GO JAZZ!

When I was up at my parents house last week, they so kindly let my little brother and I use their tickets and go to one of the playoff games....too bad the game we went to they lost! But I had so much fun with Ty! He is such a great kid, and a good example to me. He is so cute with my kids, and they sure love Ty Ty! Thanks for such a fun night Ty, and thanks mom and dad for the tickets and watching my kids!

My brother is pretty cute huh!

I finally did it!

So due to the little "comb over" Hunter had, I finally broke down and cut his hair. My neighbor was so kind to cut it and then we took pictures of the whole thing. Hunter had a hard time holding his head still, he is too interested in what is going on around him. Here are the before pictures, I know he REALLY needed this haircut!

Here are the pictures during the haircut, I figured its his first real haircut, so we have to take lots of pictures!

And here are the results! He looks like a little boy, not a baby! But he's pretty stinkin cute!

Mommy Olympics 3rd Place

So I went, I competed, and had a blast, and came home without the playground. :( But I did come home with a birthday party for McKinlee and 15 of her friends. Too bad most of her friends live in Cedar City! But it was seriously a blast! There were 20 finalists, and I came in 3rd place. The first event was an obstacle course on the blow up bouncy toys. We crawled through a hole, climbed over a wall, smooshed through a little hole, crawled through a tunnel, up a wall, and down the slide. It was a rush! I felt like a little kid on a playground. The best part was Big Budda from Fox 13 was there with the whole thing live on TV. I got pretty beat up, road rash on both of my arms.

So here is a clip of the obstacle course (Pause the music player to hear the sound).

The top 8 times advanced to the "elite 8 competition" which was a baby food eating contest. Being that I have 4 brothers, my mom thought it would be easy for me to eat fast. Well it was Sweet Potato flavored baby food, and we had to eat the whole can. I was drooling, and stuffing it in my mouth as fast as I could. Afterwards I was burping sweet potatoes (I know gross!) Here is me finishing the delicious food (it really was nasty, especially so early in the morning on an empty stomach)

So then I made it to the final 4. We had to carry a 25 pound pack up a ramp, through a tunnel, and down the slide 3 times. The first 2 girls went, and I thought I had it in the bag. I threw the pack over my shoulder, and started, got to the top, and the velcro on the pack came undone, and fell on the ground. So that totally through me off, and I stumbled the rest of the time. Sad to say that I lost by 1 SECOND! I honestly didn't know how competitive I was until I lost! It stunk! Here is my sad defeat.

Although I lost, I honestly had a blast. My arms are scraped up, by knees are bruised, and I will admit that I am sore! But it was a lot of fun. Thanks for all of you who voted, and for my fans on the day of the olympics....MOM, BRAD, JENA, JILL, MCKINLEE, and HUNTER (and Jordan watching from home).

McKinlee did get to be on a little commercial/preview for Mondays show with Big Budda. He thought she was pretty cute. Here is the clip of that, don't mind her bed head, we woke her up at 6:00 AM and came straight out of bed! My kids were troopers!

Here is my cute little reporter, she thought she was pretty big with the microphone in her hand.

Mommy Olympics Here We Come!

WAHOO!! We are one of the finalists! Thank you to all of you that voted! Now here comes the competition......I GET to go to the Backyard Adventures in Draper on Friday and compete against 20 other moms in an obstacle course. The winner of THAT wins the playground. So I'm gonna need to work on my playground skills! It will be live with 97.1 ZHT and Fox 13 Big Budda Friday Morning starting at 6:30 AM. Wish me luck!

LAST DAY TO VOTE!!

Today is the last day to vote for McKinlee to win the Backyard Adventures Playground. If you haven't voted already, please do! Also if you know anyone that would vote, please tell them! I find out tomorrow (Wednesday) whether or not she made it, and I get to compete in the "mommy olympics." Here is the link to vote for McKinlee #89

http://www.971zht.com/pages/backyard_adventures08/

VOTE FOR MCKINLEE!!!

So I entered McKinlee into a little competition. The radio station 97.1 ZHT has a contest to win a backyard adventure playground. The contestants Mommy's with the most votes get to compete in a "Mommy Olympics," to win the playground. That should be fun and probably pretty hilarious to watch! So I need your help to vote for McKinlee. Follow the link below and vote for contestant

#89

Tell others that you know to vote!

http://www.971zht.com/pages/backyard_adventures08/

This is her entry:

I was born with a condition my parents call EAE (EXTREME AMOUNT OF ENERGY!) I need to find a way to channel it! I'd make a perfect motor for a swing all I need is a chance! I plan on teaching my brother the EAE way, this is a perfect training ground!

Thanks for voting!

Congrats Mike & Kelly

My little bro and sis had their baby Saturday night, a little boy named Cohen. He has had a few struggles with breathing these past few days and been in the NICU, but things are looking up. Hopefully he'll come home in the next day or two. We are so excited to meet little Cohen! Congrats Mike and Kelly we are so proud of you and your strong faith! McKinlee is so excited to have another cousin!