Another good day! Woohoo!

Yes, another good day! I was able to go to Avila Barn with Logan and one other mother from the ward Mother's Group.
It was a beautiful day, until about 3 o'clock then the sun decided to stay behind the clouds the rest of the day.
The boys, Kaleb and Tyler, were out of school early today (teacher play, I mean prep day). A mother of one of Derek's friends, Lauren, and I had arranged to meet at a park right after school so she could spend some time with Mater and Derek. I also had arranged with another mother to meet at the same park an hour later for the kids to play. So we had a great time at the park for a couple hours (until the sun went away). The boys rode their bikes and played in the sand and on the swings, and all the other fun places you can play at a park. Speaking of bikes, you should see the back of the van with all their bikes loaded up. There's a 24", 20", 16", and 12" (with training wheels) bike all back there. I'm sure it's a very funny sight to everyone behind us. In fact, our friends Krissy and John pointed us out and left a note on the van one night downtown because of the bikes on the back. I thought that was pretty funny!
Another great thing that happened tonight was, get this, my Primary Presidency Meeting (at my house) was done in 2 hours!!! That's a huge leap from our 3 1/2 hour meetings. It's nice to be settling in and knowing more what to expect and what is needed.
So, now I'm off to watch "Survivor" and enjoy a little R and R. The house is clean (at least the main part of it) and the kids are asleep...time for "me" time! YAY! Good night!

Sun, Glorious Sun, Makes for Glorious Day!

Ok, so William is out of town and I am busy trying to not pull my hair out most nights. He left Sunday and will be back Saturday (on Logan's 3rd birthday), but really had checked out of the parenting thing Saturday night because he was so busy trying to get stuff put together for his trip. He went on a business trip to New York City for TurnItUp Media. He's had great success so far, and that is all I can hope for him. He is having a bit of fun on the side, but most of it is work. He's there with our friend, and associate, Clayton. They are having a blast together. I miss him. It's so much easier to divide and conquer with the kids in the evening.

I do have to say that today was a GLORIOUS day! Logan and I went to Avila Beach and enjoyed the 60 degree weather there for a couple hours, then did a little shopping. After picking up Derek at 12:20 we came home and ate, then the boys played in the little wading pool I picked up today (it was a beautiful day and I thought it would be nice to have for all these beautiful days we will start to have more often). We picked Kaleb and Tyler up at 2:25, came back home, they played for a while. From about 3:30 until about 5 I helped each boy individually with his homework. Only one at a time, with a break in between for each of them (not for me), and it worked out great! It was so nice! Then they helped get the house picked up a bit before we headed out to Carl's Jr for dinner with Mom, Brennan, Tracie, and their 4 kids. Once home, they got into bed pretty well, good enough for me to not feel too frustrated.

It really was a great day! I don't have a lot of those, so I'm reveling in the moment, and writing it down so I can come back and read it on one of my bad days. It will help me remember there are good days that come with the bad. :)

Wii!!!!!!

Our family decided to get a Wii. We love it so far, and so do our friends. What a great way to have the kids stay home and have their friends come over to play...we can keep our eye on them. Haha! Speaking of friends coming to play, I've got some great footage of our friends Krissy and Becky boxing each other. It's hilarious!!!!!

At church today they both said they were sooo sore. I just laughed. I remember at New Years when I played and how sore I was from playing. There's been no complaint from the kids. How is it that when you get a bit older and bigger that you end up getting completely sore after a tiny bit of exercise, and it never phases the kids? It's no fair!

These past few weeks we've been potty training Logan. It's gone great and he stays dry...as long as we aren't at home. What is that all about? It's so frustrating at times. He knows how to take care of business and knows when, but just doesn't make it. So, I'm staying out of the house as much as possible. :) I really do think it's just awesome that he is basically potty trained before he turns 3, that's not until March 8th. I can't believe my baby is going to be 3!!

Talking about growing up, Mater has really grown big. That tiny red automatic feeder bowl, in the picture below, used to be bigger than he was, now he's towering over it. He's so fun to have around. He's about ready to graduate from Puppy Training. He's really responded to the techniques of the trainer, and so have we. :) I recommend training to anyone with a dog. We've learned so much with how to have a loose leash walk where he's not pulling on it the whole time, how to get him to sit and stay for a long period of time(as we work with him more), to lay down, and just how to handle all the fun things that dogs bring into our lives. He seems like a much happier dog since we've started the training. Definately a must (unless you're already well versed on how to handle a dog).

The boys love playing with him, and once he's been out of his crate for long enough he starts to calm down and is really enjoyable to be around. It's fun to watch him grow. He's got an appointment the beginning of March to loose his man-hood, poor guy!

On to the next topic, Derek's Basketball season has come to an end. He had his end of the season celebration after his game. He got the "Push-Up Pro" award. At the beginning of the season Derek could not get the ball near the rim, so he asked his coach what he should do to help him get stonger. Coach Allen told him to do push-ups and it will make him stronger. Well, I'm not sure how many push-ups he did, but by the last practice he was making tons of baskets. It was so exciting!

Kaleb and Tyler's seasons are going to be over next Saturday. It's been fun watching them improve and enjoy the sport so much. It has also been frustrating having all the practices (3 days a week for 3 boys) and nearly every Saturday for the last 4 months taken up. I figure this is just the beginning of all the craziness, so I'd better get used to it.

Well, I think I'll end this Saga. Till next time, may you all have peace and the Lord's hand in your life to help you through whatever may come your way!

Sarah and K.C.

You can find the newest news in our family here http://www.sarahwatch.blogspot.com/ . If you are close to the family, you will know who K.C. and Sarah are. We just found out this last week that my Sister-in-law, AKA my Sister, has Leukemia. We're so grateful the doctors were able to find it so soon after Sarah started presenting the symptoms. This is a treatable Leukemia, and has a high success rate. We hope you can keep her in your prayers, along with my brother, K.C., that they can feel the Lord's hand through all they are experiencing now. We're so grateful they came through at the New Year. We can't wait to go through and visit them during the summer!

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!