It has been quite a while since I've been able to update the blog. School has taken up most of my free time so far this year, but I've finally got a little break. Speaking of school, I'll be taking a international trip with the school to China in the fall this year. I'm really looking forward to it, though it is still about 6 months away. We're visiting Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong. Those aren't my only travel plans for the year, though. In September I will be heading to Louisville, Kentucky with my dad. We are going to see the Ryder Cup tournament. This is by far my favorite golf event. We are heading out for the final day of play. Here's to the Americans getting the trophy back!







Zinger is the perfect captain for the Americans. This quote from CNN.com says it all: "What he's (Montgomery) done is amazing. Monty's become famous for it in the United States and he's never even won a major. Americans don't particularly like him but there's nothing wrong in being the villain. He's brought a lot of it on himself, of course. He probably won't ever win a major now, but I still want him in the European team because I want to show him what the taste of defeat is like."

Zinger trashes Faldo in the article, which I'm thrilled about. There is just nothing like the Ryder Cup.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/SPORT/golf/04/06/golf.ryderrow/

In other news, the kids are doing very well. They talk quite a bit. Lily is really starting to learn a lot of words. Griff is a little behind her, but he did learn to say 'awesome' before she did. We didn't even try to teach him that. He just started saying it one day when he was watching this little helicopter toy that Grandpa Harker has. It is very cute.

They are crazy about climbing these days. They are relentless. They will climb couches, chairs, sub-woofers, ottomans, fire place mantels, and anything else that they can swing their little legs up to. It is crazy. They haven't taken any serious spills yet. We've got our fingers crossed.

Melissa is busy running the show at our place. She does it all. She's even started babysitting a few times a week for a couple of hours at a time. One of the women in our ward drops her 9 month old boy off so that she can get some things done that she needs to. Lily and Griff seem to like it. Even with all that Melissa keeps things running smoothly. She also got a new calling the ward as the Achievement Days leader to go along with her Enrichment Committee calling.

Since I posted about John Stockton and Deron Williams last time I thought I would throw in a couple of classic Karl Malone videos. It seems appropriate since the Jazz are about to bounce the Rockets from the playoffs... again. Melissa really likes the second video.