Going to Work with Dad Day

Brett decided to take the kids to work with him and the "Big Apple" was their destination. As you can see Brett's office is quite boring but the kids loved sitting in the cockpit. I personally loved the instruction manual sitting in the window. UMM which airline does he fly for?

The Yankee tickets were purchased before they left Vegas and they were off. This was a highlight due to this being the last season in this stadium. Of course they were in the rowdy section, where you either joined in with the crowd or you were ridiculed. The crowd chants every Yankee players name on the field and they keep chanting their name until they wave to the crowd and then they move onto the next player. The kids loved it. Of course security took over and told everyone to keep quiet, and then the leader of the pep squad was yelling about how his first amendment rights are being violated. You have to love New Yorkers!!

Now only my family will get this joke but when you have only have 12 hours in a city and you throw a Yankee game in, you are running. We like to call it the Glenn Olson-Vard Swain tour. You don't actually get to experience each location its just a quick look and then move on. This is Central Park. Oh yeah, I forgot to mention a picture is taken to document that they were there, so when they get older and say they didn't go anywhere when they were kids, there is proof.

On the Swain-Olson tour this is as close as you get to the Statue of Liberty. If you squint really hard you can see her in the distance.

Brett's favorite place, Wall Street.

The kids were a little apprehensive about the Subway. It just looks so much cleaner on Seinfeld, but they did manage to get on and get around the city. Of course in true Trevor fashion, he yells for them to not touch anything.

Grand Central Station.

Times Square. All Avery could picture was Giselle from "Enchanted" coming up from one of the drains.

This is Avery in the cockpit of the Airbus, and if you notice how happy she is to be heading home. If you notice only one child on this flight, yes the joys of stand by, the boys were left behind. As Brett pulled out T.J. and Trevor waved from the airport, Brett said it was one of the hardest things he's ever had to do. But 12 hours later we picked them up at the Vegas airport and heard about their wild adventure at JFK for a day. I think Brett has fulfilled the "take your child to work day" commitment.

childhood dreams

While reading the newspaper waiting for General Conference to start I came across a story about a professor who did a last lecture. Our home teacher had told me about this but I had forgotten, so when I saw it in the paper this morning I decided to do the u-tube thing and found it. You can listen to it here and it is 76 minutes long but worth every minute. You can find it here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo. It truly makes you think.

Nevada State Championships

On Saturday, we attended Avery's last meet of the season. These are the teams marching in getting ready to compete.

Avery's bar routine was great, she placed 5th.

The dreaded beam those 4 inches just kill her, during warm ups she didn't fall off once, when it counted she fell twice.

Overall she had a great meet and placed 8th overall. She had a great season.

Trevor is "10"

I can't believe that it has been 10 years since our little trev boy came into our lives. Time flies. We truly love the energy, diligence, humor and his sense for adventure he brings to our family. There is never a dull moment with Trev around.

Happy Birthday my 10 year old boy!

devil fans

High school baseball has begun. We are now considered SUNdevil fans. The J.V. team has had a rough start but hopefully they can turn it around.

T.J. plays third base and is working really hard on getting better. Go devils!

Meeting Zane

We all traveled to St. George where the kids got to meet their new cousin, Zane. I don't think his feet touched the ground, everyone wanted a turn holding him. It was so special meeting him but even more special to share in watching Zane being sealed to his family. Mattie and Jaedon are great siblings and Zane is very lucky and blessed.

The St. George temple was beautiful and the kids loved climbing the steps to have their picture taken. It was a great day.

What We Will Do for Baseball!

As you can see TJ's long curly locks in Hawaii blowing in the wind and surf. He is so proud of his curls and how it looks with a hat. TJ's girls dig his long lightly curled hair. But then came Coach Medellion, baseball coach of Eldorado High School, came along and no more long, flowing hair. Tryouts for the team are Friday and so under much duress and loss of sleep T.J. made the decision to cut his hair short and tight, (see below).

Notice how pleased and happy our young lad is about his new do. If you ask him if it is worth it? He reply's yes with tears in his eyes of those days when his little possee could twirl his hair around their fingers and now their afraid to get gel on their fingers.