Hunter's Baptism

This last Saturday was one of my favorite days. The main reason was because my second son Hunter was baptized.

Here he is with his dad right before the baptism.

Here is a picture of our family before Hunter was baptized

It was such a special day because Hunter is such a fantastic kid. He has such a sweet spirit and was so excited to finally be able to be baptized. He set a fantastic example for his little brothers and now they are super excited to be baptized too. Hunter was excited because he knew all of the other kids that were getting baptized that day with him. There were 8 kids that were baptized that day in our stake. We were also very lucky and excited to have so many of our family there to share this special day with us.

After Hunter was baptized and confirmed we headed to our church and had a small breakfast.

Our family after the baptism

Stephen and I with Hunter

Hunter with Grandpa and Cindy Walker, Rose and Derek

Hunter with aunt Heidi

Hunter with Grandma Walker

Hunter with Grandma Draper (Grandpa Draper was lucky enough to be able to see the baptism but had to leave to go to work before breakfast. So he isn't in the pictures but he was there.)

Hunter with aunt Jenney and cousin Kandie

Hunter with uncle Nick and aunt Shauntae and his cousins Ethan, Austin, and Matthew

Thanks everyone for coming and sharing this special day with us. We are so very proud of Hunter and his decision and know that this only the beginning of a life long of wonderful decisions.

We love you Hunter!

The NEW me

I have never colored my hair in my entire life. I almost did when I turned 30 but chickened out. I am not really picky about my hair and I go a long time between hair cuts so I didn't want it to look funny with roots that needed to be done. But every once in a while I would look at someone's hair and think, "I would like my hair to look like that." With the help of my husband and sister-in-law, I decided to try it and get highlights.

Here I am before (don't pay attention to the basketball hoop behind my head)

Look how long my hair had gotten. (Jenney and I tried to figure out when the last time I had gotten my hair cut and we couldn't remember. So it had been a LONG time!)

So after dinner on Sunday, Jenney went to work.

This is after the highlights. Then Jenney cut my hair. I told her to take off about 6 inches. I was getting tired of laying on my hair.

Here I am after with just a fast blow dry.

The back

I wanted to see the difference between the before pic and after. Since I was wearing a barrette, I decided to see what I looked like.

Stephen says that you can see the difference better from the side. You really can see the difference.

Even though it is just a slight difference, I really like it. The biggest change I saw was on Monday, the day after. I decided to see what my hair looked like curled. Here it is. My hair has never curled very well and the curl usually falls out within a couple of hours. But I curled my hair and it stayed all day with only my usual amount of hairspray, which isn't very much. I was impressed.

Thanks Jenney! I love it!

There was some bleach left when I was done so Jenney gave Kylan some tips.

This was his first time doing anything like this to his hair too. It is subtle but he really likes it!

School lunch

My kids have always been excited to start first grade. There are many reasons but one of the biggest is that they get to eat lunch at school. This year Hunter loves eating school lunch.

Hunter also is always thinking of others and trying to make everyone happy. One day he remembered that his Grandpa Draper likes sloppy joes. Stephen and I are not big fans of these but Hunter loves them when they are served at school. So he invited his Grandpa D to lunch the next time they had sloppy joes. Even though Grandpa had to work that day, he took his lunch hour during Hunter's lunch time.

Thanks Grandpa! The boys loved eating lunch with you.

Another one of Hunter's favorite things is recess. He and his friends make up the cutest little games. Recently, they made up a game that requires them to put their legs into their shirt and walk around. You will have to ask him about all the details but he says that it is a really fun game.

Here he is trying to go down the slide during this game.

And of course the little kids love play at Hunter's school with him. They beg me everyday to do it.

This ended up being one of Hunter's favorite days at school because Grandpa Draper came and ate lunch with him and his little brothers got to play with him at recess.

Movie Madness

We are not huge movie watchers compared to some people. But we do like to watch a movie occasionally. This weekend was a movie weekend for us.

Saturday, while my mom and sister and her son were visiting us, we watched "Astro Boy". It was a really cute movie and my kids just watched it again today. Thanks mom for buying it for the kids. If you haven't seen it and you have kids, especially boys, you should check this one out.

Then we watched "Fantastic Mr. Fox". Weird. I did not really like it and actually did not finish watching it. I had heard that it was good and a must see. But I say it is one you could miss.

Then, last night, we went to the theater (we only do this a couple times a year) and watched "How to Train Your Dragon" in 3D. It was great. We all loved it. Beck and Gavin had not been to a 3D movie before and loved wearing glasses to watch the movie. I was nervous with taking Gavin but he was the best behaved I have ever seen him. It was a fantastic night. I recommend going and seeing this movie.

Here are the kids with their glasses after the movie.

Jazz autographs answers

So the autographs were pretty easy except for number 1 and 5. No one got them all right though.(even with the guesses on FB).

Here are the answers:

1. Paul Millsap
2. Jerry Sloan
3. Sundiata Gaines
4. Wesley Matthews
5. Kyle Korver
6. Othyus Jeffers

Thanks everyone for playing along. It was fun to see everyone's guesses.

Are you a true Jazz fan? (LONG post, with a game at the end)

Last week we were able to go to a Jazz game as a family. It was a lot of fun. I was nervous with taking Gavin because, if you know him, he is a little rowdy and hates to be contained. And if you have ever been to a Jazz game, you know how roomy those seats are, plenty of room to run around.(a little sarcastic) Anyway, I was impressed with how well behaved Gavin was and how much fun everyone had.

Stephen left work a little early and after the kids got out of school, we headed down to SLC. We always park at the Crown Burger for Jazz games because you can park there free if you eat dinner there. We usually are running to get to the Jazz game on time, so we inhale our meal and sometimes eat it on the walk to the Arena. But this time we got down there so early that we were almost the only ones there, so we got to pick where to sit and were able to sit and enjoy the meal, which has never happened for me.

Can you see how much room we had?

When we were done there was still quite a bit of time before the game, so we decided to walk around. We walked over to the Energy Solutions Arena (old Delta Center). We wanted to show the kids the John Stockton and Karl Malone statues. Then we had to answer questions on who they were (only Kylan knew who they were).

The kids were amazed by Stockton's and Malone's hand and foot prints.

The kids wanted to see how they measured up to Karl Malone.

Beck with K.Malone's shoe prints.

Hunter with K.Malone's shoe prints.

Kylan with K.Malone's shoe prints.

Gavin with K.Malone's hand print

Beck with K.Malone's hand print

Hunter with K.Malone's hand print

Kylan with K.Malone's hand print. I was surprised that there isn't as big of a difference in Kylan's hand and K. Malone's considering Karl Malone is 6'9".

I don't know what time they start letting fans into the Arena, but the doors were still locked and lines were forming. So we decided that we would walk around the outside of the Arena and maybe head towards the outdoor mall that is close by. As we walked around the back of the Arena there was this cool Jazz Bear van outside.

As we went around the corner, we saw that a door was open and they were letting some people in, so we decided with Gavin we would rather walk around inside and let the kids look around. Plus, we didn't have any money to spend at the outdoor mall anyway.

At past Jazz games they have asked to look in my purse, then they just scan your tickets and you are on your way. This time was a little weird because they didn't check my purse but they scanned us with a metal detector wand. We had to stand with our arms and legs spread while they ran the wand everywhere. We thought that was weird until they asked if we were with the dance group. We had come in the back door where only the performers are allowed.

Luckily, since it was almost time to open the doors, they let us in. We walked around a little. Then, since there was almost no one in the Arena I decided to try and show the kids the court a little closer than where our nose-bleed seats are.(They really aren't that bad but they are upper bowl). The past few years, there has been an usher at the door and you weren't able to pass without a lower bowl ticket. I am guessing that they are there because so many people try and sit in different seats and sneak down from the upper bowl. So I just planned on being able to stand at the top of the stairs and look down to the court. But since we were there so early, the usher said that we could go down and watch the players warm up. We could get within 4 rows of the floor. Then you could stand by the tunnel and try and get the players autographs as they ran into the locker room. Kylan was in heaven as he stood there trying to get the players to autograph his jersey. I was surprised as how many he was able to get.
Kylan in the mix of people. Can you see his light blue hat?

After a while we decided to get to our seats and get situated before it got crowded.

The kids were excited when the game started and Memo had an awesome dunk.

Gavin sitting on dad's lap with his bear claw!

Gavin being such a good kid sitting by mom and dad.

The three oldest boys loved watching the Jazz play.

At half-time we walked around and got a treat. Here are the kids showing off their "hands"

I think this was the best part for the younger three boys. They still talk about the Dipping Dots.

We had a lot of fun and will try and do it again next year.

So now onto the game! Try your hardest with no cheating. You can not use Google, your neighbor, spouse or anyone else or anything else. Try and use your best judgement and let's see how well everyone can do.

Kylan got 6 autographs. Let's see if you guys can tell who signed his jersey.

The 2009-10 Jazz roster is:

Carlos Boozer

Kyrylo Fesenko

Sundiata Gaines

Othyus Jeffers

Andrei Kirilenko

Kyle Korver

Kosta Koufos

Wesley Matthews

C.J. Miles

Paul Millsap

Mehmet Okur

Ronnie Price

Deron Williams

And they are coached by Jerry Sloan

I will put numbers next to the pictures. In a comment, tell me whose autograph is in each picture. If I get a lot of comments, I might throw in a Jazz themed prize for the winner.

Good Luck!!!

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