The Latest Update

Another week has passed and with it, the passing of another year. That's right--this week I celebrated my 37th B-day. Of course, when you are this old the celebrations aren't like they used to be. We did spend a nice night eating some perfectly seared steaks off the grill and throwing the ball around in the backyard.

Speaking of which, Kenny is currently on a two game hitting streak and is 6-6 in those last two games. However, his team did lose last game and the opposition was led by, as Kenny swears, "an eight year old who shaves every day!" Here are some more pictures:

Baseball Update

Kenny played in his second game of the year today and while he didn't do quite as well as last week (he struck at three times), he played well in the field and the team ended up winning 20 - 6. His team is now 2-0 and looking good. I finally took some pictures and have included them in this post. Hope you enjoy.

Kenny on deck

Waiting for the pitch

Taking a cut

Kenny playing second

Kenny stopping a grounder

Kenny's Baptism

As many of you know, Kenny recently turned eight years old and yesterday was his baptism. He was pretty excited most of the day and the nerves hit right before we started the meeting. But once we sat down and listened to Mom's and Dusty's talks, we both calmed down a little. He was smiling (which isn't rare for Kenny) as we walked down into the font. Of course, I couldn't remember the prayer and even forgot to say his name, but once I said it correctly he went down in one try. The confirmation was great and Barton, Dusty, Jack, and Randy were all there to stand in, along with the entire bishopric. Lots of the family came: Barton and Mom, Randy and Kari and family, Dusty and Tara and family, Jack and Nan (we invited Stacey and Will who couldn't be there but Jack and Nan did come with with two of Stacey's kids--Dream and Zion--so that was good), and Josh and Reyna's family. Frisco's best friend came with his mom and sisters as well. I must say that we have a great ward as two representatives from the primary, all the bishopric, the wife of the second counselor in the Elders Quorum, and my home teaching companion and his family were all there--even though we didn't invite them (something I am very embarrassed about). Afterwards, we came home and had a barbeque while everyone sat around at talked. It's always great to have everyone all together and see all the cousins with eachother, but this time it was special because it rarely happens at our house. Ana did a great job preparing for everyone and we are thankful for everyone's help with food and clean-up. Overall, the day was fantastic!

Kenny's First Baseball Game

Well, as much as I complained about it before, you would never guess that I had a great time at Kenny's first baseball game. Because I am such a bad parent, I didn't have the camera with me so I can't include any pictures. I will download some this week and show them to you. Anyway, Kenny got a hit in his first at bat and ended up getting an assist from center field when he threw out a player stretching a double. In his second at bat he went up with loaded bases. Before he walked to the bat I told him to just try to power it, so he went up swingin' hard. Unfortunately, he didn't make contact but he had some good swings. His team, the Nationals, ended up winning 9-2. Kenny loved it and we are looking forward to a fun season.

Tagged

Tagged:

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: My brother, Dust.
C-Cake or Pie: Chocolate cake w/ white frosting.
D- Day of Choice: Thursday--it brings hope of the weekend.
E-Essential Items- golf clubs and a local Del Taco.
F-Favorite Color: varies with the object.
G- Gummi Bears or Worms: Worms
H- Hometown: Orem, Ut.--no better place to live anywhere.
I- Indulgence(s): Golf, Soccer, and Coke.
K-Kids: Well, way back in college I needed money so I made a charitable donation and it's possible I have thousands running around!--Just kidding, I have four.
L-Life is incomplete without: The Gospel--it pretty much envelopes everything.
M- Marriage Date: February 25th 0r 26th--I always forget (luckily it's doubtful Ana will read this)
N- Number of Siblings: 4 sisters, 1 brother.
O- Oranges or Apples: Oranges--I hate apples.
P- Phobias or Fears: Closets--call me weird.
Q- Quote(s): Don't know any good quotes off the top of my head. I keep most of them at work where I can see them.
R- Reason To Smile: Family
S- Season: I like a nice, comfortable spring with an occasional rain--but nothing like the spring we have had this year in Utah.
T- Tag: Sorry to say--I will not be tagging anyone today.
U- Unknown Fact About Me: I am way too open to have many secrets.
V- Veggies or Fruit: Fruits--but strangely enough I eat many more veggies.
W- Worst Habit: This one is sick, but I have to go with peeling off my finger and toe nails.
X- X-Rays or Ultrasounds: X-Rays--I hate that gel they use for ultrasounds. They never wipe it off good enough and it gets all crusty.
Y- Your Favorite Food: Too hard--I don't have a favorite food, I just have favorite dishes at my favorite restaurants so the list is too long to mention.
Z: Zodiac: El Toro

Baseball

I don't know if you all remember one of those little questionnaires that was recently sent out to all of us. You know--the one that asked what we like, etc. Anyway, one of the questions asked was what is your least favorite season. For those of you who don't remember, I answered baseball season. I can't stand the game--probably because I suck at it--and have been so happy that my kids have not wanted to play. Well, this week my worst nightmare came true. Kenny, my own flesh and blood, came up to me and said that he wanted to sign up for baseball. Tears streamed down my cheek as I got online and registered him. I kept asking him if he wanted to do anything else--cheerleading, gymnastics, ANYTHING--but it was baseball.
As much as I don't like the game, I think we will actually have a lot of fun. He really is excited about it. We took off to Sports Authority today and looked at some gloves and we even had a little batting practice session. We don't find out about registration until Tuesday, so I'll try to post a schedule for everyone then. As is always the case, anyone who wants to come and watch is invited.

Jazz Game

Our V.P. called up the other night and said that he could not go to the Jazz game and wanted to know if we wanted the company tickets for the night. I jumped on the chance, took off from work, and Frisco and I were in the car headed up to the Energy Solutions Arena. The tickets were on the 6th row--so close that I could sense the smell of marijuana coming off of Chris Bosh's dreads (the Jazz played Toronto.) Frisco and I grabbed some popcorn and had a great time. D Will had a sensational game and so did Boozer. The Jazz ended up winning and we're looking forward to a bigtime run through the playoffs.