One of Those Days

It was one of those days when I was trying to get everything done before I had to go help at the school, and I needed the house clean because someone was coming over to babysit. I was in the laundry room switching out clothes when in walked Ryan looking as he does in this picture! Need I say anymore?

November is Over

November was a wonderful month, and I am not sure how it got away so quick. I planned all along to have most of my Christmas done early this year (before Thanksgiving), but before I knew it Thanksgiving was past and we were well into December. So, Christmas cards will be coming out shortly! I think part of the problem is the fact that everyone tries to get all of the parties, etc. done early so they all end up being the last week of November, first week of December. We have already had a violin recital, soccer party, piano recital, Choir Christmas Concert, Christmas Enrichment dinner, and ward party; they were actually all over with last week, I just needed a week to recover.

The piano recital was great, Tyson and Emily are the only two taking from their teacher so it made it short and very sweet! It is always more fun for me to listen to my kids than other people's kids. Here are two of the many songs they played

In the middle of all the craziness, Ryan turned 3. He had a Blues Clue party with just a few friends over. It was a lot of fun for all of them. His favorite thing was the pinata, but he was very sad when it got thrown away after. The next day when I was grocery shopping he informed me he needed a new pinata since his got broken, and since I have never gotten him a new one he continues to remind me every time he sees them at the store. Here is a picture of him with his cake (I am not sure why, but the picture is at the top instead!).

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We spent the day at Lorel and Annabells. My kids all decided Annabell is the best cook they know. They got to decorate gingerbread houses after dinner. That is a tradition Annabell started with the kids and they love doing it.

It has now been an hour since I started and my video is still uploading, I guess you will not get to hear their piano songs.

Funny Things Said By Ryan

Ryan is at the age where he is always making us laugh. It is great that he has such an extensive vocabulary for his age because we would never understand what he was thinking if he couldn't say it to us.

The kids all love to have hot chocolate every morning before school. A few days ago I put a little mint in it to make it extra good for them. Ryan said nothing about it, but the next day when I went to make him his hot chocolate he said, "Mom, please don't put toothpaste in my hot chocolate again!"

A few days later I was getting him dressed and realized he had written all over his legs. I asked him why he did that and he said, "I had to write on my legs so I would remember my name is Ryan." Shortly after the conversation I was trying to get him to hurry to get into his car seat and as I was trying to say Ryan hurry up I said, "Tyson, Just, I mean Ryan hurry up." Ryan than pulled up the leg of his pants and said, "Look Mom, I am Ryan." Maybe I need everyone to write their names on their legs so I can keep them straight!

Just today after I got ready for church I came into the family room and Ryan said, "Mom you look beautiful in those clothes, I can't wait until I am a Mom so I can wear clothes like those."

We all love Ryan. He always keeps our lives interesting. He will be turning three on November 30. It is hard to believe he will be this old, but at the same time I don't think there are many kids as young as him that know so much. He was telling me a few days ago as he was using Emily's Karaoke machine that he needed the Hannah Montana One CD not Hannah Montana Two!

Halloween Pictures Finally Downloaded

Tyson was the Grim Reaper. He had a hard time deciding what to be because he wanted it to be scary, but could not wear a mask to the ward party.

Emily dressed up as a witch, she even made her black cat a witches hat

Ryan was a dinosaur, but he made sure everyone knew he was a nice one not a mean one!

Abigail wore her costume the whole time, I think this is the first time I have had a child her age that didn't just pull the hat off!

Justin's costume was the most popular! When I went to watch him in the costume parade at school I had my camera ready to take a picture of him and was very excited to take a picture of him waving at me, only to find out as he got closer that it was not Justin, and Justin had already passed. I had to go to his classroom to get a picture of him.

Everybody loaded up ready to go trick-or treating!

The Thinking Method

My new thinking method is hanging upside down from my bed. Whenever I hang upside down, I get my best ideas. Once when I was hanging upside down, trying to think of something to write in the blog about, I hit my head on the side of my bed. Although my head hurt, my thinking method still worked. It gave me the idea of writing this story.

The Violin Recital

Last Thursday I had my violin recital. It was at five o' clock at the Menden Hall at Tech. We were the only second year violin class, which meant we got to do songs that were actually fun. We played a D major scale in rounds, Bile Them Cabbage Down and Ode to Joy. My favorite was Bile Them Cabbage Down. In it we got to play cords, and had a bass player accompany us for it. It was a LOT more fun then last year! I am glad that I have the opportunity to play the violin.


By: Emily Cluff

Abby DOES NOT like me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Abby does not like me one bit. Whenever I try to hold her she squirms and cries. When I walk towards her she runs away.

disliked by Abby,

Tyson J. Cluff

October is over

October just flew by, it is hard to believe we are well into November already. My kids even said it is hard to believe the second six weeks of school is over, Emily said it felt like it was still the first week. We had a wonderful time on Halloween. Our friends the Dimon's came and stayed and went trick or treating with us. It was so fun to see them again. We did our traditional trick or treating with them and the Hardy's. They got a ton of candy. We gave most of ours to the missionaries, they loved it! I will try and send pictures later of everyone. We finished up soccer today. Tyson's team took second place. Justin's team did really well (they don't keep score at that age). It was a great soccer season with great weather the whole time, which is very unusual for Lubbock. We are looking forward to a few more free nights now that it is over. I am hoping the weather stays warm for one more week so we can get our garden cleaned out.

I got a surprise visit from my Dad and my Uncle Floyd last week. It was so much fun to sit and visit with them for an afternoon. I wish they could have stayed longer, but I know they needed to get back to Beaver. Ryan was afraid of them at first, but that is all he has talked about since they left. He keeps saying Grandpa is going to come and sleep with him again.

Jeff got put in the Bishopric this month. It is the same Bishop, he just replaced one of the councilors who had been in with the last Bishop too. Everyone asks me how I feel about him being in the Bishopric, and I am not sure what they want me to say. I am happy to let my husband serve wherever he is asked to serve.

Justin's Soccer Game

The score was 10 to 1. It was the second quarter it was a corner kick and ty was kicking for the thunder and Cameron missed it and I got the ball and everybody on the other team was in the goal and I scored and we won the game.

by: Justin Cluff

A Day at the Zoo

This year, the BYU-TCU football game was at Fort Worth, so we went to it. The day after the game, we went to the Fort Worth zoo. The Fort Worth zoo is amazing! It has all sorts of different kinds of animals. I think that my favorite animals there were the chimps, the elephants, the penguins, and the jauguar. I took a ton of pictures, over two hundred, (my mom wasn't too happy about that.) Well, I loved going and seeing the animals, and I hope that we will be able to go there again sometime!

By: Emily Cluff

Happy Reunion on a Sad Note

Many of you already know that we lost one of our friends in Iraq two weeks ago. He died after complications to an appendectomy. It is such a sad time, and we have mourned with the Johnson Family. His funeral was this last Friday. Many people came, and we had the opportunity to reunite with many of our old friends. We were all sad that it took something like this to bring everyone together again, but it felt so good to be around so many familiar faces. It made me realize how important friends are. The whole weekend the scripture story about when the sons of Mosiah were reunited after their mission kept coming to my mind. It was so wonderful to see that everyone was still strong in the gospel. I am going to do better about keeping in contact with old friends!

Toothless Wonder

Justin lost his first tooth this last week. I am always amazed at how much older they look once they lose that first tooth. It makes me sad to see my little boy growing up, but he sure loves being older. Ever since we moved into our new house the Tooth Fairy has had a hard time finding our house, we figure it is because we live so far out. This time the Tooth Fairy came after Justin was already out of bed, we assumed it is because he gets up at 6:00 and it is still dark outside. Maybe someday the Tooth Fairy will figure it all out!

Meeting My Hero

We went to see the Cougars play against the Hornfrogs. Before the game we went to a tailgate party and Ty Detmer a.k.a. my hero was a guest so I got to get his autograph. It was exciting to meet him in person. But the Cougars lost . It was fun meeting Ty.

Bye for now,

Tyson J. Cluff

Oh, to have a girl again!

I just had to down load this picture of Abigail playing with her Baby and Stuffed Barney. It has been a long time since I have had a child interested in dolls. People can say what they want about nature, nurture, but the difference between my girls and boys is definitely nature, not nurture. Abigail loves to pile all of the dolls in the stroller and push the stroller around. She just learned to walk a few weeks ago, so she is not very stable and she gets very angry when the stroller runs into something! I am excited to be able to buy more girl toys for Christmas!

September is Over

We made it through September and now have the first six weeks of school over with. Tyson and Justin both got student of the month, and they all did well in their classes. We are well into soccer. Tyson's team moved to bigger fields and they are still learning how to play in positions. Tyson has been playing up instead of back and he is doing a good job. Justin had all of his same team return from last year. Justin is great at dribbling the ball. He is also very fast. Piano has started again with a new teacher, Deana Montague. She seems to be teaching them more technique which is good. The kids have enjoyed playing at the park behind her house every week during their lessons. Emily is doing violin at Tech again this semester. She has it two times a week and is doing a great job. They go slow, but work a lot more on technique than her old teacher. It has been a busy month, with not a lot of excitement. Tyson did get glasses. He looks great in them and it seems to be helping his headaches. BYU is undefeated so far this season and we are hoping it stay that way!

Prayers are always answered

This past week Ryan lost his blanket. I looked all over the house for it and could not find it. I checked all of the unusual hiding places and still could not find it. He had to go to sleep without it and he was not happy. The next morning he was even more sad, but we couldn't find his blanket. Ryan was saying our morning family prayer and Jeff had him ask Heavenly Father to help him find his blanket. The kids all went to school and Ryan was still upset because he couldn't find his blanket. The thought immediately came to me look in the playhouse outside. I thought that would be a strange place for it since I didn't even know he had been in it, but I looked anyways, and sure enough there was Ryan's blanket. What a wonderful miracle. I am so thankful Heavenly Father is mindful of all our needs, even when they are as small as a blanket!

Battle of the Brothers

Justin and I signed a contract and I noticed a loophole in Justin's advantage. I wouldn't tell him the loophole. I had my pants in my hand and he started spanking me so I started whooping him with my pants. (We were in our underwear) Then he falsely surrendered so I stopped. Then he started attacking I started whipin' him again. We have a bunk bed and he got on the top eventually he went down and we started wrestling then Ryan came in; I have a heat lamp he spotlighted us with it I was on top the whole time.

Tyson J. Cluff

Funny Things Said and Done in Pennsylvania

1. Mom had put on some golden pajamamas and was kneeling down for prayer. "Mom," Tyson exclaimed, "Your bumb is so golden!"
2. We had been eating breakfast in the hotel, adn Tyson finished before any of us. He got the room key and went up while we finished our breakfast. Dad and I finished second and were going to our room, when we got to our floor, we found Tyson aimlesly wandering the halls. when he saw us, he said, "I forgot our room number."
3. In our room after breakfast, Mom said, "I'm glad they had V8, it's a rare treat." "Gum's rare treat, Mom," Ryan replied.

Many more things happened in Pennsylvania, I had a ton of fun and am glad we went!


Emily Cluff

Cancelation! (only in Lubbock)

This week we had some very unusual weather! It was overcast and rainy all week. Thursday we woke up to the sound of rain and it never stopped. At moments it was harder than others, but it continued all day. By the end of the day we had received 6 inches of rain. Some places are used to a lot of rain, but not Lubbock, and the city is not built for a lot of rain because they made the streets the drainage route. By 9:00 p.m. several roads were closed because they were rivers and all of the roads had a lot of water on them. At 9:30 I received an automated phone call letting me know school had been cancelled because of the rain. I turned on the news at ten and found out all of Lubbock had cancelled school. This wouldn't have been so bad if it continued to rain, but it just so happened that Friday was the nicest day we had had all week. We didn't get anymore rain and by morning the roads were no longer flooded. We will now have to make up Friday another day! The people in Lubbock seem to jump the gun a lot when it comes to weather related issues! It was nice to have the kids home for an extra day!

Pennsylvania

Emily, Tyson and Justin at Gettysburg How Ryan spent most of our Audio tour!



Our first stop in Pennsylvania was Hershey. We spent two days at the amusement park there and then one day at Chocolate world. The kids got to ride lots of fun rides and the lines weren't too long. They even had a few rides for Ryan to go on. He liked all of them except the tea cups, they went a little fast for him. Jeff and I got to take turns going on the Fahrenheit with Emily. This roller coaster has the steepest drop in the US or world, I'm not sure which one. It was a really fun ride. It was scary and fast, but not jerky so you didn't come off with a headache like so many roller coasters.

At Chocolate world we got to see a 4-D movie on Chocolate. That is the reason for the glasses in the picture. We also got to go to Chocolate Tasting 101 where we learned all about chocolate and the proper way to taste it. It was quite interesting. We also went on a tour of how chocolate is made, and the kids got to work in a small chocolate factory where Hershey Kisses were made. Hershey, PA was a big hit for everyone in the Cluff Family!

After three days in Hershey we were off to Gettysburg where we spent one full day and two nights. We got to see all of the battlefields that were used during the civil war. We took an audio tour, which means you buy a CD and listen to it as you drive to all of the points. This was the perfect way to do it with young kids. We were able to go at our own pace and we didn't have to worry about Ryan or Abby disturbing anyone else. Ryan having been sleep deprived during our three days in Hershey spent most of the four hour tour asleep. Jeff and I would take turns getting out and looking at the different points along the way.

Our last day and a half we spent in Philadelphia where we got to see all of the historical things Philadelphia is famous for, including the Liberty Bell and Independence Hall. It rained the whole day we were here, but it didn't slow us down at all. We went on the "Quacker" for a tour of the city from land and water, but because of the lightning our water part didn't last very long. It was Tyson's birthday the day we were in Philadelphia so he got to choose the things we were going to do. The one thing they wanted to do that we didn't get to do is go to the US Mint. We didn't even think of it only being open on week days, and we were there on a Sunday. We flew home Monday afternoon, but before we left we drove out to Valley Forge and did another CD audio tour. This one only lasted about 1 1/2 hours, but it was very interesting.

Our vacation was not relaxing, but it was jam packed with fun! We all had a wonderful time and I don't think we will ever forget it!

I'm Dying

Tyson bore his testimony for his first time in sacrament meeting Sunday. It was a very sincere testimony, and he did a wonderful job. It was also his first time to fast dinner and breakfast since our churches time changed, and he thought it was horrible. By the time we got to church at 9:00 he couldn't even sit up and he kept sighing because he felt like he was dying of hunger and thirst. I finally told him just to eat some cereal I had brought for Abby because it didn't seem like he would make it. He ate a few and then felt bad for breaking his fast. Then out of the blue he went up to the pulpit to bare his testimony. He started it by saying today I was fasting, and I was dying. He was so sincere and honest about it, it made everyone smile. On his way to Primary he threwup, but didn't come and get us, instead just let his teacher know. Somehow his teacher found out he was on medication so told him maybe he should break his fast because it is not good to take medication on an empty stomach. What the teacher didn't know was the medication he was on is eye drops for his eyes. Oh, well, I guess I will be talking to his teacher next Sunday so he realizes I am not a horrible parent making him fast while on "medication!"

Civil Wars: proglue

By: Tyson J. Cluff

The newest coutry, Bashick was fighting a civil war over if the country should have a king or preisedent, the east wanted a preisedent and the west wanted a king.The Genaral Wing of the east was writing to their preisdent when half a dozen shots rang out Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

Two sentence story

My basketball team is named the Knicks. We've won every game I was at.

Tyson J. Cluff

High School Musical

Starting July sixth, I did theater camp for two weeks from 9am-5pm at Hub Performing Arts School. At the end of the two weeks, we put on the play High School Musical at the First Church of the Nazerene. We preformed the play once on Friday, and once on Saturday. I played a braniac. I had a ton of fun doing it, and hope to be able to do something like again soon!

By: Emily Cluff

The Kazoo and the Recorder

This moring I was playing the kazo0, and Emily took it away. So she makes me guess what she's saying into the kazoo. When I guessed it she tossed it on the ground, and Ryan got it before me. I wanted the kazoo back so Emily takes it away from Ryan, and stared crying, and chasing me for the kazoo. Emilyb gave him her recorder, so he'll stop crying. So Ryan stops chasing, but 's still crying. I traded him the kazoo for the recorder. Then Emily starts chasing me for the recorder. So I finallytrade Ryan for the kazoo, and we are all happy.

Bye,

Tyson J. Cluff

Iron Chef Birthday Bash

This year was the first year that I had my birthday party on my actual birthday. This was also the first year that Gemma wasn't living in Lubbock for my birthday. But it just so happened that she was going to be in town visiting the same week that I was having my party! This year for my party, I got to be creative, because I had an Iron Chef cook-off, and creativity was worth five points. There was a red team and a blue team. Mom even made red and blue aprons out of dish towels! She also made chef hats! We had to make a dessert, and a drink. There were two judges and we had an hour and ten minutes to make our creations, plus five minutes to look for recipies. The required ingredient was straberries. Iwas on the red team and we made a soup called chocolate strawberrie swirl(it got all five points for creativity. And our drink was strawberry blossom delight. It was a mix between a smoothie, a milkshake, and a float. the blue team made a chocolate cake in the shape of a heart covered in fruit and frosting called the Sweetheart. There drink was a punch called strawberry fizz. The blue team won, but we all had a great time!

By: Emily Cluff

Getting Smothered!

When we went to our grampa's farm we had to pack grain, and since the kids rode on the truck to the grain we had to walk back, so I got started! I missed a turn so I saw them across this empty pen so I cut across it ,and halfway through my foot sunk in to the poop so I used my hand to get out! You guessed it my hand got stuck I took my hand out, and I ended up trudging through the rest when I got out cow poop was up to my knees, and up to my elbows. I had to get sprayed, and after that I was freezing!

Tyson J. Cluff

Who Let the Hot Dogs Out?

One day when we were in Utah, Ryan was watching Tyson, Justin, and I do a game we made up called trampoline theme dancing. We were trying to come up with a theme for the next dance, when Ryan said," Do 'Who Let the Hot Dogs Out." Tyson asked him what he meant and he replied, "Who let hot dogs out, who who who!" I don't know where he got it from, but since then, I have heard him singing it at least once a day. Ryan sure keeps us entertained.

By: Emily Cluff

Busy Busy Week!

Big events happened almost every day this week! It started with Jeff's birthday. He is now 37!
We celebrated his birthday on Sunday even though his birthday was on Monday. He got a bowflex from me, some shorts and socks from Emily, a wii game from Tyson, and 10 packs of gum from Justin.

Monday Emily and TYson played in their last piano recital with Camie Boyle as their teacher. Both of them did an incredible job. We were very proud of them.















Tuesday Justin graduated from Sugar -n- Spice Preschool. They had a program where his class sang a song and then he got to go up and get his diploma. He said when he grows up he wants to be a baseball player or a football player or a basketball player. As you can see from the picture he makes a mighty fine graduate. His last day of school was Thursday. They played carnival type games all morning and then Jeff and I went and had a picnic lunch with him. What a fun day for him!
Friday was Buddy Field day and end of year parties for Emily and Tyson. They had a lot of fun doing everything and Ryan, Justin, Abigail, and I had a lot of fun helping out at it. We had to do the jump rope booth and get everything for Tyson's party.
Saturday Tyson had a soccer tournament and Emily had a violin recital. Tyson won three of his soccer games in the tournament and tied one game. Emily did an excellant job playing in the recital. These two events were a wonderful end to a very busy week!

The Suburban Makes History!

Every Sunday that we take both the truck and the surburban to church, we race home. We don't tell each other we are going to do it, or have any rules, we don't even always start at the same time. But something that has always stayed the same (until today) was that the truck: Dad, Tyson, and Justin always wins, and the surburban: Mom, Emily, Ryan, and Abigail, always comes in second. Well, today the surban finally won! Usally the peaople in the surburban are the ones to say it isn't a race (even though we know it is) and the people in the truck always say that "Oh it was a race all right, and we won it." But this time it was reversed. Let this day go down in history!


Emily Cluff

Lighning does it Again

My soccer team the Lightning was undefeated for the 4th time in a row. The scores were: 7-8, 8-5, 7-2, 9-2, 4-5, 5-4, 3 or4 -0, 10-1 or 0. The second time we played the Del Sol we played in the morning.......... it was FREEZING! The ones that have the or, well the first one a kid was playing goalie and we don't have them yet and we never got a kick and the other one a boy didn't have his foot in front of the line.

Tyson J. Cluff

Blown Away - Father Son Camp Out 2008

On Friday I took Tyson, Justin, and Ryan (for the first time) to the Father Son Campout at Buffalo Springs. It has been so dry here that there was a fire ban in effect so no camp fire. Therefore, Tyson and I had sandwiches made by Nicole and Justin and Ryan had Happymeals. We hiked the little hill, threw rocks in the pond, threw the football, and kicked the soccer ball around. We finally got to bed around 10:00 p.m. At about 2:00 in the morning the wind started blowing extremely hard, as it often does in Lubbock. Our tent would literally flatten out so the top was collapsing on us. There were some in the camp who packed up and went home and I was giving the idea some thought, but Justin and Ryan continued to sleep through the ordeal so I was laying on my side and with my hand and foot trying to keep the tent off of them. Poor Tyson was awake and getting covered by the tent. It blew like that for about 30 minutes and then quit and it was nice the rest of the night/morning. (By then the damage had been done though, everything had a nice layer of dirt all over it). Justin and Ryan never knew what happened, but I didn't get back to sleep until about 5 in the morning (only to have the boys up at 6:30). The next morning we had breakfast and the boys went fishing. Justin caught one. We left at 10:00 to get home to get ready for the boys soccer games. Tyson won his game, but I think being tired really affected Justin; his team lost pretty badly. Another wonderful camping experience in Lubbock.

The Perfect Mothers Day

Today was Mothers Day, and what a wonderful day it was. It is so wonderful to be able to celebrate this day with my loving children and husband. The day started early, but not for me. When Abigail woke up and started talking in her crib, Emily hurried and woke up and got her out and took her into the family room. A little while later, everyone came in the bedroom and gave me breakfast in bed (scrambled eggs, toast, and juice). Along with breakfast came gifts, cards from everyone, a mug from Emily, a copy of Tyson's book from Tyson, a necklace with Justin's picture on it from Justin, and a card from Ryan. I couldn't have chosen better gifts. We then got to watch some of our old home videos. I am amazed at how much Emily has grown the past few years. Everyone has changed and grown up, but Emily really has become a beautiful young women! Church was good, and everyone got ready to go without complaining. When we got home Jeff and the kids made me dinner which consisted of roast, mashed potatoes and gravy, rolls, and jell-o. It was all so good, and Jeff did all of the dishes afterwards. Lorel and Annabell came over later in the evening for angel food cake and strawberries for dessert. By the end of the day Ryan and Abigail were exhausted and they both went to bed easily. What a wonderful day, and what a blessing to me to beable to be a mom!

"Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeep"

One of Ryans favorite songs to sing is "Jesus Wants Me For a Sunbeam". He knows all of the words and does an amazing job singing it, other than the fact that he says, "Sunbeep" instead of Sunbeam. It is so cute to watch him. Another thing that he enjoys doing now is saying the prayer, but he still needs help while saying it. The other night when Jeff was helping him, Jeff told him to say, "Thank you for Jesus." Ryan then said, "Thank you for Jesus wants me for a sunbeep." It was hard for everyone to stay quiet through the rest of the prayer! What a joy Ryan is to have around!

Girls Night Out (GNO)

Yesterday the boys went on the annual Father Son cmapout, Ryan went to this time. While they were camping, Abigail. Mom and I had a girls night out. For our special night, we watched Enchanted while having IBC Cream Soda floats. I never knew floats could taste so good! Then we waxed our hands and feet. We both agreed that it felt amazing! Then we basicaly gave ourselves pedicures: we soaked our feet, mom scrubbed hers to get rid of the dead skin, then we clipped, cleaned and painted them. While we were doing all of this we were watching TLC. Mom even gave me a manicure too! In the morning we to Golden Caral for breakfest. Last, we went to Barnes and Nobles. We got some amazing books! I had a great time and I think that mom did too. I'm not so sure about Abigail.


Emily Cluff

Battle of the Books (B.O.B.)

This week I partcipated in a competition in our district called Battle of the Books. In this competition, you are put in a team of five, and every team tries to read ten books espisialy picked out for B.O.B. Then all the teams get together and awnser questions about the books, and whoever gets the most questions right moves on to the next level(my kind of competition.) Last year, my team (SpongeB.O.B. Book Crew) won the whole thing. This year my team (Bennett Book Crew) consisted of: My best friend Mikaela, My other best friend Hannah, Jacob, Levi, and I. We had our first competition this week, we got all the questions correct. I am extremely excited!

By: Emily Cluff

The Prophet Said To Plant a Garden (so that's what we did!)

Much to some of the families dismay (mainly Tyson), we planted a garden this week. Soccer practice was cancelled on Monday so we spent the evening planting the garden that Jeff has been so diligently preparing the soil for. We planted two rows of peas, two rows of tomatoes, a little spinach and onions, and two grape vines. We will finish planting this week by adding cantelope, squash, cucumbers, and watermelon.

THE HIKE WERE IF YOU FALL OFF YOU DIE!

For spring break in the middle of March we went hiking at Guadalupe Peak. It took about eight hours but we took plenty of breaks. We ate lunch at the top. (See me stuffing my face first page) The moutain was about four miles high. The way down was seventy times easier than up. We went the wrong way on the way down so we had to go up a little exept I was the farthest ahead so I had to climb the most. By the end of the hike Dad's neck was as red as a lobster!
Bye,
Tyson J. Cluff

How this all got started

My kids love to hear stories about my childhood, and I don't want them to forget theirs so I decided to start a blog about our life. For an introduction let me tell you a little a about us.
Jeff--36, Dad, Lawyer, lover of sports, and loves spending time with his family.
Nicole -- 33, Mom, loves gardening, sewing, cooking, and most of all being with my family.
Emily -- 10, fifth grade, loves reading, plays the piano great, and is learning violin.
Tyson -- 8, second grade, loves sports and reading, and life and underwear.
Justin -- 5, pre-school, loves sports, games, and people to play with (especially his dad).
Ryan -- 2, loves exploring, destroying, and singing.
Abigail -- 8 months, loves to smile, giggle, and wiggle.
We all love the gospel, being a family, and BYU!!!(and the two oldest boys hate the cowbums)