Texas

Matt and I did something that I thought was totally crazy, but Kasey assured me it was really "a very American" thing to do. We jumped on a plane and headed out of state to go to a college football game. Not just any college game but a UT football game. The last home football game of the season and last for the seniors.



How did we become UT fans? Well it really is Dish networks fault. You see they don't carry the Mountain channel so we never got any Utah/BYU games, so we had to adopt an outside team. We started watching UT last fall and really enjoy watching them. So they became our team.

Yes I have told a few of you that Colt McCoy is my boyfriend but no that is not true. :( After being at the game I don't think I was the only one who thought he was their "someone special". (Love you Matt)

Matt is very supportive of my obsession and actually arranged this trip. We have a great friend/home teacher who is a pilot for Southwest who offered to get us buddy passes. Wow! What a guy! After that we bought tickets and away we went!

Casey and Dana offered to let us stay with them so we said sure and were so glad we did. We had the best time hanging out with them and their super cute kids! Little Owen reminds me so much of Ty when he was little.

It was a little stressful at times. We had to fly standby so we left our house at 4:30 AM. That was okay but the kids had to get themselves up and to school alone. Then when I called after school to make sure everyone was okay Ty said he was sick. My mom came and got them and took them to her house for the weekend. Saturday when I called she said Ty threw up that night. Gulp...guilt. Mom took him to the doctor and guess what...Strep. Ahhh.

All in all we had a great time and I am so glad we went!

Happy Birthday Bruce!

When it comes to Bruce there is always a good story attached. Here are some of my favorites.

* When he was a teenager he snuck up on Jeff on the stairs and scared him to death.
* When he came home from Hawaii and mom didn't recognize him at the airport.
* When he came home from his mission he purposely snuck past his family and went to the baggage claim. (That serves them right for being late.)
* When he broke both his knuckles on Greg's head and then lied about how it happened.
* When he broke his tailbone in the MTC playing basketball in his room.
* When Liz said she hoped he wouldn't ask her to marry him.
* When Ty was little and most people could not understand him we went camping with Bruce and his family. Ty walked up to Bruce and asked him a question to which Bruce said okay. Ty then turned around and walked away happy. Bruce turned to us and asked what did I just agree to? Matt and I just laughed and said, you just told him he could sleep in the motor home with you.

There are many more stories and lots of adventures but we must keep some things secret. (After all, mom and dad do have access to this post.) LOL

Have a great birthday, you are a great father, husband, brother and friend. Thanks for all the camping and boating trips, we love you!

Thanks to our Family

We had a nice evening together at Tibi and Jeff's; dinner, laughs and hugs. What a great family we have. The blanket was made and presented to us. Note that there are two unnamed who will be joining the family soon. They seem to be coming fast these days.

Happy 50th Wedding Anniversary!

Mom and Dad will celebrate 50 years together on Friday, November 27th. To celebrate, the immediate family got together for dinner and laughs! Congrats Mom and Dad. We love you!

Happy Birthday Roxanne!

My favorite Roxanne memory took place boating at Bear Lake. Stephanie decided to water ski so she got in the water, put on the skis and yelled hit it. Much to the surprise of everyone she did not get up. (All the Maw's are REQUIRED to be great water skiers and they all are!) Roxanne thought this was very humorous and a great opportunity to tease her baby sister. She told everyone to yell out advise to Stephanie when the boat came around to give her the rope. So as the boat got closer everyone from Brig to Jeff started yelling out advise. This is the chorus she heard. "Keep your knees bent" Hold on to the rope" "Lean back" "Keep your arms straight" "Sit on the back of your ski" "Put your knees to your chest" Stephanie took this all very well and we had a great laugh!

Have a great birthday!

Happy Birthday Rynn!

Little Girls

Little girls are made of daisies and butterflies and soft kitty cat purrs
And all the precious memories of times that once were.

Little girls are made of angel's wings and giggles and a firefly's glow
And all the happy feelings, deep inside, that we all know.

We hope you have a great birthday Rynn!

Happy BirthdayJorgen!

"We dance for laughter, we dance for tears, we dance for madness, we dance for fears, we dance for hopes, we dance for screams, we are the dancers, we create the dreams."

We hope you have a wonderful day full of friends and fun!

Happy Birthday Brig!

Happy Birthday to Brig to fearless. That's right, when you see Brig take on Jaxon in a boxing match at Grandma and Grandpa Willard's house you have to refer to him as "the fearless". (I know very mid evil.)

Brig will be the one to bring fame and (hopefully) fortune to the family name in the athletic arena. As Trevor and Pierce said, "I want season tickets to your little league games." Go Willard!

We hope you have a great day, thanks for being such a great cousin!