Has it already been 7 years?!

Bekah's 1st Birthday

So, this Friday is Bekah's 7th birthday. I can't believe how fast the last 7 years have gone by. Her due date was Aug. 30 but she had to be a little stubborn-I finally convinced the doctor to induce me a week later. So, Sept. 5 she made her entrance. Life is sure interesting when you have a daughter with a similar personality-let's just say there have bee a few battles along the way. BUT...we love our Bekah and all of the cute things she says and does. She is a great sister and loves her little brothers so much. Rhett gets so excited when it is time to go pick her up from school each day.

Since football season is now upon us, we are busy with traveling around following BYU football. This year, her birthday didn't "fit" into the football schedule so we decided to have her party a few weeks early on Aug. 16 (which happens to be my Grandma Sessions birthday-she would have been 92 if she was still with us). Since Bekah is part fish, she wanted to do a swimming party and luckily Aunt Joyce and Uncle Scott have a pool for us to use. So, she invited a few friends to go swimming and then we came back to our house for pizza, cupcakes, and icecream. She received a lot of great stuff from her friends and at the top of her wishlist was her own Ipod. So, Daddy delivered. Now she won't have to borrow ours all of the time. Now she walks around "plugged in" and ignoring us more than ever-is she already turning into a teenage?

Here are some pictures from the party. I had the camera at the pool but forgot to take pictures. We also decided to let Austin get some cake eating practice in since his 1st birthday is Sept. 15. He did pretty good!

Rebekah Loves to Swim

Rebekah is becoming a very good swimmer. She can do most every stroke and enjoys her daily swimming lessons. As if those were not enough, when we visit Uncle Scott and family on Mondays for FHE, she usually goes straight to their pool for another dip before we start. On the weekends, we often take another visit in at the public pool, or at her friend Emilee's house. Rhett also enjoys swimming and by this time next year, will probably be able to swim without help. Here are a couple pictures of Rebekah learning to dive below and jumping off the high dive above. She turns 7 in about three weeks.

Football Baby !!!!

Anyone who knows me knows I am crazy about most sports, but am especially fanatical about football. I love football at all levels; high school, college or pro. My pro team is the Chicago Bears-- who cause me more pain than joy most seasons. My big love is college football though, particularly my alma mater, BYU.

I have been to some great games and have lived through up and down seasons, so BYU's recent success has been especially sweet, given the dark years BYU fans had to endure from 2002-2005. The last two years, BYU has finished 11-2 with two MWC titles and LV Bowl wins.

Here are a few pictures from recent games.

2006 Las Vegas Bowl vs Oregon





The picture below is particularly funny. Last November, during the 2007 game between BYU and Utah, some fairly annoying Ute fans were sitting a row or two behind us. Considering how outnumbered they were at the time, they managed to be quite obnoxious.... especially for the minute or so they held the lead toward the end of the game. In the end, BYU pulled out a late win and, amidst our celebration, those guys slipped out in such a hurry, they left their blanket behind. Rest assured, we treated it with the utmost respect.... We dragged it on the ground to our car, then hitched it to the trailer hitch behind our car all the way home before throwing it in the garbage.



(from right to left: me, Alicia, Courtney, Spencer and Lowell (dad). Spencer was visiting all the way from Hong Kong for the weekend and did not leave disappointed.

2007 Las Vegas Bowl:

BYU football has provided the family a great excuse to get out and see some wonderful places as we follow the team around. We have been to Boston, Florida, Atlanta, Virginia, Notre Dame, Boise St, San Diego, Stanford, Reno, the Rose Bowl and LA Colisseum, New Mexico, and the Cotton Bowl to name a few (I am sure I forgot a couple). Notre Dame and the Univ of Virginia were my favorite campuses to see, both beautiful and filled with tradition. Boston was our favorite family vacation and Boston College has one of the finest settings around. My least favorite trips were USC, UCLA and Stanford. I must have issues with liberal Californians or something.

This year, we are planning to attend away games in UW (Seattle), Logan (Utah St), Air Force and Fort Collins, Colorado. I also will be at all six home games, and likely the Bowl game, whichever BYU ends up playing in.

GO Cougars !!!!

Knight Family Reunion

Every summer, Neldon mom's side of the family meets for the Knight Family reunion. It is one of the things we look forward to the most during the summer. Truthfully, when we are enduring the 105+ degree summer days in Vegas, it doesn't take much to talk us into a trip into the high mountains. This year we camped at Emigration Campground, a few miles outside of Montpelier, Idaho. Highlights of the weekend included seeing relatives we don't often get to see, swimming in the mineral springs outsided of Preston, and Austin getting sick (see below). Neldon stayed in Utah the following week with Rhett (Jenny had to go back to the heat, homework, and a sick baby) and we had some pretty fun adventures, like going to the zoo, hiking around Brighton resort, and quite a few trips to the park. It was a fun trip, and here are a few pictures.

Austin's Rash

While camping last week, Austin came down with a case of Tonsillitis. We got a prescription for amoxicillin and after one week, we began to notice a rash forming. It started to show up on Saturday afternoon and by Sunday morning, he looked like he does in the pictures. It looks like little Austin won't be getting any more ____-Cillin medications in his life. So far, he has not been affected by it much (knock on wood)..... no itching or crying. He is just glad to be rid of his sore throat. We'll post some pictures of our latest campout later, but here's the pictures of his rash.

My Birthday Campout

So, I just had my 32nd birthday. Neldon asked me a few weeks before it what I wanted. I told him that I wanted to go camping and he looked at me like I was nuts. I wanted to go camping in the mountains and get dirty, roast marshmallows, and enjoy nature. So, that is what we did. It was a blast! We went to a campground in Cedar Canyon. It was beautiful during the day and freezing at night. Austin ended up in my sleeping bag with me which didn't make for a very comfortable sleep but that is ok. There was a stream running through the campground so the kids had tons of fun throwing rocks. Austin got mad that we wouldn't let him crawl around everywhere but he loved crawling around in the tent. He puts everything in his mouth-I think he sampled just about everything mother nature has to offer while we were there. Neldon was attempting to take a nap one afternoon and a hummingbird flew in the tent and couldn't get out. After about an hour, I had to shew it out with my hat. There also was a little nest right above out tent with a bunch of baby birds in it. Every time the mommy bird came with food, the little heads would pop up and chirp like crazy-it was just like on cartoons. We took our neighbor Daisy with us, she was big help in keeping the kids entertained while Neldon and I had to do stuff. I decided that I wanted to attempt making a dutch oven birthday cake-the pictures explain it all. So, when we got home, I went to the grocery store and bought myself a yummy birthday to enjoy-of course I shared!

Tag...You're It

I love reading lists of things about other people-like when they have been tagged to tell about themselves. I like those little glimpses into their lives. I never fill them out myself, though.

But this time I am going to.

4 things I was doing 10 years ago...
1. graduating from college (Southern Utah University) with a degree in Accounting
2. getting ready to celebrate our 1st wedding anniversary (June 19)
3. getting ready to move to Las Vegas
4. starting my career as an accountant

4 things I was doing 5 years ago...
1. still working as an accountant
2. trying to be a good mom to an almost 2 year old daughter with major attitude (still trying but now she is almost 7)
3. getting really addicted to scrapbooking
4. going to my sister Lyndsey's wedding (June 6) and my brother Jeff's wedding (June 26) Happy 5th Anniversay!

4 things I did yesterday...
1. took the kids to tumbling classes at the rec center
2. ate lunch at McDonald's-Yuk!
3. went to a Premier Designs Jewelry party at Diana's
4. went to the Post Office

4 things I watch
1. Disney Channel - Bekah (Hannah Montana, Suite Life of Zach & Cody, High School Musical, etc.)
2. Nickelodian - Rhett(Dora, Diego, Backyardigans, etc)
3. American Idol- yeah David Cook!
4. Dancing with the Stars