Merry Christmas 2010

2010 Thunderbird Takedown Tournament

Jake's first wrestling tournament of the year. It was a takedown tournament which basically means you get points for getting control rather than pinning the other wrestler. The first video clip is his first match. It is rather long but Jake won in overtime if you want to watch. Please try to ignore all my yellling and screaming on both video clips.


Jake has worked really hard this year to get ready for the tournaments. He has improved so much from last year. This is only his second year wrestling and he can hold his own with kids who have been wrestling 3-4 years.

Jake got 3rd place in the take down tournament. That is best he has ever done. We hope it is a sign of a great wrestling season.

Natural History Museum with Brandon

Brandon and I were invited to go on a field trip to the Natural History Museum. We have been wanting to go for sometime so we were excited about the invite.

This is Brandon with 2 of his friends and some kid I don't know. I am not sure what this particular exhibit is called but for Brandon it was called "The animals with big horns."

I seriously hate birds and I didn't not enjoy this exhibit but I thought I would take a picture in front of it to show some bravery. The picture doesn't show the nasty ostrich taller than me!

I thought this was cool. Brandon is standing inside the fish tank. They had Dori and Nemo fish in the tank. I was impressed that Brandon would stand "inside" the fish tank. I had to go first to show him that it was not scary.

Digging for fossils. Brandon really liked this exhibit. He didn't want to leave when it was time to move on.

A coy pond with big fish and turtles.

Brandon spotted this and wanted his picture taken with it. In the far right corner of the glass case is a miniature replica of the Easter Island statue. Brandon recognized it from the Night at the Museum movie. Brandon kept repeating the line "hey dum dum, give me gum gum!"


No pictures with the dinosaurs. Their roar was a little too scary for Brandon. We did have a fun time though.

Love my little guy!

Breakfast with Santa

Today our ward Primary had a breakfast with Santa. It was really nice and a lot of fun. The food was yummy too. Only Emma and Brandon were able to go because Jake was at his wrestling tournament.

Enjoying their breakfast

Making crafts

The finished product
Emma and Santa. I think she is getting too big for this. :(

Brandon and Santa. This year he asked for LEGO's and monster trucks.
Yeah for Santa and Mrs. Claus.