A sad day...but not completely

So....if you haven't heard...Lute retired suddenly and immediately. I am pretty disappointed, but amused that I am actually posting a blog about it. It is so strange the way this has happened that my bet is there is a lot more to the story than has been told so far. Either way, I am sad to see him go and I hope everyone remembers him like I do in this picture from when they won the National Championship in '97. http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/daily/college/100580.php
(you might have to register if you click on the link in order to read the article...sorry)




So, after being bummed out today over Coach Olson, I checked my email and there was one about the Taylor Swift and Def Leppard Crossroads, including this link for them singing Photograph. http://www.cmt.com/videos/def-leppard/292234/photograph-from-cmt-crossroads.jhtml?id=1597706 I am a dork, I admit, but watching this made me feel a little better for the day, and now I am anxiously awaiting Nov. 7th to watch the whole show! (Yes, I am blogging about things I swore to myself I never would...now you know the inner geek in me!!!)

Hailey's First Day at her New Pre-school

Hailey satarted at a new pre-school at the beginning of this month. Her teacher is in our ward and used to teach kindergarten, but has been teaching pre-school from her home for the past 10+ years. There are several kids from her Primary class that also go there. She had been having separation issues, so I was a little worried about how she would do, but after I scraped her off my leg, she did really well and LOVES going to pre-school and loves her teacher and her friends. She has now been asking for play days with her new pre-school pals.

kaylin kaylin and MORE kaylin!!!

WARNING!!!! This slideshow may contain way more images of Kaylin than anyone should be forced to see!!!!

Baptism Day

These pictures were taken pre-baptism. Kaylin in her baptism dress. She picked it out...what great taste!
Kaylin and Sophie in their baptismal clothes, aren't they so cute?

Kaylin and her Daddy, ready for the big event.

Kaylin had the idea for this picture. I love how it turned out!

PARTY TIME!!!

Kaylin had a sleep over birthday party. We had a problem keeping the guest list small, but the kids had a great time!
Here are all 15 of the kids that spent the night. Also, please notice best friend Tali on the couch. She came to help supervise this motley crew! She's the best!
Scott picked up the High School Musical Sing It game (what a good Dad!) and we had many great performances throughout the party!

Kaylin's Bday

On Kaylin's Birthday, we decided to skip the cake due to other upcoming cake events, so we sang over a carton of ice cream instead!
The younger birthday attendees.
Kaylin got a towel with her name and baptism date on it from Uncle Tim and Aunt Mandi. She LOVED it!
She also got her own first set of Scriptures from Granno...notice they are the cheap ones...we all know that Kaylin the destroyer will go through her first set rather quickly, so no point in the nicer ones! Granno wrote a very nice message in them though, so we will have to make sure and hang on to those pages.