Let's eat turkey in a big brown shoe

This month is going by too fast. Veteran's day has passed. Basketball season has started. Utah Football only have 2 games left. All of the pumpkins have rotted and are in the garbage. People are putting up Christmas lights.

Ok, so I put up our Christmas lights last Saturday, November 10.

What? why so early?

I learned at a very early age to show respect for the local weatherman. I think there is a hidden shrine somewhere at my parents house for Bob Welty and Mark Eubank where my dad pays homage to the past Meteorologists from KSL. I am pretty sure that dad shed a tear last year when Mark Eubank retired from KSL.

Anyway, when Kevin Eubank said last week on the weather report that it would rain/snow on Sunday and that Saturday would be a good day to get the lights up early, I took heed to his comments and made the arrangements - especially since we never got the outdoor lights up last year on our new house.

Let me just say that hanging out over a roof, 30 feet above the ground was interesting. I think my wife was convinced I would fall. I guess that is why she kept telling the kids to get back away from the house - she didn't want me to squish them when I fell.

Sorry - no falls from the roof. But it was a nice day to be on the roof.

On Sunday we had Stake Conference and when the choir started to sing, I noticed that the same Kevin Eubank was in the choir (he lives in our LDS Stake). I think he had a slight grin on his face knowing that it was raining outside. I almost ran up to tell him that I listened to his advice and put up my Christmas lights.

Ok, so it still hasn't snowed and the weathere has been almost as nice this week as it was last week.

So back to turkey time.

We are doing a Thanksgiving luncheon tomorrow at work and I am bringing a turkey. I rubbed it down with spices last night and I will load it with rosemary and garlic tomorrow morning and put it in the roaster at work. I am sure I will be able to smell turkey all morning long. Luckily there is a great song that you can sing while getting the turkey ready:

Random update

I have been real busy with work, etc. Here are a few updated photos of the family:

Isaak can't figure out what to do with the orange slices during halftime of a soccer game.

But he does know that his team is #1.

Jonah's first birthday cake

Tillie's first Utah Football game. We stayed for the entire game! (ok, so she went to one 3 yrs ago and she got too cold so we left during the kickoff)

Tillie and Samara before dance class.

Zoobie costumes at the trunk or treat - I can't believe that some people thought that we were really cougar fans...

Wendy took some photos of the kids this week while visiting Discovery Gateway (children's museum)

new music -

I know, I know... 2nd post of the day...

I have really been digging Brian's suggestion a few weeks back to log on to Pandora.com to get a taste of new music. Here are a couple of musicians that I have enjoyed lately:



Sara Bareilles

I heard her last week on 101.9 the end. She was live in studio and they played a few songs. As one reviewer put it, she stands out from the plethora of similar artists. (see side bar for cover art)

Lily Allen

I first heard her on another blog. You know the type of blog I am talking about, when you click on a link and music starts playing. Usually it is annoying, especially when you are working in a cubicle city... Her music is edgy, kind of link Gwen Stefani meets English Beat with a cockny accent. Some of the lyrics are a bit crass, but the radio versions work for the sensative ears. (You can check out her single, LDN, on the right)





Maroon 5 - "It won't be soon before long"



They didn't have the "Sophomore slump" with this CD. very good stuff.





Me First & the Gimme Gimmes
They play punk versions of lots of songs including some 60's tunes and country songs. The latest with country songs is great.

it has been a while...

I am tired today. Who knew that a 19 1/2 pound, teething one year old boy could ruin your sleep. Jonah decided that he wanted to be awake last night, or at least keep us awake while he tried to sleep.

Why is this so strange? I mean the kid just turned one, shouldn't I be used to this?

Not really. He has been a good sleeper for about 9 months now, mostly sleeping 8-10 hrs at a time.

I wish I could sleep 8-10 hours at a time.

Then again, I would be a little ticked off if I had received 7 shots on Friday and have 3 or 4 new teeth coming in....

Note to self: Coaching 7 year old girls is easier than coaching 4 year old boys...

Tillie's team had a bye last night so that meant only one soccer game for Isaak that I would get to watch. Well, 10 minutes after the game was to start, the coach still was not there and none of the parents knew what to do so I helped out and coached his team.

3 boys in Maroon and 3 boys in purple uniforms all going after a ball. You can imagine the chaos that ensued. There was tackling (the football type, not soccer type), shoving, pinching, hitting, crying, teasing, etc.

And then the game started...

long weekend... a lot happening...

The long weekend is over. Didn't everyone have a long weekend? I guess that is what happens when you have Friday's off and get Monday off for Columbus Day.

Highlights of the long weekend:

Dinner at Bonsai Japanese Steakhouse. We don't usually get out too much for dinner unless they have kids meals, so it was nice to enjoy a dinner with some old friends (with just Jonah in tow). The food was pretty good and our chef was fun and of course I caught both shrimp that he flipped my way. Fried scallops and steak - mmmm good.

Watching Utah get a big win at Louiville - ok, ok, I know. I committed to no posting of Utah football, but this one was unexpected. Luckily Bonsai had a nice big flat screen that I could see the game while eating.

General Conference Without getting too churchy, it was a very good conference weekend with lots of good talks. I loved President Eyrings talk at the Priesthood session.

Sleeping in - No meetings at 7:00 A.M. on Sunday means that I get to sleep in. Enough said.

Discovery Gateway for FHE - We have an annual pass but haven't used it a lot. Wendy and the kids have, but I haven't. We went last night and had a great time and spent a whopping $0.00 for the excursion as we packed sandwiches and ate them on the patio by the helicoptor.

Welcome, one and all, to the Greatest Show on Earth...

Last week we found out that Tillie had won 3rd place in the Davis Clipper coloring contest. Her prize: two tickets to the circus. So we bought two more and went last Saturday morning to the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus.

I haven't been to the circus for at least 20 years and my kids have never been. Rather than describing all of the sights, sounds and smells (the tigers are smelly), I will post a few photos: