Just Some "Guy"s In Utah!

London's Blessing

2011-02-10T14:53:00.003-07:00

For London's Blessing Day

she looked so cute (thanks so much to Starr for making the dress).

It was a great day with our family.

The beautiful girl! With her silly brother!
With her handsome Daddy!

With Mommy!

The whole family! Such a happy group!

Playing with Little Sister

2011-02-10T14:42:00.005-07:00

Ben loves his little sister!

Recently when Ben is playing with his cars, he wants to play with London. He is such a good big brother.

He even helps her put her binkie back in her mouth when it falls out and she wants it.

A Very Merry Christmas!

2010-12-26T14:09:00.000-07:00

We had a great Christmas this year. I love my family and want to "Thank" Lisa for being so good to me. She is the best!!

It was fun to see Ben open presents and get excited about everything. He was spoiled with a Handy Manny and Tool set, plus new Duplos. He's such a good kid. I couldn't ask for a better son.

London had a good Christmas, lots of new clothes and a couple Christmas naps (I'm jealous about the naps).

Thank you family for being so wonderful!!!

My Mother

2010-12-03T01:44:00.000-07:00

We have a little tree that we decorate:

The ornaments on this tree are random, but many of them are old earrings that were my mothers. My mom wore different earrings everyday and had some for every holiday. Like this one below.

I love Christmas, but it does remind me a lot of my mom and I miss her the most in December. One of my favorite parts of Christmas growing up was the day we put the Christmas tree up. We would decorate the tree, each year we would get a new ornament from my mom. All of us kids had our own box of ornaments. This is a lot of what Lisa and I decorate our main tree with (plus ornaments of Lisa's Grandmother's). So, after it was all decorated we would sit around it as a family, mom would have made a bunch of goodies and there would be egg nog. Then mom would sit there and read Christmas stories to us. I loved it and miss it.

I wish at times I could pick up the phone and call her. Before my mission I was blessed to have time most evenings to sit in my mom's sewing room and just be with her. She loved her sewing room. There was always something to sew or make it seems. Below is one of the many different reditions of the room.

Me and My Mother:

I found this picture of the family and thought I would post it as well.

I love you, Mom!!

Welcome London

2010-11-22T20:55:00.004-07:00

London LaRyce

October 11, 2010

6 pounds 18 inches

Her first smile (no it is not just gas)!

Ben seeing his little sister for the first time!

London was breach when we started the whole delivery process so Clayton had to dress for a C-section just in case. Doesn't he look cute? Thankfully London turned right in time so we didn't need to have a C-section.

Dressed and ready to go home.

First hug from big brother!

She has Daddy wrapped around her little finger already!

"Little Cupcake"

Sleeping so peacefully (being held by cousin James).

I love the face she is making here. Looks kind of silly but I think it is cute!

We love having London in our family!

All About Ben

2010-09-01T11:12:00.007-06:00

Since Baby London is soon on her way, we needed to get Ben into a Big Boy Bed in his new room. He had a great time helping Daddy put together the bed. He was actually a really good helper.

Peek-A-Boo

He could even climb in and out of it himself. We were thinking he would just love to sleep in it that night......

Boy were we wrong! He hated it! After a couple weeks of crying, sleeping on the floor, and tired days, he is doing a lot better. The trick was letting him take toys to bed. He just sets them up on his bed and goes to sleep. It works wonders for him. Now we are doing great!

Ben Turns 2

Ben had his 2nd birthday in August. He had a wonderful birthday! We are all about Cars at our house so we got the balloons and cake with "Ka-Chow."

He loved all his presents. He got a basketball hoop (that Grandpa helped him with).....

Some Cars Duplos (He had to take sheriff to bed with him that night).....

And a train table set!

He loved helping Daddy put that together too!

Mommy and Daddy also got him some Tigger and Pooh movies and 2 other toy Cars (MOO and Red).

It was a great Birthday!

We love Ben and can't believe how big he is getting.

So as a side note, I just realized that Ben is in the same outfit for all of these pictures. This did not all happen on the same day. I guess we just need to get some more clothes for Ben.

24th of July!

2010-08-03T11:31:00.003-06:00

For our WONDERFUL Utah holiday we went to Grandma and Grandpa's for a BBQ and fireworks. Ben sort of liked the fireworks. He liked the colors but did NOT like the sound. Fun times.

Daddy helps Ben cover his ears.

"Should I cry or not?"

Aren't we cute!

"I have my cars and I am happy!"

July Fun

2010-07-12T14:16:00.006-06:00

So July has already been a fun, busy month for us.

For the 4th of July we have a tradition of going to the Oakley Rodeo with the Child side of the family. I LOVE the rodeo! Ben went last year but I think he slept through most of it. We were curious to see how he would like it.

He had a great time.

He is really into horses right now so he loved looking for them.
Thanks Mom and Dad for the fun outting!

We of course went to the zoo again. Ben loves all the animals. The weather was a little overcast when we went which was great because the animals were more active. When the rain started it was not so much fun though. At least we stayed dry in the STINKY reptile house until the downpour ended.

Last time I said we went to the zoo, a friend of mine wanted a picture of the baby elephant. So here you go Callee. She is a very cute baby elephant for any of you who haven't seen her yet. We spend a lot of time looking at the elephants.

We also tried to take a cute cousin picture on the rhino but the only one who could climb up was James. It was a bit slippery.

Last week was Steel Days in American Fork so we went to the wonderful carnival thinking Ben would have a great time. Not so much. He finally got on the Merry-Go-Round horse just as the ride was ending. Dad was just holding him before that.

Then there were some boats with steering wheels that Ben kept pointing at. We thought we would give it a try. He was having a great time until the ride started going. He then spent the whole ride SCREAMING!

Judging by the look of the girl's face behind Ben, we are the worst parents ever.

Since I couldn't end with a sad picture of Ben, here is one of our new favorite pictures. I think he is just the cutest! I am not bias or anything though!

I know I'm a kid, but I can't help it

2010-06-30T13:23:00.001-06:00

I just purchased a new Playstation 3 game. Most guys are out purchasing the newest shoot em up killing game, not me! What did I get? LEGO Harry Potter: Years 1-4

I love these Lego video games, Lisa got me a couple for Christmas, so when I saw this new one I had to have it. It helped that I got it for free - I complete surveys for a company that gives you Amazon credit for each one you do, if any of you are interested let me know and I can send you a referral to the company. I have probally received $100 or so in Amazon credit since I started (which was arround the begining of the year).

Link to join if you want to: Get Paid to take Surveys!

Fun Times at the Zoo

2010-06-20T15:32:00.004-06:00

Ben and I went up to the zoo with Grandma, Aunt Jeni, James and Anna.

We had a great time.

At the playground Ben's favorite thing was the bouncy bridge thing (that is it's official name).

He wasn't too much interested in anything else.

A Picture with EVERYONE smiling.
(We had just seen the cute baby elephant).

A train ride to finish the day!

Thanks family for a fun afternoon. We will have to go again soon.

Our baby girl!

2010-06-11T15:18:00.004-06:00

For those of you who don't know, we are having a baby! We are having a girl around November 1st. We are SOOOO excited.

Here is her first picture.

We think she is just adorable!

Cutest Bank Card Ever!

2010-04-28T23:58:00.001-06:00

So I have been meaning to do this for awhile now, but I finally ordered my new card from Zions Bank:

(fake name and info on card, just in case you were wondering)

Family 5K

2010-04-21T09:15:00.000-06:00

Last Saturday the whole family participated in the Salt Lake City Marathon 5K. It was a lot of fun, I am glad Lisa went with me. It was just a nice walk, a good hour together. Ben enjoyed it and sleep through part of it. Had to wake him at 6 to get there on time. We will be do other 5Ks this summer: AF & Lehi. Let us know if you want to walk with us.

We did this with some of my co-workers and their families. Go Sorenson Media!

It was a good Saturday, after the 5K, we went to the zoo and saw the cute baby elephant. If you have not gone you should. It's the cutest thing. We also finally saw The Blind Side - good movie. We bought it when it came out and finally just watched it. Same thing with New Moon - own it, never seen it, hope to some day.

Wow! - Is this really a new post?

2010-03-18T10:55:00.003-06:00

So, yes it has been forever and lots has happened.

Clayton finished his Associates in Accounting at UVU and is still working towards getting a Bachelors degree. Work is busy as ever for him. Plus, he spends time with the Boy Scouts every week.

Lisa is still teaching half time at Greenwood, but this is actually her last year (for now). We want her to be able to stay home with Ben full time. Also it might give us more time to be together, it seems that any night Clayton is free, Lisa is either busy or has school stuff to work on.

Ben is now 18 months old. It's crazy how fast he grows. He's talking more, just little things. He's always laughing. Just last weekend he helped Dad build him a car:

Happy Birthday Benjamin!!!

2009-08-31T11:35:00.002-06:00

Finally....A New Post!

2009-07-21T19:21:00.005-06:00

So I know I have been a blog slacker lately. I was planning on posting some fun pictures about what we have been doing so far this summer but the motherboard on our computer went out and I am unable to access the pictures. I do have some pictures that are still on our camera so you will just have to wait for the others.

In June, Clayton and I were both in school and that about sums it up. I had class every Tuesday and Thursday to finish up my math endorsement. My mom was so great and watched Ben for us. That was such a blessing so I didn't have to worry about who he was with. I am finished though. Two long years of hard work and now I am done. Clayton had school before work and at night two nights a week. He also had Scouts one night a week so it was like we never saw each other. We survived June though and have made it sofar through July. Here are some of the things we have been doing:

Going to the zoo with cousins

Going to Thanksgiving point with cousins

Scout Camp

Oakley Rodeo

American Fork Steel Days Parade

Ben is growing so fast! He is crawling (or scooting) all over the place. He can crawl on his knees but prefers to army crawl and push himself with his toes. It is really cute. He loves to "talk." His favorite word is "Dada" unless he is crying and wants something. Then it is "Mama." He is just so stinkin cute.

Ben now has 2 teeth. Here is a close up.

This is Ben scooting along the floor.

Houston's summer haircut.

Happy Ben!

Ben wanted to help Daddy try and fix the computer.

My school (Greenwood Elementary) had a float in the American Fork Steel Day Parade. They asked for teachers to come and walk in the parade with the float. Clayton and Ben came and joined me. We all wore our Greenwood shirts. What a fun day. We even stopped off at the carnival on our way home and had a funnel cake (Clayton's favorite). Ben was a little tired when we got home.

Another picture of happy Ben. He is in the middle of clapping here. You can also see his 2 teeth.

This is my new favorite picture of Ben and Houston. They both look so cute. I didn't even pose this one. I love my family!

Ben's first tooth!

2009-05-13T10:18:00.003-06:00

So I wanted to let everyone know that Ben has gotten his first tooth. I tired to take a picture of it but it is hard enough for me to get him to let me see it, let alone take a picture. I can't believe how big he is getting. We sure do love him!

Ben's First Basketball

2009-05-05T10:50:00.007-06:00

Ben got a new toy today and he had a blast playing with it. It is a basketball hoop that when you pull down on the hoop it cheers. He just kept pushing the hoop over and over. He loves the basketball too but more to eat than to put in the hoop.

Tulip Festival

2009-05-05T10:35:00.005-06:00

We had this great idea to go to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. We tried to go on a few different days but either homework or weather had changed our plans. So Friday night was our last chance to go. Rain was threatening but we decided to risk it.

We arrived and started walking around the grounds and about 5 minutes later it started to rain. We kept walking and looking at the beautiful flowers with Ben bundled in his stroller. The gardens at Thanksgiving Point are beautiful. We had never been before but are looking forward to going back when we can actually get Ben out of his stroller to take some pictures.

Ben was happy all bundled up in his stroller.

We found some shelter to be able to take one picture with both Ben and Dad visible.

And the winner is....

2009-05-04T10:33:00.002-06:00

So our biggest loser contest is over. If you would like to see everyone's results, check out our blog at losingthesparetire.blogspot.com

Happy Birthday Lisa!!

2009-04-28T09:26:00.003-06:00

Today is the birthday of my favorite person. She is not only my love, but also the greatest friend and mother in the world. Thank you Lisa for being there for me, for your love for our son, and for understanding my stresses.

Happy Birthday Lisa!! I love you!!

(I was looking for a picture to add and loved these both, the one above shows Lisa and Benjamin and I love it. The one below is more about Ben, I love how he has his hand on Grandma's hand and is looking up at her. We are blessed to have such a great little boy)

Easter...Spring Break...and Snow?

2009-04-16T10:23:00.007-06:00

Ben's First Easter!

He didn't know what to think of the Easter grass but he sure did love the plastic eggs. Houston also enjoyed his basket of dog bones.

The Easter Bunny also brought Ben a toy piano. He loves banging the keys and hearing the noise. Mom and Dad are actually ok hearing the noise too. How can you not be when you see his big smile while he is playing?

Daddy was trying to teach him a song.

Ben really did love the eggs.

He even got to find an egg at the Easter Egg Hunt at Grandmas.

Ben is getting so big. He loves to sit up by himself. He can't get to sitting position without help but once he is there, he is good for a few minutes.

Ben loves being outside so we got a small swingset for him to grow into. We hooked up his baby swing and he has so much fun. Since I am on Spring Break from school right now, we spent some time outside playing. Houston even wanted to play. We then took a walk around the neighborhood and enjoyed being outside. It was so nice. (Dad is jealous and wishes he could have been home for this)

We then woke up this moring to this.

So much for playing outside today. Snow for Spring Break...only in Utah. (Dad is glad that Mom could stay home with a day like this, he had the fun of a 7 am class to get to)

Our Winner is...

2009-04-07T23:46:00.005-06:00

I am so upset....Sione was kicked off the Biggest Loser. Clayton and I were cheering for him to win. Instead he was sent home Tuesday night. He is still our favorite and we can't wait for Ron to get sent home. Oh the joys of being addicted to a T.V. show.

Happy 7 months Ben!

2009-03-31T10:54:00.007-06:00

Today is Ben's 7 month Birthday. I can't believe how old he is getting. He is growing up so fast.

He is almost always smiling and laughing. Even when he is not feeling good.

This is one of my favorite pictures. It captures his "I know I'm cute" smile.

Ben is getting so big that he sits up in his stroller and loves it. He also loves to chew on everything. Anything he can get his hands on goes into his mouth...even the dog sometimes.

As he is playing on the floor, he sticks his butt in the air and tries to crawl. This is the best picture I could get of it. He moves too quick.

This is usually how we are sitting. Me holding Ben and Houston always close by.

We love Ben so much and are so glad he is ours.

Facebook?

2009-03-17T10:58:00.002-06:00

I fnally joined the facebooking community. I have no idea how to use it but I joined. I am amazed at how many friends it has found for me. I don't know how to talk with them but at least they are found for now. So any of you who are on facebook...I will someday learn how to see you there.

Cute picture of Ben!

2009-03-12T13:10:00.001-06:00

What can I say...we have a cute baby.

I was sitting at my table doing some school work one day with Ben in his high chair next to me. I was getting bored so I started to play with the camera on my school computer. I would much rather be playing with him than doing homework any day.

Ben is 6 months old!

2009-03-10T08:42:00.003-06:00

So this post is about a week late but Ben is now 6 months old!

Time goes by way too fast. We started to feed him rice cereal and he loved it.

However, he also got sick. He has been sick for about a week which is why I haven't posted anything lately. We took him to the doctor yesterday and we are back doing breathing treatments with Ben. He is really congested and wheezing. We don't know if he got sick because everyone around is sick or if it has something to do with starting cereal or changing formula. (We tried to change formula too.) Since we changed so many things at once we need to just start over when he is healthy and try one thing at a time. He already seems to be feeling better, which makes me happy.

So this a lot of this weekend was spent sleeping.

We bought the coolest new thing for him. It is called a BUMBO. It is a seat that helps him sit up. He loves to sit but he can't do it by himself yet. He leans and falls over. With this seat though he is able to sit and play. Houston loves it too because Ben is on the ground and he can play with him more.

Ben loves to grab Houston's hair and pull his tail. Houston is so good and lets him do it.

Such great friends.

What's been going on?

2009-02-26T09:48:00.006-07:00

So life at our house has been really hectic this week. I have a huge project due for my math class tonight that I finally finished and Clayton has been busy with school...he has a test this weekend. We had a fun weekend last weekend but I haven't been able to post until today.

Ben loves sitting up now so we thought we would get out his highchair and see how he liked it. He loves sitting in it and playing with his toys. I think he likes being up closer to us as well. He is also a drool machine lately (hence the wet shirt).

We also took advantage of the nice weather and took a 3 mile walk. It was so nice to be outside. We wore Houston out though. He came home and crashed on the chair.

We got our exercise bike set up last week and it has helped us get some exercise in when time is short and we can't got to the gym.

Along with our health kick lately, we decided to try out our new Bosh mixer we got for Christmas from my parents and make some whole wheat pizza dough. It was actually really easy. And it tasted really good. I am so proud of how domestic I am becoming. I actually made sugar cookies for a primary activity a few weeks ago too. After a few batches, they turned out great. My next goal is to make bread.

Benjamin is growing up!

2009-02-18T10:35:00.005-07:00

I can't believe how big Ben is getting. He is such a happy baby. He loves to chew on anything (no teeth yet) and has found his thumb. He is almost always smiling and his laugh is so much fun to hear. We recorded his laugh on one of those recordable cards for my brother Matt who is on a mission. The only problem is that if you can't see his face you don't know if he is laughing or crying.

We sure do love him!!!

Valentine's Day Weekend

2009-02-17T10:20:00.002-07:00

We had a great Valentine's Day weekend. A busy one but a great one. It started when I was called down to the office Thursday afternoon. Clayton had sent me flowers. He is so sweet. He even had picked my favorite kind... Gerber Daisies. I have the greatest husband.

Friday night we went out to dinner to the Olive Garden where we of course ate too much. I love their frozen raspberry lemonade.

Then Saturday, I got another Valentine gift. The new Taylor Swift Cd. I love Taylor Swift and have been wanting this CD since it came out. I was so happy. That is seriously all I have listened to in my car for the past few days.

Saturday afternoon, my brother's girlfriend Liz was baptized. It was so wonderful to see her make that important covenant with Heavenly Father. She was confirmed the next day at church and we went up to that as well.

Monday we celebrated my brother's birthday. We all went to dinner at Bonsai (it is a Japanese steakhouse that cooks your food on a big grill in front of you). It was very yummy and very fun. My 2 1/2 year old nephew came with us and it was so cute watching him react to the chef. He loved watching him cook.

That was our busy weekend. We spent a lot of time with family and we had a great time. We hope you all had a great Valentine's Day.

Houston's Birthday

2009-02-06T10:46:00.003-07:00

We had a great little family birthday party for Houston last night complete with birthday cake (Clayton even tried it).

He didn't know what to do with the candle...

But he sure did like the cake.

Houston is the greatest dog. He is truely a part of our family. My mom even called to sing happy birthday to him.

WE LOVE YOU HOUSTON!

Happy Birthday Houston!!

2009-02-05T10:45:00.004-07:00

I just wanted to wish our dog a wonderful and fabulous Happy Birthday!! He turned two today. It's weird to think that we have had him for that long, but we have. Lisa is making him a doggie birthday cake. (She found it online, it's an actual cake: flour, bacon bits, beef flavored baby food, ... all cooked in a 8x8 pan, which is good so there will be enough for me :))

Happy Birthday!! We love you!!

Ben is feeling better!!!

2009-02-03T11:05:00.005-07:00

We are so happy that Ben is feeling better. He stil has a little cough but he is a happy baby.

His new favorite thing is to play with his toes. He even gets them into his mouth sometimes.

He can also roll over. We are hoping to get that on video soon but every time we bring out the camera, he stops rolling. This is him on his tummy so you can at least get the picture.

Houston loves to entertain Ben. He just laughs and laughs.

What are parents to do?

2009-01-28T10:35:00.003-07:00

I have decided that being a parent when your baby is sick is one of the hardest things to experience. Ben has had a little cold since about Christmas time. A few weeks ago his cough started to get really bad and he was wheezing. Last Friday morning he woke up with a fever of 102 which scared me to death. We of course took him straight to the doctor and he ended up having an ear infection (which caused the fever) and bronchialitis. It is basically like bronchitis but is further out in the air ways. So now he is doing breathing treatments 3 times a day while we try to get rid of his cough. They seem to be helping so he can breathe better. We went back to the doctor on Monday and he said that we need to just keep it up and hopefully it will go away. We go back to see him in 10 days. Ben seems like he is feeling better though. Even though he is sick, he still is our smiling baby.

Our Girls Weekend was a blast!

2009-01-21T11:06:00.007-07:00

There are a group of us that have been friends for a long time (some back to before I can even remember meeting them).
We got together last weekend and had a great time. We left our husbands and kids at home and went to Mandy's cabin. We spent the whole weekend talking and still didn't run out of things to say. That is what true friendship is. We don't get together as much as we should but we can always pick up right where we left off. The group consists of Allison, Mandy, Brooke, Laura, me, Kelli, Liz and Kristin. The last three were not able to come but we still love them.

Here are some pictures for your enjoyment:

Mandy cleaning up after she saved us from the mouse!

Allison showing us some yoga moves.

Where we slept.

Plyaing around with the timmers on our cameras.

Our Puzzle.

Making a salad for dinner (we are so healthy).

Some cute picures.

Laura and Mandy

Mandy and Brooke

Brooke and Allison

Thanks Mandy for inviting us up. I can't wait to do it again.

American Idol

2009-01-13T08:29:00.002-07:00

Tonight starts the new season of one of my favorite shows. Yes, I am an American Idol fan. There are very few shows that I have to watch on a weekly basis but this is one of them (Dancing with the Stars and The Biggest Loser are the other ones). I am so excited that it starts again tonight.

I am so grateful that we now have DVR (like TIVO).

Our new plan!!

2009-01-07T10:31:00.006-07:00

Clayton and I have been wanting to get into better shape ever since Ben was born. So here is our new plan. Check out our weight loss blog losingthesparetire.blogspot.com

Our 'lttle guy' is growing up!

2009-01-05T12:20:00.003-07:00

I love that he's growing, but it seems too fast. He now laughs and plays - he'll hold little toys, he can make the music play on the hanging toys that we place in front of him (he doesn't realize it's him yet though). Just in the last week or so he found his thumb and loves it. As of today he is 14 lbs, 4 oz and 26 inches long. The Dr. says he's really healthy which we love to hear.

Don't you just love this shirt? He really is our 'little guy'.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-29T12:34:00.002-07:00

You really can find anything at Wal-Mart!

2008-12-11T10:11:00.003-07:00

Lisa and I are trying to avoid having two shopping carts while shopping, but it's hard when you find things to put in the cart that you just can't pass up:

We only did this once. Thought we'd carry him the whole time, but he fell asleep and with my sweather and his blanket we found the perfect bed for him while we shopped. This did give us a lot more cart space.

Christ Was Love

2008-12-09T08:52:00.002-07:00

My sister-in-law sent Christmas letters with a story that I wanted to share:

During a school Christmas pageant, not to many years ago, a mother sat listening to joyful songs of the Holidays. There were songs about Santa, snowmen and reindeer; but there was no mention of Jesus or the true meaning of Christmas. Almost near the end of the pageant, one of the youngest classes got up to sing their song entitled "Christmas Love." The title caught the mother's attention. As the class sang, children held up letters to spell out the title of the song. "C is for Christmas", they sang. "H is for Holly" and so on. But then it happened. The girl holding the "M" inadvertently held it upside down. The audience laughed. She didn't seem to notice, but instead held her letter up high and proud. It was not until the end, when all the cards were held up that the audience was finally silent. They seemed to notice it all at once. Instead of spelling out "Christmas Love" as the song was titled. With the "M" upside down the cards now read "Christ Was Love."

I have been so busy with having a new baby, school, work, and church lately that I have forgotten to focus on the true meaning of Christmas. I was grateful for a reminder of the love Christ has for us. Thanks Starr and Robb for helping me to keep focused on what really matters.

I hope everyone enjoys this wonderful holiday season.

Red Hair

2008-12-02T11:11:00.005-07:00

So little Benjamin is now 3 months old. It's crazy how much he has grown in such a short amount of time. It's also weird to think it's already been 3 months.

Oh, and yes he does have red hair.

It's funny how the first thing someone will say when they see him is "He has red hair!" - often as a question. We are not sure where he gets it. Lisa and I both have uncles on our mothers sides that have red hair so that is our guess of where it comes from. We love it though and just hope it stays. My mom, herself had red hair for the first year of her life but then it changed and was never red again.

Recent Photos

2008-11-30T22:49:00.002-07:00

Benjamin and Houston (just chilling together on the bean-bag chair)

Benjamin's Family on his Blessing Day

Benjamin and his cousin Taitt - both blessed today. (I love Taitt's smile here)

Benjamin with the help from Mom hangin his first Christmas ornament

Utah Man Sir A Utah Man Am I

2008-11-20T20:29:00.003-07:00

Just thought I would get in on the whole rivalry thing.

GO UTES!!!

(This coming from a BYU graduate)

Winning Monopoly in real life!

2008-11-20T08:54:00.004-07:00

Last night Clayton and I went to the Jazz game (where they beat the Bucks and I got to see Andrew Bogut again!!!). We were pulling into a parking lot to pay to park when a man walking towards our car waved to have us roll down our window. He handed us a "free parking" pass for the lot. That totally made our night! What a nice person! I don't know why he had an extra "free parking" pass but we were grateful.

So whoever you were, Thank You!!

Just thought you would all like to see a picture of my favorite non-Jazz player, Andrew Bogut. He played for the U of U before he was drafted by the Bucks. Another great Aussie!

Benjamin and Houston

2008-11-18T14:04:00.002-07:00

A lot of people have asked us about how Houston is doing with Benjamin. They are doing really good together.

When we first brought Benjamin home, Houston was so cute to watch. He always needed to know where Ben was. If Benjamin was sleeping in the crib, we would have to show Houston so he would calm down. Houston's not as worried about him now, I think he has finally realized that Benjamin is here to stay.

Houston is really good around him, he won't bark at him - however he will bark at strangers outside, which does startle Ben. Houston really loves lotion, as in to lick who ever is wearing it. So, as you can image sometimes that is a problem.

Houston's saddest part of this new person he has to share mine and Lisa's attention with is not being able to sit on Lisa's lap as often. There are plenty of times Benjamin will share the lap with him, the only thing we are working on is Houston thinks that means he can sit on Ben's laps while sitting on Lisa's.

We love them both and look forward to them growing up together.

All dressed up for church.

2008-11-16T19:09:00.004-07:00

Here's Benjamin all dressed up for church.

One of Lisa's student's from last year made this sign for us.
'Benjamin: Mommy's New Man'

Ben & Houston

Benjamin's 1st Pumpkin Carving

2008-10-26T22:41:00.003-06:00

Sunday night we carved pumpkins with my family. Benjamin had a little help from Daddy carving his. He was ready to be done when it was time for a family picture. It was time to eat.

Our little family.

2008-10-19T21:20:00.004-06:00

Just want to give the update. We are doing well. Benjamin is now over 9 lbs and is sleeping through most of the night. He's smiling a lot more which we love. Lisa doing good and is back in school. Houston is loving life with the being able to play with the girl Lisa watches in the morning. And Clayton is keeping busy with work and school.

I need some help.

2008-10-09T22:40:00.003-06:00

So for one of my college classes this semester I have to do a blog and I am graded on doing it weekly and also trying to get people to visit the blog and leave comments. Please visit

lifebeforetheend.blogspot.com

It already has a couple post and I plan on adding a new one every week, so if you could check weekly and comment each week I would apprecaite it. Thanks!!

- Clayton

I shot a 91!

2008-09-21T20:04:00.005-06:00

So Friday at work was a slow day and after lunch me and two co-workers went and played a round a Golf. My third game ever, all 3 this summer. It's fun, I even got a set of club for my birthday earlier this summer. I am so good I shoot a 91. Oh, did I mention we only played 9 holes, that's right - par for the 9 is 36. So if you ever want to go play let me know. I figure I should get better with every game. I don't hit off the fairway, just straight and short, I have a hard time getting any air.

Updates!

2008-09-15T15:18:00.002-06:00

Today was our second doctors appointment for Benjamin. He is now up to 7 pounds 6 ounces and 21 inches long. Our little boy is already growing so fast! The doctor says that he is doing great.
I am enjoying being able to stay home and play with Ben all day. I never realized what a full-time job being a mother is! It never stops. I wouldn't trade it for anything though. I am amazed at how much I can love this little guy.
Thanks to everyone who has called and stopped by. We really appreciate all the love and support you have given us.

I have a wonderful husband!

2008-09-15T15:07:00.002-06:00

I just wanted to thank Clayton for being such a great husband such a wonderful dad to Benjamin and Houston. He has been so supportive and understanding. I am so lucky to have him in my life! We all love you Clayton!!!

Some pics of our cute little 'guy'!

2008-09-06T22:35:00.006-06:00

Just a couple of hours after his birth. Awake and wondering what this new place is all about.

First car ride, all bundled up and safe. Mommy rode in the back just to make sure.

Sleeping - his favorite thing to do.

Grandma came for a visit and he was happy to sleep there too.

Mid burping, he gets comfortable and is right to sleep.

Houston is loving him, except that little Benjamin does take a lot of Mom's lap time, so when Ben is willing to share or is not on her lap, he is.

He's here!!

2008-09-01T09:39:00.003-06:00

Benjamin Del Guy came into the world yesterday at 6:30 PM - weighing in at only 6 lbs and 13 oz. A tall skinny 'guy' measuring 19.5 inches. Lisa is doing well.

Neighbors - can't live with them.

2008-08-31T13:55:00.003-06:00

Or it seems that they can't live with us.

The neighbors to the east have moved out once again. Since we have lived here (2 years) - we have seen 4 neighbors move out. I know we have a little yapping dog, and I might not mow the lawn every 7 days, but I didn't think we were that bad to live next too.

So the neighbors moved out on Thursday and on Friday a new family moved it. I went over and meet them, and when I asked how they were, the father informed me that this was only a temporary move and they only expect to live there for a month or two - so within a min of converstation with me he's already planning on moving out. This morning a for sale by owner sign is in the yard.

Oh, by the way - I am typing this from the couch in the hospital. Lisa is sleeping, but dilated to a 6!!!

She's here!!!

2008-08-04T12:29:00.002-06:00

My sister Jeni had her cute baby a week ago (July 26th). Clayton and I were spending the weekend at Bear Lake at a family reunion for his family when we heard the news. We went to the hospital to see her when we got back. I don't know if being there with a newborn made me more excited or more scared. It has been really helpful to be able to spend some time with her this last week. Jeni's son James (2 years old) is adjusting to having a little sister but he is so cute with her. He gives her little kisses and will try to help with whatever he can. Baby Anna is really fun though. Whenever I hold her, Benjamin starts to kick her. They are already playing together.
Today marks 1 month to go for Benjamin to make his big debut. I am excited but scared at the same time. I hope he doesn't come early because I start school on the 18th and I want to get a few weeks with the students. I have to go back to meetings on the 12th so my summer is almost over. So sad.
Houston is recovering nicely from his little injury and that makes me happy. Hopefully that will never happen again.

2008-07-23T13:27:00.004-06:00

Our cute puppy had a run in yesterday with two of the neighbors HUGE dogs. I was closing the garage door and Houston slipped under it before I could stop him. Our neighbor was outside with his two big dogs so that is of course where Houston went. I ran (as fast as a 7 1/2 month pregnant person can run) to get him. The two dogs got a nip at him before I got there and before the neighbor could call them back. I bought him inside and noticed that he was bleeding so I ended up taking him to the vet. Luckily he didn't need stitches. He is just on an anti-biotic to keep it from getting infected. He is one tough puppy. I feel bad for him everytime I see his owie.

Yeah!!!! I am finally done!

2008-07-09T10:38:00.003-06:00

So today is the last day of my summer classes. It is finally time for me to have a summer vacation. I don't know what exciting things I am going to do but at least I don't have anymore classes or homework. I should probably start getting ready for little Benjamin to come. I have about 2 more months to clean and get our house ready. I need to get my classroom and sub plans ready so that I don't have to worry about school when he finally decides to come. Oh the joys. I am really excited though. So I am hoping that I will be better about keeping our blog updated now that I am out of school. Who knows though.

Houston's Haircut

2008-06-11T17:06:00.006-06:00

Houston got a haircut yesterday and looks so cute that I had to share it with you all.
They even put a patriotic bandana on him. He doesn't keep it on forever but it is cute while it lasts.

We have the cutest dog in the world!

(How many times can I say cute?)

My cute students!

2008-06-11T16:44:00.004-06:00

I am playing catch up today. I was getting some pictures off my camera and saw this one that made me smile. About a week before school got out, I got a TERRIBLE pain in my back. It turned out that I had kidney stones. If you have had them before you know how much they hurt. If you never have, pray you never will. It feels like you want to die. Anyways, I ended up in the hospital and missing 4 days of school. My cute students made me a banner and hung it on my garage. When I got home from the hospital, there it was! It made me so happy! In case you can't read it, it says "We love you Mrs. Guy" with all their signatures and a few messages.

Schools Out For Summer (well. . . sort of)

2008-06-11T15:16:00.003-06:00

So we have not been the best at keeping our blog updated. Things have been a little hectic for the last few weeks but hopefully life has calmed down. I finished teaching for the summer about a week ago. I am going to school now though. I have a math class I am taking 3 days a week through the month of June. So even though I am out of school, I am still in school. Fun for me!!! Clayton is going to school during the summer too so I guess I can't complain that much.

Last weekend I had the wonderful opportunity to attend my 10 year High School reunion. I can't believe I have been out of High School for 10 years (I feel really old). It was really fun seeing "the group." We don't get together as often as we used to. It was interesting to see how much people have changed over the last 10 years and how much some people have stayed the same. I am glad I went but I am not sure I am going to go to another reunion.

Picture of our cute baby

2008-05-10T16:48:00.005-06:00

So here is the first official picture of our little guy. I think he is just the cutest! It is amazing how much more real a pregnancy becomes after you see your baby.

Now comes the fun of shopping for all the baby things we need. Any great shopping tips from you experienced moms would be great.

We're having a Baby!

2008-05-04T22:37:00.003-06:00

We are going to have a baby boy!!! We are so excited. He is due on September 4th!

July 8th 2007 - Only 4 Months

2007-07-08T22:42:00.000-06:00

So let's see - tons has happened since March. Lisa got a new job - she will be teaching right across the street. Which will save on Gas. That's great.

Oh, we got a dog - a cute Maltesse names Houston.

I get my braces off in 3 weeks and I am so excited!!

So, I don't think I would have wrote today, but my brother-in-law checked it out and I felt I ought to. Hope fully again soon, but I doubt it.

It's working!

2007-03-10T23:09:00.000-07:00

It's busy - but life is good. I have allready lost 6 pounds!

Back to life!

2007-03-01T07:33:00.000-07:00

It seems that all I have been doing lately is working and then working some more. I live for the weekends, however they come and go way to quickly. Works has been busy especially since we hired Brent back and have 6 kids from the local high school working for us.

Ever since Brent came back it seems we eat out more and I have started to show that so I am dieting or just eating healthier. I am using this program Ashley uses and works for him - Diet Power. If you want to take a look at it go here - HERE!

Oh, also we have been doing a lot with scouts - we had our Blue and Gold last night. It was a lot of fun. We had way to much food left over, but that's OK. I will be eating Hawaiian Haystacks for the next few days.

Well, that a little update. Enjoy!

Time - Where does it go?

2006-10-10T01:09:00.000-06:00

It's strange how many things can change it time. I was up at my in-laws last week and reading the Oct. 2006 New Era and inside this a photo and little article about the Young Women of the Wilton Ward in Elk Grove CA. That's my home ward! - I grew up there and attended up until my mission. It's weird though, I recognized a few of the girls, mainly just last name as I know the family. However I actually don't know any of them well. Time changes things.

It's still cool to see your home town and people you know in the magazine, makes me feel a little important/special.

Well that' s all for now - smile.

Our New House!!

2006-09-12T21:50:00.001-06:00

We got internet today!! And also a home phone (first time since we are got married, we were just using our cell phones) - plus Lisa changed her email. Let us know if you need either.

However here are some pictures of our new home: This is are kitchen. Cute huh?

Next to the kitchen is the dining room with the door to our backyard. That's Lisa! Then it's our family room. That's my father-in-law hanging our blinds.

In order to get to the dining room you go through the front room. We don't have much furniture for it yet - smile

Then up the stairs into a hall where the laundry closet is and 3 bedrooms off of it.

One being our bedroom.

That's our closet through the doorways, with a bath between the two. So that's a little tour of our house. If you're ever in the neighborhood let me know and you can have a better one.

Without internet it's a lot hard to post on here!

2006-09-10T07:44:00.000-06:00

Well we have moved in and life has been busy. It seems that if I have free time I am doing something on the house - cleaning/unpacking. We bought shelves for the garage and I've installed a light in our pantry. We still need to put the yard in, but that's a bigger project. The sprinkler parts will be delivered on Tuesday - so hopefully by next Saturday.

We also get Internet in our house on Tuesday - right now I am borrowing a neighbors wireless connection until then.

Things at work have been busy too - things are going well. It's definitely a better month than July or Aug were. We've started six unique website to put all our products on. This helps with the clutter on the sites.

They are - GuyGraphics.com - which is back to how it was, just video and audio production

DigitalPhotographyStuff.com - has just that. Digital Cameras, Scanners and more

TonsOfCables.com - which has all our cables - over 1000

StableNLE.com - we are using this to have all our computer parts; motherboards, CPUs and more.

BuyGPSSystems - everything GPS

WildJungleMonkey.com - everything else - tents, leathermans, maglites and even blenders and waffle makers.

Crazy that we sell that much. We hope to eventually have different teams that just work on each site. Until then me and Ashley are very busy. We have put up help wanted ads, but people want to work evenings or weekends - which is fine if we just have them do minor things for us, but we really want someone that can become part of us in the future. It will happen.

So - with moving and all that life is busy. Lisa is back teaching, luckily she was off when we moved. It's nice to have the little breaks every 9 weeks.

Well that's us for now, hopefully it won't take another month before I post again - smile!

We Closed On The House Today!!!

2006-08-22T00:06:00.001-06:00

So we closed on our house today, we still have to wait for the money to fund and then we can get the keys and move in!! - We do all the major moving this Saturday. It will be so nice to have our own place. I can't even image. I am so looking forward to it.

Beside that life is good. Work is a little slow - but we are trying hard. We are making a bunch of different websites to help our customers. Also starting to do more email newsletter - if you want it - just email newsletter@guygraphics.com and ask to be added 0r put subscribe in the subject line.

To see all the new sites, visit www.guygraphics.com and click "Who is Guy Graphics"

My first Blog

2006-07-17T22:40:00.000-06:00

This is my first blog. Clayton started doing this and I thought "Hey, I want to do that too!" so he added me to his blog. So I guess now it is our family blog.
Like Clayton said, we are so excited for our house. It will be great to own our own home. I don't think it can happen soon enough.
Well, school for me is about to start again ( I teach 2nd grade). It seems like I didn't even get a break but I really enjoy teaching in a year round school. I have meetings all this week and then I will start with new kids on the 25th. I am looking forward to a good year. Last year I had a few students that made the year very difficult. They were great individually, but when you put their personalities together, it was like an explosion in my room. I lost a lot of sanity last year. So I am ready to start again with a new group.
Speaking of school, I guess I should start getting used to going to sleep earlier at night. So with that said, Good night.

Our New House!!

2006-07-16T14:04:00.001-06:00

That's right, we are buying a home and are very excited about it. It's brand new (as in being built) - we will be in by Sept.

It is a twin home, so we share a wall with someone. The houses are slightly shifted so not the complete wall and on part of the shared wall is a closet and the garage. However it has a private back yard. Fully fenced as well, which is not a given in Utah. It does have 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths. Also a family room and a "great" room. We love it.

The nice thing is we are staying in our current ward. We do love this ward. Also it is on a court so no traffic. That will be really nice. The people who share the twin home with us are retired and the brother of the builder. Good connection to have. When looking at the picture below we are the home on the right.

I hate not being able to sleep!

2006-07-07T06:17:00.000-06:00

It's Friday Morning (6:14 am) - I have been up for at least an hour it seems and I can't sleep. So, I decided I might as well check my email and stuff. Don't you just hate it when you can't sleep. I do!

Well, I figure I would talk about our CA trip we did last weekend. Lisa finished school on Friday - yeah! - so we went to CA for the weekend. (Ashley had left on Thursday).

We flew into CA Friday night and rented a car, first time to rent a car. We were able to get a PT Cruiser - with only 200 miles on it. I have never liked these cars, thought they were kind of "trendy" - well now I totally don't like them. The back hatch doesn't have a latch, it's either locked or closed by a magnet, hate it. Also the seats are really nice and have you sit higher, but the window is really low so you almost are looking out of the visor. If I was any higher/taller it wouldn't have worked I think. It handles nice, but the turn radius isn't that good, neither was the gas milage. Oh, well - It was still really nice to have a car to get arround in, but not have to drive from UT.

On Saturday - we went to Marine World - my Dad, Stepmom, Brother Devin & Nick - came - also Melissa and her fam, Helen and hers, and Ashley and his (along with Goya and Mom-In-Law). Oh, we stayed at Helen's house. We mainly walked arround with Helen and her fam. It was fun, saw the animals and rode on some of the rides. It was a good time. Afterwards we all went to dinner at Denny's (well Dad and his group didn't). I love eating breakfast foods.

Sunday - Ashley and his family went to Great America, Lisa and I meet him there. That was fun, went on a bunch of rides, plus Goya got us Free Tickets so that was really nice. So for both parks we only paid $46 total for the two of us. (plus parking, I can't believe the charge so much for that).

Went to San Francisco on Monday, went to Pier 39 - so the Sea Lions there, there were only 3 total, gone for the summer I guess. Walked the warf, and then to the Cable Car Museum. It's amazing how steep some of the hills/roads are in San Fran. The Museum was interesting, it was cool to see how the cable cars worked. We ate in Chinatown and returned home.

Then we returned to Utah on Tuesday - before returning home we visited Helen's Scrapbook store. They was cool - it's a nice store.

That night went to one of Lisa's aunts for dinner and then to the city of Holladay's fire work show. It was really good, at least an half an hour of fire works. They were awesome!!

Work has been hectic - we have shipped 6 computers so far this week. - and have 4 on the shelves right now to finish. It's great to be so busy, but hectic. I'm glad it Friday - going to the movies tonight too. That will be nice.

Well, have a great weekend!!

Monday Night and All Is Well

2006-06-26T22:32:00.000-06:00

It's Monday Night - it's been a good night.

Lisa is finishing report cards. She needs to get them all complete by tomorrow. It's her last week of school, but being year round it doesn't make much different. She finishes on Friday and then just two weeks later she starts next year.

I on the other hand have not done much of anything. Been sitting on my computer looking at houses. It would be so nice to be a home owner.

I am watching "Bed Knobs and Broomsticks" - it's a weird movie, not as good as I remember it to be.

So - things at work have been very busy. We have been selling a lot more computers compared to earlier months. It's great.

I hate being sick!

2006-06-20T07:58:00.000-06:00

This last week, my brother get sick from his kids. I thought it had passed me, we ussually don't make each other sick. But I guess my system was weak, so babysitting his kids on Friday didn't help. I woke up Saturday morning not feeling that well.
We planned on going on a bike ride and I didn't want to let him down so I went. I felt better as I biked - well at least at the begining. After about 6 miles, we stopped for a little break, and I decided to leave my breakfast on the side of the road. Feeling better at that point I decided to keep going, well after another 6 miles or so I threw up again. Last time I did that on the ride. (We got the whole thing on video using the AV500)
I am still glad we went on the ride, I probally should have only gone the first 6 miles and then turned arround, but it was good for me. I went home afterwards and sleep (stayed in bed) the rest of the day. I was feeling fine when I woke up on Sunday. Sadly, Lisa was sick, she stayed in bed all day. I think she was worse than I was on Sat.
I just hate being sick - it makes it where you can't do anything. We were going to go down to Manti for the Temple Pagant there - didn't. On Sunday we were going to go to my In-Laws for a little Father's Day celebration - didn't go to that either.
We are both luckily better now.

Arg! - sometimes things here in AF bother me.

2006-06-11T16:25:00.001-06:00

So, I woke up this morning got ready for church and headed to the building. Well guess what, there were only 2 cars in the parking lot. It was Stake Conference today (which explains the meeting yesterday) - our ward is horrible about making annoucements. Since Lisa and I are both in the Primary we rarely know what's going on, and we were out of town last week we didn't know. We called a friend in the ward. Felt stupid. At least Stake Conference wasn't until 2, so we had plenty of time to get there. Went back home and ate some breakfast - watched a movie (The Client).

Well, I am mainly posting this so I can post a pic of us. It's the only way to get a picture on your profile if you don't have a site to upload it to. Here it is:

This is us outside of my In-Laws House. It was taking about 6 months ago.

Tommorrow is almost here!

2006-06-10T23:00:00.000-06:00

Life is so busy, I will never understand how fast time goes by, even when a day might seem so slow. Not much has changed for Lisa and Me in the last little while.

We are still looking for a home to buy, but also waiting to pay off our car. My family was in town last weekend. That was fun. We all went to Logan and enjoyed each other company. There was us from Utah, my parents and my sister Helen. It was a great time.

Today was good, went by way to fast. This morning we had this 2 hour primary meeting - the whole stake - any adult in primary was supposed to go. It was about using music more in primary, in sharing time and classes - as well as singing time. It was alright. We were reminded that regular treats for the kids are not supposed to happen. Well, we sin in the department and probally will keep doing so. They said we should not reward are kids for reverence. I figure it's okay then since we pass out the candy at the begining of class regardless if they are reverent or not during class.

Went up to SLC today. They where Lisa's family is. Helpped her parents paint her sister's house - her sister just had a baby and has not been able to do much at her new home (older home, recently bought). So we get together and do stuff to it when we can. It's almost finished. Just a few more coats of pant in the frontroom and little more cleaning in the kitchen. Then the floors can be done and they can move in.

So, with that note I am going to go take a shower and try to get a bunch of paint off of me. It's only a little after 11 and we have church at 9 and I should probally review my lesson for primary tommorrow. So take care for now

Saturday Morning

2006-05-20T07:16:00.000-06:00

It's now 7:14 and I am sitting up in bed, laptop on lap writing in my blog. This is a common scene for me in the morning. Being Saturday it's a little different. My wife is sleeping just a few feet away, she would usually already be up and leaving for work right about now if it was a week day.

I love Saturday, they are a little more relaxing, I still do some things for work - Guy Graphics - like email customer their tracking numbers, run a few updates on the site, but I don't have to worry about a single phone call.

Today, I have to weed our front yard, I live in a condo park, but each place is responsible for their own flower bed area. My landlord asked me to take better care of ours. We have weeds that are at least 2 feet plus high in it.

Later, we are taking the Webelos Scouts from our ward to Timp Caves, we have to do a 3 Mile Day hike with the boys so they can get their Arrow of Light. It should be fun neither one of us have done it before.

Well, until next time - keep on keeping on!

2006-05-17T10:14:00.000-06:00

Wow, so this is what it's like being a blogger huh? It's kind of wierd, typing so everyone can read what you say. Fun times!