Go Jazz! ...or Not

On Saturday we went to the Jazz vs. Lakers game. I'm really not a Jazz fan even though I have lived in Utah my whole life. Actually I never really watched basketball games...until I married a sports fanatic who watched every football and basketball game. Luckily he doesn't watch as many games now, just his teams. I watch the games with him know, too, so we both have made some sacrifices you could say. Anyways I was really excited to go to the game, I think it is so fun to go to games no matter what sport, except hockey.
We had 4 other tickets so Spencer asked some friends to go with us. We were finding our seats and we kept climbing and climbing, I was getting out of breath because of the lack of oxygen and all of a sudden my nose started to bleed. That's right people, we were on the top row of the whole arena. You may think oh man that sucks, but there are some good things about it. We had a banquet room behind us so we had a beautiful view of the city and mountains, and we could stand up anytime we wanted and put our jackets and my purse behind us, not worrying about them getting stolen. It was actually pretty fun being up there. Jazz lost of course, Kobe Bryant was on fire making every shot so they really had no chance.

Fire as they introduce the Jazz team

Luke who is single for anyone who is interested, Jay, and Spencer

Jorrel and Andrew who are also single, Ladies.My Sweetie and I

A Glimpse of Brilliance

I have been working with Clay on different things such as where his nose and belly button are, or what does a doggy say. He has only done it once and after that its like he doesn't understand me or just is not interested. He watches signing time videos but he has never done any of the signs, he could care less about it. So sometimes I think that all my efforts are useless that this kid is truly on his own time and will do them on his own time. Than he does something brilliant.
Today Spencer and I were watching him play in the living room and it looked like he was patting his leg, doing the sign meaning dog. So I said "dog?". He looked back at me, crawled over to his basket full of toys and books, grabbed the little book with dogs in them, opened it up and pointed to a dog and actually said dog. Spencer shot up and looked at me so excited, as was I. Afterwards we were trying to get him to say what a dog says, which he will do rarely. Of course he didn't because we wanted him to. What a short glimpse of brilliance. He is such a little stinker, but he is so smart and knows what he wants and does it when he wants to. I think we have our handful with this one.

Don't Put Your Winter Coat Away Yet...

As I went outside to throw out Clay's stinky diaper, I noticed this white substance that felt cold as it fell ever so gently on my skin. It looked beautiful as I looked around and saw it covering everything in sight. I finally realized that it was... SNOW? I stood there scratching my head thinking, how could this be? Winter was over, wasn't it?

I have mixed feelings about this storm, we need the moisture but I feel like I have been stuck inside for months not wanting to go out in the cold. I want to go play outside!! I even put my winter coat away in the back of the closet thinking that that would get the warm weather sooner, I should have known better, its UTAH.

A door to another world

I like to think back when I was a child, I loved to explore and find new places that I could call me own and play in. I'm happy to say that Clay has that same desire and imagination. He is always getting into things that I didn't think he would ever bother with.
As I was in the kitchen cleaning up breakfast, I heard...nothing coming from the TV room and to a mother this usually means T.R.O.U.B.L.E. So I went to check on him...this is what I found. Clay crawled through the little window of our TV stand that I didn't think he could fit through (our TV is placed in the corner). He found a world full of cords, wires and a few lost toys. Such a safe place for a little guy like him. I only got pictures of him coming back to reality from his newly found world. This kid makes sure I'm always on my toes.





I also have to add that he loves to help with the dishes, specially when it comes to take out the dishes and put them on the floor. He likes to climb up on the door to make sure that it is sturdy.