"Father's Day"

                             We had a quiet Father's day.  All the father's got to sing a song with the children in the Ward during church.  Dad hauled in some goodies.   Taylor and Al seemed closer than ever this year.  Al told Taylor that the two best Father's day he remembered was the day she was born and this years.  Al played Taylor a special Daddy-Daughter song by his favorite country singer.  We had Uncle Brad over for dinner.  Grandma is still too sick to travel yet.  We had a nice BBQ and swim.  All in all it was a fabulous Sunday Father's day!

"Natural History Museum-Old Mormon Fort"

Saturday Morning Taylor and Sandi were supposed to go to the movies for two or three hours but bad weather cancelled that event. We were able to spend a great Saturday together at the Old Mormon Fort which abuts the Natural History Museum. Sandi had never been at the old fort. We watched movies and were treated to the last tour of the day just as it started to sprinkle. Before hand we were able to visit the "King Tut" exhibit at the NHM.

We are members but don't get down that often now that Taylor has new interests. Later we took Taylor to her Slumber party where many of the Girls were brought home early Saturday night in order to attend church on Sunday. Taylor got home about 10:00 p.m . Sandi treated me to a beautiful date night dinner(belated Valentine's day) at the Cheesecake Factory where I stuffed myself to the rafters. We went home and enjoyed a hot jacuzzi and watched movies.

It was nice to relax!

"Brian Head Weekend"

"Getting ready for about 10 runs"

Hanging out in the Lodge after tubin'!!!

After packing most of the day, Sandi picked up Taylor after school Friday and we headed up to Brian Head and to to some chores on the Utah Property. I knew the weather was going to be bad so I thought it better to get a room for the night just in case. We woke up early Saturday, ate a huge breakfast and looked for a place to sled. There were none. We found this kewl tubing place and checked it out. It was right next to a lodge and medical center and for two hours and $15.oo you could go down the hill as many times as you could cycle back up. We had a great time tubing until we were frozen then headed to lodge for some warmth and libation. Of course we stopped in Cedar City at our favorite "Pizza Factory" and chowed down. I ended up having to put the Durango into 4x4 to get up to the property. Unfortunately the snow was about three feet deep and the neighbors had plowed the road but ended up blocking the road down to the property. It was raining and deep snow. If the tractor (why if went up to get it winterized) had been running and not sitting for so long I could have made quick work of clearing the road. Never the less, we decided to turn back, having forgotten the chains for the Durango I didn't want to chance getting stuck.

The ride back to Las Vegas was beautiful. There was a bad wreak, northbound just south of New Harmony. Hopefully no one was hurt. The beautiful white clouds hunkered low against the mountains and we drove through one of the best rain storms I've been through. Taylor watched a movie on the DVD system while Sandi read a book. I just reminisced as my memory rushed back to days of yore.

Were going to try again next weekend now that Sandi has decided to take a break this year and spend more "Family" time with us on the weekends. It was a fun trip!

BYU-44 Oregon St. 20 "Maaco Bowl"

Mad Max gives my mother her after game hug!

45 Mile an hour winds nearly blew the American flag that covered the field, away!

"Mad Max" signs autographs after the game... His last at BYU....

My cousin Mark, gives my Mom a big hug after the game!

My mom and Max, Mom's sisters grandson, give each other a hug after the game...

Mad Max Hall guides he Cougar's to another touchdown!

It was at least 40 degrees and with the wind blowing at 25-30 MPH the chill factor had to put it even colder. It was miserable.

Even the ESPN camera man was finding ways to keep warm all night. Don't know how the players managed. I think that they had heaters on the sidelines.

At Halftime, the BYU Cougar band played and truly showed up the Oregon State band.....

Pre-game huddle in the North End Zone

Coin Toss before the game!

Pre-Game warm ups

We had front row tickets on the 30 yard line! Right in the open wind!

Oregon State did a pre-game performance. We weren't too impressed!

Sandi and I were able to get to the 2009 Maaco Bowl at Sam Boyd stadium where I played for UNLV years ago, to watch the BYU Cougar's and the Oregon State Beavers fight it out! The traffic going and coming home was slight as most of the Oregon fans left at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Who could blame them with taking a beating from BYU and the miserable and I mean miserable cold and wind that never let up. BYU took charge early on and never looked back. The half time show was spectacular, honoring our men in uniform complete with two Air force Pave Hawk helicopters doing a halftime pass. The Cougar crowd was in it the entire game with non stop cheering. For those of you watching on ESPN it was as great of a game on TV as at the stadium. It was good to join family again... The post game pictures are on the way. What an awesome time. I was too cold to be hungry or thirsty even though my wife attempted to force feed me some hot chocolate she purchased. Wish you all could have come.. It was a great game!

I'm going to try and get some videos loaded here, check them out! I wasn't shaking the camera, the wind was blowing that hard....

"Church Christmas Dinner"

(The winning Ginger Bread cake)

(Santa arrives! woooo Whoooo)

(Bishop Brad, 1st Councilor Wes and EX Sec Jeff do the EmCee work)

( A quick family ward christmas picture, wish they would use this one on the web page)

( A huge turn out!)

We went to the Church Ward Christmas dinner tonight! It was a huge turnout, but conspicuously there were a few regulars that were no shows. Sandi Won first prize for the best Ginger bread house made from scratch. She got a $25 dollar gift certificate from our Bishop and the ward. I mostly visited while everyone else sat and ate dinner. If I can't see it being cooked I don't eat it. Ha!

Taylor went over and sat with friends and enjoyed the company and then we went and stood in line for our Christmas family picture which I hate because I'm just plane not photogenic!

Merry Christmas everyone! We had a great time!