Pinewood Derby 2009

Last night was the Pinewood Derby for Spencer's Cub Scout pack. We totally forgot about it until the night before. So we made a run to the scout office and got a template. Sariah spent all day craving it out and Spencer painted it when he got home from school. Spencer's car is the yellow on the far left.

Spencer looks a little worried. He should be that black car was fast.

When the graphite had settled Spencer won 2nd. Not bad for a day's worth of work. The black car was faster by .001 of a second depending on the lane. It wasn't even close with the other cars. Spencer was very exicted and loved racing his car. I was surpised how well the car did considering it was put together at the last minute. Maybe dads should let moms build more cars.

Leah helped herself to a cupcake. She was very proud of herself.

Leah's First BYU Football Game

Today I took all the kids to a BYU Football Game. It was Leah's first time.

This is the cougar in front of the football stadium. Leah was being camera shy.

When we got out the seats Leah pointed to the field and said "football".

Here we are waiting for the players to rush the field.

This was the view looking towards the mountains. Notice that the trees have started to change colors.

Here the kids a being funny when I want them to smile. I gave up after one try cuz I didn't feel like going through what I did last time.

Here is Leah clapping to the fight song after a BYU touchdown.

Leah still clapping, but wondering what here Dad is doing.

BYU won the game 48 to 23!! Go Cougars!!

How to take a good picture of your kids

I took my two sons, Spencer and Andrew, to a Real Salt Lake soccer game last night. We were sitting right behind the south goal and I wanted to get a picture of them with the field in the background. Below are are 5 tries it took to get a good picture.


Spencer wanted to make a funny face.



Spencer still being silly and Andrew isn't looking at the camera. This one might have worked if we could have seen Andrew's face.



Andrew looks constipated and Spencer is still being silly.



Ok, this one was my fault



Finally a good picture.

Thank goodness for a digital camera where you can take as many pictures as you need to get it right.

(RSL played the Chicago Fire and the game ended with a 1-1 tie)

Spencer is a BYU Fan!

You know you have raised your kids right when they dress like this. Spencer is wearing a BYU hat, a BYU shirt, BYU pants, and BYU slippers. The best part is that he choose to dress like this without any prompting from anyone. I wasn't even at home at the time.

By the way, in case you live under a rock and for some reason only read this blog, BYU beat OU in a 14 to 13 upset. GO COUGARS!!!