Santa and the Boys

One of Sara's aunties had a party last week and invited Santa. PJ is used to Santa by now but Kohan, not so much.

Parker's First Lost Tooth

November 23, 2011, PJ lost his first tooth. He seems pretty happy about it.

Halloween 2011

PJ and Kohan playing on a tractor at the pumpkin farm.

Dustin carved the pumpkin on the left.

PJ in the halloween parade at school. If you can't tell, he is Indiana Jones. I got him an Indy hat that wouldn't fit because PJ's head is too big. I also got him a whip which he told me he couldn't take to school because "it is a weapon".

Indiana Jones (PJ) and Adrian Peterson (Trey) at school.

PJ and the Primary Program

A couple of Sundays ago, PJ was with us on Sunday and, just by chance, it was the ward primary program. PJ only comes to church with us about once a month so we didn't know if he'd want to be involved or not. He actually wanted to get up on the stand with his class and sing the songs (he didn't seem to be doing much singing). The primary even gave him a part to say. As the primary president whispered in his ear, he spoke loudly and clearly. He was especially happy when JoAnn told him how much better he did than Richie oh those many years ago. When JoAnn whispered in Richie's ear, he would whisper in the microphone. PJ thought it was quite funny.

Stupid Chickens

For about a month, one of our big white hens has been missing. Well, not entirely missing because we would spot her every now and then. We wondered if she was sitting on some eggs but I could never find her. I searched the entire acre and no luck (not surprising when the grass in the pasture is 4 feet high). Anyway, last Friday she finally showed up with her 9 chicks. Why did she do this at this time of the year instead of springtime? Anybody care to become a chicken rancher?

PJ's First Soccer Game

Today, we went and cheered PJ at his first soccer game. He is playing indoor soccer at the Herriman Recreation Center (that place is a Taj Mahal). He seemed to have a lot of fun. To see more photos, click on this link.

PJ's Fun Run

A couple of weeks ago, I got invited to go see PJ and Trey participate in the school's fun run (I think they were promoting fitness or somesuch nonsense). After it was over, PJ swore he would never ever run again. He was pretty tired but that was because he was going as fast as he could the entire race. He hasn't learned the tortoise and hare story yet. The funny thing is that later that day, after we had all been to lunch and took Trey home, they raced each other to the corner and back several times.


PJ appears to be thinking about the race and developing a strategy to defeat all of the other kids.


PJ and Trey lapping the field.


Getting caught behind a group of slow girls including the teacher.


PJ sprinting his guts out.


Oh oh, someone appears to be getting tired and slowing down.