Happy 12th Birthday Rachel!

My little girl turned 12 on Thursday and we celebrated yesterday. I can't believe how fast the time has gone. Rachel is awesome and always makes me smile. I look forward to the years ahead with her as she grows into a beautiful young lady. Love you Rachel.

Nitro Circus at APX Company Party

I was introduced to the world of Nitro Circus last Saturday night. If you don't know what it is, don't feel bad, I didn't either. It's a group that puts on a great show doing tricks and stunts on motorcycles and bicycles. APX hosted it at their Provo campus for their company party and it was a great evening for all. I included a few pictures and a video clip so you can kind of get a feel for it. Needless to say, Tanner, Joshua, and all their friends loved it. Actually the rest of us really enjoyed it too... it was very fun to watch. It was much better in person than on TV and I only caught a little bit on camera. Some of it was just so crazy I had to watch and not bother with a camera. :)

This is what the front lawn of APX looked like. Ready for some action.

Rachel, Josh, Hayden, Becky, Brad, Tanner B., Tanner P., Curtis (my brother). Others that were there but aren't in the picture were Aaron, Amanda, Hunter, Rebecca, Adam, David, and of course, me.

In the video clip below, look for David standing with the group that the motorcycle jumps over. He is the one just to the right of the last number in the front there. The number represents how many alarm systems they installed this summer. They exceeded their goal so everyone was truly in the celebrating mood.

Do All Girls Love Horses?

Rebecca is taking horseback riding lessons. She goes once or twice a month and is loving it. Today was her second lesson and she rode a horse named Sara. Rebecca said she liked Sara a lot better than Diamond.... the horse she rode last time. She can saddle and bridle the horse, lead it, mount it, dismount, and unsaddle it as well as all the riding stuff. Here is a little video of her at her lesson today.

Adam went to watch today and he totally lucked out when Rebecca's teacher asked him if he wanted to ride for a few minutes. He was so excited. She helped him up on the horse and then told him a few things about riding and then he was on his own around the arena twice. He loved it.

It's All Part of Life

Today we celebrate life as we recognize Joshua's 17th birthday. Wow! I can't believe he is already all grown up. It was just yesterday that he was a little kid. I sure love you Josh and I'm so proud of the fine young man you have become.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Adam, David, Josh, Rachel, Tanner, Rebecca

This week we also celebrated a life as we said goodbye to David's grandmother, Betty Dodge. She passed away in Odessa, WA, on September 17, 2010, at the the age of 93. We had her Memorial Service here in Salt Lake last Wednesday. It was a beautiful service and we will truly miss her but look forward to the day when we will all be reunited.

The Governor's Gala

Yep, that's David and me with the Governor and his wife and the
Lt. Gov. and his wife. Through David's position at APX we got invited to the Governor's Gala including the VIP reception where we got this picture with the governor. It was quite an event. We even stood in line right in front of Senator Hatch. Somehow we ended up at being assigned to the very front, center table.... the best seats in the house for the show. We had a delicious dinner, heard a few words from Governor Herbert and then watched a great show of singing and dancing representing some of America's musical history. It was really a fantastic show with many famous performers native to Utah. I had a great time and it was fun to get all dressed up.

BYU vs. Air Force at AFA

David and I just got back from a great little trip to Colorado for the BYU vs. Air Force Game. We went with a group of BYU sponsors so we were the representatives for APX Alarm. We had a fun time even though BYU got killed by Air Force. We did get to go see the Rockies in a baseball game and we also got to tour the Air Force Academy which I thought was really cool. It is quite an amazing place. The group we traveled with were a lot of fun too so we had a good time with good company. Hopefully BYU will do much better next week.

Adam's First Soccer Game

Yesterday I went to Adam's first soccer game. It was also the first time I had ever seen such little kids play. All my other kids waited until they were 7 or 8 to start soccer but Adam has been chomping at the bit and begging to play.

Adam did great. You could tell he's played soccer a lot with his older brothers and sisters since he knew exactly what to do (unlike some of the other kids who I think were the oldest in their family and had never played soccer in their life... they'll pick it up quickly). Adam has 2 other friends on the team and they won by about 5 goals. Adam made 3 or 4 of the goals and it was just the most entertaining game of soccer I've ever watched. It was so cute. The best part was after Adam's first goal he did 3 perfect cartwheels down the middle of the field. All the parents around me were hardly impressed with the goal but they were VERY impressed with the cartwheels. I could hear parents saying that they didn't think their kids even knew what a cartwheel was let alone knew how to do one. It cracked me up because Adam just does what his sisters do and they do cartwheels. I wish I had video of it.