Is anybody out there?

I was reviewing the last few entries to our blog and was very disappointed. I noticed that there was only one comment (Thanks Laniers) over the last two months. So I ask myself, "Should I spend so much time posting an entry or downloading pictures to our Photo album if nobody is logging on to our website?" If nobody is reading our website, I can spend more time studying or playing with the family!

SO, here's my question to you:

Do you visit our website often and do you like the pictures?

Leave a comment and let me know so I know how many people are reading and to ensure myself that I'm not spending to much time on our site.

OK!!! I'm a Slacker

I know, it's been awhile since my last entry. Things have been busy. School is starting to get more time consuming, but that shouldn't stop me from writing something at least once a week. We spent this last weekend in Las Vegas visiting some friends. I had the Thur. and Fri. off from school so we head to the Crane's house Wednesday night.

We meet up with Katie's mom for dinner at PF Changs because she was in town for a craftshow (which was a good selling point to get Katie to go to Vegas!!!) I highly recommend PF Changs if your into chinesse food. The next day we took Braydon down to the "Strip" to see some of the sights. We first went to the MGM casino. They have a lions in a glass cage where you can actually go in and have the lions walk on top of you. We then went to M&M World that was next door. Braydon of course loved it since he's a candy. We got to build a customized bag of m&m's that we let Braydon pick out the colors in the bag. We got 1 lb of candy for $9.00 (not a bargin at all!!!) but it's the experience, I guess. We also got him a stuffed m&m man dressed up as Darth Vader that he will not leave alone.

Friday night, Mike and I went out and hit the Casino's. We signed up and played in a texas hold'em tournament. It was a $60 entry fee that got you about $3500 in chips for the no-limit tournament. It had 137 people in it and I ended up finishing about 55th. Not bad for my first live tournament. It was a good experience. We then went to play a limit game in which I was able to double my $40 to $80. So basically for about the 7 hours I play texas hold'em, I only lost 20 bucks, which is not bad at all.

Saturday, Lorey and Katie went to the George Strait concert and had a great time, while Mike and I watch the children and played X-box. Sunday we left and make a stop at the Hoover Dam. That was a cool place to visit and look at how massive the dam is. We got home in time to watch the Superbowl. I didn't care who won but I was pulling for the Seahawks since they had never been there before.

We have a ton of pictures in the Photo Album (about 7-8 new folders) so check it out.

First Week of School

Well, I made it through my first week back to school and I don't think it will be as bad as I thought. Don't get me wrong, it will be tough but we have a lot of free time to make up to some studying time. We usually begin each day between 8-9 am. and get out between noon-5 (depending on the day). Here is a list of the classes I'm taking this semester:

Neurophysiological Therapeutics II (3)
Musculoskeletal Therapeutics II (3)
Organization and Administration (2)
Life Cycle II (2)
Prosthetics and Orthotics (2) - 6 week course
Psychosocial Aspects of Rehabilitation (2) - 6 week course
Medical Therapeutics (2) - 6 week course
Patient Presentations (1)

It will be nice also that this semester we are learning to put everything together. It's basically a semester of mini-interns which is nice!!

Family is doing great! Braydon is loving school and Katie is enjoying work (not really). Katie's official schedule for our last 5 months is M 7-noon, T 7-noon, W 7-3, Th OFF, F 7-3, Weekend OFF. This goes around my school schedule so that somebody will be able to get Braydon to and from school.

Last Week of Vacation

I know, it's sad but true!! It was my last week of vacation before school starts. I guess the one nice thing is that it falls on a three day weekend so I don't have to start until Tuesday. I went out and bought my last go round of books (Not all classes had their books in, so I expect to go and buy more this up coming week). I was surprise to know that I only spent about half of what I usually spend. Again, this is most likely due to the fact that all the books weren't in. I just can't believe how expensive books are. All schools like to bend you over, take their tuition and book money, smile and say "thanks for being OUR student!!" I can't believe it, it's an outrage!!!

As for the family, Katie has been working and I've had the wonder pleasure to watch Braydon. We have watched a lot of Star Wars, playing Star Wars Legos, playing other Legos (Spider-man and regular). It's fun and it makes the morning go by fast and before I know it, it's time to take him to school.

This week, we also made a journey to the bowling alley to play a game. It was the first time we've been bowling for about two years. I still have perfect form and ended with a 112. We had the bumper lanes up for Braydon and he ended with a 95. Now for Katie, she struggled a little (even with the bumper lanes). She is a Pro at hitting those corner pin. I will save her the embarrassment by not putting her score down, so if you want to know, you'll have to ask her

Last Three Weeks in Review!!!

Christmas at the Rogers House:

We had Christmas morning with the Rogers. We woke up and Braydon opened his presents. Nanny and Papa and Grandpa and Grandma Holt were there to see him open his gifts. He must have been a good boy this year because he got almost everything he wanted. The Laniers came over and we ate breakfast and then opened more presents. After that, we went to Grandpa and Grandma Holt's house for more presents. We had church at 1 o'clock and attended my parents ward and then went up to Heber.

Christmas at the Moore's House:

On our way up to Heber, we stopped by Grandma Winnie's house to see her and to swap presents. Up at Heber, the Walkers were there and we began with dinner. We ate roast beef, turkey roast, yummy potatoes, rolls, it was GOOD!!! We then opened more presents and had a wonderful time. We ended the evening with a Texas Hold'em tournament. It was a $5.00 buy-in and the pot was worth $40.00. Katie and I ended up tieing (we were the last two in and decided to split the pot to end the game). Later that week, we took Braydon Ice Skating for the first time. He loved it, even though he fell a lot.

New Year's Eve:

We stayed up at the Moore's house between Christmas and New Years. The Walkers, Warenski's, all the Moore', and us had a party. We had another Texas Hold'em tournament. It was a $10.00 buy-in and the pot was $100.00. From the picture above, you can tell that I won the hundred dollars. We played for about 7 hours before I was declared the winner. I beat Nettie with a straight over her pair of Jacks. We did have breaks for putting kids to bed, treats, and mid-night fireworks. We all ended up going to bed around 2:30 am. Now I have to figure out what I'm doing with my winnings (Go to Vegas and double it!!!!)

Christmas in Flagstaff:

We took the long drive home back to Flagstaff yesterday. Braydon did great. He slept for the first half and then played with his leap pad, coloring books for the rest. Katie and I listened to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince the whole way home. We got about 1/3 the way through it. It seemed to make the time go faster. When we got home, Braydon knew that HO-HO left some presents here. He got some board games so we don't have to play the same games over and over again. Check out our Photo album for the four new albums we've posted. Now we are doing the 5 month countdown!!!