for you

The day you were taller than me, the day I was taller than you;)

Yes we are womb friends...Thanks for the memories and I know we will have more to come!
Lauren Lindsey Best Friends Forever (also known as LLBFF)

The Big Boat!!

We woke up friday morning and Melia said..."Today is the Big Boat Day!" We were on our way to LA to get on the Norwegian Star. The first two days were spent at sea with plenty to do, swiming and going down the big slides was a favorite for us. Oh yeah and eating all the ice cream possible! It was so beautiful to be out on the ocean like that we saw lots of dolphins that seemed to be putting on a show for us and a couple of whales too. I thought maybe I would be sea sick but after the first day it wasn't bad at all.CLICK HERE TO SE ALL THE PHOTOS!!

The first place we stopped was Cabo. Our goal was to head to the beach and relax! It turned out great! We rented a couple of wave runners and a umbrella for cooper to have shade, and some skim boards and just hung out! We weren't pro's at the skim board but it was fun to try and we got a few good ones. Here is a pick of our cruise ship and paul on a wave runner!

Cooper could sit up really good in the sand and thought it was weird that he couldn't hold it. He was sooo good the whole trip I'm lucky to have such a good baby.

Paul and Melia enjoying the ocean, they both gave it a thumbs up!

Has anyone seen Melia? She is buried in the sand, I can'tbelieve she wanted to do this.

Melia and Cooper...Catch a wave(or not) !

Our family on the beach!

We found a couple starfish and Melia was so excited!!!

Here she is making them hug! It was hard to get her to put them back in the ocean, we finally convinced her by telling her their mommy would miss them.

The next day was Mazitlan, and we went on a small boat with the whole clan to a beach where we could choose to horse back ride, snorkle, kyack and many other activities. Before making our way to the beach we saw a few things....

this is a pretty rock don't you think? Melia keep saying " Do you know what? That rock has bird poop all over it!" Yes it is white because of bird poop! Gross huh?!!

Some sea lions just chillin.

I just thought this was the cutest picture ever of Melia and Grandpa Mark. I can't thank them enough for this trip...It was everyone's Christmas present and it was such a blast to be with everyone!

Here is our little trooper Cooper! He was always smiling!

Paul and Melia went on a ride in this high flying plane! She wasn't even scared a bit....I was though!!

Here is Melia in the lovely Hammack where I spent most my time!

Cooper and his new Maraca's!! Fun toy....

The next day we went to Puerta Vallarta. This is actually where Paul and I went on our honeymoon so it was fun to go back to visit.

This is where we came up with Melia's name, it was the hotel we stayed at on our honeymoon. No, she wasn't a honeymoon baby but close enough! We just liked the name so much.

While Sheila and I went to the beach Paul and his brothers and Erin(way to go girl!) rode ATV's through the jungle!

Looked like a beautiful veiw!!!

Well there you have it...Sorry for so many pictures but I just couldn't narrow it down! We had so much fun and now it's time to do loads of laundry!!!!