Photo shoot at the temple.

This morning we had a little photo shoot at the Vernal temple. These are some of my favorite pictures.



You see the big bruise in the middle of her forehead? Well she was feeling adventurous at her cousin's house and had several big BONKS. Pictures from that trip are below.

Here we are at the Denver zoo. Ryanna's counsins Lydia (in the red dress) and Cynthia(standing) had fun showing us around. We went to visit Brian's brother Carl(also pictured below) and his family for the weekend.

Ryanna thought she was in heaven at their house with all the new toys and things to do. She threw a fit every time she had to leave the toys to sleep or eat.
Here is the big girl with her daddy on the plane. She rode on a bus, train, and plane all on this day! She slept the whole plane ride home while Brian and I were on the verge of using the barf bags. We were practically on a crop duster and there was terrible turbulance.
Lately people have said Ryanna looks like me. It's nice to hear since the first thing we usually here is how much she looks like Brian.
CRACKERRRRRRRRRR!!!! This is where the crackers are kept and Ryanna knows it. I chose this cupboard because she cannot open it but she will stand there for as long as it takes. She has learned that if she says please or "peas" she has a better chance of getting some.
Football season is here. Brian is standing and has the black strap across his white shirt. That is the camara case. Since he is the newest coach he had the honor of recording this scrimage game.
Ra Ra Ree Ra Ra RAA!! Here is Daddy's little cheerleader.
Note her sparkly sunday shoes. She would not let me take them off even though she didn't want to wear any clothes.

Mommy Tag

This is the announcement we emailed to friends and family the day after Ryanna was born. That is the pic taken by the photographer at the hospital. Ryanna was only 13 hours old and so alert!!

*Age of baby/babies/kids: Ryanna Baldwin, 18 months old

*Birthdays: February 13, 2007

*Time of birth: 2:12am (I think...Brian would know for sure)

*How long did labor last? 13 hours

*How long did you push? 1 hour

*How much did baby weigh? 8 lbs 8 oz

*Any Hair? just a little red fuzz which fell out

*Who does your baby look like? From day one everyone said she looked like Brian but
now that she has hair she looks like me too!

*How much weight did you gain? 25 pounds

*Was baby early or late? a week early

*How many baby showers did you have? one and it was awesome!

*Did you breastfeed? Yep

*Who watches your babies most of the time? We have a good friend here in Vernal named Mary who loves Ryanna and has watched her more than anyone else. Thanks Mary!

*When do you wanna have another? It's only been recently that we've realized Ryanna isn't a baby anymore. We think we're ready for another one in the next year or two.

*How did you know it was time to go to the hospital? Well I had the best night's sleep and when Brian left for work at 7am I kissed him goodbye and went back to sleep of course. I woke up at 11am feeling like a million bucks, got out of bed, walked to the bathroom and my water broke. It TOTALLY caught me off guard! I called my doc and he didn't believe me and just told me to come into his office...apparantly lots of pregnant women pee their pants and think their water broke. So I drove to the office and sat there for half an hour before they brought me to a room where I sat for another 15 mintues. Finally the doc comes, does a check and is shocked to find I was right. He insists I get to the hospital immediately as I was in labor....maybe next time I'll just go to the hospital and skip that step.

*Anyone spend the night with you on your first night home? My mom and little sister Kayla made it to town just in time to help us get home and take care of us. We loved having them there those first few days.

*Who cut the cord? Brian. He didn't think he would want to have any part or see anything and then when the time came he was all about it.

*Did you cry when you first held the baby? No but I was overwhelmed with joy. It was the happiest moment of my life to that point.

*Where was the baby born? Timp Regional in Orem, UT

*Did you record the birth? no but Bri took some pics

If you are reading this and have kids...consider yourself tagged if you would like to participate.

One moment I'm playing, the next I'm eating asphalt...

Pigtails on our little girl

Mountain Camp 2008

About three weeks ago I got a call from my boss at the radio station asking me if I ever wanted to coach football. I said, "heck yeah, but I don't know where it would ever fit!" I was of course referring to my schedule which is already pretty packed! He said, "we'll work with you. I am going to have the head coach give you a call sometime."

I already knew the head coach and had talked to him about coaching but I honestly didn't see how it would work until Charlie gave me the go-ahead to take a ton of time off work. It won't all be off, he still wants me to call in updates from the sidelines, but I won't be in the studio... anyway, a week later the coach called me and asked me to show up the next morning at 6 AM. I did, a few minutes late, but from that moment on I have been with the team a lot.

This last week was 'mountain camp' and it was literally 10,000 feet up on top of the Uinta mountains. I showed up the 2nd day and left the night before everyone else left. It was fun, and even though I didn't run like the kids did I came home sore, sunburnt and tired.

Lets run down the week... You gotta have good food, and here is the grill and the cook for Thursday night:
Throughout the week, the kids competed. Head coach Harding felt that this was something they lacked last year. So, not only with every race, run and work out, the kids got to do 'gladiator' type events. When the parents came up Thursday night, they had the gladiators (aka the seniors) against the best underclassmen in each event. Below you can see the joust in action, with all the other players, coaches and parents watching.
Here is the gauntlet, where the underclassmen have to run by four gladiators to reach the other side (without stepping out of bounds). The best time won.
I can't remember what this one was called, but the players had to run on the 2x4 without touching grass and take one ball to the other side and back... all while gladiators are throwing bags at them.
Another event was the wrestling, sumo style. The basic goal is to get the other person out of the ring. This one got pretty rough, but all the kids learned to compete and keep their heads on straight.

The team's motto is "Unity is our strength" and they learned to work together at camp. It will be interesting to see how this new group of Varsity leaders brings the program back from their disappointments of last year. Last year, they were 1-8. Uintah has a great football tradition, they took state the same year I did with Orem back in 1994 playing right after us on the old slippery Rice stadium.... and this year they will be back.