Where is everyone?

I don't think there are enough posts being made. I check the blog and find the same posts without anything new added. Let's all write a little more, we don't call, we don't write, we could stand to be a bit more in touch. Love you all...

Mom

Wyatt's birthday

I realized that I never posted anything about Wyatt's birthday. We had a combined party with one of his friends who is just one day older (his name is Jake... and Jake's dad is named Lee - not confusing at all!). Anyway, Wyatt and Jake had a pizza party at Jake's house. There were 11 kids in all (and several parents, thank goodness) and we had a great party planned for them. I brought dough and toppings and each child made their own little pizza. Jake's mom Abbie made an apron for each kid and I cut out some felt mustaches and the little chefs got to work. Neither of the birthday boys would wear an apron or a mustache, but the other kids seemed to enjoy dressing up. We didn't plan any games or activities so the kids all enjoyed some time just playing. After the pizza, we opened presents (Wyatt wasn't thrilled about that so we opened his at home) and then had ice cream and cake that was made to look like pizza. I wish that I had some pictures to show, but we forgot our camera! Abbie and Lee are going to send us copies of their pictures, but they recently had a baby so it may be a while yet. I'd love to hear about Corwin's recent birthday. Love you all!

Leigh

March Madness

No...this isn't about college basketball. March Madness is about reading the Book of Mormon in the month of March. (Mom mentioned it at FHE last Sunday.) We are only 5 days into it. It is possible to catch up if you have fallen behind, or if you haven't even started yet. Todays reading is 2 Nephi 7-16. If you've lost your bookmark with the reading schedule, or if you never got one I can post one here...or you can just look at the "quote-a-day" calendar that Mom gave everyone for Christmas...look at December 31st.

I just wanted to encourage everyone to do this challenge. I know. Me. A reading challenge. I'm actually really enjoying this. It has been way too long since I have read the entire Book of Mormon. I have already learned some things that I didn't know before-Or may have forgotten...I don't remember. ;)

FINAL DAY

TOTAL MEDAL COUNT FINAL RESULTS

BLK: GER 30 CHN 11 EST 1 JPN 5 BLR 3: 50

GRN: AUT 16 ITA 5 NED 8 UKR 0 BUL 0: 29

RED: RUS 15 KOR 14 FIN 5 POL 6 GBR 1: 41

BLU: CAN 26 SUI 9 CZE 6 AUS 3 SVK 3: 47

YLW: NOR 23 SWE 11 FRA 11 CRO 3 LAT 2: 50


GOLD MEDAL COUNT FINAL RESULTS

BLK: GER 10 CHN 5 EST 0 JPN 0 BLR 1: 16

GRN: AUT 4 ITA 1 NED 4 UKR 0 BUL 0: 09

RED: RUS 3 KOR 6 FIN 0 POL 1 GBR 1: 11

BLU: CAN 14 SUI 6 CZE 2 AUS 4 SVK 1: 27

YLW: NOR 9 SWE 5 FRA 2 CRO 0 LAT 0: 16

DAY 12

TOTAL MEDAL COUNT AFTER DAY 12

BLK: GER 23 CHN 5 EST 1 JPN 3 BLR 2: 34

GRN: AUT 10 ITA 4 NED 6 UKR 0 BUL 0: 20

RED: RUS 13 KOR 10 FIN 1 POL 4 GBR 1: 29

BLU: CAN 11 SUI 8 CZE 3 AUS 2 SVK 3: 27

YLW: NOR 17 SWE 7 FRA 10 CRO 2 LAT 2: 38

DAY 9

What a difference four years can make, eh? The Olympics are half over and there have been quite a number of upsets. I’ve enjoyed many events, but I think my favorite moment so far has been Evan Lysacek winning gold in Men’s Figure Skating. I’m surprised by how many photo finishes there have been, as well. I’m glad you enjoy my little “fantasy” games. Let’s see if things even out this week. As usual, you are all invited over for the closing ceremonies next Sunday.

THE TEAMS:

BLACK: Quint, Emily
GREEN: Mom, Dad, Wes, Julie
RED: Christa, Scott
BLUE: Leigh, Jake
YELLOW: Dan, Brenda


TOTAL MEDAL COUNT AFTER DAY 9

BLK: GER 14 CHN 5 EST 1 JPN 3 BLR 2: 25

GRN: AUT 7 ITA 4 NED 4 UKR 0 BUL 0: 15

RED: RUS 5 KOR 9 FIN 1 POL 4 GBR 1: 20

BLU: CAN 8 SUI 5 CZE 2 AUS 2 SVK 2: 19

YLW: NOR 11 SWE 6 FRA 7 CRO 1 LAT 2: 27

DAY 6

TOTAL MEDAL COUNT AFTER DAY 6

BLK: GER 10 CHN 4 EST 1 JPN 2 BLR 0: 17

GRN: AUT 5 ITA 4 NED 1 UKR 0 BUL 0: 10

RED: RUS 3 KOR 5 FIN 1 POL 2 GBR 0: 11

BLU: CAN 6 SUI 4 CZE 2 AUS 1 SVK 2: 15

YLW: NOR 5 SWE 2 FRA 7 CRO 1 LAT 1: 16

DAY 3

I wanted to post a line graph of the medal results, but when I tried to copy/paste a Word file to the blog it didn't work. So this will have to do for now. Perhaps I will provide a link in the future if I can't figure out the HTML code. Anyway, here are the results:

TOTAL MEDAL COUNT AFTER DAY 3


Black: GER 4 CHN 0 EST 0 JPN 0 BLR 0 : 4

Green: AUT 1 ITA 2 NED 1 UKR 0 BUL 0 : 4

Red: RUS 1 KOR 2 FIN 0 POL 1 GBR 0 : 4

Blue: CAN 3 SUI 1 CZE 1 AUS 1 SVK 1 : 7

Yellow: NOR 1 SWE 0 FRA 3 CRO 1 LAT 0 : 5

Fantasy Olympics

The Olympics are here once again! I hope to see you Friday for the opening ceremonies. I'd like to set up a conference call with Leigh and Jake. If any of you know to go about that please let me know. I have prepared a fantasy game again to add a little more fun to watching the games. A rough table outlining the fives teams and countries is below. I've tried to make it as balanced as possible. I think it will be a tight contest. I plan to post updated medal counts on a regular basis throughout the games. We'll randomly assign the teams to each household on Friday, unless you'd like to know which team your house gets before then. Let me know. I'll talk to you soon.

~Dan


VANCOUVER 2010 OLYMPICS FANTASY TEAMS PROJECTED MEDAL COUNT
BASED ON TORINO 2006 TOTAL MEDAL COUNT

A. GER 29 CHN 11 EST 3 JPN 1 BLR 1 45

B. AUT 23 ITA 11 NED 9 UKR 2 BUL 1 46

C. RUS 22 KOR 11 FIN 9 POL 2 GBR 1 45

D. CAN 24 SUI 14 CZE 4 AUS 2 SVK 1 45

E. NOR 19 SWE 14 FRA 9 CRO 3 LAT 1 46

Soup's On!

Here are some cute pictures and video of Wyatt eating soup. Warning - there is slurping so if that bugs you, turn down the volume :)