BYU Football: Where Will Amazing Happen This Year?

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Notice the "thank you" at the end-how polite!



Playing catch with dad.

Poor Marshall, at least it was a soft ball.

A Morning By The Lake

I wanted to spend some quality time with Marshall this morning and get out of the house to have some fun since we didn't do much of that last week due to my crazy work schedule. I looked into a couple ideas, but nothing panned out so I just decided we would go to the children's museum. We were out the door by ten, but when we got to the museum we discovered it is closed on Mondays during the school year for school groups-blah!

So, instead of getting back in the car and driving all the way back home, we just spent an hour outside by the museums and lake. It turned out to be a great morning and Marshall completely wore himself out running all over.

He discovered seagulls for the first time and got a kick out of chasing them. Within just a few minutes he had scared them all away.

After the seagull entertainment we just walked along Lake Michigan. There isn't a beach here, just a retaining wall and rocks, but Marshall was once again fascinated with the water. I had to keep a firm grip on him otherwise I think he really would have just jumped off the wall into the water.


It was a great morning! I sure love this little guy!

Sleeping Beauty

This last weekend I performed in yet another show for my studio. These performance weeks make for a crazy family life and by the end I am exhausted, but when its all said and done, I'm sure glad I did it.

The ballet was "Sleeping Beauty" and I danced the part of Puss in Boots and these four darling dancers were my kittens. I had no idea that Puss in Boots was in "Sleeping Beauty", but surprise, he is. In the real story of "Sleeping Beauty", not the Disney version, many fairy tale characters come to the wedding of Princess Aurora. So, that was my part. I just had a solo and then I danced with these four cuties.

The little girl on the left is only four years old and she was the youngest dancer in the show. She did great at rehearsals but when we started practicing on the stage, in costume, and with lights it was just too much for her. She cried every night, Monday through Thursday, through all of the rehearsals. She always did the dance and did what she was asked, but her chin would quiver and tears were rolling down her face the whole time. Talk about a heart-breaker! Her grandma, a great lady, volunteered to be one of our chaperons every single night so she could be backstage with her. What a grandma!

Anyway, this little girl ended up doing great once it finally came time to perform; I don't think she shed one tear on Friday or Saturday. She is the cutest little girl and she even gave me a bouquet of flowers on Saturday after the last show-what a sweetheart!

Just A Few Random Pictures

Here are just a few random pictures from the last week...

Marshall and a hat. Richard thinks he looks like a little golfer with his sweater vest and hat.


I just love this new clothing ensemble. I have discovered that it is so easy to buy clothes for Marshall. Not only does his growth and the new seasons bring a need for new clothes, he is just too darn cute and I'm a sucker for it.

Just relaxing with dad...


And this is how Marshall wanted to eat lunch today...with his ball. At first he tried holding it and eating, but that just got too complicated. After repeatedly dropping either the ball or the food I convinced him that it would work just as well to place the ball in the cup-holder on his tray. He was skeptical at first and kept his hand on it for a while, but he eventually realized I had come up with a great idea.

Love him.

BYU Drumline 2009 - Excerpts

Marshall was rocking out to this this morning

BYU vs Oklahoma Highlights