Fiesta! Ole!

We made the 17+ hour drive to Phoenix last weekend. It was not all that terrible. That was because of 2 reasons. 1) Patty & Ernie took Lilia on the flight to Phoenix with them. 2) Catching Fire!! I read it to Jason almost the entire way and it made the time fly. I forgot to add 3) our van amazingly has an outlet, and since our DVD player doesn't really work it was perfect to plug the laptop in so the kids could watch movies the entire time. It was a packed, fun-filled weekend. I'm in love with the Phoenix area. If Jason could find a job there I'd move there tomorrow. I know the heat is bad, but you forget we live in humid Texas where we had 40+ days over 100º this summer. (IN A ROW!)
We had In-N-Out. I got to shop at H&M. We went to a Pep Rally-which we missed most of.
Sunday we went to sacrament meeting. It was a nice big ward--such a luxury. Then after we went to see the Mesa temple. They still had some Christmas decorations set up, which the kids were thrilled about. They have grapefruit and lemon trees covering the grounds. It was beautiful! (The new banner was taken at the temple.) We saw about 5 different families there, all but one were there for the Boise State game. The other could have been but we didn't ask them. Got to love Bronco Nation!

The game....the game, the game, the game. It was amazing! Ray was so excited he kept screaming randomly from the back seat on the way. Grandma was giggly because Ray was so insanely excited. (It was kind of infectious.) We had these awesome signs Alex made, but we didn't make it on TV. We should have had someone take a picture of us holding them up, but that didn't happen either. We had GO B-R-O-N-C-O-S, then O-L-E and OLE OLE OLE, each letter on it's own poster board, but they were too big and the people behind us didn't appreciate them so we didn't hold them up that much. We never got around to the "Everything is bigger in Texas?" sign. The crowd was probably 3/4 Boise State fans Anyway, it was stressful, and I can see how it would be slow for people not invested in the teams, but I loved every minute.

"Christmas Day"

According to Eva Jane

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I'll admit it

Jason was right, I was wrong. I'm glad he was right. I'm glad Nota won. They're an amazing group of performers and they deserved it.

And here is one of the most amazing things I've seen. Bobby McFerrin is UNREAL!

And Merry Christmas!!

It's a Sing Off everybody, it's a Sing Off.

The Beelzebubs have my vote

Nota has Jason's vote

Who has your vote? (Sorry Jason, but I'm pretty sure I'm going to win this one.)
If you'd like a couple more references before you cast your vote:
Beelzebubs - Sweet Caroline and The Who medley
Nota - Jackson 5 medley

Na-na-na-na, Na-na-na-na, Hey Hey Hey, GOODBYE!!

Or more specifically.........

Colby has been getting in some trouble at school for spreading germs through his thumb sucking habit. He's even been known to wipe his wet thumb on other kids. (I'm trying to forget about that one.) A couple months ago I bought a cloth thumb guard type thing, it's a fingerless glove except for the thumb. There was a hole in the thumb fabric before we'd had it one day. Then more recently he had to go talk to the director of his preschool about needing to not suck his thumb at school. So....I broke down and ordered the nasty nail polish stuff. Before that we told him Santa wasn't going to bring him a present unless he stopped, so he WANTED to stop, he just couldn't do it. Then we prepared him, told him we were going to get nail polish that was going to make his thumb taste really gross. He was okay with it because he wanted to stop. I've read it takes 3 weeks to completely break the habit, and it hasn't been 3 yet, but he has stopped so far!!! Even when I don't reapply the nail polish when I should. Even when he's asleep. I was carrying him to his bed on day when he'd fallen asleep and I saw his thumb start to move towards his mouth and then he stopped. It's such a relief.

Fiesta Time

Glendale here we come. Via a 16 hour ++ car ride with the kids. Whatever it takes to see the broncos. And hopefully the 2nd act is as good as the first with the same results.

Everyone is invited. Come on bronco nation!
Let us know if you are going.