Neighbor Gifts 2008!

Milestones of a Father

There are certain milestones in a childs life that should be recorded...the first smile, the first steps, the first word, etc. As a father, there are also milestones in life...the first time they say "dada", the first time you play catch, and the first Jazz game you go together. Such an event took place for me the other night, as Nolan and I went to his first Jazz game together. I'm not sure which one of us had more fun. The Jazz lost the game, but neither one of us cared one bit. As competetive as I am...this is a milestone by itself. We had a great time yelling, cheering, and watching the "Jazz players" or "Basketballers" as Nolan calls them. We also love watching "Jazz Bear". One highlight of the night was when he did this...


I could not be more proud to be Nolan's father, we are best friends, and I look forward to many more games with him. Some pictures of our great night together...

Coldplay

We were able to go to the Coldplay concert the other night and it was awesome! They played some of our favorite songs, and put on a great show. Along with Weezer and Angels and Airwaves and now Coldplay, we've seen some or our favorite bands in concert this year. The only concert that would make our year complete, would be if U2 were touring. We're holding out hope (and saving our pennies) for next year...

Here's a sampling of the show...

Back Blogging

We have slacked off (been lazy) lately on our posts, so we have some catching up to do. On the last truly perfect weather day we took the boys to the zoo and we had lots of fun!

The next day was Halloween - Ryan was a conehead, Nolan was a fireman, Drew was a bear and Kaeson was a dragon. We had orange halloween pancakes, went to daddy's work and then off to Nana's work to trick-or-treat...along with C.J. and Olivia. Nolan has "issues" being in a costume and would take it off after 5 minutes wherever we were. Kaeson on the other hand, wanted to be a fireman. So you'll see the dragon turn into a fireman. We then partied at both Nana's house and had lots of yummy food to eat. Nolan got loads of candy and we (mom and dad) have been enjoying it immensely!

And finally a sampling of photos from the BYU football games this year...Go Cougars!

GOING PRIVATE!

So...we have once again succumbed to the peer pressures of the blogging world. Plus, "Dini" Wimmer's report on KSL this week about the dangers of blogging scared the bejeebies out of us. Ok, not really, but we've been thinking about doing it for a while now. So, if you'd like to continue blog-stalking us, feel free, but at least now we'll know who is doing it...Or, if you just want to see what the Thurstons are up to, that's fine too.

Leave us your email and we'll add you...It's an open invitation to all friends, and friends of friends.

(For those of you "facebookers", you can leave us your email address there too.)

From the Accounting Firm of Ernst & Young...

...The Results are in: the answers are listed next to the photos below. Apparently nobody was fooled by picture #12, you were all correct in noticing that this "oversized" baby is neither Nolan or Drew. So...after eliminating photo #12, the results are based on 11 possible correct answers.

Drumroll please...

The Final Standings are as follows:

Debbie - 10/11 (missed # 4)
Amy - 10/11 (missed # 6)
Ashlee - 10/11 (missed #6)
Leanne - 10/11 (missed #4)
Mom (Judith) - 9/11 (missed #6 and 11)
Jill - 9/11 (missed #6 and 7)
Sarah - 9/11 (missed #4 and 6)
Mom (Colleen) - 8/11 (missed #4,6,and 7)
Jen - 8/11 (missed #6,7,and 11)
Shanna - 5/11 (missed #4,6,7,8,9,10)

Congratulations to everyone, you all put forth a very fine effort.

To the co-winners Amy, Ashlee, and Leanne...because you know our children the best, you have won the right to start a college fund in Nolan and Drew's names. Congratulations!

Name That Baby

It's game time. We were looking at some old pictures of Nolan as a baby the other day and, not to our surprise, he looked remarkably like Drew. If it weren't for the dates on the pictures we may not have known. So, we figured we would put you all to the test. This may be easier for some than for others, but post a comment with your answers and see if you know if the pictures below are either Nolan or Drew. Good Luck. There will be a prize for the winner.

1 Drew

2 Nolan

3 Drew

4 Drew

5 Nolan

6 "Google Baby"...Not Nolan...Not Drew

7 Nolan

8 Drew

9 Nolan

10 Drew

11 Nolan

12 Jackie Chan


Disclaimer: there's not really a prize.