Jazz vs. Memphis

Tonight we went to the Jazz game courtesy of Jr. Jazz. As part of the deal when playing with Jr. jazz, you get 2 Jazz tickets. They were definite nosebleed seats so we probably would have been able to see it better if we watched it at home on TV but it was kinda fun being there in the arena with all the other fans and being a part of all the excitement. The Jazz won by about 25 points so the last quarter was pretty boring. They had all of the bench players in. We were going to leave early to beat the crowds but Noah insisted on staying the whole time. He is loving the Jazz and his favorite players are Deron Williams and Andre Kirelinko. (not sure if I spelled his name right(:) It would be fun to go to another game but be able to sit a little closer. Kent is coaching this year so he got 2 tickets and Noah got 2 tickets so the 3 of us went. It was a little weird having the 3 of us there together but Noah was loving it and loved having all of the attention focused on him.

Turkey Day

We had a nice, quiet Thanksgiving this year. It ended up just being Kristi and her family and me and Noah at my parents. We missed having everyone and it seemed so quiet. We had a yummy turkey dinner with all of the fixings. My mom did the turkey, stuffing and pies and then Kristi and I brought the rest of the stuff. We ate about 2:30. After we got dinner all cleaned up, we did a couple of fun activities with the kids. They made turkeys out of graham crackers and chocolate icing and then they made snowman ornaments. They had fun, especially the girls. Me, my mom and Kristi went to Wood Connection earlier in the week and bought some letters to paint and decorate. I did the "Family" letters. It was fun. It was kinda stressful at first but turned out really cute. Tara and Raleigh came over later in the evening so we had a chance to see them and their cute kids. Kenny and Mel came home from her families around 6 so they were there the rest of the evening with us. I think we should make it a tradition that the girls do some kind of a craft every year while the guys all watch football. Hope everyone else had a great Thanksgiving too.
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School Pictures

This is Noah's 4th grade school picture. I usually don't buy the school pictures but decided to this year. They had a really good package deal so I bought a few. Pretty handsome kid.

Football Is Over

Another football season is over. November 7th was their last game. They lost their first playoff game to Murray. They didn't seem to be playing their best that day. I think they all were feeling the pressure of winning so they could go on to the finals. We can't complain though because they had a great season. It's almost kinda weird when its all over because we have been used to this strict schedule of practice 3 times a week for 2 hours and games every Saturday and then all of a sudden, its over. I wasn't as impressed with the coaches Noah had this year compared to last year. The head coach seemed to have his favorites and they were the ones who got to play the whole game every game. I didn't expect Noah to play the whole game but there were a couple of games where he only played 1/4 of the game. Kent had to talk to the coach a couple of times which seemed to help and the second half of the season seemed to be better. I really do like the team sports though because I think kids learn how to work together and support each other. Their team did some fun things with the kids. When they lost a game, the kids had to paint their fingernails pink and when they won, the coaches had to paint their fingernails pink. They also got pizza each week if they won their game the Saturday before. The end of they year banquet was on a Sunday. I don't know why they chose that day but they took the kids to Boondocks all day. We left the decision up to Noah to go or not. He ended up choosing not to go. I was proud of him for making the right decision. I knew it was hard for him because he wanted to go so bad but I think he felt better later that he had made the right choice. Later that evening, they did a dinner. They had tons of food. They called each kid up individually to present them their trophies, pictures and each kid got a Cyprus t-shirt, beanie, and CD with different pictures and footage of the season. They also said some nice things about each of the players. They said that Noah always did what he was told and was quiet. They said he had improved a lot from the first of the season. They also gave each of the kids a football and marker so they could all sign each others footballs. The kids had a good time. Now Noah is signed up to play Jr. Jazz. Thank goodness the schedule isn't as rigorous as football.

Who's Your Hero?

A couple of weeks ago we went to the South Towne Family Christmas Boutique. It was pretty much a huge boutique with several different vendors. While we walked around looking at the merchandise, they had people performing Christmas dances and songs. One of the booths was called, "Who's Your Hero?" The booth had large posters of hero's from the Book of Mormon and the Bible. Noah's favorite was Captain Moroni. These posters looked so cool and looked so much like how I would picture them looking. On the way home we had a conversation about Captain Moroni and the Title of Liberty. The following Monday night, Noah did a FHE lesson on Captain Moroni. He did such a great job. I was pretty impressed. After the lesson, he made his own Title of Liberty. It was really cute. I tried to take a picture of it to post on here but couldn't get it to be dark enough to show up but this is what he wrote: "Always love God and have faith in God, repent, choose the right, pray, go to church, love one another, keep the commandments, go on a mission, be an example, obey parents. Do these things to become more like our Heavenly Father and Captain Moroni." He seems to be pretty interested in learning about the Book of Mormon hero's. I just hope he continues to want to learn and study about them as he gets older. If you haven't seen these posters, you can check them out at Seagull book, they are pretty cool.

Touchdown!!!!

Yesterday was our last regular season game. If we didn't win, we weren't going to the playoffs. We played Cottonwood and pretty much creamed them. Noah got his first touchdown in a game EVER!!! He was so excited and so were we. I couldn't believe it when it was happening and I almost started crying when he made it to the end zone and they yelled touchdown. The look on Noah's face was priceless to say the least. He caught the ball on the kick off and then proceeded to run it down the field for the touchdown. I was so proud of him. This weekend he has been with his dad but Kent told me that he was on cloud 9 all day yesterday and couldn't stop talking about it. When he came home today, he was beaming and kept telling me the play over and over. It was really neat for him. Since we won yesterday, we are going to the playoffs so we will have at least one more week of football and possibly two if we win on Saturday.

Halloween

Halloween is always a fun time of year. I love the fall and the changing leafs, the pumpkins, all the yummy Halloween treats,etc but I know when its over that its time to start thinking of Christmas and Christmas shopping and all of the stress it brings with it. Don't get me wrong, I love Christmas but I need to be more organized so that I can enjoy the holiday more.Noah first wanted to be a hobo for Halloween and then at the last minute he decided he wanted to be a Viking football player. We already had the jersey and all of the stuff except a helmet. We had an old San Francisco 49er's helmet that I spray painted and tried to put the horns on for him. It didn't turn out the best but it did the job. Here are some photos of Halloween and some of the fun things we did to celebrate. Warning, there are quite a few photos.
We went to my parents ward Halloween party and Noah was playing the game of eating the donut off the string without using your hands (not sure of the official title of the game)
Making the yummy sugar cookies

Noah's school paradeNoah at his class party playing Halloween Bingo



Carving pumpkins
The finished pumpkinsThe helmet...don't look at it too closely