Wednesday, July 26, 2006

Troll Bogies?













I first must apologize for the disgustingness of this entry. Jenny took this picture of Lydia today after working on the horse farm up the street. Any of you who have ever worked on a farm, know that it creates the perfect condition for really disgusting boogers. But I never imagined something so HUGE to come out of someone so little. This is a genetic trait passed from father to daughter. I have nothing to do with it.

Thursday, July 13, 2006

Hogle Zoo

















Photo Ops at the Zoo

Tuesday we didn't have anything else going, so we headed out to the zoo. We were there early enough to catch all the shows (I don't think I've ever done that before). Jack loved all the animals. Jenny and Lydia loved the Red Pandas - they got to "meet the keeper" for one of the shows.

On a sad note, my Tivo unit died Sunday morning just a couple of hours before the world cup final. All my recordings are gone, and we didn't get to watch the world cup final. Turns out there wasn't much to watch anyway. I like to see more scoring - none of that overtime/penalty kick stuff. So, I lost all 8 episodes of the "Signing Time" that Jack likes so much. Now I have to start all over again. Luckily this week they start over again with the first episode.

We got our replacement DirecTV DVR (not Tivo) unit yesterday. I have to say DirecTV did a horrible thing leaving Tivo. Their new unit is horrible. It doesn't have any of the features that made the service so great. I'm very disappointed. Tivo has spoiled us.

Wednesday through Saturday this week, Jenny and Lydia are playing in the Rampage Classic tournament. They are both playing goalie, and doing a great job. Jenny's last game was this morning, and Lydia's last game is tomorrow, unless they win (which is a very good possibility). If they win, we will play a championship game on Saturday. Of course I will update you with pictures when we get our trophies!!

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

Independence Day 2006













North Davis Prep Choir 4th of July Float

Monday night (July 3) Jenny and Lydia sang at the Layton "Voices of Liberty" concert. Our choir of 38 students looked great in their vests and they sounded better than any of the other 4 choirs.

Tuesday Jenny and Lydia were in the Layton City Parade. They had a lot of fun, singing their hearts out to the parade watchers. Jenny got to sit in the back of the truck with Camille because they are the oldest kids. Lydia is sitting on the float close to the front with a red visor. The float was put together by the choir parents. They did a great job!! It's amazing what you can do when you get so many people to work together.

After the parade we had a delicious lunch at Jamie and Marni's - we love Jamie's bar-b-cue!! The kids had so much fun playing with Adam, Sam, Melanie, and Caroline. Then we went home for a much needed nap. (We were up until 11:00 at the concert the night before and up in time to be in the parade)

Before we napped, the weather decided to give us a scare. We had a great thunderstorm with microbursts. The grill was knocked over and all the chairs were blowing away when we ran outside. Dave fought with the grill, while I rounded up all the chairs. We got up from our naps to go to watch the Kaysville fireworks from Chris and Karin's front yard. They have a very nice apartment across the street from DATC.


Monday, July 03, 2006

Independence Weekend

Saturday was the neighborhood 4th of July Breakfast. Lots of food, fun and friends. We were excited the Mom and Dad A. could come with Karin, Adam, Sam, Melanie, and Caroline. Jenny and Lydia rode their bikes in the bike parade, but we didn't decorate them this year (they are too old for that kind of stuff).

After the breakfast, Dave and Dad A. ran all the wiring in the basement, while I organized the food room. I'm getting excited to get the basement finished. We also got the cucumbers planted, along with some carrots and more peas.

Sunday night we had our annual neighborhood "Cul-de-sac of Fire." Dave had fun lighting off his fireworks "from that other state" for the whole neighborhood to see.