Lincoln and Ruby

Spending the 4th together.

The G-Men

And there is one more coming in October!

1982

you won't be able to tell, but i am sporting a "mustache only" look a la Tom Selick in Magnum PI. Okay, fine, Megan actually said I looked more like Pee Wee Herman...whatever...But I am going old school with the stach and my life preserver - a little Marty McFly even.

Lake Powell

Some amazing movies, big time catches by some big time fisherman, and Cousins Cousins Cousins...

Mindy

the cost of Snoopy Disneyland for one day was $68. Disneyland for one day was $180 (this is before taxes however). 68 divided by 180 is .37777 or 38%, so Snoopy Disneyland was less than half of the price of Disneyland or in this case approximately 40%.

Not a 40% difference however, since this would infer that Snoop D was 60% of the total cost compared to D. We can talk later if you need to.

L.A. Man

This reads, "L.A. man" said like you are from East LA - it isn't supposed to infer that I nor any of my kids are L.A. Men. Anyway, Dodger Stadium was by far a better venue than was Petco Park in SD. The Dodger Dog was a bit of a let down but I'll get one again when I go next time. The point is, I hope to go to many more Dodger games in my day. I loved it! Obviously, we also went to "Snoopy Disneyland" as my boys call it. For all those who think it doesn't compare to Disneyland...yeah, well you're right, but it was also about 40% of the cost for one day as well. $68 and change for the three of us to get into the park. Would have been a great value if I hadn't of lost my wallet with all my money, debit and credit cards. Needless to say, my kids were hungry that night.

San Diego - Boy Trip

Dex, Ev and I went to San Diego. We watched the Padres at Petco Park, stayed at a Marriott Resort on Coronado Island (Meg and I have never stayed at such a nice place) and just enjoyed the sun. The boys were great and we had a great time.

Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

for Brett and Jami

Mirror Lake PIctures

we don't have any of you two when you were in the boat. We have a motor this year! So it will be more relaxing than before when you had to paddle.

Uncle Butt's B-day song

Happy Birthday!!!!

This is a chore...

I hate blogging! Just another thing for me not to be good at, to put off and neglect. What's the point?

The boys call this "funny baby slap"

Dexter and Everett laugh like there is no tomorrow when watching this video. We have watched it 50 times and they laugh like it is the first time they've seen it. It gets Meg and I laughing hard too just because of they way they respond. Crazy boys.

Carter James, Everett James, and Dexter James

Everyone's middle name is James in our house. Even Megan says Lincoln James because Everett and Dex say it so much. I am daddy James and Meg is mommy James. It is the only middle name that we use when yelling at each other. Maybe we just like cursing the name James - at least the name Jihm!

R-U-B-Y spells Ruby

Just something she says that we think is funny - and a cute picture to go with it.

Blanket hut, movie, popcorn, candy

Does it get any better than this? My kids don't think so. We rented Meet the Robinson's and the kids loved it. Dex and Ev are at the point now where they quote movies all the time. They haven't stopped repeating lines from this one for a week.

Snow fun

Lincoln loves the snow, even though most of the time all he does is fall down. When he does, he just picks up some snow and eats it. I can't believe he doesn't get cold faster than he does. He loves to sled too. We send him down by himself on a smaller hills. Dex and Ev laugh hysterically when we do because they think he is scared. They love it when he is scared. The picture of me with the boys is at South Jr. High there is a great hill for sledding there. Everett loves to just lay in the snow. It's odd to me, I think he would be real cold. His clothes are usually wet from the inside when he is done playing and lots of times not even dry when he puts them back on to go back outside!

Reflections

Dexter won his reflections contest at his elementary school and was recognized in an assembly during school. He sculpted a boy "stopping to help" a lady that dropped her cell phone. He then won at the district level and was recognized at Bonneville High School with other kids who won also. If you look closely you can see his name on the screen behind him with the theme of his project. He made up the theme and the project. I think the fact that Grandpa came made it a bigger deal to him too.

and the winner is...

Well, it is Ev, but I thought you all would have a tougher time than that. What does that say about me? I posted it because when I came across it I had to take a double take to make sure it was Ev and not Lincoln. It obviously wasn't Dex, but I tried to throw you off.

guess who?

this is one of my boys, but who? Dex, Ev, or Lincoln. I will reveal the answer after a few of you have weighed in. To be continued...