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First Day(s) of School 2012

2012-09-09T20:39:00.001-06:00

First day of second grade for Tyler!

First day of kindergarten for Alex!

Edison is off to his first day of Joy School!

Alex’s First Cello Recital

2012-08-19T15:04:00.001-06:00

Here is the video of Alex playing at his recital:

Halloween

2011-11-07T21:24:00.000-07:00

First Day of School

2011-08-28T14:56:00.001-06:00

School started last week. Tyler started first grade on Tuesday. I was worried about how he would handle being at school for a long time, but so far he hasn’t complained too much.

Alex started preschool on Wednesday. He didn’t want me to walk him to his room. I drove to the door of the school, he got out of the car and went to his class all by himself.

I’m excited to see what they learn this year.

Alex’s Bug Bites

2011-08-19T11:57:00.001-06:00

Last week my parents and sister came to visit. We went up by Timpanagos caves for a picnic. The boys had lots of fun playing in the water and throwing rocks.

Alex got a lot of but bites and the next day looked like this:

It’s a little hard to see, but he has a big bump on his forehead. The next day it swelled up even more to this:

I had a family reunion to go to that day and I wanted to just get everything taken care of before we left. So I took him to the instacare and they said to just give him Benadryl and it will go away in a few days. It did. The moral of the story is that I should get some bug repellent for Alex.

Alex’s Costumes

2011-07-24T16:43:00.001-06:00

Every day Alex wears costumes. Some are Halloween costumes but most are his own creation. Here are some of the things he likes to be.

Construction worker. T-shirt, Jeans and a belt with tools hanging from it (he has tape).

Mario, with his friend Luigi and their brothers that wouldn’t get out of the picture.

Kid Dad.

A zombie.

Harry Potter.

Superman.

Clark Kent.

Easter and digital scrap-booking attempt

2011-05-02T10:16:00.003-06:00

Black Friday at Amazon

2010-11-23T10:06:00.000-07:00

Reminder from last year... Black Friday at Amazon going on now!

And I'll get something up on this blog soon (photos, etc)...

First Day of School

2010-09-27T21:45:00.001-06:00

Tyler started half-day Kindergarten at Northridge Elementary this Fall. Jennifer was the only one without a video camera when she dropped off Tyler. Jennifer walked him in to his classroom even though Tyler said he could do it himself. He’s been doing well and enjoyed his day as “King”. He’s made lots of new friends, including Katherine his car pool buddy.

Alex started pre-school at Funshine Learning Center. He goes twice a week. He loves coming home and showing off what he made that day. His teacher said that he’s a very intense colorer.

While the boys are enjoying school, Jennifer now gets two days a week with just Edison around. While Edison is more than enough to keep anyone busy, she’s enjoyed having some quieter-ish time.

Oregon Vacation

2010-08-22T08:58:00.002-06:00

I took the boys to visit my family in Oregon. My sister flew from Portland to SLC and then drove back to Portland the next day with the boys and me. The boys weren't used to so much nature and so much walking. We fed ducks and went to the zoo. They only liked the animals from a distance but really liked seeing zebras and crocodiles. Then we went to the childrens museum where their favorite thing was digging in the recycled tire bits. The only thing I took pictures of was us at the beach. They had lots of fun there. Tyler made a lot of sand angles, but the favorite activity was running away from waves until Alex fell and the wave got him.

Happy Birthday Tyler

2010-01-21T07:45:00.001-07:00

Tyler turned 5 years old! We had a party for him with some of his friends.

Getting ready… we set up our front room (which doesn’t really get used yet as we have no furniture for it) as the activity room. Tyler and Alex got Nerf dart guns from Aunt Julia and Uncle Eric for Christmas so we used felt to create planet, asteroid and star targets for a little target practice game. We also did spoon relays and other races.

Balloons to represent the planets of the solar system.

Surprised faces!
(from the left; Kevin, Cozette, Coby, Tyler, Cason (Alex’s head in the foreground))

Opening presents!

Everybody with the present they got for Tyler.
(from left: Hannah, Tyler, Kevin, Cozette (behind Cason’s present), Cason, Coby)

Cake! Jennifer did a great job putting together a solar system cake for Tyler’s birthday. Everybody got to pick a planet (or part of the sun) to eat.

Christmas

2009-12-29T23:16:00.001-07:00

We have a tradition of giving the boys pajamas that they open on Christmas Eve and wear that night for Christmas morning. Here they are in their matching pjs.

Christmas morning

And here’s the album with more photos…

Christmas 2009

More deals from Amazon

2009-12-14T12:58:00.001-07:00

Looks like Amazon is doing more “lightning” deals this week. (Lightning deals for those not versed in Amazon.com lingo are basically deals that are limited to a few hours.) Check out their Holiday Lightning Deals page. If you have an XBox or PS3, there’s a today only deal o n Batman: Arkham Asylum.

Also I got an email indicating that tomorrow is going to have a lot of PS3 deals if you have one of those (or maybe if you’re looking to get one… don’t know if they’ll have deals on the console itself).

I’m guessing that they’ll be good deals on Amazon through Thursday (which is the last “free super saver shipping before Christmas day”) although maybe beyond that for those willing to pay for 2 day or next day shipping.

As a disclaimer, I do get a small cut (in Amazon credit) of any purchases you make when using my links.

Some Photos…

2009-12-01T00:31:00.001-07:00

As many, if not most, of you that read this are aware, we had a little change of venue in late September. We were finally able to sell our townhouse and purchased a new home in Orem. I’m going to blame that for my delinquency in posting photos this time :) Oh, and yes we got a new tv before we moved (which makes sporadic appearances in the photos).

Since we’re still working on getting the house more and more presentable, there are no “photos of the house” as such, but there are obviously photos taken in the house.

Here is August, September and October. November should be coming soon.

August 2009

September 2009

October 2009

Black Friday

2009-11-23T07:35:00.001-07:00

If you’re a Black Friday shopper, here’s a couple resources to get you prepared early…

First is BlackFriday.info. This site has all the “leaked” Black Friday ads posted (scans of the ads and lists) and searchable. Good resource to start planning now or to see if there is going to be a better deal on something this Friday if you find a good deal earlier.

Also, Amazon, is doing a “Black Friday All Week” sale where they’ll have deals all week that are similar or identical to some of the deals that will be available on Black Friday. Most of these are limited to a few hours throughout the day so check it out now!

Her Quilt is done…almost

2009-10-11T22:38:00.001-06:00

For the past year and a half I have been helping an older woman in our last ward make a photo quilt of her family. It took 2 months for me to make the quilt and over a year for her to pick pictures. I thought I would never be done but here it is.

She wanted it cowboy themed and loved the border.

The only thing is she needs help hanging it, so once it’s up I will really be done.

Wow

2009-09-06T01:35:00.001-06:00

I’m still stunned, not quite believing it… I honestly thought that there was little to no chance that BYU would win tonight (also figured the score would be higher). Glad to be wrong. Way to go Cougars! More later on the game…

Some initial thoughts:

hoping the byu win doesn't get overshadowed by the bradford injury...still a little bit in shock#byufootball
http://twitter.com/mdclement/status/3793605845

now on to tulane. wonder how long bronco will let them celebrate :)#byufootball
http://twitter.com/mdclement/status/3795040934

Cross-posted from http://truecougars.com/2009/09/wow.html

We are BYU

2009-08-11T17:07:00.001-06:00

September 5th can't come fast enough...

Cross-posted at http://truecougars.com/2009/08/we-are-byu.html

2 Month Quiz Results

2009-08-08T22:28:00.001-06:00

Most of you that maybe cared at one point probably stopped months ago, but for those who are still interested (or might be now), here are the answers to the 2 month quiz:

A: Alex
B: Tyler
C: Edison
D: Alex
E: Edison
F: Tyler
G: Edison
H: Edison
I: Alex
J: Tyler

Here is what people guessed:

Baby A

Baby B

Baby C

Baby D

Baby E

Baby F

Baby G

Baby H

Baby I

Baby J

Yeah, yeah, yeah… don’t judge me :)

2009-08-08T22:15:00.001-06:00

So here are albums for the past five months… yes five months. My mom gently reminded me a few days ago that she didn’t have any recent photos of her grandsons. When I sat down to do this I didn’t realize that it had been quite that long. Anyway, here are the albums:

Normally I’d do some highlights… but there would be too many for one post. Jennifer and I will post some stories go to along with some of the photos of the coming weeks (months? years?). Hope you enjoy these!

When the Jenson’s came to visit

2009-08-07T09:54:00.001-06:00

Andrew, Michelle, Sophie and Elanor came to Utah a few weeks ago. It was good to see them for a few minutes. Michelle recently posted about their trip and we got a mention!

(This photo is from the Jenson’s blog. It was funny because we didn’t set them up like this, they just all sat down together after while to watch TV.)

Failure

2009-07-01T08:05:00.001-06:00

Sometimes failure is the path to success…

Our morphing baby

2009-05-21T20:28:00.001-06:00

More results soon, but in the 2 month quiz, everybody that submitted (much less participation than last time :( ) got Tyler correct… there was some confusion on who was Edison and who was Alex though. What’s interesting about this? Well, the first time around at one month, Alex was the more easily identifiable of the three and Tyler and Edison were confused.

Month two results and answers coming soon as well as month three quiz ;)

Two Month Quiz

2009-05-08T10:35:00.001-06:00

In the spirit of last month’s quiz, here are three photos of the three boys from around 2 months old. To make it a little more interesting, I’m posting several photos of each boy. Happy matching and good luck!

Baby A	Baby B
Baby C	Baby D
Baby E	Baby F
Baby G	Baby H
Baby I	Baby J

Update: As with last time, if you’re looking at this in some RSS readers (like Google Reader) then you may not see the form to fill out. Go to the site to fill it out.

One Month Results

2009-03-28T17:16:00.001-06:00

For those that filled out the quiz, thanks for playing!

Here’s what you thought…

Baby A is

Tyler 45%
Alex 18%
Edison 36%

Baby B is

Tyler 27%
Alex 18%
Edison 55%

Baby C is

Tyler 18%
Alex 55%
Edison 27%

Here are the answers:
Baby A is Tyler
Baby B is Edison
Baby C is Alex

Only a few people got all of them right, most got one and a few got all of them wrong :) Looking back they all look very similar at one month and I don’t know how well we would have done so kudos to those that got all three! Alex started to look different from Tyler around 6 months so it’ll be interesting to see what Edison looks like then. Maybe we’ll keep doing this every month until it’s obvious who is who…