West Side Soccer

When we lived in Murray, Sam played soccer in an East Side soccer league. It was mostly little white kids falling down and crying. When we moved to Taylorsville, we joined a West Side soccer league. His West Side team, the Blue Dragons, has mostly Latino kids who are bred through careful genome manipulation to be superior soccer players. Seriously, these little kids pwn. The always win, usually in a bloody shut-out of 8-0.



The little kid in the white hat is the love child of Pele and David Beckham. He's a soccer ninja. And number 9 cries if he doesn't score at least five goals in a game. Sam has improved a lot playing with these kids. He got his first goal today. Woohoo!



Here's a team photo. I believe the coach on the right eats little babies for breakfast every morning.




Owen started playing this year too. He's still at that age where soccer is about knocking other kids down and running into the net. We are still searching for a genetically superior soccer team for him to join.

Assault!!!

We were at a family reunion, and one of Sam's little cousins knocked Sam's front teeth out with a baseball bat. No big deal. They were baby teeth and were getting loose anyway.

Rachel's Fabulous 34th Birthday

Rachel's annual murder-mystery birthday party. No ship, but plenty of fools.

Henry!

I haven't posted new pictures of Henry in a while. So here ya go.

My favorite old video

I was browsing through our old videos and I came across this little gem. This is Sam trying to get into a kiddy-pool in the backyard of our house in Provo.

Snickerdoodles!!!!

When you love something . . .

. . you wear it to bed.

Neskowin, OR

Five days on the Oregon Coast with Rachel's family.

The view from the deck of the house we rented.

Sam and Katherine on the beach.

Matt and Rach

Owen spent most of the trip covered in sand.

Bridal Veil Falls

Me and the boys at the top of Bridal Veil Falls. It was one of those things where you start climbing. Then you climb a little a more. And the next thing you know, you are at the top and wondering how you are going to get down.

Photos by J.A.

Jeff Allen is my neighbor and is in Young Men's with me. He just happens to be a fantastic photographer. He took these photos of me and the boys about two months ago.