Let's Celebrate!

Maggie had her 18 month doctor's appointment yesterday. Everything went well. She now weighs 20 lbs. 4 oz. Hooray!!! She gained almost 3 lbs since her 15 month appt. Awesome! She even grew 2 inches. Now she is on the charts. 4th% in weight and 8th% in height. We'll take it! So a little shout out to little Maggs.

Jane's Very First Birthday

Jane had her birthday on Saturday. She's pretty proud of her cupcake eating abilities as well as her walking abilities, yes walking.

This is for you Sadie!

Sadie, since you have been feeling a little under the weather. I thought watching this might cheer you up a bit. Enjoy!

Check Out Emily's Socks

Link to Spudman

Sign-ups start at noon tomorrow. Don't forget. It should be fun. I think Daisy, Emily, Christian, and Isaac are doing the whole thing and Marty, Elise, and I are doing a team. And thank goodness for Shayne. He'll be on the sidelines cheering us all on. Oh yeah, here's the link: burleylions.org/spudman.html

12:00 sharp (and 11:00 for Emily...I'll take care of Isaac and the teams)

Mom and Dad, do you think you could brave the cold Burley weather to come watch?

Triathlon Anyone?

I don't know how it crept up on us, but the Spudman Triathlon is only 205 days away! The sign-ups (I think it's a lottery-type sign-up) start this Monday, and Christian has been planning on competing. I'd like to do something, too. But I was thinking of doing it as a team. Anyone interested? The race is on July 26th--the last Saturday in July. It's a 1.5 K swim, 40K bike, and a 10K run. I was thinking that I would do the running leg, since that would probably be the easiest for me to train after the baby. But I'm open to do the swim as well if someone (dad, Shayne, Daisy, Elise, etc.) wanted to do the run. It could be a fun little reunion for the family. Some of you might even want to do the whole thing, which would be great. Or we could do two teams if enough people could do it. The cost is a little steep--$50 per person, but you get a t-shirt AND a swim cap so in the end you almost make a profit. Anyone interested? Come on Daisy, remember the glory days!

By the way, I'd love to see both Emily and Marty on the swim. I have a feeling Emily would dominate...and Dustin and Isaac on the bike for that matter.

December 31, 1975

Dona and I had rented (yes rented because we were too poor to own one) a color TV so we could watch the Tournament of Roses parade on News Year Day (well and maybe to watch the Rose Bowl football game...pre ESPN if you can imagine such a time). Around 10:30 PM Dona started to have some pains. Because this was her first, I didn't think that she could possibly know for sure. However, just to be on the safe side, we went to the emergency room of the Utah Valley Hospital in Provo to check it out. It was determined that she was indeed in labor so they checked her in and placed her in one of the many labor rooms (this is Utah Valley and they need many labor rooms). I initially had hopes that maybe we could have the New Years baby but there must have been 13 or 14 babies delivered between midnight and 7:00 AM when our little baby girl was delivered. In those days we had no idea of the baby's gender before birth so although we had a name for a boy...we really weren't prepared for a girl. Emily was a name I had liked and I thought that if we added Anne her initials would be EAR and if eventually married a Prusso the initials would be EARP. I have always been a fan of the wild west and Wyatt Earp has always been a favorite character from that era. The rest is history. Emily Anne has grown to be a lovely women, wife, and mother. I sold her to her husband (Dustin) for a pick up truck. At the time, I thought it was a great deal but now after seeing their children I believe we should re-negotiate for something of more value. The negotiations on that will begin soon although I suppose I'd settle for being the ball boy at another Stanford football game.