Exciting news in the News!

William's business is being broadcast over distant communications. There was a news report that included information about "TurnItUp Media" in the UK and now is on YouTube. It's such a strange thing to hear something that has been such a long time dream to come up in the public eye. We thought we needed to share our excitement with everyone we could. It's toward the end of the clip, be patient, or skip half way through or so. Here's the video!



And some final fun information about me, Alison. I've been released as the Gospel Doctrine Teacher (very sad! really, see previous entry "a crazy idea" in 2007) and called into the Primary Presidency as 1st Counselor (with a little trepadation and lots of excitement at the same time). I'm excited to be working with great friends, Jodi Kondo (Pres) and Krissy Belissario (2nd Couns), in the Presidency and many other wonderful teachers I call friends, too!

Basketball Days

As he ran back down the court the smile was noticed by all. (He's in the jean shorts.) He had a great assist. Kaleb is the official "inbounder" and loves it. He has great hustle! It's a joy to watch him play.

Tyler sure has fun during his games. (He's the one in blue shorts.) The pure joy tells it all. I love the laughing and fun he is having. That's what it's all about, way to go Ty! I wish the coach would keep it all fun, it seems a little intense at times for 6 and 7 year olds, but what can you do?

Derek's so cute in action. He's our little jumping bean! He'll stand back and just bounce around. We love watching him. It's so cute watching little 5 year olds run up and down the court. They never get tired, I wish I could have half their energy! He's got that hustle down, too!

Tyler's 7th Birthday!

Happy Birthday Ty Bug!

Was it really 7 years ago he came into our family? My goodness, how time flies! We celebrated his birthday yesterday with family and his best friend, Olivia. There's nothing like Pizza, Root Beer, Cake and Ice Cream, especially when you get to share them all with family and friends! It was a blast of a get-together. He was a bit on the crazy side...the pictures say it all!













A great time was had by all! We sure love Ty and are so glad to have him in our family! He is so full of life and love, it's contagious!!

I thought I'd throw on a picture of him playing basketball the same day we celebrated his birthday party. He has such great hustle and enjoys the game so much. It's fun to watch!

How fast does time fly?

I can not believe how much time has gone by since our last blog! Where do the days go? I guess all the basketball games and holidays have been keeping us on the go. I hope that Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years were all wonderful times for you all. Ours were amazing! We stayed in SLO Town for all holidays and had family come to us. That's what we get for living near my mom and dad and for living in paradise! No point in traveling to a colder climate! Maybe in a few years we'll be ready to visit the snow, but it's so fresh in Will and my memories that we don't have much desire to return to it for a little while. Playing is fun, but it's hard to forget the cold that comes with it!

I guess I'll throw on a few pictures from the holidays that are worthy of sharing. Here goes:



Here's one of Derek and Logan before we went to Gramma and Grampa's house for Thanksgiving. Derek made all the get up at Kindergarten and was willing to share with Logan for the picture. Just too adorable not to share!




Cute little Mater near the end of November. Still small and relaxed...


And here he is with Logan a few days after Christmas...not so small and not so relaxed. He loved the bounce house as much as the boys did.
It has a great obstacle course that they all loved running around, along with the bounce house in the middle of it all. It made for many hours of fun, Will and I were able to watch "Spiderman 3" while they were outside playing. It was GREAT!


Here's all the boys after all the present melee infront of the (not so put together) tree (since it had been up for a month). I thought it would be fun to try to make it a tradition to get a shot of them infront of the tree each year to see how tall they grow throughout the year...we'll see if I remember to do it again next year!

For those of you who didn't receive a Christmas card from us this year, let me first say I'm sorry I didn't get one to you, but I'm going to make it up to you and share the picture collage that came with the card.

We hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and a Fantastic New Years! We appreciate and love all the wonderful people that have been a part of our lives, and still are. We love you guys!!!