On the way to Ian and Shaina's house for Thanksgiving.

Thanksgiving!

We have a lot to be thankful for:

• Children, especially when the chapel you attend has an echo throughout and your children tend to be the loudest ones during the sacrament...
• Babies and baby blessings. Next year will be interesting when we bless all the new babies in the family
• A job. College kids are easier to work with than high school kids, and when my dean emailed everybody and said that we have to have class today because some teachers were cancelling class, I told my students that I had to be there for class but if the students get sick or just don't want to come to class, there is nothing I can do about that. So this morning in my theory classes I had about 9 show up, nobody came for my 11:00 class, and then for band only two people showed up! So I just gave them some sodas and sent them home.
• Family. Everyone is coming to Ian and Shaina's for Thanksgiving tomorrow. It'll be fun.
• Green bean casserole. Alton Brown has a recipe for homemade green bean casserole and we are going to try it tomorrow...
• A sexy wife
• The gospel. What a great thing to have. It makes things easier to live by
• A home. We are moving into a house on December 15th. It's a brick house and is 1500 square feet. And it's close to the college!
• Baths and showers

I'm rambling. But life is great and there is a lot to be thankful for.

Recently, I went to Glendale and while in the shadow of the University of Phoenix Stadium (that thing looks like a huge UFO!), I judged the Division IV State Marching Band Contest. What an experience! Jennifer, my oh so lovely wife, is currently working on her book that she is writing for her school. She is trying to come up with a pen name, so if you have any ideas, let us know!

Ty is getting excellent grades in school. He really enjoys learning and he likes his teacher. His teacher sure thinks highly of him too. He is a chip of the old block because he has bad handwriting!

Elijah is stil Elijah. We found out today that while eating Chinese food because we watched Kung Fu Panda and we were all craving Chinese food, that Elijah was born in the year of the monkey. It's rather fitting if you know Elijah and his flexible/climbing ways...

Kamea is quite the cranky girl. She has to be because she has two older brothers, and will soon have one younger brother. She can certainly hold her own...

We are well. Our house in SV rented and while they were moving in, the mom's water broke and they had the baby two months premature. The baby is fighting and has a chance. Right now we are trying to find a place to live here. Renting is awful in this area.