BYU Game Day

Working on our game spirit by wearing our BYU shirts. BYU didn't win, but we still have fun cheering on our favorite football team.

Patiently waiting

It is a job to get 20+ people all together for a blessing on the food. As soon as Jacob hears the word prayer he folds his arms. He has been doing it since he was 1. It is so cute, I love it!

At Grandma & Grandpa James' house waiting for the prayer on the food so he can eat.

Thirty something

Here's my man enjoying his family singing Happy Birthday to him.

I made him some chocolate pudding with 1 candle to blow out because it is one of the rare sweets he will eat. After dinner with the family, he came home to watch his favorite show Super Natural.
His other favorites at  the moment:
Survivor shows
BYU Cougars
Sci Fi
Hunting
IPod Touch
Family
Did I mention BYU Football?

Happy Birthday Rich!!

14 year old birthday boy

I asked Jordan what he wanted for his birthday dessert and he said "surprise me", so I took the opportunity to make a key lime pie I have been wanting to make one for a long time now. 
Jordan said it was the worst pie he's ever tasted.

Translation-

It's the best pie he's ever tasted. Yay! He know how to make me feel good!

We have made huge improvements taking pictures of Jordan. He may not be looking at the camera but at least he doesn't have his hand in front of his face. This photo shoot ended up with a lot of tickling for the birthday boy.

A labor free day

We had a pretty relaxing Labor Day as we spent the morning at the beach. We are loving our yellow cart that carries all our stuff!

Finished the day playing croquet with some family.

A nice and relaxing day. Just how we like it.

Church skirts

The boys wore "church skirts" for Friday and Sunday activities during their cultural week.  I asked them for a picture before they took off to Pulehu chapel Sunday morning. (The boys like to wear the skirts because they get to wear slippers and shorts underneath, but for some reason some of them forgot to wear them.) The youth had Sunday services at the Pulehu chapel, the first lds chapel on the Hawaiian Islands, along with the 9 other wards in our stake.

It's a Samoan Thing

Instead of doing a youth conference this year, the youth in our ward had a cultural fair. Each ward got a different culture. We got Samoan. We started practicing way back in January. I have nothing to do with youth but was asked to perform because some of the youth leaders did not want to dance. It was so much work, I feel like one performance was not enough. I'm sure Jordan feels otherwise. He did great though and I am glad we got to do this together. My sis in law Suzy recorded most of the dance so everyone could enjoy. Thanks suz!