Happy Birthday to Renae!

All ready for school! Go Valley View Vikings!

I bet Renae remembers all the words to the school song!

We are the Valley View Vikings we are the best oh yes the best

We know other schools are good, but not as good as Valley View

Come on and learn at Valley View at Valley View at Valley View

We know other schools are good, but not as good as Valley View!

Let me introduce you to my clown friend Narae. (pronounced Nay Ray) She had another clown that would help her out named Purpee. We won't mention who Purpee was ...... All I can say is that together no one could top them. They were a class act.

Renae is my little sister. If anyone needs cooking advice, entertaining ideas, or looking for an ear to bend Renae is the one. Oh yeah, she is a good photographer, too. I could go on and on about all her great qualities. Yes I am the older, wiser, bossy sister, but really she is the wise one and a tad bit bossy, too. :)

Happy Birthday Renae!

More great pictures of Renae here, here, here, here, and here

Go Red Raiders!

Joey and his soccer coach

Joey had his first soccer game of the Fall season on Saturday. He has the BEST coach ;)! Joe got this shirt at work on Friday and it matches the uniforms so well that it is now his official coaching shirt. Joey played well and the team had a lot of fun. They aren't supposed to keep score, but of course the boys do and know which team scores the most goals. Especially when it is a lopsided game. Joey scored 4 goals and played very intensely. No surprises there! Joe and Joey were a little disappointed that the uniforms are red ..... they feel like they are betraying the beloved cougars .... so Joe wore his BYU hat to just make it clear that he is still a very LOYAL cougar fan!

Joey and Preston

Joey the Kindergartner

Don't you just love the work of a Kindergartner??? Joey had to make a collage about himself for school.

Happy 50th Anniversary Sam & Carolyn

We had a great Labor Day weekend celebrating Joe's parents 50th anniversary. According to the USA Government Stats only about 5% of marriages make it to 50 years.

Here is my favorite story that was told by Carolyn ..... Just before the reception, unbeknownst to Carolyn, Sam and his best man traded tuxedo jackets. Sam is tall and his best man was short, so the sleeves were way too short. Sam comes up to Carolyn and shows her that they "got the wrong suit coat" from the tuxedo shop. Of course Carolyn knew that there was no time to get the right size so she said, "Well just stand behind me, people come only to look at the bride anyway."

First Day of School

So today was the first day of Kindergarten for Joey ..... one of the first things, if not the very first thing, he said to me when I picked him up was , "Mom, I didn't get sent to the principals office!"

Way to go Joey we are off to a great start!

Sweet Sixteen

Aug 13, 1992 -- Provo Temple

Wow! 16 years can sure fly by quickly!

Funny how it seems the polygamist look was so in fashion back then ....

Is Joey a Smarty Pants?

So today Joey and I had an appointment to meet his teacher and go on a little treasure hunt to get acquainted with different areas of the school and his classroom. One of the stations was a math area where each individual student, at separate times, was to guess how many dinosaurs were in the jar. Joey looked at it and guessed 28 and then wrote his answer down on the paper with his name and put it in the basket. I just happened to notice that the other students had written numbers like 4, 8, etc. Then the students were to dump out the dinosaurs and count them ---- Joey was exactly right! I was feeling so proud of how smart he is and how good he is at math.

A few hours later .....
I mention to Joe that he should ask Joey about the dinosaurs at school. Joe asks him about them. Joey then tells him the story of how he "guessed" the right number of dinosaurs. Joe asks him how he could guess so well. Joey then replies, "I heard the other girl count the dinosaurs so I already knew how many were in there."

My other favorite part was how he showed his teacher his back pack and how there was a place for his Ipod headphones. The teacher looked at me and him and let us know that Ipods weren't allowed in school. Just for the record Joey doesn't own an Ipod ....

I just keep wondering what his teacher's first impression must be of Joey and our family.