Bounce! Bounce! Bounce Right Back On You!

(A little Ho-Jo shout out--that's Howard Jones, not Howard Johnson Motels)

McHarg Elementary had their 50th Anniversary so they brought in several of the large bouncing play toys and opened it free to the community. The boys loved it--my favorite was the oversized hamburger trampoline aptly called, "The Whopper Hopper!" (sorry no pic of that one)

It was here are the school that for the 1st time in NINE years I have ever lost a child. It was the worst feeling I have ever had in my life. I was lifting Gray up onto the apparatus when I put Sawyer down at my side. I then proceeded to take these two pics. I casually put the camaera in my pocket and looked down to see Sawyer and he was gone. No where in sight! I was in a panic and started running around akeing if anyone has seen a little walking baby. Picture a community event with 100's of kids and parents in a sea of bounce! Everyone thought I was referring to Gray and they kept pointing to the slide telling me he was with Finn. It was then I had to inform them that no, I had yet a third son I was chasing. After probably no more than 2 minutes I saw him across the yard. He had wandered off to something he was big enough to do--the playground. It was then I realized I needed to let him do something. I also then realized that next time I will wait for Jack to get home before we leave, instead of meeting us there!

Happy Mother's Day Jaime!!!

Happy Mother's Day from little S who never just "nods off".

Happy Mother's Day from F and G having a great time at the ball game.

Happy Mother's Day from your husband who loves you and is blown away at how great you are.

I Can't Wait!!!

Work has been crazy. About one more month!

April Fools and St. George

It is amazing how times flies and life moves forward. Jaime and I have been married for 10 years. Just a few weeks ago marks the 11th year anniversary of when Jaime and I first kissed. I remember it vividly. We had been "dating" for a couple of weeks. I had recently gone on a trip to St. George with Jaime and her friends Beth and "Jianne". I was falling fast for Jaime and things were great. One night , April 1st, 1996 to be exact, Beth said that she needed to go to the library on campus at BYU and had asked if we wanted to go also. We didn't need to go but decided that it might be fun to ride along. After staying at the library for a little while, Jaime and I decided to take a walk back to her house. It was probably a couple of miles, but the weather was nice. It was a little warm out at night but still cool enough to let you know that it was springtime too. I remember thinking that I really wanted to kiss her. But, being the awkward Cassanova that I am (was?) I didn't quite know how to make my move. As we neared her house, my heart raced knowing that the moment had come. She had a house full of roommates and the moment would soon be lost. At the bend in the road that curved around to her house, we wandered a little off the sidewalk and shared our first kiss.

I remember a conscious thought that I had that night. I remember thinking that I had just kissed the greatest girl in the world. Due to my ever present paranoid state, I began to worry. I thought of the significance of April 1st and worried that to her it might have been an April's Fools joke or that somehow the very significance of that date would jinx any future that I might have with her. But as the weeks passed, I saw that it was not a joke to her and it certainly was not a joke to me. It was by all means one of the best nights of my life. It was the night where I started down a life path with the woman that I love.

For Easter, Jaime gave me this really great frame for my office. In it are two pictures. They are both pictures of us during the "St. George" days. The first is in front of this great looking purple car that we thought would be fun to buy. The second is in the garden of her father and step mother's home. St. George always reminds me of when our relationship blossomed and when I truly fell in love with the best, brightest, most beautiful, funniest woman in the world.

It's time to let the laughter in

Easter 2007

Yet another Easter too cold to take cute pics outside...

Thanks to all the fools in the world that take time out of their seemingly unproductive lives to make us laugh a little.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn1-M5Ze0p8


And yes, I know this one is a zima ad...still funny though.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEFE3B0Rje0